When Alcott wrote Little Women, she wrote from her own experience, which is part of the reason these characters resonate with readers then and now. Gerwig's love for her source material is obvious in her restructuring of Little Women. RELATED: Little Women (2019) Review: Greta Gerwig's Adaptation Is A Triumph The March family is abolitionist Alcott's family were station masters in the Underground Railroad. The March family is socially liberal and values the arts Alcott's family was part of the Transcendentalist movement, keeping famous friends like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. The March family is from Concord Alcott was raised in Concord. Louisa May Alcott herself grew up Massachusetts in the years leading up the the war, and many of the plot points of Little Women track closely with details from Alcott's life. For example, instead of following a linear plot (as the book does) the film jumps back and forth in the lives of the four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - as they grow up in Civil War-era New England. Greta Gerwig's new adaptation of Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott has captured the attention of fans and critics alike, due in no small part to the way it breaks apart the classic novel before reassembling it in new and interesting ways.
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