关于《小妇人》你不知道的10件事_BEC初级作文

关于《小妇人》你不知道的10件事

奈尔斯看出路易莎有意拖延，就给她父亲布朗森·奥尔科特发了一份出版合同。虽然布朗森是一位著名思想家，也是拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生和亨利·戴维·梭罗的朋友，但他的作品始终没有得到多少赞誉。当出版方明确表示如果路易莎开始写这个女孩故事，布朗森就有机会出版一本新书时，路易莎迫于压力才答应。

cave[keɪv]: v. 屈服

2. LITTLE WOMEN TOOK JUST 10 WEEKS TO WRITE.

《小妇人》只花了10个星期就写完了

Alcott began writing the book in May 1868. She worked on it day and night, becoming so consumed with it that she sometimes forgot to eat or sleep. On July 15, she sent all 402 pages to her editor. In September, a mere four months after starting the book, Little Women was published. It became an instant bestseller and turned Alcott into a rich and famous woman.

1868年5月，路易莎动笔写这本书。她夜以继日地写作，有时候甚至专注到废寝忘食的地步。7月15日，她将402页的原稿寄给编辑。同年9月，距离她开始写这本书才过了四个月，《小妇人》就出版了。它迅速成为了畅销书，也让路易莎变成了富有的女名人。

3. MEG, BETH, AND AMY WERE BASED ON ALCOTT'S SISTERS.

梅格、贝丝和艾米的原型是路易莎的姐妹

Meg was based on Louisa’s sister Anna, who fell in love with her husband John Bridge Pratt while performing opposite him in a play. The description of Meg’s wedding in the novel is supposedly based on Anna’s actual wedding.