When that I was and a little tiny boy . . .

[kellyrfineman]

This post has nothing to do with the rain, but the phrases in the icon and subject are from a song Shakespeare wrote and/or incorporated in Twelfth Night:

When that I was and a little tiny boy,
With a hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.Place your bets now: Those that think I'm going to

Comments

[kellyrfineman]

I loved Little Women too, with a big, big love. I only read Jo's Boys that one time when I was about 11 or 12, because I was so terribly upset by Dan's death. If I ever undertake a project about Alcott (which is a possibility - I've been stockpiling Alcott-related books), I will read it again. Otherwise, not. I can't forgive her for killing Dan off (much in the way that M can't forgive Jo Rowling for the death of a certain young man in HP7).

[katsie]

I never forgave LMA for Dan's death or Charlies's in Rose in Bloom (or, on a lesser scale, Jo refusing Laurie - although I sort of understand that one). But I still reread all her books, I just can't escape the stories.

[kellyrfineman]

I didn't forgive her for Beth's death when I was a kid, but these days Beth's death doesn't upset me. Dan's still does. I haven't read Rose in Bloom yet.

[katsie]

Oops! Forget I said anything. I reread Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom more often than the Little Women series, to be honest - I had a crush on most of the seven boy cousins at one point or another.

Beth's death is different somehow than the others, maybe because it's loosely based on real events.

My favorite Friends subplot is still when Rachel and Joey agree to trade books and Joey so is traumatized by Beth's death that they agree to put LW in the freezer for awhile (which is what he does with Stephen King's books when they get too scary).

[kellyrfineman]

I don't recall that episode, but it does sound like Joey.