Comments on: Fictional Writers: Jo March (Little Women)

By: Katrina

Katrina — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:26:40 +0000

This was very helpful! I just finished my 1 pg. Essay on Little Women and my favorite character Jo! Thanks!

By: Chris Archer

Chris Archer — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:42:09 +0000

The wonder of it is not Jo Macrch’s success. but for me it is that she kept writing and persisted in spite of any failures. She is a true, writing heroine.

By: Georgiana Daniels

Georgiana Daniels — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:37:22 +0000

Somehow I missed the early success cutoff, LOL! You make a good point about the restrictive character work schedule. I think that’s why in my first book I made her work a bigger subplot, and in my second book the plot revolved around the character’s job and clients(Honey Do.)

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:50:23 +0000

It is tempting to make our characters unrealistically successful at a young age—simply because it makes it easier on us to be able to get around a restrictive work schedule.

But there are some examples of authors who do find success in their twenties. Not many, but a few.

By: Sally Bradley

Sally Bradley — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:33:41 +0000

One of my pet peeves as a writer is when a novelist creates a fictional author who’s an overnight success–a multi-millionaire at the ripe age of 27 or so . It’s so unrealistic, and if anybody should know better, it’s a writer! Yet it’s done so often.

I think that’s what I like so much about Little Women–Jo’s struggles as a writer are not only believable but probable. It’s the writing life as it really can be. I wish more writers would write that reality.

By: Eileen Astels

Eileen Astels — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:48:54 +0000

I don’t believe I’ve ever read Little Women. Isn’t that awful?

It’s neat to know that it was originally published as two separate novels. Wonder how many classics end up getting combined?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:42:07 +0000

An Old-Fashioned Girl needs to be at the top of any LMA fan’s reading list. It is truly Louisa’s masterpiece. It completely outshines Little Women in every way you can imagine.

The real Orchard House in Concord is a museum now and all non-profit museums greatly need the assistance of private donations. The house itself is 317 years old. Just Google Orchard House and it’s the first link that comes up.

By: Melinda (Marmie) Smith

Melinda (Marmie) Smith — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:30:55 +0000

Oh, one of my girls loved Little Women so much that I’m to be Marmie to my grandchildren. Hence my “on-line” name. : )

By: Melinda (Marmie) Smith

Melinda (Marmie) Smith — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:29:18 +0000

Alcott is one of my all time favorite authors. All of her books were pretty much required reading for my girls because I loved her stories so much when I was growing up.

By: PatriciaW

PatriciaW — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:22:26 +0000

That’s it! I absolutely have to find and purchase this series. My mother gave it to me many years ago but those books have long since been lost.

Funny is how at varying points in my life, I have found that I’ve related more (or less) to each of the March sisters. Jo is my all-time favorite but my first fav was Beth, then Jo, then Meg, then Amy. (Imagine my horror in my early 20′s when I found myself empathizing with Amy!)