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This episode is brought to you by Beethoven's Piano Sonata Number 8. Tonight, we'll read the next chapter of Good Wives,

written by Louisa May Alcott, titled Heartache.

This is also known as the second half of the Little Women novel and is considered the 35th chapter as part of that work as a whole.

In the last chapter, Joe tried to make a living by writing sensational stories for a magazine, keeping it a secret from her family.

She was successful, but when Professor Bear gently

criticized such work as shallow and harmful, it made her reconsider.

Realizing she was sacrificing her integrity for quick money, Joe burned her manuscripts and decided to stop writing anything she wouldn't be proud of.

Though it meant starting over, it marked a turning point as she chose a more genuine path,

guided by her own conscience and the professor's encouragement.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now. Now take a few deep breaths. Whatever his motive might have been, Lori studied to some purpose that year, for he graduated with honor and gave the Latin oration

with grace and eloquence, so his friend said.

They were all there, his grandfather, oh so proud, Mr and Mrs March, John and Meg, Joe and Beth, and all exalted over him with the sincere

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