Chapter 35: Heartache
Jo tells Laurie 'I don't believe it's the right sort of love for me' and 'I can't say yes truly, so I won't say it at all.' The famously debated rejection.
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From Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Jo refuses Laurie's proposal, one of the most controversial and debated scenes in American literature, as readers have wished for over 150 years that she had accepted.
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