I really love Louisa's writing style- I need to read more of her books . As of now I've only read parts of Little Women and An Old-Fashioned Girl. I absolutely adored An Old-Fashioned Girl and I think some of her other books sound very interesting- I've been meaning to read more for a while .

I've only read one of her books to date but I have planned several more.
Little Women, I read it for the first time Dec '08 and I absolutely loved it!
There were several chapters I could have done without, but when compared to the rest of the book it is not such a big deal.

From the moment I started I was hooked,
and I nearly cried when... if you all read the book you know what I am referring to. It broke me.

ditto, gtg, about an old fashioned girl. it was a really fun book and the end was touching. pretty predicatble, but because of a few twists peopel get relieved at the ending. do finish it! u'll really enjoy it, i think.

that's true, narnian1! little women is really, really hard to put down but then when one reaches that part... i bawled. what's worse is that i cried even harder when

because of that bit, little women is probably one of my least favourites but apart from that, the book is one of louisa may alcott's books.

^oh I meant I've only read parts of Little Women. I have read all of An Old Fashioned Girl though .

what's worse is that i cried even harder when

Spoiler

laurie and amy ended up toghether...

you know,
, hoping it wouldn't go through, but when it did- I loved it

GTG,
you should definitely read all of Little Women

^hehe, maybe soon. I read like 2/3 of it but found it too boring. But that was like 5 years ago soo....

^hehe, maybe soon. I read like 2/3 of it but found it too boring. But that was like 5 years ago soo....

well, maybe you should try the movie. There's 3, my favorite is the 1995 version, even though the second half isn't 100% faithful to the book. I have a friend you disliked the book, too boring for her, but she did love the movie. It happens sometimes.

I saw one version...can't remember which it was though..oh now I remember, it was the one with Elizabeth Taylor as...Amy I think.

*runs in very quickly*

I've read:
Little Women (including the second half) -- I love it. I can see myself in each of the girls, I love the character growth, it is very well written and altogether delightful.

Little Men I love all the different children and incidents. And it is really nice to see all the March girls as adults.

An Old Fashioned Girl I really love the first half, the second one not so much.

Eight Cousins Very good, especially because there is no romance.

An excerpt from Hospital Sketches Made me cry it did.

I've also read several of her short stories, but I don't recall their titles at the moment.

As far as movie adaptions go, of Little Women I've seen 193- one, 1978, and 1995. None of them are anything that you should judge the book by as they all made major changes. The 1978 is my personal favorite because they left in the most from the book, I really like Jo, Mr. Bhaer is actually close to his book character (unlike the terrible Mr. Bhaer in the 1995), and it only has a couple of kisses or anything inappropriate. However, it does have several other problems (the

was somewhat disturbing and completely out of character) so don't think I approve of all of it.

Thanks for starting this, Bella!

*runs back out*

I saw one version...can't remember which it was though..oh now I remember, it was the one with Elizabeth Taylor as...Amy I think.

I believe Amy is the youngest daughter in that movie. I hated that one! I disliked the earlier version too. my problem:

The earliest version, had some faithful parts to it, but it had much wrong too.
Second version was a remake of the first, and not so much an adaptation of the book. So what happened? They kept much of what was wrong in the first, and messed up even further parts including Amy's age. The 95 version is the most faithful IMO, although I know people that prefer the second or the earlier one still.

^I'll have to judge for myself after I've read the whole book

Good idea, GtG.

I forgot to say that I do think that the 1995 version has the best Jo, I like a lot of things about Marmee, Meg, and young Amy in that one as well. The only reason I don't like Meg completely the best is because of the scene between Jo and Meg in the 1978 after

Also, one of the main reasons I prefer the 1978 is because Beth is almost perfect in that one, while the others (only in my opinion of course) completely missed her character. I also really liked the adaption changes they made (combining events instead of leaving them out altogether, not showing, etc.

I've decided that Laurie's character is impossible to capture on screen, does anyone agree with me?

*suddenly realizes that she is now really late for a very important date and scuttles out*

Let's see, I have read Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, An Old Fashioned Girl, Jack and Jill, Under the Lilacs, Eight Cousins, and Rose in Bloom. Out of all of those, I think Jack and Jill was my favorite. I really liked Jack. I preferred Rose in Bloom over Eight Cousins, not sure why.

As for movies, I have seen The Inheritance, Little Men, and four versions of Little Women. It has been a very long time since I saw Inheritance, but I remember liking it a lot. Little Men I saw so long ago it isn't really even worth mentioning since I don't remember anything. Hands down my favorite version of Little Women is the '70s. It was spectacular! The advantage of a miniseries over a movie is more can go into a miniseries. And this particular miniseries had superb casting. Greer Garson is amazing as Aunt March, Dorothy MacGuire simply is Marmee, and I forget who played Beth but I liked her.

The 1978 is my personal favorite because they left in the most from the book, I really like Jo, Mr. Bhaer is actually close to his book character (unlike the terrible Mr. Bhaer in the 1995),

ditto that. William Shatner is the only really good Professor Bhaer I have seen.

I saw one version...can't remember which it was though..oh now I remember, it was the one with Elizabeth Taylor as...Amy I think.

That's the '40s one. Yes, Elizabeth Taylor played Amy. I liked that one.

Let's see... I've read: Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, An Old Fashioned Girl, Under the Lilacs, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, The Brownie and the Princess and Other Stories, The Quiet Little Woman, and Kate's Choice.

(I will also admit to reading and enjoying the Portraits of Little Women series by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Anyone else remember those? I want to say that there was another series with the same theme around the same time. They had the cutest illustrations--or so I recall. They might have been done by the same people who did the Treasured Horses series.)

I believe my favourite Louisa May Alcott book is Old Fashioned Girl. Either that or Little Men which is the very first book by her I ever read. Awwwwww. Also, I like Jo's Boys better than Little Women.