Wishing you all Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays and a wonderful start to the New Year! Thank you for all your support in 2023, and see you in 2024! Miranda x
My Mum bought me "Little Women" when I was 10 years old, sadly Mum died when I was 13, I still have the book 68 years later though it is almost falling to pieces now. I love this story. In days gone by 'Good Wives" was a separate book which I also loved though I cried my heart out when Beth died. I often wonder which other books my Mum would have chosen for me. Happy Christmas to you and your Mum. love your videos
I am the eldest of four sisters. We used to play Little Women. I insisted on being Jo, with my sisters playing the other roles. Poor Karen was Beth and spent the majority of our playtime in bed sick. Thank you for sharing this lovely book.
I’m a woman in my 40’s and I’m reading Little Women for the very first time right now. I’m only a few chapters in so far. But I am just loving it! I’ve been writing down so many wonderful little sayings and quotes and beautifully written descriptions. Wow! What a treasure I know I will be returning to many times again in my life. This book club discussion is helping me understand some context and insight as a new reader. Thank you Miranda and Donna!
I’ve read LITTLE WOMEN every decade. I am now 70. Each decade reveals something to me. Merry Christmas and a richly blessed new year to you both. Thanks for all that you do. 🎄🇺🇸🇺🇸
Little Women is such a comfort read and film watch. Although I also enjoy the subsequent versions, my favourite film version is all the way back to the 1949 version with Mary Astor (Marmee), Janet Leigh (Meg), June Allyson (Jo), Margaret O'Brien (a wonderfully touching Beth) and Elizabeth Taylor (the ultimate Amy). What a cast. I'm going to see if I can find it now to stream. Happy Christmas Miranda and Donna. Can't wait for the cosy reads in 2024!
Thank you so much for all the wonderful work you put into your youtube content, Comfort Book Club, Commonplace newsletter, and now Seasons of Story journal. You have no idea how much I appreciate, love and look forward to it all! ❤❤❤ I will be reading Little Woman (and the entirety of the 'series') on my time off work this coming week. I'm so looking forward to it! Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna! May the New Year bring you lots of success, but most importantly, health, joy and Love!!!
Oh my goodness, Grace, thank you so very much indeed for your amazing support! I'm so very very touched and grateful! I'm so glad you've enjoyed my content this year, and I do hope you enjoy reading Little Women over the holidays. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and all things delightful in the New Year ❤️ 🎄
Little Women is the most impactful book of my childhood. My aunt gave me my first edition as a child and it got me hooked for life - not only on this particular narrative but on literature in general. Whenever I am in the states, I go on a pilgrimage to Orchard House and it is always wonderful. Thank you for your lovely discussion, Miranda!!! 😍😍
As an American girl in the 1960s/1970s, there was only ever one sister for me and that was Jo! I bitterly disliked Amy. On a recent re-read I felt a lot more patience for Amy but will be a Jo until my dying day haha! Very interesting that Donna resonated with Marmee this time around - I think as a new grandmother I may also feel pulled toward her on my next read. I loved the Greta Gerwig film, I never thought a modern film would beat my favorite with June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Lawford but I think it’s now my new favorite. I have a lovely memory of seeing the Gerwig film with my son (now a married Dad) in the theater when he was home visiting from college. Surprisingly for me, he became absolutely transfixed with the film and the story of Little Women, as a boy he had never read it before. Of course he read the book right after and enjoyed it. I love that the film introduced him to what traditionally appealed more to girls.
Thank you so much for your lovely support and interesting comment, Judi! I love that memory with your recent - the most recent film is very good too, I agree! Wishing you and yours very Happy Holidays ❤️
The Elizabeth Taylor and Greta Gerwig versions are my favorite too. The former for the impeccable vintage vibes and the latter for the artistic cinematography.
I can remember best the very first time I read Little Women. I was probably about 7 or 8, and while I’ve read it numerous times again since, the first reading remains my favorite. Losing Beth broke my little heart. I believe it was the first time I was moved to tears reading a book. It’s old hat now, I cry easily, but that was the first time I remember being so moved by reading. I don’t remember identifying with one sister more than the other but I didn’t care for Amy either😊. And was so disappointed in Laurie.😂 Merry Christmas to you both and to all CBC members. I wish you all the best in the coming new year. 💕
Little Women has always been a treasured read through my life. I have read for the first time Christmas with Louisa May Alcott 2 stories-A Christmas Dream and How it came to be true and How It All Happened. Both stories are so lovely at this time of year.
Hello Miranda and Donna, I really loved this month's Comfort Book Club selection, Little Women. I have watched all the movie versions but never read the book till now. What a treat! Such a heartwarming, lovely story perfect for this time of year. Once I finished the book, I actually felt like I missed the characters as if they were part of my family! Will be reading Jo's Boys and December's Commonplace book over the holidays to keep in the spirit. Wishing you both a wonderful Christmas and all the best for the upcoming year. Thank you for all the work you do for this channel. It is so enjoyable and appreciated!
Thank you for the comfort and delight you both have provided us with throughout the year. I wish you both a lovely and relaxing Christmas, and all the best of everything in the New Year!🎄♥️💚🥂
Thank you so much, Lynn Ann, for your lovely support and very kind good wishes! I so appreciate both, and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas ahead and happy New Year! ❤️🎄
I purchased my first copy of Little Women when I was ten with birthday money I’d received from my grandmother. My mom was with me & questioned my choice a bit…I’m sure she would have rather I spend it on new underwear! But I was determined & have had that original copy for 62 years now! Though I used to daydream of having 4 daughters, I was blessed with 4 sons but have made it a mission in life to make sure sisters. granddaughters, nieces, cousins, & daughters of good friends all receive a copy by the time they’re ten! It’s a heart-warming & heart-tugging story that needs to be shared. Have a lovely holiday season, Miranda & Donna, & thank you for all the generous consideration you have put in your videos this passed year! An American fan! 📚🎄📚
I was hesitant to read Little Women when it was first suggested, because I felt that I knew the story so well through the film versions. However, I did read it, and I'm so glad I did. There are many wonderful passages, details, and depths to the story and characters that I have missed by just watching the films. So, thank you for the encouragement I needed and as always, for the book club discussion. Enjoy your break! I will look forward to seeing you back in January:)
i'm the youngest of 3 sisters and a younger brother... I used to, like you say, identify with different aspects of each sister. But now that I'm older (in my 50s and no longer married) I realize how much I am like Beth. Almost as if I tried to be Jo, Meg or Amy even, most of my life, now that I'm living out in the country side, at peace I can look back and see how much I have always been Beth. During this latest reading of the book Little Women (not The Good Wives yet), I annotated, highlighting in pink all of Beth's moments in the book.. it will be interesting to go back and just read only those passages! I love this book club thanks so much for having it! You and your mum, are the best 🙂
Donna, if liked Marmee, you might like the book of the same name by Sarah Miller. I read it this summer and enjoyed it very much. It had the same flavor as Little Women.
