Track | Section | Length |
01 | 00 - Introduction | 3:15 |
02 | 01 - Playing Pilgrims | 22:13 |
03 | 02 - A Merry Christmas | 22:41 |
04 | 03 - The Laurence Boy | 20:57 |
05 | 04 - Burdens | 25:35 |
06 | 05 - Being Neighborly | 24:15 |
07 | 06 - Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful | 15:27 |
08 | 07 - Amy's Valley of Humiliation | 15:32 |
09 | 08 - Jo Meets Apollyon | 24:10 |
10 | 09 - Meg Goes to Vanity Fair | 34:48 |
11 | 10 - The P.C. and P.O. | 21:03 |
12 | 11 - Experiments | 24:06 |
13 | 12 - Camp Laurence | 40:21 |
14 | 13 - Castles in the Air | 19:13 |
15 | 14 - Secrets | 18:13 |
16 | 15 - A Telegram | 18:07 |
17 | 16 - Letters | 17:01 |
18 | 17 - Little Faithful | 15:05 |
19 | 18 - Dark Days | 17:53 |
20 | 19 - Amy's Will | 17:53 |
21 | 20 - Confidential | 15:20 |
22 | 21 - Laurie Makes Mischief and Jo Makes Peace | 25:07 |
23 | 22 - Pleasant Meadows | 15:35 |
24 | 23 - Aunt March Settles the Question | 24:08 |
25 | 24 - Gossip | 24:26 |
26 | 25 - The First Wedding | 14:06 |
27 | 26 - Artistic Attempts | 21:54 |
28 | 27 - Literary Lessons | 16:04 |
29 | 28 - Domestic Experiences | 32:08 |
30 | 29 - Calls | 25:58 |
31 | 30 - Consequences | 24:54 |
32 | 31 - Our Foreign Correspondent | 20:27 |
33 | 32 - Tender Troubles | 23:50 |
34 | 33 - Jo's Journal | 25:25 |
35 | 34 - Friend | 33:46 |
36 | 35 - Heartache | 23:04 |
37 | 36 - Beth's Secret | 13:11 |
38 | 37 - New Impressions | 24:07 |
39 | 38 - On the Shelf | 26:46 |
40 | 39 - Lazy Laurence | 27:22 |
41 | 40 - The Valley of the Shadow | 12:35 |
42 | 41 - Learning to Forget | 27:19 |
43 | 42 - All Alone | 18:19 |
44 | 43 - Surprises | 34:27 |
45 | 44 - My Lord and Lady | 10:17 |
46 | 45 - Daisy and Demi | 13:57 |
47 | 46 - Under the Umbrella | 30:09 |
48 | 47 - Harvest Time | 23:18 |
Production
Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Proof Listener: Elli
Artwork
Cover: Illustration by Clara M. Burd for Little Women, 1926
Inset: Title page from an 1878 English edition Little Women
Inset: Photo of Louisa May Alcott, author unknown, c. 1888.
Insert: Photograph from the lobby card for the American drama film Little Women (1933).
Little Women follows the lives of the four sisters as they grow from childhood through their teen years into womanhood. The book is based loosely on the lives of author Louisa May Alcott, her three sisters, and their friends and family. The four sisters each embody aspects of the “All-American girl”. Meg, the eldest at 16, is beautiful and traditional. Jo, age 15, is an impulsive tomboy with a temper and a love of writing. Beth, 13, is timid and frail and is the peacemaker in the group. Amy, the youngest at age 12, is possessed of an artistic temperament and a taste for the better things in life. The family lives in genteel poverty, owing to their father’s loss of much of his fortune. In weaving together the stories of the girls’ growth and engagement with the world Alcott created a new kind of literature that combined elements of children’s fiction with others from more mature sentimental novels and showed how women’s lives were built around three main themes: domestic life, endless work, and the nature of love. It was written at request of her publisher, who asked her to write a book about girls that would have widespread appeal, and was published in two volumes. The first, written in 1868, became an immediate commercial and critical hit and prompted Alcott to quickly write a sequel, which was published in 1869 and titled Good Wives in Great Britain. The two were combined as a single volume in 1880 as Little Women. The book has been adapted for film six times and for television six times, most recently by the BBC in 2017, aired by PBS in 2018.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0701236969849 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550992808 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD box |
Author | Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) |
Recording | |
Read by | Cast |
Length | 17 hours and 26 minutes |
Type of Reading | Dramatic |
Little Women
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Product Code: DB-1264
- Availability: In Stock
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