Маленькие женщины

Literary Lessons

           You’llspoilitifyoudo,fortheinterestofthestoryismoreinthemindsthanintheactionsofthepeople,anditwillbeallamuddleifyoudon’texplainasyougoon,"saidMeg,whofirmlybelievedthatthisbookwasthemostremarkablenoveleverwritten.

           "ButMr.Allensays,‘Leaveouttheexplanations,makeitbriefanddramatic,andletthecharacterstellthestory’,"interruptedJo,turningtothepublisher’snote.

           "Doashetellsyou.Heknowswhatwillsell,andwedon’t.Makeagood,popularbook,andgetasmuchmoneyasyoucan.By-and-by,whenyou’vegotaname,youcanaffordtodigress,andhavephilosophicalandmetaphysicalpeopleinyournovels,"saidAmy,whotookastrictlypracticalviewofthesubject.

           "Well,"saidJo,laughing,"ifmypeopleare‘philosophicalandmetaphysical’,itisn’tmyfault,forIknownothingaboutsuchthings,exceptwhatIhearfathersay,sometimes.IfI’vegotsomeofhiswiseideasjumbledupwithmyromance,somuchthebetterforme.Now,Beth,whatdoyousay?"

           "Ishouldsoliketoseeitprintedsoon,"wasallBethsaid,andsmiledinsayingit.Buttherewasanunconsciousemphasisonthelastword,andawistfullookintheeyesthatneverlosttheirchildlikecandor,whichchilledJo’sheartforaminutewithaforbodingfear,anddecidedhertomakeherlittleventure‘soon’.

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