Thank you so much for introducing me to so many wonderful books, especially vintage children books, which I then bought secondhand. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and your mother and to all of your followers!
Dear Miranda and dear Donna, thank you so much for this lovely Comfort Bookclub Discussion. Have a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2024. Your videos bring me, apart from tons of inspiration, a lot of joy, comfort and happiness. Thank you for everything you do. Have a lovely time of rest and quiet❤❤
Thank you so much, Inga, for your wonderful support and lovely words. So kind of you, and they both mean so much! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ♥️
What a lovely discussion of a favorite novel! I enjoyed this reread the most as I found the smallness of the March sisters' world cozy and reassuring this time instead of restricting amd limited as I had in the past. Alarming yet interesting anecdote- my daughter used to babysit for a family with three daughters, and Little Women was on the banned (🙄) list of books allowed to read be to them. They felt the roles in the book were too traditional, and they didn't want their daughters exposed to such backward ideas. My daughter was devastated because Little Women is her favorite book, and she really wanted to share her love of the book with these girls. I remember thinking at the time that so many classics must be on the naughty list in that home. Such a shame, and really when you think about it Little Women is a fairly feminist book considering the time in which it was written. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy 2024, Miranda and Donna! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into the CBC 📚
Thank you so much for your wonderful support, Faith! It’s very kind of you, and I really appreciate it. I’m with you and your daughter - what a shame!! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year ❤️🎄
Despite not reading the book, I still enjoy listening to the discussion and to your insights. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year -- Miranda, Donna, and Comfort Book Club members!
As a child I thought I was most similar to Jo as she liked to walk outdoors, didn’t fuss about her appearance, loved books and was strong in her own opinions, but I loved Beth’s garden the best with its sweet smelling old fashioned flowers, so thought I would like her as a friend. As an adult, I noticed how the garden plots described in the book represented the characters of each girl. 😊
Merry Christmas to you both and your family! And to all who enjoy your channel! May all have many happy returns for the New Year and beyond! God’s love, grace, and blessings to you! 🎶Joy to the World 🕊️the Lord has come!❤️🎶🎄📖📚Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, dear Miranda and dear Donna. I appreciate so much all your work, your suggestions, your vlogs together and, first of all, the serenity that shines from your relationship. I' ve lost both parents and looking at you makes me feel more serene. Thanks for all ❤️ Margherita
This my first time at the Comfort Book Club and how wonderful that it was Little Women. I’ve loved this book since a child but your discussion made me realise that I haven’t actually read it for some years and now have the pleasure of rereading. Thankyou both so much.
One of my favorite parts of the book is when Father challenges them to combat their “bosom enemies”. It reveals how well he knows his little women . As a pastor, he charges them to better understand themselves, and therefore us, and grow beyond.
Oh dear, I just tried to send a super thanks but it didn't work. I am so sorry. But it truly was a joy revisiting one of my favorite childhood books. When I was younger, my best friend and I would play Little Women - I was always Jo, she was always Meg, and we'd get some of the neighborhood girls to be Beth and Amy. Thank you for choosing this, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you both! ❤
I adored Little Women, thank you for choosing it 😊. Thank you for all the videos this year, they’ve been a real joy. Merry Christmas to you both, I hope you have a peaceful Christmas and wonderful 2024 😊.
Gosh, so very kind of you, Sophie!! Thank you so much indeed! I really appreciate your support, and I'm so glad you've enjoyed my videos. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and start to the New Year too! ❤️ 🎄
I like the PBS Masterpiece version. I related to Meg most as a girl and still do, but now that I have adult children I of course pay closest attention to Marmee. I gravitate toward watching Little Women in May (American Mother's Day) because so few films feature faithful, strong mothers and devoted families.
Thank you so much, Mary for your amazing support! So very kind of you & greatly appreciated! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ❤️🎄
Love your book club, Miranda and Donna! Really enjoyed re-reading Little Women. Funny, when I read this aloud to my children when they were younger, they loved Professor Bhauer, and they still say he's one of their favourite characters. Perhaps it was because he is funny and endearing, and perhaps, too, because I have a German heritage I could read him with the appropriate accent ;). Also, with regard to your comment on Louisa May Alcott having to marry off Jo in the second book - I'm sure it would have been fine to end with her single or married, but we would have missed out on Little Men and Jo's Boys if she hadn't married (back then). Sometimes editors make good decisions that benefit future readers. (I know this type of thing also happened with L.M. Montgomery and Robert Louis Stevenson. I wonder how many books and movies we enjoy so much now would have been missed out on if it weren't for editor and director choices? Just a thought)
I grew up with the animated TV series of Little Women and later found out it was based on a book. Lovely discussion as always! Thank you for all the effort you put into your content. I prefer this type of longer video on UA-cam, and I also, enjoy immensely the Commonplace Books, and SoS, the recent interviews were great!!! Wish you and your Mum a Merry Christmas, a peaceful and restful time to enjoy, and 2024 full of success, health, love and happiness 🙏🎄❤
Thanks for another lovely discussion. I haven't quite finished my reread of Little Women but still very much enjoyed listening. I identified with Jo when I was young and to a certain extent I still do now. I hope you and Donna have a peaceful and joy filled Christmas with lots of happy reading time.
Thank you so much, Karen, for your very generous support and kind words. I really appreciate it! I hope you enjoy finishing Little Women and enjoy the holidays. Wishing you all the best for 2024! ❤️📚🌹
Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna- the Little Women book you have is the same one I purchased at The American Museum in Bath - I just fell in love with the cover & gold edged pages & Little Women is my favourite book I first read it when I was about 10 and just adore it - many thanks for your wonderful videos I thoroughly enjoy them xx
“Little Woman” is one of the books that l read every year and always enjoy it as if l were reading it for the first time. Thank you for the video. 📚❤️📚
I’ve always thought of the 1995 Winona Rider version of Little Women a Christmas movie. Love it and the book so much. I am 71 and have read the book every year since I was about 10 years old.
You got me to finally, at 64!, read Little Women. Actually, I listened because I ran out of time. Unfortunately, I didn’t care much for the particular audio version I had, so I do want to read the book, which I did purchase. I think I will get more out of it. I didn’t find it very engaging, until I got about a third of the way in, then it got more interesting to me - when the girls got older. I actually liked the father, even though he came in very late. I could feel the love he had for the girls. Thanks again!
