Chapters 26-27

Background Information/Vocabulary:

The painters Amy emulated:

One of Murillo's "dark-eyed Madonnas"

 

Amy's attempts at Rembrandts turned out as "oily-brown shadows of faces with a lurid streak in the wrong place."

A "buxom lady" by Rubens; he was so well-known for painting heavy women that a relatively polite way of saying that a woman is heavy is to call her "Rubenesque."  (Not recommended as a compliment, though!)

A storm by Turner

• The fable alluded to when Jo attempts to revise her novel to please everyone can be read here.

My Noticings:  

• So, are we to assume that the other thirteen girls in Amy's class are snooty jerks who didn't show because she's poor?  That's what I've always thought.

Final Thoughts:

It looks like we're back to a revolving door of March sisters, one after the other.  Jo's early literary attempts are interesting to read about because she is more or less Louisa May Alcott herself, so they ultimately lead to the very book we're reading!

 
Question for readers:
What advice would you have given Jo about her first novel?