I don't think I'd agree with that assessment in the case of Eight Cousins at least, or Little Men for that matter. Or perhaps The Good Master. At least, not as they stand on their own. Unfortunately, in all cases, the sequels tend to undermine whatever "feminist" or proto-feminist values might have been put forward in the originals. The sequels all show the girl, now a young woman, taking her "proper place" and maturing only through association with a love-interest :(
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