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Does `Little Women' Still Have Appeal Today?

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From: Morning Edition (NPR)
Date: 19941221
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BOB EDWARDS, Host: Some reviews indicate that when the latest movie version of Little Women opens across the country on Sunday, it will be Hollywood's nicest Christmas gift to audiences in years. This is at least the third time Louisa May Alcott's book has been made into a movie, and NPR's special correspondent Susan Stamberg says the reasons for the book's popularity are clear.

SUSAN STAMBERG, Special Correspondent: It's a toss up on my bookshelf which book I read most often- Cherry Ames, Student Nurse [sp] by Helen Wells [sp] or Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. ...

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