Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1880 Original Publisher: Roberts Bros. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excer...
MoreGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1880 Original Publisher: Roberts Bros. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: " I don't mean to act any more after this time; I 'm getting too old for such things," observed Meg, who was as much a child as ever about " dressing-up " frolics. " You won't stop, I know, as long as you can trail round in a white gown with your hair down, and wear gold-paper jewelry. You are the best actress we Ve got, and there 'll be an end of everything if you quit the boards," said Jo. " We ought to rehearse to-night. Come here, Amy, and do the fainting scene, for you are as stiff as a poker in that." " I can't help it; I never saw any one faint, and I don't choose to make myself all black and blue, tumbling flat as you do. If I can go down easily, I 'll drop; if I can't, I shall fall into a chair and be graceful; I don't care if Hugo does come at me with a pistol," returned Amy, who was not gifted with dramatic power, but was chosen because she was small enough to be borne out shrieking by the villain of the piece. " Do it this way; clasp your hands so, and stagger across the room, crying frantically, ' Roderigo ! save me ! save me !' " and away went Jo, with a melodramatic scream which was truly thrilling. Amy followed, but she poked her hands out stiffly before her, and jerked herself along as if she went by machinery ; and her " Ow ! " was more suggestive of pins being run into her than of fear and anguish. Jo gave a despairing groan, and Meg laughed outright, while Beth let her bread burn as she watched the fun, with interest. " It's no use ! Do the best you can when the time comes, and if the audience laugh, don't blame me. Come on, Meg." Then things ...
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