Louisa May Alcott’s novel from the 1860s is a beautiful treatise on the trials American women were subjected to at the time. The Civil War is raging, the great American sin, slavery, is coming to an end, political upheaval is rampant, and women are hoping for, at the very least, a voice.
The story of Little Women captures these moments with grace and compassion for virtually everyone involved. In the latest retelling, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women has given new life to two characters, Amy and Laurie, and Pugh and Chalamet get the chance to shine through them.Â
