A deep dive into Louisa May Alcott´s views on wealth and the transcendentalist thoughts on money. Self-reliance is such an important aspect of Jo´s and Friedrich´s relationship. Jo admires him and his work morals and Friedrich admires Jo for the same reason. In the novel, Amy wants to marry a rich to save her family (not because she is afraid to work. Neither Jo or Amy can respect Laurie when he is being lazy and unproductive. In Louisa May Alcott’s novels, the rich people are usually the unhappiest.
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Self-reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wedding Marches by Daniel Shealy
Only Gossip Prospers by Lorraine Tossiello
Louisa May Alcott, life letters and journals by Edna Cheney
Louisa May Alcott, the woman behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen
Henry Thoreau by Walter Harding
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