There’s an astounding moment, about two hours into Greta Gerwig’s new version of Little Women, where the ... jumps between the first and second volumes of the book. It’s a choice that ...

To prepare for the newest Little Women, I reread Alcott's novel ... Gerwig interweaves the first half of the book with the storyline from the second part when they're adults, jumping back and ...

My first “Little Women” reading experience ... even when Mr. March returns from the Civil War front in the book’s second half, he’s still not really there.) You don’t need to know ...

Similarly, Alcott had no desire to see Jo March married in the second volume of Little Women. While to this day, many a young person who reads the book is sure that Laurie is the love of Jo’s ...

But mostly, “Little Women” — which stars Saoirse ... who say they’ve only read the first half of the book and they never liked the second half because it was about adulthood.

She hadn’t initially wanted to write a book for girls ... The Story of ‘Little Women’ and Why It Still Matters” — as it emerged amid the height of the second wave women’s movement.

What we now know as the novel “Little Women” was released as two volumes; when the first book covering the March sisters’ childhood did well, fans demanded a second volume so they could find ...

Little Women’s most flamboyant character ... For many readers, the heart of the book’s second half was a simple question: Would Jo marry her charming neighbor, Laurie? Alcott had hoped ...