In which I am stoned as a blasphemer

[gabri_jade]

Okay, I'm at Mandy's house today. She is sewing and I am knitting. While I knit, I am reading Jezebel, particularly today's Fine Lines segment, which is on Little Women. What has mostly been accomplished by this is that I have remembered anew how unimpressed I have always been with Little Women. I have read it at least six times in my life,

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[lady_padme]

I have to admit I took a double take when I read that title, only getting as far as "In Which I Am Stoned..." before going, WHAT? She's on drugs? Huh? Then I read the rest of the sentence and said, "Hmmm...is there something Biblical about blasphemers and drugs? And then on the third take I realized what you were talking about.

Sorry. Sunstroke. My bad.

I never got into Little Women either. But it was a different era when Louisa May Alcott was writing. Even more repressive than the years when Jane Austen was writing. Girls had to be paragons. Period. It's not a bad thing as a classic for young girls to read, but it's not a favorite of mine, definitely. Why read this six times if you dislike it? Are you a real glutton for punishment?

[gabri_jade]

Jieh! *squashes* Are you posting from the Bahamas? I'm torn between saying you should stop being crazy and go back to the beach and thinking, "Well, yeah, I'd need my internet fix too, even there." :P

Nope, no weed nor Biblical matters here. Lots of Diet Coke, though, and literary irritation. :P

I was younger then. Felt an obligation to enjoy the classics that everyone said I should love. A bit of added pressure is that one of my aunts is an elementary school teacher and was very pushy about books that I should adore. I'm less concerned with the opinions of others now. (Still more concerned than I should be most of the time, but less than I once was. :P )

[yubsie]

I point to her EU reading as a YES on glutton for punishment.

[gabri_jade]

I'm nodding over here. :P But I've stopped paying for it! At least the Del Rey half! That's got to count for something. :P

[persephone_kore]

I liked Little Women and Little Men, but I could never quite get into Jo's Boys as much.

I did like An Old-Fashioned Girl, though.

[gabri_jade]

I didn't like Jo's Boys at all. Could barely finish it.

It's been so long since I read An Old-Fashioned Girl that I can't remember now what it was that I liked about it, but I did honestly like that one. (Though I remember being entirely baffled as to how "Polly" qualified as a nickname for "Mary." Still am.) I tried with Little Women and Little Men, but they just never clicked with me.

[viariskywalker]

I read the great illustrated classics version when I was really young, and I liked it. Wasn't my favorite, but I liked it. I eventually read the actual novel, and I found that to be more boring and tedious. I did enjoy the movie they made in the 90s with Wynona Ryder and Christian Bale and a bunch of other well-known actors. That movie rang truer to me than either version of the books did. Probably because they were trying to appeal to modern audiences. :P Meh. I've read and seen much better.

[gabri_jade]

I saw part of the original Little Women movie, but I couldn't bring myself to watch the whole thing. The story and characters bored me too much to spend that much time with them. :P Never did see any of the newer one.

[duncatra]

Pretty sure I read it at some point, but... I don't actually remember much.

[gabri_jade]

I remember an awful lot, considering I didn't think much of it. I'm sure there's more I've forgotten, but I'm actually a bit surprised at how much I remember.

[dreamspirals78]

Never read it, don't care to, so ticky box.

[gabri_jade]

Surprise, surprise. :P