Thank you for inspiring me to read this book that have been on my list for decades. I liked it a lot and it was not what I expected (read nothing like my prejudices...) The characters very much alive and human. This book will be with me always.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Miranda, Donna and the Comfort book club. Thank you for all your wonderful book recommendations this past year. I'm looking forward to the books you choose for 2024. I hope you enjoy your time off Miranda
Since I had 4 daughters this book is dear to me. I love this book and it also is my favorite movie especially the one made I think in the 90s but I cherish this whole story. And even though it’s a couple of days till Christmas I think I’ll give it as gifts next Christmas. 🌹❤️🎄❤️🌹
I was first introduced to Little Women by my mum and it was her copy of the book that she shared. I’ve loved revisiting this story over the years and enjoyed reading it over Christmas. As for the film version, I think my favourite is the 1994 version with Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon. Thank you for a lovely seasonal read. Wishing you both a very happy new year.
Hi Miranda and Donna! Thank you for another wonderful book club discussion! I love both of the last two films (I have not yet seen the one with Elizabeth Taylor - I keep meaning to!) but my heart is with the Winona Ryder version. I hope my message was not too sad! - I was a little bit worried after I sent it - but I also had the same thoughts as Donna about the birds and what/who different birds symbolized throughout the book. I also felt that Mr. Lawrence was so much better drawn than any of the other male characters- it was almost the subject of my voice message, so I had to laugh when you mentioned it! I hope you have a lovely Christmas holiday and Happy New Year! See you next year!🐦
Thank you so much for your lovely support, Heather! So very kind of you! Mum and I really enjoyed your voice message - so thought-provoking, and we liked thinking about the birds too. Glad you're a Mr Lawrence fan as well! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well ❤️ 🎄
Little Women is my favorite book of EVERY book I have ever read. I re-read it every 2/3 yrs. I think I was 12 when I first read it. Yet I remember when I was in 3rd grade organizing the neighborhood kids to putting on the play in my family's garage. So there is some confusion for me regarding when I first read it. I of course was Jo. I have identified with No my whole life. I WANTED to be just like her; independent, A writer, not the typical, conventional woman. I was very much a tomboy. I grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, went to a private h.s. in Concord, Mass. There was a rural little town between the two. I frequented Alcott's house(Orchard House) soooo many times. Even as an adult I would go back and back. I think I could have given the tours. Emerson paid for the Alcott's to live there. Her father was a very lazy man who felt he shouldn't have to work! He did NOT support for his family. Louisa, sisters and Marmee lived in poverty. Her father was a very weak male and I think that is why she wrote the male characters in the book the way she did. I also think that is why she had no desire to marry. I have so many books, biographies, and journals of L.M.Alcott. In real life after all in her family died, she took care of her father and moved them both to Boston (she would live there a few times as an adult). They died one day apart, Louisa the last. I collect copies of Little Women. Alcott's health was never the same after she got sick as a nurse in the Civil War and had to go home to Concord. Modern day medicine believes she had Lupus. So do I! Such a remarkable women who started writing to financially support her family. She is buried in Concord in the cemetary Sleepy Hollow. There is a section called " Author's Ridge". She, I think Emerson and one other famous author from that time period(name escapes me at the moment) are buried next to each other. I have photos of Orchard House. I will make copies and send one to you and your Mom. It may take me awhile because after Christmas they are remodeling my entire apt. building (yr. long project) starting with my floor, the top one. I move out Jan.15 to a hotel for 6/7 days. Everything is already chaotic, Christmas is NOT the best time to start this!!! I promise I will do that. This was wonderful, thank you! 🤗🤗
I also am one of four sisters and our personalities were very similar to the four March sisters. I remember that my older sister got Little Women for Christmas and she was such a fast reader that later Xmas day she got to the part where Beth dies and burst into tears, causing my parents to wonderful why she was crying on Xmas day!!!! As I mentioned in your previous vlog I have read this book every year since I was 12 (70 years now). As always, love your content and have a Very Merry Christmas!!
Hello Miranda and Donna. I realised towards the end of Part I that my copy didn’t include Part II, so I’m only halfway through. I hope you’ll have a wonderful Christmas! 🎄 ❤
I have never read Little Women but weirdly I picked it up today at a community bookshelf and then I saw your video - I am now intrigued. It is so interesting to think that your favourite character has changed over time as that would not be a situation that would cross my mind as I rarely re-read a book, but of course over time your affinity with certain characters would change as you yourself mature and change and gain life experience. I read Anne of Green Gables last year (having owned it as a child but not getting past the first few pages for some reason) and really loved it, I know I would have adored it in my very early teens and so am sad I never read it then, but happy to discover it as an adult - I think this book will be the same in terms of finding a diamond and wishing I had read it years ago. I haven’t seen the films either so I will be going in blind. Wishing you both a very happy New Year, thank you for all the interesting videos and for helping us to really enjoy and appreciate reading - I adore your channel and yourself and your Mum make a fabulous duo 😊
You both look lovely, lovely on the outside and lovely on the inside.You bring so much joy as well as wonderful insight and knowledge, you manage to bring a true love of reading into our lives.Thank you both,have a wonderful Christmas and the best New Year.Fran and Sarah.London❤
Thank you so much for this wonderful video and your fascinating conversation about Little Women. I agree about Amy; I used to loathe her ( how could she put the manuscript on the fire?!) but, well, now after a little (a lot😉) more life experience, I am willing to be less judgemental and recognise her humanity. Merry Christmas to you both and thank you for all the splendid content you create. Much love. Xx
Thank you for a great video, as always. I love listening to everyone's views on the book and the characters-- there's so much there! I planned to watch some of the "Little Women" movies after finishing the book, and so far, I've only watched the TV miniseries (with Susan Dey as Jo). I'll watch the one with Winona Ryder, since you both liked that one. I hope you and Donna have a very Merry Christmas and healthy and prosperous New Year! Looking forward to our January Book Club read!
Thank you so much, Myriam! It was lovely to hear your thoughts on the book! I hope you enjoy the Winona Ryder version - it's lovely to watch at Christmastime, Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ❤️
Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna! 🎄 Thank you for all of your wonderful videos and taking us with you on your travels to wonderful places and amazing book stores. 📚❤️☃️🎄
My husband and I both felt after watching the latest film that a series would be just wonderful. Each of the sisters needs their own voice in a series. Both films are very good, my favorite is still the one released in the 1990's really captured the atmosphere of the time and feature Joe as the main character. It was a surprise to me when reading the book to hear how much each sister had to contribute to the book. I agree with Heather that the Chapter Beth's Secret had such beauty and depth that I was truly moved by her bravery and acceptance of how her life path was coming to such an early end. The Professor is ideal for Jo. Laurie is perhaps my least favorite of the characters as he seem to be quite happy to move from Jo to Amy and is a restless soul. But I also feel he so much wanted to remain deeply connected to the March family for always. Which will do him the power of good. I read the novel and listen to the story on audible. Thank you for all of your hard work Miranda, the 'Seasons of Story' and the Commonplace book are really special. May both of you Miranda and Donna have a peaceful Christmas and all the best for 2024.🌲🌲🎀🎄☃
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Last night I watched the (1990) vision of Little Women it's one of those movies I can watch again. Today I just ordered Little Women the book. I look forward to reading the book from a adult view. I can't wait to start reading the book again. Merry Christmas and Happy New.
