tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post5963680833646088109..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: Little Women Read-Along: Beth's Secret (Ch. 36)Hamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-14305335029700089222015-06-07T19:07:24.094-04:002015-06-07T19:07:24.094-04:00Rose, yes, it's such a lot of sadness.
I don&...Rose, yes, it's such a lot of sadness.<br /><br />I don't think Beth always knew, either, but she seems to have known since earlier in the novel, when Jo thought she was in love with Laurie. This is what she was sad about instead.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-83216675192032804442015-06-05T05:11:18.606-04:002015-06-05T05:11:18.606-04:00Two sad chapters in A row, it is almost too much.
...Two sad chapters in A row, it is almost too much.<br />I don't Think Beth always knew she would die, it is more likely one of those coincidences that would have been forgotten, if she had lived on, but are suddenly given importance because it fits The situation. Or it could be A plot point....Rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675286577484698201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-45596483514584467822015-05-26T14:21:56.129-04:002015-05-26T14:21:56.129-04:00We need to be so thankful for modern medicine, tha...We need to be so thankful for modern medicine, that makes young deaths much more rare than they once were. Now we see this as a tragic, but isolated, incident, whereas of course before antibiotics and so on, young people died from even minor things all the time.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-11616054340826280552015-05-26T11:08:58.481-04:002015-05-26T11:08:58.481-04:00Oh, a painful, sad chapter indeed! How my heart a...Oh, a painful, sad chapter indeed! How my heart aches for the March family...I couldn't imagine losing a sister in such a way!<br />I unfortunately do not know how to best answer your question...can anyone truly know anything until the day comes...?<br />Yay! Almost caught up now -- I am sooo enjoying this book! It has always been a favourite of mine:)Kelly-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439145629751304862noreply@blogger.com