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
“A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.”
Fuente: A Long Fatal Love Chase
“Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing.”
Fuente: An Old-Fashioned Girl
“If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it…”
Fuente: Little Women
“I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness.”
Fuente: Little Women
“Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…”
Fuente: Little Women
“We'll all grow up someday, Meg, we might as well know what we want.
~Amy March~”
Fuente: Little Women
“Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.”
Fuente: Little Women
“I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world!”
Fuente: Little Women
“…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.”
Fuente: Little Women
“John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!”
Fuente: Little Women
“…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.”
Fuente: Jo's Boys