Louisa May Alcott Quote | Knowledge & Wisdom

“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.” —Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Though she wrote hundreds of plays, novels, stories, and poems during her lifetime, this Massachusetts author is best known for Little Women. That novel, which turns 150 this year, definitely qualifies as one of the “more […]

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Jan 02 2018

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“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”

—Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Though she wrote hundreds of plays, novels, stories, and poems during her lifetime, this Massachusetts author is best known for Little Women. That novel, which turns 150 this year, definitely qualifies as one of the “more select” in U.S. literature: A recent Harris poll of Americans’ favorite books put Little Women at No. 8, right after The Catcher in the Rye and just ahead of The Grapes of Wrath.

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“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”