I loved my copy of Little Women as a girl and read and reread. I was very lucky to have a gifted seamstress Mother and she made me Meg and Jo slim stocking dolls and beautiful period dresses down to bloomers. Only Jo' s purple serge and black lace gown survives. Th2019 film was great and opening scene grips one, flings us in. I saw it on hopeful PXmas day 2019. The one with Winona Ryder 3 of my 4 daughters were able to attend with me. The scene with Beth in bed brought tears as a child. My winter Concord story at Alcott house I'll save for now. Thank you, what a great choice!
Hello Miranda and Donna. Thank you for another insightful discussion. My old edition of Little Women does not include the second part which allows me to continue with this wonderful story into the new year. I’ll look at this as a little gift! As usual I learned so much about this book by hearing the different perspectives. Thank you for all your lovely videos this year. Have a festive holiday season and restful break. Looking forward to 2024❄️🎄👏🏻
Little Women is a beautiful book. Enjoyed your discussion on its structure and characterisations. I have enjoyed the recent adaptations of the book for bringing out different aspects of the text, but, like you, the 1994 film is my favourite. The actors I think filled the roles so well.
I agree with so many of thing things said here! My mother also introduced the book to me and bought me the most beautiful copy she could find, purposely, in order to make it stand out as a very special book. I definitely felt more akin to Meg when I was a girl and didn't quite understand why my friends found Jo to be their favorite, though I really liked Jo. With this read, I also found that I really appreciated and felt bonded to all of the sisters. (I also could not stand Amy when I was a little girl but didn't feel that antipathy toward her this time ... with the exception of burning Jo's manuscript.) I was never a fan of Laurie and Amy as a girl. I saw that as weird but also as a betrayal and, of course, since I didn't like Amy then, it seemed so much more of a betrayal then than now. Additionally, I also prefer the 1990's movie. Merry Christmas! See you in January!
I hope you and your mum have a wonderful holiday! I will get right to the controversial part of my feelings about the book - I wasn’t very upset that Jo married, or who she married - I was really upset that she put aside her writing. Near the end of the book there was a line about how she may get back to it when she is older, but she was not writing once married. One of the things I loved about the book was the female creative agency - not only with Jo’s writing, Amy’s art, and Beth’s music, but with the things Beth made for her sisters and the children of the neighborhood, the creative ideas around clothing and adornment (Amy putting tulle over her dress, Jo and Meg each wearing one good glove and carrying one soiled glove), the plays they put on, etc. that it was a real blow to the heart to have such an integral part of Jo just - gone (I mean, she had a writing dress and hat, and genius was burning :)
@@MirandaMills Absolutely. But the characters are so real to me :) I also wanted to mention that I really enjoyed the Masterpiece Theater miniseries that was made in 2018. Maya Hawke as Jo.
It has to be the nineties version with Winona Ryder. We actually disliked the new one with Emma Watson in and didn't find the relationships believable and didn't enjoy the playing around with time. Did you watch the one with Maya Hawke in which was on the BBC afew Christmas's ago? We thought that was very good but for some reason is never spoken about
Wishing you all Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays and a wonderful start to the New Year! Thank you for all your support in 2023, and see you in 2024! Miranda x
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🎄☃️❄️🎊🎉
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Happy New Year Miranda and Donna! Thank you so much for the amazing content during 2023! I wish you all the best 😘❤📚
My Mum bought me "Little Women" when I was 10 years old, sadly Mum died when I was 13, I still have the book 68 years later though it is almost falling to pieces now. I love this story. In days gone by 'Good Wives" was a separate book which I also loved though I cried my heart out when Beth died. I often wonder which other books my Mum would have chosen for me. Happy Christmas to you and your Mum. love your videos
I am the eldest of four sisters. We used to play Little Women. I insisted on being Jo, with my sisters playing the other roles. Poor Karen was Beth and spent the majority of our playtime in bed sick. Thank you for sharing this lovely book.
I’m a woman in my 40’s and I’m reading Little Women for the very first time right now. I’m only a few chapters in so far. But I am just loving it! I’ve been writing down so many wonderful little sayings and quotes and beautifully written descriptions. Wow! What a treasure I know I will be returning to many times again in my life. This book club discussion is helping me understand some context and insight as a new reader. Thank you Miranda and Donna!
Thank you for playing my recording, i miss my Mom and reading the book, really helped me, because I felt she was with me.
Thank you for your lovely message, Sherri! Sending you lots of love this holiday season ❤️
I’ve read LITTLE WOMEN every decade. I am now 70.
Each decade reveals something to me.
Merry Christmas and a richly blessed new year to you both.
Thanks for all that you do.
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I like that idea! In Concord, MA, the Concord Players put on a stage adaptation every ten years ( except for 1942 due to the war).
Little Women is such a comfort read and film watch. Although I also enjoy the subsequent versions, my favourite film version is all the way back to the 1949 version with Mary Astor (Marmee), Janet Leigh (Meg), June Allyson (Jo), Margaret O'Brien (a wonderfully touching Beth) and Elizabeth Taylor (the ultimate Amy). What a cast. I'm going to see if I can find it now to stream. Happy Christmas Miranda and Donna. Can't wait for the cosy reads in 2024!
Agree about the 1949 version! What an amazing cast.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful work you put into your youtube content, Comfort Book Club, Commonplace newsletter, and now Seasons of Story journal. You have no idea how much I appreciate, love and look forward to it all! ❤❤❤ I will be reading Little Woman (and the entirety of the 'series') on my time off work this coming week. I'm so looking forward to it! Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna! May the New Year bring you lots of success, but most importantly, health, joy and Love!!!
Oh my goodness, Grace, thank you so very much indeed for your amazing support! I'm so very very touched and grateful! I'm so glad you've enjoyed my content this year, and I do hope you enjoy reading Little Women over the holidays. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and all things delightful in the New Year ❤️ 🎄
Happy Christmas and a Healthy 2024 Miranda and Donna! Thank you for the great 2023 reading suggestions and videos.
