The Foreign Education

Little Women

Amy Curtis March’s European journey expands her artistic and social understanding before directing her toward love, humility, and mature purpose.

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Bearing strength in each event

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Departure for Europe Departure for Europe from "Little Women". A Long-Desired Journey Opportunity Aunt Carrol chooses Amy Curtis March as her companion abroad, rewarding her tact and disciplined behavior.

Departure for Europe from "Little Women". A Long-Desired Journey Opportunity Aunt Carrol chooses Amy Curtis March as her companion abroad, rewarding her tact and disciplined behavior.

A Long-Desired Journey Opportunity Aunt Carrol chooses Amy Curtis March as her companion abroad, rewarding her tact and disciplined behavior. Jo’s Disappointment Josephine March feels that work and bad manners have cost her the journey. The sisters must practice generosity even when opportunity is distributed unevenly.

London Impressions London Impressions from "Little Women". The World Enlarges Travel as Spectacle Amy Curtis March visits Hyde Park, Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court, Kensington Museum, and Richmond Park.

London Impressions from "Little Women". The World Enlarges Travel as Spectacle Amy Curtis March visits Hyde Park, Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court, Kensington Museum, and Richmond Park.

The World Enlarges Travel as Spectacle Amy Curtis March visits Hyde Park, Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court, Kensington Museum, and Richmond Park. Art, class, and ceremony challenge her provincial imagination. Correspondence Her letters turn travel into a shared family experience, allowing those at home to inhabit distant scenes through her eyes.

Parisian Art Parisian Art from "Little Women". Taste and Limitation Museums and Memory Amy Curtis March studies the Louvre, the Tuileries Gardens, and historic relics.

Parisian Art from "Little Women". Taste and Limitation Museums and Memory Amy Curtis March studies the Louvre, the Tuileries Gardens, and historic relics.

Taste and Limitation Museums and Memory Amy Curtis March studies the Louvre, the Tuileries Gardens, and historic relics. She delights in beauty but begins to sense how little she knows. Social Polish French travel refines her manners and presentation. It also exposes the difference between possessing taste and possessing genius.

The Fred Proposal The Fred Proposal from "Little Women". Wealth as a Candidate Practical Romance Amy Curtis March considers accepting Fred Vaughn because he is rich, well-bred, and socially secure.

The Fred Proposal from "Little Women". Wealth as a Candidate Practical Romance Amy Curtis March considers accepting Fred Vaughn because he is rich, well-bred, and socially secure.

Wealth as a Candidate Practical Romance Amy Curtis March considers accepting Fred Vaughn because he is rich, well-bred, and socially secure. She imagines marriage as protection from poverty. Moral Hesitation Her plan is rational but emotionally incomplete. She recognizes that comfort cannot substitute for the deeper attachment she has not yet named.

The Alpine Turning The Alpine Turning from "Little Women". Love Replaces Calculation Grief Shared Amy Curtis March returns to the sorrow of Elizabeth March’s death and waits anxiously for Theodore Laurence.

The Alpine Turning from "Little Women". Love Replaces Calculation Grief Shared Amy Curtis March returns to the sorrow of Elizabeth March’s death and waits anxiously for Theodore Laurence.

Love Replaces Calculation Grief Shared Amy Curtis March returns to the sorrow of Elizabeth March’s death and waits anxiously for Theodore Laurence. Emotional Choice His arrival reveals that she loves him, not merely his wealth or manners. Travel has made her more capable of honest self-knowledge.

after the Chester fair

early in the European journey

the Paris portion of the journey

during the Heidelberg stay

spring at Vevay