The part where Emily burns her own book because Dean tells her it's no good! (DEAN PRIEST HOW COULD YOU.) One of the great tragedies of literature tbh. It sounds like just the sort of book I might enjoy, too, if only Emily hadn't burned it and also it had ever existed in the first place...
I think Jo's actions are eminently understandable (who wants their little sister WHO JUST BURNED THEIR PRECIOUS FAIRY TALE BOOK to tag along on an ice skating trip?), but I can also see why the very real possibility of Amy's death shocked Jo out of her rage. Fate sort of called her bluff: she didn't exactly intend Amy to die, but that was definitely something she knew might be a consequence when she didn't warn her about the ice... so I can see why she felt responsible when it almost happened. (And as much as I would want to set on fire anyone who burned MY sole manuscript of anything, I don't actually think that is or should be a hanging offense.)
I know in Little Women the girls write the Pickwick Portfolio, which is a little magazine of their work. Usually I think it's just part of the text of the novel, but maybe you read a special edition which had it typeset in some special way?
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Date: 2022-02-06 10:18 pm (UTC)I think Jo's actions are eminently understandable (who wants their little sister WHO JUST BURNED THEIR PRECIOUS FAIRY TALE BOOK to tag along on an ice skating trip?), but I can also see why the very real possibility of Amy's death shocked Jo out of her rage. Fate sort of called her bluff: she didn't exactly intend Amy to die, but that was definitely something she knew might be a consequence when she didn't warn her about the ice... so I can see why she felt responsible when it almost happened. (And as much as I would want to set on fire anyone who burned MY sole manuscript of anything, I don't actually think that is or should be a hanging offense.)
I know in Little Women the girls write the Pickwick Portfolio, which is a little magazine of their work. Usually I think it's just part of the text of the novel, but maybe you read a special edition which had it typeset in some special way?