Thank you very much indeed for your very kind and generous support! I so appreciate it! Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year too ❤️
Thank you Miranda and Donna for providing hours of comfort and bliss. Best wishes for the festive season and for a happy and healthy 2024 x
Thank you so much for your lovely words and kind support. They mean a lot! Wishing you very happy holidays ❤️
Little Women is the most impactful book of my childhood. My aunt gave me my first edition as a child and it got me hooked for life - not only on this particular narrative but on literature in general. Whenever I am in the states, I go on a pilgrimage to Orchard House and it is always wonderful. Thank you for your lovely discussion, Miranda!!! 😍😍
How wonderful! I loved visiting Orchard House in 2019 ❤️
As an American girl in the 1960s/1970s, there was only ever one sister for me and that was Jo! I bitterly disliked Amy. On a recent re-read I felt a lot more patience for Amy but will be a Jo until my dying day haha! Very interesting that Donna resonated with Marmee this time around - I think as a new grandmother I may also feel pulled toward her on my next read. I loved the Greta Gerwig film, I never thought a modern film would beat my favorite with June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Lawford but I think it’s now my new favorite. I have a lovely memory of seeing the Gerwig film with my son (now a married Dad) in the theater when he was home visiting from college. Surprisingly for me, he became absolutely transfixed with the film and the story of Little Women, as a boy he had never read it before. Of course he read the book right after and enjoyed it. I love that the film introduced him to what traditionally appealed more to girls.
Thank you so much for your lovely support and interesting comment, Judi! I love that memory with your recent - the most recent film is very good too, I agree! Wishing you and yours very Happy Holidays ❤️
The Elizabeth Taylor and Greta Gerwig versions are my favorite too. The former for the impeccable vintage vibes and the latter for the artistic cinematography.
I can remember best the very first time I read Little Women. I was probably about 7 or 8, and while I’ve read it numerous times again since, the first reading remains my favorite. Losing Beth broke my little heart. I believe it was the first time I was moved to tears reading a book. It’s old hat now, I cry easily, but that was the first time I remember being so moved by reading. I don’t remember identifying with one sister more than the other but I didn’t care for Amy either😊. And was so disappointed in Laurie.😂 Merry Christmas to you both and to all CBC members. I wish you all the best in the coming new year. 💕
Little Women has always been a treasured read through my life. I have read for the first time Christmas with Louisa May Alcott 2 stories-A Christmas Dream and How it came to be true and How It All Happened. Both stories are so lovely at this time of year.
Hello Miranda and Donna, I really loved this month's Comfort Book Club selection, Little Women. I have watched all the movie versions but never read the book till now. What a treat! Such a heartwarming, lovely story perfect for this time of year. Once I finished the book, I actually felt like I missed the characters as if they were part of my family! Will be reading Jo's Boys and December's Commonplace book over the holidays to keep in the spirit. Wishing you both a wonderful Christmas and all the best for the upcoming year. Thank you for all the work you do for this channel. It is so enjoyable and appreciated!
Thank you for the comfort and delight you both have provided us with throughout the year. I wish you both a lovely and relaxing Christmas, and all the best of everything in the New Year!🎄♥️💚🥂
Thank you so much, Lynn Ann, for your lovely support and very kind good wishes! I so appreciate both, and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas ahead and happy New Year! ❤️🎄
I purchased my first copy of Little Women when I was ten with birthday money I’d received from my grandmother. My mom was with me & questioned my choice a bit…I’m sure she would have rather I spend it on new underwear! But I was determined & have had that original copy for 62 years now! Though I used to daydream of having 4 daughters, I was blessed with 4 sons but have made it a mission in life to make sure sisters. granddaughters, nieces, cousins, & daughters of good friends all receive a copy by the time they’re ten! It’s a heart-warming & heart-tugging story that needs to be shared. Have a lovely holiday season, Miranda & Donna, & thank you for all the generous consideration you have put in your videos this passed year! An American fan! 📚🎄📚
What a wonderfully thoughtful idea!
Absolutely Mr. Laurence is my favorite male character
I was hesitant to read Little Women when it was first suggested, because I felt that I knew the story so well through the film versions. However, I did read it, and I'm so glad I did. There are many wonderful passages, details, and depths to the story and characters that I have missed by just watching the films. So, thank you for the encouragement I needed and as always, for the book club discussion. Enjoy your break! I will look forward to seeing you back in January:)
i'm the youngest of 3 sisters and a younger brother... I used to, like you say, identify with different aspects of each sister. But now that I'm older (in my 50s and no longer married) I realize how much I am like Beth. Almost as if I tried to be Jo, Meg or Amy even, most of my life, now that I'm living out in the country side, at peace I can look back and see how much I have always been Beth. During this latest reading of the book Little Women (not The Good Wives yet), I annotated, highlighting in pink all of Beth's moments in the book.. it will be interesting to go back and just read only those passages!
I love this book club thanks so much for having it! You and your mum, are the best 🙂
Donna, if liked Marmee, you might like the book of the same name by Sarah Miller. I read it this summer and enjoyed it very much. It had the same flavor as Little Women.
Sarah Miller’s Marmee was so lovely, and I agree it captured the feel of Little Women. I also liked March by Geraldine Brooks, based on their father.
Thanks for so much fun and good reading shared this year. Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna, enjoy your break! xxx
Thank you so much for your lovely support and kind words, Chari! I so appreciate both! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas too! ♥️
Thank you so much for introducing me to so many wonderful books, especially vintage children books, which I then bought secondhand. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and your mother and to all of your followers!
Dear Miranda and dear Donna, thank you so much for this lovely Comfort Bookclub Discussion. Have a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2024. Your videos bring me, apart from tons of inspiration, a lot of joy, comfort and happiness. Thank you for everything you do. Have a lovely time of rest and quiet❤❤
Thank you so much, Inga, for your wonderful support and lovely words. So kind of you, and they both mean so much! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ♥️
Merry Christmas to Miranda and Donna .
Have a wonderful holiday together.
Thank You for a wonderful year .🎄🌹💕
Thanks Miranda for all the videos throughout the year. Merry Christmas to yourself and Donna ❤🎄🎅
Thank you so much for your kind words and lovely support! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas too ❤️ 🎄
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Yes, thank you very much! It appears on your comment above ❤️
@@MirandaMills oh great. It's not showing it for me. But glad you got it. Enjoy your time off. 🎉🎄💕
Merry Christmas and thank you for a whole year of wonder. 🎄
What a lovely discussion of a favorite novel! I enjoyed this reread the most as I found the smallness of the March sisters' world cozy and reassuring this time instead of restricting amd limited as I had in the past. Alarming yet interesting anecdote- my daughter used to babysit for a family with three daughters, and Little Women was on the banned (🙄) list of books allowed to read be to them. They felt the roles in the book were too traditional, and they didn't want their daughters exposed to such backward ideas. My daughter was devastated because Little Women is her favorite book, and she really wanted to share her love of the book with these girls. I remember thinking at the time that so many classics must be on the naughty list in that home. Such a shame, and really when you think about it Little Women is a fairly feminist book considering the time in which it was written. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy 2024, Miranda and Donna! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into the CBC 📚
Thank you so much for your wonderful support, Faith! It’s very kind of you, and I really appreciate it. I’m with you and your daughter - what a shame!! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year ❤️🎄
Despite not reading the book, I still enjoy listening to the discussion and to your insights.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year -- Miranda, Donna, and Comfort Book Club members!
