An irrepressible tomboy in her youth, Louisa had “never liked girls or many” other than her three siblings: her older sister, Anna, and her younger sisters, Lizzie and May. Her experience also told her that writing for juveniles “doesn’t pay as well as rubbish.” Still worse, Alcott considered herself wholly unqualified for the task.
It was not simply that she disliked the idea, though that was true enough. She had told him she would try, and promptly started the project-and just as promptly set it aside. He had approached Louisa herself with the same idea the previous autumn. Niles was not taken with the idea what he really wanted was a book to fill a yawning gap in the juvenile market-a smart, lively novel for girls. Now her father, in an effort to drum up some work for her, suggested to Niles that Louisa could write him a book of fairy stories. By permission of the Houghton Library, Harvard University.īut as Louisa herself knew, she had not risen to her full artistic potential. Little Women has been adapted numerous times for the screen, including in 19, with such actors as Katharine Hepburn and Winona Ryder taking on the role of writerly heroine Jo March.MS Am 1130.10 (6). March), Florence Pugh (Amy), Saoirse Ronan (Jo), Eliza Scanlen (Beth), Meryl Streep (Aunt March), and Emma Watson (Meg). The forthcoming film stars Timothée Chalamet (Laurie), Laura Dern (Marmee), Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Abrams has announced the release of the original novel with film stills and an official movie companion book-the covers of which are revealed here-along with a Little Women wall calendar, due out on November 5.Īndrew Smith, senior v-p and publisher of Abrams Children’s Books, said in a statement, “ Little Women promises to be the event movie of the holiday season and we’re thrilled to be working with the filmmakers and the team at Sony Pictures on a creative publishing program that extends and enhances the experience of the film.”
Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age classic Little Women is getting the red carpet treatment, in time for the December 25 premiere of writer and director Greta Gerwig’s film adaptation. Fans of the March sisters will have no shortage of presents this Christmas.
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