Frases célebres de Louisa May Alcott
Original: «Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling».
Fuente: Alcott, Louisa May. An Old-fashioned Girl. Editorial Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873. p. 218.
Fuente: An Old-fashioned Girl, capítulo:13 : The Sunny Side.
Louisa May Alcott Frases y Citas
“El debate es masculino; la conversación es femenina.”
Fuente: Israel, Ricardo. El libro de las verdades. Citas citables. Editorial RIL Editores, 2011. p. 134.
Little Women
Little Women
Original: «Phebe and I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us».
Fuente: Alcott, Louisa May. Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated). Editorial Delphi Classics, 2013. ISBN 9781908909220.
Fuente: Rose in Bloom (1876), capítulo 1 : Coming Home.
“Es un buen libro aquel que se abre con expectación y se cierra con provecho.”
Fuente: Ortega Blake, Arturo. El gran libro de las frases célebres. Editorial Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México, 2013. ISBN 978-60-73116-31-2.
Little Women
Original: «The child has talent, loves music, and needs help. I can't give her money, but I can teach her; so I do, and she is the most promising pupil I have. Help one another, is part of the religion of our sisterhood, Fan».
Fuente: Alcott, Louisa May. An Old-fashioned Girl. Editorial Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873. p. 224.
Fuente: An Old-fashioned Girl, capítulo:13 : The Sunny Side.
Louisa May Alcott: Frases en inglés
“You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.”
Fuente: Little Women
“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents”
Fuente: Little Women (1868), Ch. 1 : Playing Pilgrims, First lines
Contexto: "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.
"We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.
The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.
“Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.”
Fuente: Little Women
“A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.”
Fuente: An Old-Fashioned Girl
“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
Fuente: Little Women (1868), Ch. 40 : The Valley Of The Shadow
Fuente: Little Women Book Two Book: Good Wives
“Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.”
Fuente: Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott
“I could have been a great many things.”
Variante: I should have been a great many things, Mr Mayor
Fuente: Little Women