Merry Christmas! Wishing you all a time blessed with “indoor warmth” ( love that phrase Donna ) with loved ones - living and written. 😊❤
Thank you! Wishing you the same!
As a child I thought I was most similar to Jo as she liked to walk outdoors, didn’t fuss about her appearance, loved books and was strong in her own opinions, but I loved Beth’s garden the best with its sweet smelling old fashioned flowers, so thought I would like her as a friend. As an adult, I noticed how the garden plots described in the book represented the characters of each girl. 😊
That's true! I loved how the gardens reflected each girl too 🌹
Merry Christmas to you both and your family! And to all who enjoy your channel! May all have many happy returns for the New Year and beyond! God’s love, grace, and blessings to you! 🎶Joy to the World 🕊️the Lord has come!❤️🎶🎄📖📚Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, dear Miranda and dear Donna. I appreciate so much all your work, your suggestions, your vlogs together and, first of all, the serenity that shines from your relationship. I' ve lost both parents and looking at you makes me feel more serene. Thanks for all ❤️ Margherita
This my first time at the Comfort Book Club and how wonderful that it was Little Women. I’ve loved this book since a child but your discussion made me realise that I haven’t actually read it for some years and now have the pleasure of rereading. Thankyou both so much.
One of my favorite parts of the book is when Father challenges them to combat their “bosom enemies”. It reveals how well he knows his little women . As a pastor, he charges them to better understand themselves, and therefore us, and grow beyond.
Oh dear, I just tried to send a super thanks but it didn't work. I am so sorry. But it truly was a joy revisiting one of my favorite childhood books. When I was younger, my best friend and I would play Little Women - I was always Jo, she was always Meg, and we'd get some of the neighborhood girls to be Beth and Amy. Thank you for choosing this, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you both! ❤
How lovely you played Little Women as young girls! Such a fun memory. Thank you again for your very kind support. Merry Christmas to you too ❤️
I adored Little Women, thank you for choosing it 😊. Thank you for all the videos this year, they’ve been a real joy. Merry Christmas to you both, I hope you have a peaceful Christmas and wonderful 2024 😊.
Gosh, so very kind of you, Sophie!! Thank you so much indeed! I really appreciate your support, and I'm so glad you've enjoyed my videos. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and start to the New Year too! ❤️ 🎄
I like the PBS Masterpiece version.
I related to Meg most as a girl and still do, but now that I have adult children I of course pay closest attention to Marmee. I gravitate toward watching Little Women in May (American Mother's Day) because so few films feature faithful, strong mothers and devoted families.
A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Donna! 🎄🥳🎊 Looking forward to a bookish 2024📚📖🤩
Thank you so much for your lovely support! It's so kind of you, and I really appreciate it. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ♥️
☺🎄🎆🐿🐕🐶🎀Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna ☃🌠Thank You for all the lovely videos all year !
Thank you so much, Mary for your amazing support! So very kind of you & greatly appreciated! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ❤️🎄
Love your book club, Miranda and Donna! Really enjoyed re-reading Little Women. Funny, when I read this aloud to my children when they were younger, they loved Professor Bhauer, and they still say he's one of their favourite characters. Perhaps it was because he is funny and endearing, and perhaps, too, because I have a German heritage I could read him with the appropriate accent ;). Also, with regard to your comment on Louisa May Alcott having to marry off Jo in the second book - I'm sure it would have been fine to end with her single or married, but we would have missed out on Little Men and Jo's Boys if she hadn't married (back then). Sometimes editors make good decisions that benefit future readers. (I know this type of thing also happened with L.M. Montgomery and Robert Louis Stevenson. I wonder how many books and movies we enjoy so much now would have been missed out on if it weren't for editor and director choices? Just a thought)
Wishing you all a very very Happy and Healthy Christmas ! You are much appreciated
Thank you! Merry Christmas 🎄
I have only just had my very first mince pie 🎉 Wishing you many mince pies. 🎉
I also loved The Eight Cousins and its sequel Rose in Bloom by LM Alcott.
Me too! And An Old Fashioned Girl!
Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna! Thank you so much for all the enjoyment you provide! 🥰🇨🇦
I grew up with the animated TV series of Little Women and later found out it was based on a book. Lovely discussion as always! Thank you for all the effort you put into your content. I prefer this type of longer video on UA-cam, and I also, enjoy immensely the Commonplace Books, and SoS, the recent interviews were great!!! Wish you and your Mum a Merry Christmas, a peaceful and restful time to enjoy, and 2024 full of success, health, love and happiness 🙏🎄❤
Thanks for another lovely discussion. I haven't quite finished my reread of Little Women but still very much enjoyed listening. I identified with Jo when I was young and to a certain extent I still do now. I hope you and Donna have a peaceful and joy filled Christmas with lots of happy reading time.
Thank you so much, Karen, for your very generous support and kind words. I really appreciate it! I hope you enjoy finishing Little Women and enjoy the holidays. Wishing you all the best for 2024! ❤️📚🌹
Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna- the Little Women book you have is the same one I purchased at The American Museum in Bath - I just fell in love with the cover & gold edged pages & Little Women is my favourite book I first read it when I was about 10 and just adore it - many thanks for your wonderful videos I thoroughly enjoy them xx
It is a lovely edition ❤️
Thanks
Thank you so much for your lovely support! I so appreciate it! Wishing you very Happy Holidays ♥️
“Little Woman” is one of the books that l read every year and always enjoy it as if l were reading it for the first time. Thank you for the video. 📚❤️📚
I know just what you mean !
I’ve always thought of the 1995 Winona Rider version of Little Women a Christmas movie. Love it and the book so much. I am 71 and have read the book every year since I was about 10 years old.
I love your Mum ❤
You got me to finally, at 64!, read Little Women. Actually, I listened because I ran out of time. Unfortunately, I didn’t care much for the particular audio version I had, so I do want to read the book, which I did purchase. I think I will get more out of it. I didn’t find it very engaging, until I got about a third of the way in, then it got more interesting to me - when the girls got older. I actually liked the father, even though he came in very late. I could feel the love he had for the girls. Thanks again!
Merry Christmas Miranda & Donna & thank you for all the fabulous content in 2023.
Have a relaxing & restful festive break.
Love Lisa ❤🎄
Sending you Ladies Best Wishes. God bless xxx
Thank you so much for your very kind support! I so appreciate it! Wishing you very happy holidays ❤️
Thank you for inspiring me to read this book that have been on my list for decades. I liked it a lot and it was not what I expected (read nothing like my prejudices...) The characters very much alive and human. This book will be with me always.
So glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
Thanks!
