Little Men: Book 2 of the Little Women Series Paperback – 24 Jun. 2013

I read this as a teenager, loved it, but this kindle version appears to somehow have been badly translated from another language (why?) so it barely makes sense. In the first couple of pages Demi is reading 'an e book', not once but twice. Sample gobblygook sentences:'Demi returned to his liked ebook, while his sister led the brand new-comer into a lower back room, where a stout gentleman changed into frolicking with two little boys at the sofa, and a skinny girl became simply completing the letter which she seemed to were re-reading''So that is my new boy? I am satisfied to see you my pricey...'..'back Demi, who turned into fascinated just now in an e-book on Greenland. He become approximately to offer to reveal Nat the photographs....'I promise you, these are faithful copies of the sentences in the book, it is unreadable gobbledygook. I will be contacting Amazon to ask them to remove this version. I subsequently bought the classic version, Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, which so far seems OK

Struggling a bit with this one having got to the half-way stage. It is not to my mind as readable as Little Women, as pages are filled with detailed descriptions of children's games and stories rather than plot. It glosses over big events like Meg's husband's death and is heavy with information on natural history so in my opinion it just doesn't fit together as well as Little Women which I first read in youth. I doubt if today's youngsters would enjoy this much.

'Little Men'. pubished in 1871, is a sequel to 'Little Women' and 'Good Wives' and tells the story of Jo Bhaer and the children at Plumfield Estate School. It is said to have been inspired by the death of Alcott's brother-in-law and in one of the last chapters a beloved character from Little Women dies.Jo inherited Plumfield estate from her aunt March at the end of Little Women and now runs a school there with her husband, Professor Bhaer. This book describes six months at the school. Nat Blake arrives at the school, shy, orphaned and accustomed to earning a living playing his violin. We see the rest of the school through his eyes. There are only ten boys at the school until Nat, and later Dan, join them. The only girls are Daisy and Nan, not really pupils, and Jo's young sons, Rob and Teddy are present but not old enough to be pupils.Nat learns that this is an unusual school, with each child having his own garden and pets, and they learn to run their own businesses, too. Fun is encouraged and each child is an individual whose character needs wise and kindly guidance.Daisy is Meg's domestic, doll-loving daughter, while Nan is a girl after Jo's heart - a wild tomboy. Dan is the wild-child, leading his schoolmates into drinking, fights, etc. Of course, he redeems himself eventually.This is another lovely story, laying down principles of child-guidance while lovingly displaying the vulnerabilities and strengths of the leading characters and the lessons they learn. It has the same moral and religious foundation as the other books, focusing on sturdy individuality, enterprise and personal growth as the basis of relationships and of society - the American Dream, in fact. I loved its idealism and its lack of fear of sentiment and became completely involved with its characters, when I first read it many years ago.

There seems to be a problem with the kindle version of this book. It seems to be in a bold typeface which I managed to adjust a bit. But there appear to be random words incorporated into the text eg “skool” “but” in places where it makes no sense, and words missing. What has happened?I’ve only tolerated this for a few pages so don’t know whether it’s an issue all the way through the book.I’ve now bought a different kindle version which is fine.

This is the third book in the "Little Women" series, following on from Good Wives. It focuses on Jo's school for boys and introduces a range of new characters that continue into the fourth book, available elsewhere on Amazon as  Jo's Boys . There are occasional typesetting errors but they are restricted to the fonts - typically where a poem has been quoted. It does not mar the enjoyment of a classic story, though, and I'm very pleased to have it in my library.

This is a book for people who like an old fashioned view of things, very moral and upright in speech and in content, I liked it, but found that it would be impossible to live up to the moral expectations and therefore found it a little far fetched, although I do believe that there are people who have reached a place in God who have reached a level of denying themselves. I liked the sentiment of the book and wish we could all live up to the moral 'preaching' of the book, but I do believe that this book is not for everyone.Jean

A beautiful follow on to Little Women. Reading about Jo's boys was a pleasure and the writer does Mich justice to the young lives of boy's and girls.There is a wonderful mixture or joy and only one sorrowful event.Read and see how the little women grew.

Read little women so had to read this, not very exciting