The Afterlife of "Little Women"

“Superb, scrupulously researched . . . a comprehensive narrative for understanding the changing reception of  Little Women.” — Gregory Eiselein, coeditor of  The Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia The hit Broadway show of 1912. The lost film of 1919. Katharine Hepburn, as Jo, sliding down a banister in George Cukor’s 1933 movie. Mark English’s shimmering 1967 illustrations. Jo—this time played by Sutton Foster—belting “I'll be / astonishing” in the 2004 Broadway musical flop. The