Name: An Old-fashioned Girl
Rating: 3.980769230769231 (26 reviews)
ISBN: 9781070503295

Louisa M Alcott

The book revolves around Polly Milton, the old-fashioned girl who titles the story. Polly visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw in the city and is overwhelmed by the fashionable and urban life they live--but also left out because of her "countrified" manners and outdated clothes.

An Old-fashioned Girl

Louisa May Alcott

Christine

someone pointed out Tom Shaw is similar to Charlie Campbell except he actually reforms and i am inclined to agree 

it has been what. 8-9 years since i last read this? and i have like 5 million things to do this week but i chose to reread this? <333 me when i am having a grand old time (HELP) 
tbh the only thing i remember about this book from when i was like 10 is Tom and Polly at the end and the story Polly tells about her siblings playing in a wheelbarrow with the visitor and absolutely ZILCH else so it was lowkey kind of surprising reading through this again. ofc it is LMA moralizing but it is FASCINATING her views on. All this. and also the Culture of the Time(tm) and ALSO she dropped a line about pairing everyone off to satisfy readers and. well. Hello Jo March. wonder how much of the last chapter was jsut like "well Tom and Polly need to get together now!" but also it WAS set up through the story and it is not a Jo & Laurie parallel at all so. it was mildly sudden tho. love how she was just like NO Maud does not marry Will she is gonna be a spinster. slay. a
anyway theres probably a lot of valuable stuff in here still i jstu kept thinking of Rose in Bloom ngl

Sarah Campbell

Haleemah Sadiah

Elizabeth McInerney 

Polly's friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth about the relationship between happiness and riches.

An Old-fashioned Girl

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