![]() “Women there would like a little more agency, and Alcott walked that fine line of advancing women’s rights while still loving and caring for her family.” On a recent visit to Japan, Turnquist met with the Empress Michiko, who confided that her favorite book was Little Women. Why? “Sexism persists in Japan,” said Turnquist. Indeed, it is the second most popular title among Japanese women behind Anne of Green Gables. A documentary chronicling the importance of Orchard House and the real-life inspiration for the March family aired in conjunction with the miniseries. “I wanted to be sensitive with the heavy topics while staying true to Alcott’s vision of empowering young women.”Įvery generation since 1917-when the first (silent) Little Women film debuted-seems to require its own on-screen version, too, and on Mother’s Day, PBS’s Masterpiece launched a three-part miniseries with a star-studded cast including Emily Watson, Michael Gambon, and Angela Lansbury. ![]() “I loved Little Women growing up,” commented author Rey Terciero in a statement to Multiversity Comics. Set in modern times, these multicultural Marches live in a Brooklyn brownstone, but love and devotion to family remain paramount in the rewrite. “It remains a touchstone because it’s so complex: struggles of conscience, tests of loyalty, and finding personal empowerment.”Īlso marking the book’s anniversary is a graphic novel adaptation of Little Women, to be published by Little, Brown and Company in November. “On the surface, Little Women is a ‘girls’ book-a coming of age story,” said Turnquist. Over the summer, Orchard House will host a lecture and workshop series exploring the sustained appeal and significance of Little Women. In her own time, running was considered unladylike and even dangerous.” While serving as a nurse in the Civil War, Alcott fit in her workouts in the pre-dawn hours before the demands of the day wore her out-a surprisingly relatable sentiment shared by many twenty-first-century runners. “As recently as the 1970s, people believed that women had no business running, but she ran to nourish her body and mind. “Alcott was so ahead of her time,” explained Jan Turnquist, executive director of Orchard House, Alcott’s home-turned-museum. Volume one of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (1868). This year, three-time Boston Marathon winner and Olympian Uta Pippig will serve as the race’s honorary chairperson. “I must have been a deer or a horse in some former state, because it was such a joy to run.” Alcott turned to sprinting through the streets to combat writer’s block, and the race follows a similar route around town. “Running was one of the delights of my early days,” Alcott wrote. One of the more unexpected tributes is a footrace, held in Alcott’s hometown of Concord, Massachusetts, every September. The sesquicentennial brings a slate of celebrations in honor of Little Women and its creator, who has encouraged generations of women “to take Fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.” Originally published in 18 in two volumes, the classic has remained consistently in print, been translated into fifty languages, and inspired dozens of miniseries and documentaries. It’s been 150 years since Louisa May Alcott introduced readers to sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March in Little Women. Courtesy of MASTERPIECE on PBS, BBC and Playground. Pictured, left to right: Kathryn Newton as Amy, Willa Fitzgerald as Meg, Maya Hawke as Jo, and Annes Elwy as Beth. On May 13, PBS’s Masterpiece debuted a three-part adaptation of Little Women.
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