‘I have had mine, and Amy is ...

‘I have had mine, and Amy is enjoying hers to her heart‘s content. If dear Marmee, John, and Beth were here, it would be quite perfect,‘ added Meg, with a tender quiver in her voice; for Marmee‘s place was empty now.
- P11

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"We used to believe in faries, you remember, and plan what we‘d ask for if we could have three wishes. Doesn‘t it seem as if mine had been really granted at last? Money, fame, and plenty of the work I love," said Mrs. Jo, carelessly romping up her hair as she clasped her hands over her head just as she used to do when a girl.
- P11

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‘This is the sort of magic that money and kind hearts can work. I am sure Mr. Laurence could have no nobler monument than the college he so generously endowed; and a home like this will keep Aunt March‘s memory green as long as it lasts‘ answered Mrs. Meg, always glad to praise the absent.
- P11

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JO‘S BOYS

By Louisa M. Alcott

Chapter 1. TEN YEARS LATER

If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place here in ten years, I would n‘t have believed it,‘‘ sad Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg, as they sat on the piazza at Plumfield one summer day, looking about them with faces full of pride and pleasure.
- P11

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저자 소개

루이자 메이 알코트(1832년 ~ 1888년)는 미국의 여류소설가입니다. 어려웠던 가정 형편 때문에 여배우 지망도 결혼도 단념하고 일찍부터 집안 살림을 도우며 가계를 꾸려나갔습니다. 문학적 재능을 살려 잡지나 신문에 글을 기고하던 중 1863년 발표한 「병원 스케치」가 주목을 받았습니다. 남북전쟁 당시 뉴잉글랜드의 가정을 묘사한 「작은 아씨들」로 큰 성공을 거두었습니다.
- P3