Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"

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This paper explains that Louisa May Alcott's novel "Little Women", which is about four sisters growing up during and following the Civil War, entertains and instructs the reader about many issues such as true love, charity and family loyalty. The author points out that the most powerful comment Alcott makes throughout the book is her argument that marriage should be motivated by love and not money. The paper describes the marriages of the parents and three of the sisters to illustrate that people can be happy without money as long as they have love. The paper includes several quotations from the book.

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"All that is left is for Jo's feelings to become clear. She was never in any danger of marrying for money as appearances and finery had never held any attraction for her. She had also had the earlier chance of marrying the well-off Laurie and had turned him down because she was not in love with him. Her new suitor, Professor Bhaer, takes the chance of proposing to Jo and confessing, "It was not easy, but I could not find the heart to take you from that so happy home until I could have a prospect of one to give you, after much time, perhaps, and hard work.""

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. New York: Signet Classic, 1983.

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