Re-jigged post from 2013.
“She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain.”
What? Louisa May Alcott said that! Surely not. In case you’re thinking that the author of Little Women was not the woman you had always thought, fear not. She put this absurd thought into the mouths of one of her characters in Work: A Story of Experience, a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1873 about a determined young lady intent on finding satisfying and worthwhile work.
As if one could ever read too many books; as if a fondness for the written word could ever addle the brain.
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I love Louisa May Alcott and have always seen Jo as a great inspiration. 🙂
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Absolutely!
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This is a great Alcott quote I had forgotten about. Thanks for sharing!
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Pleasure, Anne!
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My parents thought this saying might be true when I was a teenager. I was constantly reading mystery romances and my grades were suffering as a result. (They banned me from those books until my marks went up again.)
I rarely read those types of books now, as an adult, but when I was a teen I thought they were the absolute best thing.
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Ha ha! I was always reading bad historical fiction in my teens and my mother despaired!
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Well said my dear! As if indeed…I would be considered crazy for sure…(-:
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Me too. For sure!
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