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Little Women

(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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About this listen

 This timeless classic is now an easy-to-read chapter book!

The four March sisters--Meg, Amy, Beth, and feisty Jo--share the joys and sorrows of growing up while their father is away at war. The family is poor in worldly goods, but rich in love and character. Classics Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Inspiring Heartfelt

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"The American female myth."
—Madelon Bedell
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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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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.

Wonderful trip down Memory Lane

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a heart-warming, inspiring, cheering, emotional, beautiful story. The narrator did great accents but some of her actual narration lacked emphasis.

wonderful story

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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.

Really AWFUL reading of the story :(

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Little Women is a gorgeous story and it’s lovely to listen to it. So vibrant, moving and timeless.

Good performances - only docking a star as sometimes voices do blur into one.

Only thing to tweak would be the dreadful music that sometimes kicks in at the end of chapters. Sounds like someone being mangled if listening at 1.5! 😂

Little Women is such a good story

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