Thank you very much indeed for your wonderful support! I so appreciate it, and wish you very happy holidays and a wonderful start to the new year ❤️
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Miranda, Donna and the Comfort book club. Thank you for all your wonderful book recommendations this past year. I'm looking forward to the books you choose for 2024. I hope you enjoy your time off Miranda
Thank you! You too!
Since I had 4 daughters this book is dear to me. I love this book and it also is my favorite movie especially the one made I think in the 90s but I cherish this whole story. And even though it’s a couple of days till Christmas I think I’ll give it as gifts next Christmas. 🌹❤️🎄❤️🌹
It certainly makes a wonderful Christmas present!
I was first introduced to Little Women by my mum and it was her copy of the book that she shared. I’ve loved revisiting this story over the years and enjoyed reading it over Christmas. As for the film version, I think my favourite is the 1994 version with Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon. Thank you for a lovely seasonal read. Wishing you both a very happy new year.
Many thanks for all your work this year. It has been very inspiring and fun. Merry Christmas to you both:)🎁🎄and a very Happy New Year.
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Thank you so much for your wonderful support and kind words! I'm very grateful. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too ❤️
Hi Miranda and Donna! Thank you for another wonderful book club discussion! I love both of the last two films (I have not yet seen the one with Elizabeth Taylor - I keep meaning to!) but my heart is with the Winona Ryder version. I hope my message was not too sad! - I was a little bit worried after I sent it - but I also had the same thoughts as Donna about the birds and what/who different birds symbolized throughout the book. I also felt that Mr. Lawrence was so much better drawn than any of the other male characters- it was almost the subject of my voice message, so I had to laugh when you mentioned it! I hope you have a lovely Christmas holiday and Happy New Year! See you next year!🐦
Thank you so much for your lovely support, Heather! So very kind of you! Mum and I really enjoyed your voice message - so thought-provoking, and we liked thinking about the birds too. Glad you're a Mr Lawrence fan as well! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well ❤️ 🎄
Little Women is my favorite book of EVERY book I have ever read. I re-read it every 2/3 yrs. I think I was 12 when I first read it. Yet I remember when I was in 3rd grade organizing the neighborhood kids to putting on the play in my family's garage. So there is some confusion for me regarding when I first read it. I of course was Jo. I have identified with No my whole life. I WANTED to be just like her; independent, A writer, not the typical, conventional woman. I was very much a tomboy. I grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, went to a private h.s. in Concord, Mass. There was a rural little town between the two. I frequented Alcott's house(Orchard House) soooo many times. Even as an adult I would go back and back. I think I could have given the tours. Emerson paid for the Alcott's to live there. Her father was a very lazy man who felt he shouldn't have to work! He did NOT support for his family. Louisa, sisters and Marmee lived in poverty. Her father was a very weak male and I think that is why she wrote the male characters in the book the way she did. I also think that is why she had no desire to marry. I have so many books, biographies, and journals of L.M.Alcott. In real life after all in her family died, she took care of her father and moved them both to Boston (she would live there a few times as an adult). They died one day apart, Louisa the last. I collect copies of Little Women. Alcott's health was never the same after she got sick as a nurse in the Civil War and had to go home to Concord. Modern day medicine believes she had Lupus. So do I! Such a remarkable women who started writing to financially support her family. She is buried in Concord in the cemetary Sleepy Hollow. There is a section called " Author's Ridge". She, I think Emerson and one other famous author from that time period(name escapes me at the moment) are buried next to each other. I have photos of Orchard House. I will make copies and send one to you and your Mom. It may take me awhile because after Christmas they are remodeling my entire apt. building (yr. long project) starting with my floor, the top one. I move out Jan.15 to a hotel for 6/7 days. Everything is already chaotic, Christmas is NOT the best time to start this!!! I promise I will do that. This was wonderful, thank you! 🤗🤗
❤Merry Christmas Miranda and Mum! ❤
I also am one of four sisters and our personalities were very similar to the four March sisters. I remember that my older sister got Little Women for Christmas and she was such a fast reader that later Xmas day she got to the part where Beth dies and burst into tears, causing my parents to wonderful why she was crying on Xmas day!!!! As I mentioned in your previous vlog I have read this book every year since I was 12 (70 years now). As always, love your content and have a Very Merry Christmas!!
Dear Miranda and Donna, thank you for all the beautiful videos im 2023! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2024. Astrid from The Netherlands ❤
Hello Miranda and Donna. I realised towards the end of Part I that my copy didn’t include Part II, so I’m only halfway through. I hope you’ll have a wonderful Christmas! 🎄 ❤
Hope you'll enjoy reading the rest over the holidays, Nadine! Merry Christmas 🎄 ❤️
I have never read Little Women but weirdly I picked it up today at a community bookshelf and then I saw your video - I am now intrigued. It is so interesting to think that your favourite character has changed over time as that would not be a situation that would cross my mind as I rarely re-read a book, but of course over time your affinity with certain characters would change as you yourself mature and change and gain life experience. I read Anne of Green Gables last year (having owned it as a child but not getting past the first few pages for some reason) and really loved it, I know I would have adored it in my very early teens and so am sad I never read it then, but happy to discover it as an adult - I think this book will be the same in terms of finding a diamond and wishing I had read it years ago. I haven’t seen the films either so I will be going in blind.
Wishing you both a very happy New Year, thank you for all the interesting videos and for helping us to really enjoy and appreciate reading - I adore your channel and yourself and your Mum make a fabulous duo 😊
You both look lovely, lovely on the outside and lovely on the inside.You bring so much joy as well as wonderful insight and knowledge, you manage to bring a true love of reading into our lives.Thank you both,have a wonderful Christmas and the best New Year.Fran and Sarah.London❤
Thank you so much for your very kind words, Sarah! Wishing you a wonderful Christmas too ❤️ 🎄
Trying again with the super thanks!
Thank you so much for your lovely support and for trying again! So kind of you! Wishing you very happy holidays ❤️
Thank you so much for this wonderful video and your fascinating conversation about Little Women. I agree about Amy; I used to loathe her ( how could she put the manuscript on the fire?!) but, well, now after a little (a lot😉) more life experience, I am willing to be less judgemental and recognise her humanity. Merry Christmas to you both and thank you for all the splendid content you create. Much love. Xx
Thank you for a great video, as always. I love listening to everyone's views on the book and the characters-- there's so much there! I planned to watch some of the "Little Women" movies after finishing the book, and so far, I've only watched the TV miniseries (with Susan Dey as Jo). I'll watch the one with Winona Ryder, since you both liked that one. I hope you and Donna have a very Merry Christmas and healthy and prosperous New Year! Looking forward to our January Book Club read!
Thank you so much, Myriam! It was lovely to hear your thoughts on the book! I hope you enjoy the Winona Ryder version - it's lovely to watch at Christmastime, Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ❤️
Happy season ❤
Thank you for all your videos. I enjoy them a great deal. Happy New Year to you both from Palmer, Alaska.
