I didn’t read this when I was younger like a lot of others did. But seeing it referenced and talked about so much I can’t not read it (and I want to, don’t get me wrong). But the main reason is because of a Friends episode. The one where Rachel and Joey swap their two favourite books: Rachel’s book being Little Women and Joey’s The Shining (which I also want to read for the same reason). In the episode they do spoil a lot of the book, but when it’s a classic you can’t really avoid spoilers Have any of you read it? If so did you like it? (And although I’ve being spoiled some of the content, I still don’t know that much, so don’t say anything more in the comments please )
An interesting costuming decision in the 1994 adaptation of Little Women was having the younger March sisters wear the elder sisters’ old dresses. At the Christmas party after her recovery from scarlet fever, Beth wears Jo’s red dress which she wore to the Gardiners’ New Years’ party a year prior. Years later, teenage Amy is seen wearing Meg’s old blue dress which she wore to Sallie Moffat’s coming out party. Considering that the Marches lived in genteel poverty, it was unlikely that they could afford new clothes for all four children, so it would make sense that the younger sisters wore hand-me-downs. The choices also reflect the sisters’ bond: Beth is closer to Jo, while Amy is closer to Meg.
