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Little Women

By: Jane Smiley - introduction,Louisa May Alcott
Narrated by: Christina Ricci
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Summary

Little Women is recognized as one of the best-loved classic children's stories, transcending the boundaries of time and age, making it as popular with adults as it is with young listeners. The beloved story of the March girls is a classic American feminist novel, reflecting the tension between cultural obligation and artistic and personal freedom.

But which of the four March sisters to love best? For every listener must have their favorite. Independent, tomboyish Jo; delicate, loving Beth; pretty, kind Meg; or precocious and beautiful Amy, the baby of the family?

The charming story of these four "little women" and their wise and patient mother, Marmee, enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War-era New England was an instant success when first published in 1868 and has been adored for generations.

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Really AWFUL reading of the story :(

Would you try another book written by Louisa May Alcott and Jane Smiley (introduction) or narrated by Christina Ricci?

No. Christina Ricci is hands down the worst narrator I've ever listened to. Her speech and timing is irregular, she drops in and out of accents and her reading is monotone. Really, really bad.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

See above- the story is lovely, and could be humorous in some places, but the narrator killed the enjoyment of it.

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OKAY

The story is very nice but the narration is very annoying overall quite nice

Give it a go

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couldn't finish and returned

hated the narration, haven't read before but can see why the author considered it moralistic dross. maybe a different reader would have bought it to life and made it more enjoyable but it wasn't for me

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really irritating voice

I really couldn't bare the voive of the reader, so I didn't finish the book

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Beautiful Listen

I had always wanted to read Little Women but never had the time with work and children. I searched for this after joining audible and listened to it on my daily commute. This really is a beautiful story wonderfully told. I've laughed and cried on the train and bus as it's such a captivating and moving story. I'm a fan of Pride and Prejudice and really enjoyed this.

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I really enjoyed

The narrator is fantastic. A really pleasant voice and easy to listen to. It took me a little while to get into this book, however eventually I learned more about the characters and started to really enjoy it.

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My review.

I loved the performance. I loved the story. I liked
all the pieces of music.

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Lovely reading of a great classic

I loved it, even cried in certain sections. The only but that I would give was that I personally wasn’t a fan of the voice she gave to Mr.Bear, I feel like it would have been fine without the German accent. Still, the whole reading was lovely and the music at the end of each chapter was very appreciated.

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Incredible story

Life-enriching story. The world would be better if more people read this book. Narration is very good.

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Wonderful trip down Memory Lane

Reminder of special moments i read as a child, but also interesting to listen to strong women in a very different age make their mark and I did not appreciate those hurdles in the same way as a young reader some 50 years ago.

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