by Louisa May Alcott
Pretty much an edifying book packaged into a collection of stories of a wholesome country-girl visiting her city-girl friend. Second part, written later, continues the theme with the girls grown up, and the work-is-good general idea tackles also romance, flirtation, marriage and women's independence...
bookshelves: published-1869, young-adult, us-boston, north-americas, music Read from October 25 to 26, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CN3w...Description: Tells the story of Polly, the old-fashioned girl, her friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston and the lessons she learns about hap...
It was decent enough. As a school book though, it was quite good. The romance was a huge contributing factor in making it fairly enjoyable.Bit boring.Polly is considered, by some, to be "old-fashioned". She recognizes the vanities of the world around her and tries to keep them at bay within herself....
A Kindle find - This was such a good book. A classic. It's the story of a young girl who goes to stay with the family of her well-off best friend (her best friend plus the mom, dad, brother and sister). Things are different than the farm that she's used to living on and so she feels excited to be...
I read this book when I was about 12, 14, and I remembered it being hard to get into but blandly nice. When I found a copy in an antique shop, I had to get it and try again.I love this book. I love the main character's modesty and reserve, and her interest in the substance of things rather than the ...
This book surprised me. I enjoyed it both more and less than I was expecting. The book centers around Polly Milton, the titular 'old-fashioned girl', and her interactions with the her wealthy Boston cousins, the Shaws. I was worried that this would be the story of a wide-eyed country bumpkin who ...
One of my favourite books as a child, and I still prefer it over most of Alcott's other books. She tends to preach quite awfully in her books, but there's not too much of that in this one, and what there is comes natural. It's a very sweet story and perfect for a "comfort" book.
A comfort re-read. Polly has always been one of my favorite characters. Although LMA does go into her preachy mode quite a bit in this book. (Jan. 2008)
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