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Work: a Story of Experience
Louisa May Alcott
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It is one of “several nineteenth-century novels [which] uncovers the changes in women’s work in the new industrial era, as well as the dilemmas, tensions, and the meaning of that work” The story depicts the struggles of a young woman trying to support herself. The main character, Christie Devon, works outside the home in a variety of different jobs, but the end of her story marks “the beginning of a new career as a voice and activist for other working women”.
It is one of “several nineteenth-century novels [which] uncovers the changes in women’s work in the new industrial era, as well as the dilemmas, tensions, and the meaning of that work” The story depicts the struggles of a young woman trying to support herself. The main character, Christie Devon, works outside the home in a variety of different jobs, but the end of her story marks “the beginning of a new career as a voice and activist for other working women”.
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"My second love affair is a worse failure than my first, for I did pity poor Joe, but this man is detestable, and I never will forgive him that last insult. I dare say I was absurdly tragical, I'm apt to be when very angry, but what a temper he has got! The white, cold kind, that smoulders and stabs, instead of blazing up and being over in a minute. Thank Heaven, I'm not his wife! Well, I've made an enemy and lost my place, for of course Mrs. Saltonstall won't keep me after this awful discovery. I'll tell her at once, for I will have no 'little secrets' with him. No Paris either, and that's the worst of it all! Never mind, I haven't sold my liberty for the Fletcher diamonds, and that's a comfort. Now a short scene with my lady and then exi. . . Read More
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Calificación real: 5/5
En esta que fue la obra póstuma de Louis May Alcott antes de fallecer podemos finalmente ver y admirar el verdadero carácter de esta gran escritora: fuerte, independiente e idealista.
Lamentablemente Alcott se quedó en la mente de millones de lectores como alguien sentimentaloid
I'd never heard of this book until I bought it at a second hand shop recently. It seems that in a sober mood, Louisa May Alcott decided to write this story for adult readers rather than children and youth, which I took as a clue that I should prepare myself for plenty of frank, reflective passages.
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I cried so much! Also realized that I really appreciate and miss books where a main object of the story is striving to be a better person. Guess I should be reading more 'old-fashioned' things.
I, like many others, know and adore Louisa May Alcott for her Little Women novels. As a child I went on many adventures with Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth and I adored Alcott's depiction of idyllic family life and youthful romances in the 1800's.
Beside Little Women and the following novels about the March f
I loved this book. I can forgive Alcott anything, and her preachiness is endearing to me - so mostly this book just feels like another old friend right off the bat. The lead character, Christy, is lovable and forgivable. Her friends, though frequently superficially rendered, still liven the world an
This is the last book that L.M.A. penned before she died and it is one of my favorites. It is the story of a young woman named Christie who goes out to make her way in the world by working. The first half of the book is a bit disjointed; not tedious, exactly, but it doesn't feel as cohesive a part o