In my youth, I disdained to read books written for youths. How I would have profited by this one!
Happily, I still may at age 45, for Little Women itself tells us that, with faith, things come about in their own proper time.
Little Women deserves to share Professor Bhaer's place of honor with the Bible, Homer, Plato, Milton, and Shakespeare.
I read it through many tears of joy and shall do so many more times.