Thank you so very much indeed for your incredible support! So kind and generous of you! Wishing you a very Happy New Year too ❤️💫
Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna! 🎄 Thank you for all of your wonderful videos and taking us with you on your travels to wonderful places and amazing book stores. 📚❤️☃️🎄
Thank you! Merry Christmas! ♥️
My husband and I both felt after watching the latest film that a series would be just wonderful. Each of the sisters needs their own voice in a series. Both films are very good, my favorite is still the one released in the 1990's really captured the atmosphere of the time and feature Joe as the main character. It was a surprise to me when reading the book to hear how much each sister had to contribute to the book. I agree with Heather that the Chapter Beth's Secret had such beauty and depth that I was truly moved by her bravery and acceptance of how her life path was coming to such an early end. The Professor is ideal for Jo. Laurie is perhaps my least favorite of the characters as he seem to be quite happy to move from Jo to Amy and is a restless soul. But I also feel he so much wanted to remain deeply connected to the March family for always. Which will do him the power of good. I read the novel and listen to the story on audible. Thank you for all of your hard work Miranda, the 'Seasons of Story' and the Commonplace book are really special. May both of you Miranda and Donna have a peaceful Christmas and all the best for 2024.🌲🌲🎀🎄☃
So enjoyed reading your thoughts! Thank you, and wishing you a Merry Christmas ❤️
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Thank you for the work you do.
Thank you so much for your wonderful support! I so appreciate it! Wishing you the happiest of holidays ❤️
I loved this book as a child probably because as an only child I would have loved to be part of such a family
Thanks for a great book club! Merry Christmas to you and your Mum!
Thank you so much for your lovely support! I really appreciate it, and wish you a very Merry Christmas too ❤️
Hello I am Rosa Maria from Mexico just subscribe to your volgs and love all your reading recommendations enjoying the presentations of each vlog the visits and your Mum company is just delightfull wising you blessings and best holidays celebrations lookforward to continue following you both such a pleasure take care regards🎄🎄⛄⛄🎄🎄
I’m just so happy you picked this book❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ when I was raising my 4 daughters I use to tease them and say…. Girls just call me Marmie
Last night I watched the (1990) vision of Little Women it's one of those movies I can watch again. Today I just ordered Little Women the book. I look forward to reading the book from a adult view. I can't wait to start reading the book again. Merry Christmas and Happy New.
Merry Christmas to you and Donna. Thank you for sharing your life and travels with me.
Merry Christmas Miranda & Donna,& A very Happy New Year to you both. Thank you for all of your lovely videos. Xxx❤
What a pick! Also, ‘Little Women’ doesn’t get the hype it deserves during Christmas. Dickens just needs to take a break.
I loved my copy of Little Women as a girl and read and reread. I was very lucky to have a gifted seamstress Mother and she made me Meg and Jo slim stocking dolls and beautiful period dresses down to bloomers. Only Jo' s purple serge and black lace gown survives. Th2019 film was great and opening scene grips one, flings us in. I saw it on hopeful PXmas day 2019. The one with Winona Ryder 3 of my 4 daughters were able to attend with me. The scene with Beth in bed brought tears as a child. My winter Concord story at Alcott house I'll save for now. Thank you, what a great choice!
Merry Christmas Miranda and Donna
Hello Miranda and Donna. Thank you for another insightful discussion. My old edition of Little Women does not include the second part which allows me to continue with this wonderful story into the new year. I’ll look at this as a little gift! As usual I learned so much about this book by hearing the different perspectives. Thank you for all your lovely videos this year. Have a festive holiday season and restful break. Looking forward to 2024❄️🎄👏🏻
Thank you, Glenda! Hope you enjoy reading the rest of the book over the holidays ❤️
Little Women is a beautiful book. Enjoyed your discussion on its structure and characterisations. I have enjoyed the recent adaptations of the book for bringing out different aspects of the text, but, like you, the 1994 film is my favourite. The actors I think filled the roles so well.
I agree with so many of thing things said here! My mother also introduced the book to me and bought me the most beautiful copy she could find, purposely, in order to make it stand out as a very special book. I definitely felt more akin to Meg when I was a girl and didn't quite understand why my friends found Jo to be their favorite, though I really liked Jo. With this read, I also found that I really appreciated and felt bonded to all of the sisters. (I also could not stand Amy when I was a little girl but didn't feel that antipathy toward her this time ... with the exception of burning Jo's manuscript.) I was never a fan of Laurie and Amy as a girl. I saw that as weird but also as a betrayal and, of course, since I didn't like Amy then, it seemed so much more of a betrayal then than now. Additionally, I also prefer the 1990's movie. Merry Christmas! See you in January!
So interesting to read your thoughts! How lovely your mother purposefully bought you a beautiful copy! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas too!
I enjoy your channel!
Happy Christmas 🎄 to you, too, Miranda and Donna! Greetings from Romania 🎄🎁🎄 and a Happy New Year!!! 🎉 ✨️ 🎉🎆🎆🎆✨️✨️✨️❤
I hope you and your mum have a wonderful holiday! I will get right to the controversial part of my feelings about the book - I wasn’t very upset that Jo married, or who she married - I was really upset that she put aside her writing. Near the end of the book there was a line about how she may get back to it when she is older, but she was not writing once married. One of the things I loved about the book was the female creative agency - not only with Jo’s writing, Amy’s art, and Beth’s music, but with the things Beth made for her sisters and the children of the neighborhood, the creative ideas around clothing and adornment (Amy putting tulle over her dress, Jo and Meg each wearing one good glove and carrying one soiled glove), the plays they put on, etc. that it was a real blow to the heart to have such an integral part of Jo just - gone (I mean, she had a writing dress and hat, and genius was burning :)
It’s good to remember the real life Jo did not give up her writing 😉❤️
@@MirandaMills Absolutely. But the characters are so real to me :) I also wanted to mention that I really enjoyed the Masterpiece Theater miniseries that was made in 2018. Maya Hawke as Jo.
It has to be the nineties version with Winona Ryder. We actually disliked the new one with Emma Watson in and didn't find the relationships believable and didn't enjoy the playing around with time. Did you watch the one with Maya Hawke in which was on the BBC afew Christmas's ago? We thought that was very good but for some reason is never spoken about
Merry Christmas, girls ❤❤
I think we all probably have a bit of each of the girls in us ❤
The best Little Women film, loyal to the novel/s is the 1949 version with June Allyson as Jo.
Katherine Hepburn as Jo is awesome, in my opinion.
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Thanks!
Thank you so much for your lovely support, Amanda! I really appreciate it ❤️
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Thanks!
Thank you so much for your very kind support! I so appreciate it. Happy Holidays ❤️