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투나미스 2020년 03월 02일 출간

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Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?

목차

PART 1
ONE PLAYING PILGRIMS
TWO A MERRY CHRISTMAS
THREE THE LAURENCE BOY
FOUR BURDENS
FIVE BEING NEIGHBORLY
SIX BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL
SEVEN AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
EIGHT JO MEETS APOLLYON
NINE MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR
TEN THE P.C. AND P.O.
ELEVEN EXPERIMENTS
TWELVE CAMP LAURENCE
THIRTEEN CASTLES IN THE AIR
FOURTEEN SECRETS
FIFTEEN A TELEGRAM
SIXTEEN LETTERS
SEVENTEEN LITTLE FAITHFUL
EIGHTEEN DARK DAYS
NINETEEN AMY'S WILL
TWENTY CONFIDENTIAL
TWENTY-ONE LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE
TWENTY-TWO PLEASANT MEADOWS
TWENTY-THREE AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION

PART 2
TWENTY-FOUR GOSSIP
TWENTY-FIVE THE FIRST WEDDING
TWENTY-SIX ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS
TWENTY-SEVEN LITERARY LESSONS
TWENTY-EIGHT DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES
TWENTY-NINE CALLS
THIRTY CONSEQUENCES
THIRTY-ONE OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
THIRTY-TWO TENDER TROUBLES
THIRTY-THREE JO'S JOURNAL
THIRTY-FOUR FRIEND
THIRTY-FIVE HEARTACHE
THIRTY-SIX BETH'S SECRET
THIRTY-SEVEN NEW IMPRESSIONS
THIRTY-EIGHT ON THE SHELF
THIRTY-NINE LAZY LAURENCE
FORTY THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
FORTY-ONE LEARNING TO FORGET
FORTY-TWO ALL ALONE
FORTY-THREE SURPRISES
FORTY-FOUR MY LORD AND LADY
FORTY-FIVE DAISY AND DEMI
FORTY-SIX UNDER THE UMBRELLA
FORTY-SEVEN HARVEST TIME

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CHAPTER ONE

PLAYING PILGRIMS

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

"We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.

The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.

Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't," and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.

"But I don't think the little we should spend would do any good. We've each got a dollar, and the army wouldn't be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy Undine and Sintran for myself. I've wanted it so long," said Jo, who was a bookworm.

"I planned to spend mine in new music," said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth brush and kettle-holder.

"I shall get a nice box of Faber's drawing pencils; I really need them," said Amy decidedly.

"Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything. Let's each buy what we want, and have a little fun; I'm sure we work hard enough to earn it," cried Jo, examining the heels of her shoes in a gentlemanly manner.

"I know I do―teaching those tiresome children nearly all day, when I'm longing to enjoy myself at home," began Meg, in the complaining tone again.

"You don't have half such a hard time as I do," said Jo. "How would you like to be shut up for hours with a nervous, fussy old lady, who keeps you trotting, is never satisfied, and worries you till you're ready to fly out the window or cry?"

"It's naughty to fret, but I do think washing dishes and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the world. It makes me cross, and my hands get so stiff, I can't practice well at all." And Beth looked at her rough hands with a sigh that any one could hear that time.

"I don't believe any of you suffer as I do," cried Amy, "for you don't have to go to school with impertinent girls, who plague you if you don't know your lessons, and laugh at your dresses, and label your father if he isn't rich, and insult you when your nose isn't nice."

"If you mean libel, I'd say so, and not talk about labels, as if Papa was a pickle bottle," advised Jo, laughing.

출판사 서평

Little Women is an old classic that was simply begging to be re-read. I think I started the book so many times when I was in elementary school that I had actually memorized the opening chapter. Every word rang as familiar to my eyes and heart as a forgotten Christmas Carol. But, but I don't remember ever finishing the book--until this time.

It's written in an old-fashioned style, and a little harder to follow than some more modern literature, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Even the rhythm of the words takes you back to a sweeter simpler time which was in reality a very harsh time in American history. For the uninitiated, LW details the life of four teen-aged sisters in the Civil War Era. Aside from their father being away from home during the first part of the book the war is not a main topic. It's all about the relationships between these sisters, their mother, their neighbor and later their budding romances.

Take your time with this one. Read it slowly and savor.

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저자(글) 루이자 메이 올컷

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, and began her writing career at an early age, with short stories for newspapers and magazines. What began as a series of stories in the 1860s became the classic American children's novel we know today as Little Women.