An Old-Fashioned Girl (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [NOOK Book]

OLD FASHION GIRL IS GREAT from an 8th grader

I loved this book. If more books had the moral like this than the world would be better. Louisa May Alcott is my favorite author and has been since the 2 grade

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

True to this day, despite the time difference!

This book is not simply about a girl of the 19th century not fitting in with the upper class society. It is a story of one who chooses a higher path. It is a story about us today those of us who chose to live with the true values that withstand time--the values rooted in God and maintained by faith. There were no 'good old days'. No matter when in history a person lived, he or she was going against the grain if they chose wholesome faith over riotous living. Modern times only give people a new way to manifest the principle of living above the foolishness of the world.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

A Timeless Book

I read this book first when I was a young girl. For some reason it has always been special to me. Every now and then when I'm cleaning or re-organizing I'll find in on the shelf, sit down and read it again. At age 51 it's just as special and beautiful as it was years ago!

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

What a great book!!

This is such a lovely book!! I like the little bit of romance, but the characters are what makes this story enjoyable. They're so lifelike, and think exactly the way real people think, not like some other books where people are constantly good or happy, etc. I especially liked the Shaw's grandmother, because she was nice to Polly and because she was so wise. This isn't my MOST favorite Louisa book, but definitely A favorite.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great book!

I loved this book! It was completely worth getting. I wish there were more books like this. It was a classic tale of young girl standing up for what she believes that was beautifully written.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Love, love, love

Such a great story. A must read. I will read again.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Lots of People could benefit

I think that lots of people could benefit from reading this book. It has a very good moral about being wealthy. I liked it a lot.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Review 35

Is from twothousand. Nooks never existed then

Awesome!

It's Louisa May Alcott what's bad about it? You will laugh a lot and be right with them at moments. Overall great book. A must read for anyone.

Amazing

Read it. It is amazing!

Must read :)

This is definetly a must read from Alcott's collection! Simple but very to the heart and sweet

Love this book!

One of my favotites from childhood...a great read.

Spectacular

An Old Fashioned Girl has always been one of my favorite books and though i havent yet read this copy of it, thestory is worth your time. A young common girl is intrduced to the "high society" life of her cousins and is forced to decide if she will allow the scandal comforts and intruiges of that life to change her.

Highly recommended

Very true story up to this day

Scan to digital

The scan to digital was too distracting with various and sundry characters out of place or in the wrong place.

Highly recommended-better than Little Women!

This book was simply exceptional! I think it stands confidently and equally with Little Women or Pride and Prejudice. Charming, clean, moral, fun, educational ( some hard to read words, but not enough to make it overwhelming) and it all ends with a romantic ending! How could it get better? I only wish I could be more like the main character-forgiving, humble, and kind.

AH IT OK BUT------------

Twards the ennd there are s???????? many mispelled words and sometimes the words are numbers!!!!!!

A Inspiring Little Story!! =)

This little story is funny and romantic and shows true love and friendship. ;)

A Charming Novel

An Old Fashioned Girl is an uplifting little story, that puts virtue and purity in a most agreeable light, unlike so many modern novels. I have read it several times, and each time, I enjoy it as much as the first.

"The good old fashions..."

I'm not someone who typically enjoys rereading books, but An Old-Fashioned Girl is one of the rare novels that I come back to again and again and again. The story is simple and charming and sweetly romantic, populated with people I would like to know and who I enjoy following from childhood to adulthood. They're not perfect, but they're goodhearted and while not unafraid to do so, they still face their flaws honestly. Although written more than a century ago, Louisa May Alcott's lessons on the acts and attitudes that "render home what it should be---a happy place where parents and children, brothers and sisters, learn to love and know and help one another" still ring true for me every time.