Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott Fiction Family Classics

<p><strong><em>Little Women</em> and <em>Good Wives</em> introduced Jo March as a fifteen-year-old tomboy.</strong> <em>Little Men</em> found her married and running a school for boys. <em>Jo's Boys</em> opens ten years later and the boys are young men with careers and not-such-little women to discover. Nat who could play the fiddle is a violinist; Dan still gets into trouble. The story catches up with all the little men -- and Jo as well. Alcott tips her hand here: Jo is a version of the author herself. Jo's writing brings her gold and glory. Fame is a fleeting nuisance she learns but the money allows her to do the most she can for the people around her. Alcott even steps in front of the curtain to wonder if the story shouldn't end with something huge -- melodramatic -- an earthquake! But no it ends the way it should. And as readers continue to find new delights in Jo's story it never ends at all.</p>