Our burdens are here, our road is before us, and the longing for goodness and happiness is the guide that leads us through many troubles and mistakes to the peace which is a true Celestial City.
Slough of Despond
CHAPTER 2 A MERRY CHRISTMAS
crimson-covered
the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.
impetuously
gesticulate
extinguished
CHAPTER 3 THE LAURENCE BOY
everlasting
aristocratic
sentimental
skylarking.
“To live in Italy, and to enjoy myself in my own way.”
reluctantly
blunderbuss
exclamation
capital time
redowa
grasshopper
CHAPTER 4 BURDENS
toil and moil
We can't give up our girls for a dozen fortunes. Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another
There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.
deggerredation
harum-scarum
I don't envy her much, in spite of her money, for after all rich people have about as many worries as poor ones, I guess,” added Jo.
parrylized
mortification
topsy-turvy
'When you feel discontented, think over your blessings, and be grateful.'”
CHAPTER 5 BEING NEIGHBORLY
mischievous
scandalizing
blanc mange
bashfulness
mantelpiece
affectionately
redoubtable
conservatory
disposition.
disposition
sentimental.
CHAPTER 6 BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL
benefactors
voraciously
enticements
irresistible
gesticulating
deliberately
taken aback
for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
CHAPTER 7 AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
countenance
buried the hatchet
Pride goes before a fall
simultaneous
ignominious
reproachful
demoiselles
corporal punishment
CHAPTER 8 JO MEETS APOLLYON
held her tongue
Fiddlesticks
“My dear, don't let the sun go down upon your anger. Forgive each other, help each other, and begin again tomorrow.”
self-possessed
remorsefully
treacherous
CHAPTER 9 MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR
replenished
dilapidated
nonsensical
sumptuously
undisguised
melodramatic
indignantly
her serious yet cheery way—
“I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good. To be admired, loved, and respected. To have a happy youth, to be well and wisely married, and to lead useful, pleasant lives, with as little care and sorrow to try them as God sees fit to send. To be loved and chosen by a good man is the best and sweetest thing which can happen to a woman, and I sincerely hope my girls may know this beautiful experience. It is natural to think of it, Meg, right to hope and wait for it, and wise to prepare for it, so that when the happy time comes, you may feel ready for the duties and worthy of the joy. My dear girls, I am ambitious for you, but not to have you make a dash in the world, marry rich men merely because they are rich, or have splendid houses, which are not homes because love is wanting. Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than q
CHAPTER 10 THE P.C. AND P.O.
elephantine
misdemeanors
CHAPTER 11 EXPERIMENTS
complacently
inquisitive
Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again, for though theyseem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carrythem. Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone. It keeps us fromennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of powerand independence better than money or fashion.”
Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty.”
CHAPTER 12 CAMP LAURENCE
postmistress
commendation
remonstrated
encyclopedia
ravishingly
imploringly
patronizing
condescension
lackadaisical
demonstrative
CHAPTER 13 CASTLES IN THE AIR
provocation
CHAPTER 14 SECRETS
Don't try to make me grow up before my time, Meg. It's hard enough to have you change all of a sudden. Let me be a little girl as long as I can.”
CHAPTER 15 A TELEGRAM
frostbitten
work was panacea for most afflictions.
CHAPTER 19 AMY'S WILL
unutterably
reprehensible
Procrastination
CHAPTER 20 CONFIDENTIAL
There are a good many hard times in this life of ours, but we can always bear them if we ask help in the right way. I think my little girl is learning this.”
weathercock
CHAPTER 21 LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE
incorrigible
out-and-out
disapprobation
insinuatingly
forebearing
CHAPTER 22 PLEASANT MEADOWS
precipitately
CHAPTER 24 GOSSIP
expatiating
CHAPTER 26 ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS
tribulation
conflagration
promiscuously
monstrosities
CHAPTER 27 LITERARY LESSONS
concatenation
Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
CHAPTER 28 DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES
irrepressible
countermanded
CHAPTER 29 CALLS
emphatically
CHAPTER 32 TENDER TROUBLES
disquietude
CHAPTER 33 JO'S JOURNAL
trifles show character.
trifles show character.
whippersnappers
CHAPTER 34 FRIEND
discomfiture
pyrotechnics
CHAPTER 35 HEARTACHE
superannuated
CHAPTER 38 ON THE SHELF
pertinacious
ignominiously
CHAPTER 39 LAZY LAURENCE
imperturbable
CHAPTER 41 LEARNING TO FORGET
intractable
annihilated
CHAPTER 42 ALL ALONE
For the parents who had taught one child to meet death without fear, were trying now to teach another to accept life without despondency or distrust, and to use its beautiful opportunities with gratitude and power.
It's highly virtuous to say we'll be good, but we can't do it all at once, and it takes a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together before some of us even get our feet set in the right way.
