Why do you read THAT book? (Little Women)

"Don't you want to be inspired by the zeitgeist and read Little Women?"

Why do you read THAT book? (Little Women)

Louisa May Alcott: Little Women (1868)

The question of 'Why This Book':

"Don't you want to be inspired by the zeitgeist and read Little Women?"

asked a good friend, Gabor Veress, upon the release of the Oscar-nominated Greta Gerwig movie.

I envisioned a world in which Gabor, a 40-year-old successful economist, who - I don't remember how, but quickly and unalterable - became my dear friend during our studies at Columbia University, would read all the Hemingway recommended books on my reading list alongside with me. It's always a hell lot of fun to discuss a work of art / anything BS / or anything journalism with a friend. Hemingway's recommendation or not, however, Gabor was not enthusiastic about starting our read along with Maugham's Of Human Bondage as I had originally planned for us.

"Seven hundred pages in English about masochistic relationships??? No way" - he said. He then suggested we read Little Women instead: Seven hundred and sixty pages in English about non-masochistic relationships...

It goes without saying, he never got passed by page 40.

Since I did, I'll share my review, the very first one here with you, soon.

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