Sunday, January 22, 2012

AS SEEN ON TV: "LITTLE WOMEN"


THE MARCH WOMEN

AS SEEN IN:
'Little Women'

AS PLAYED BY:
Meg - Meredith Baxter Birney
Jo - Susan Dey
Amy - Ann Dusenberry
Beth - Eve Plumb
Marmee March - Dorothy McGuire

TV DIMENSION:
Earth Prime-Time

CREATED BY:
Louisa May Alcott

From Wikipedia:
"Little Women" is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. It was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives of four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March – and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The first volume "Little Women" was an immediate commercial and critical success, prompting the composition of the book's second volume titled "Good Wives", which was successful as well. The publication of the book as a single volume first occurred in 1880 and was titled "Little Women". Alcott followed "Little Women" with two sequels, also featuring the March sisters, "Little Men" (1871) and "Jo's Boys" (1886).

From the source:
"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.

BCnU!

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