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Like 'Little Women,' books by Zitkála-Šá and Taha Hussein are classics

  • Written by Sheila Cordner, Senior Lecturer of Humanities, Boston University
Louisa May Alcott has delighted readers for generations.AP Photo/Steven Senne

I’m a scholar of literature who spends a lot of time thinking about why certain stories continue to be revisited, and what works can be considered classics today.

So I’m looking forward to seeing Greta Gerwig’s film version of “Little Women,”...

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