Little Women (AmazonClassics Edition)

By: Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's Summary

Featured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018

As a New England mother struggles to support her family in the wake of her husband's service in the Civil War, her four daughters struggle, too - caught between childhood dreams and the realities of burgeoning adulthood. For Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March, raised in integrity and virtue, negotiating the right path in life means making choices that will either narrow or expand their destinies.

Based on the author’s life, Little Women transcends genre, gender, and class with its examination of personal quests, societal restrictions, family ties, and the end of innocence.

AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to listen to a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature's most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.

Revised edition: Previously published as Little Women, this edition of Little Women (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Public Domain (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Little Women, narrated by Sandra Burr

Ms. Burr makes the prose come alive. It is like listening to a radio play. As a listener, you trust in her strong narrative voice and miss it when you put the book down for awhile. The text is a great moral prescription for men and women young and old, but I believe the audio book helped me perceive the moral nuance more clearly. Reading alone, I would sometimes grow distracted by some of the longer philosophical passages, so if that's the case for you, the audio by Sandra Burr is recommended.

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pleasant read

This is the type of book that encourages me to be a better human being. I appreciate good wholesome entertainment.

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Little women

Great book! Totally recommend for girls to read. Loved book. Read it you won't wantonly it down.

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fantastic performance of a classic!

I love classic books, and when I can find them in a well-performed audiobook so much the better. This is extremely well done, the narrator has a lovely pleasing voiced and a very nice Pace. I enjoyed this book tremendously!

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I loved this book!

it has its sad and happy moments. Just like life!! It's a well writen book, I love how she tells the story.

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Wonderful story.

I now understand why this book is such a classic, the narration is first rate. I don't have any profound words to add to the other reviews, so I will leave it at that. I enjoyed this tittle very much.

Good Story

I enjoyed the story very much. The narrator was not my favorite, she did a fine job. but the voice was piercing.

Pretty darn good

This book is a old classic. I love it. The narrator does a nice job with voices

Great story BUT disappointing ending

I think the development of the story demonstrates that life is full of surprises. Some of the surprises though were rather disappointing within this story. First, I can't believe Teddy ended up with Amy. The complete opposite of Jo, not to mention her sister. Yet, the story implies that Laurie considered Amy as a replacement for Jo since before they became a couple. It was a little sad. What really was a heart breaking was the fact that Jo ended up marrying Mr. Bhaer, and against what the worda say, the development of the story demonstrates that she ended up with him because of solitude, not because of love. At least that was my interpretation. The story presents Jo as a strong and independent woman. Even past the middle of the story, I was certain that she would commit to her resolution to be single like her aunt. You can imagine my disappointment when she ended up with the professor. To be fair, she did mention that the feeling of loneliness made her think she would have taken Teddy, as he proposed to her during that late stage of her life. What is worst, I believe, is that the professor never really respected her as a writer, and hus comments about her writing made her lose confidence in her writing to the point that she stop doing it until her mom encouraged her to give it one more try.
The detail in the story, and most of the development is great. However, the last chapters seemed rather disappointing, at least in my non professional opinion.

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