One of the advantages of not feeling well is the sense that laying on the couch reading a book all day is perfectly acceptable. In such a situation, I always find myself drawn to a relatively simple book, preferably one I have read many times before. I brought only about half of my books with me when we moved, and so I have a small bundle of classics to draw upon .. Little Women is certainly one of them. There are elements to the story that make it feel like a classic and it is so familiar to me, that I am comforted by the story. I must say those lengthy sections on the Pickwick Chronicles do nothing for me but I otherwise find the story very engaging and the author well able to describe the period about which she writes.
Filed under: Old Favourites, fiction
