I started re-reading "Little women", and I enjoy every phrase. This must be my favorite book, though I only read it once so far. Most of the books competing to be named my favorite have male main characters. This one concentrates on women which makes it even more precious in my eyes. There aren't too many books with great heroines (cannot remember any except Shakespear's stories). And even when they play active role in the plot (like Hermione in "Harry Potter"), we don't know as much about their inner world as we know about that of male characters. Which is a pity.
Anyway, I picked up some words I liked from the chapter one (and also from a fic I read yesterday):
19) to fret
20) to plague
21) to libel
22) a reproving look
23) to pervade (as in "atmosphere of love pervaded the house")
24) to sit up (half-rise or straighten)
25) (to trot) to and fro
26) crumpled (back to the pillow)
27) a lark
28) to no avail
29) unfathomable
30) ordeal
31) whimsical
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