How many children did Meg March have?

As she matured, she blossomed into a beautiful woman and married John Brooke, the tutor of her neighbour, Laurie. Together, they had three children: Daisy and Demi (twins), and Josie.
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Does Amy March have kids?

She is very happy and gives birth to Beth Laurence, named after her late sister and is absent during the later books due to doing some painting in France.
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How many daughters did Mrs March have name them?

Answer: There are four girls in the March family. They are Margaret, Josephine, Elizabeth and Amy.
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How old was Meg March when she got married?

She's considered the most beautiful of the sisters and is “introduced” to high society. Much to Jo's objections, Meg marries and settles down. At the start of the story, Meg is 16 years old. At age 21 she marries John Brooke and one year later gives birth to twins.
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Who is Meg March husband?

John Brooke was Meg March's husband and the father of Daisy, Demi, and Josephine Brooke.
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How much older is Professor Bhaer than Jo?

Stanley, an actor best known as one of the Night's Watch from “Game of Thrones,” is younger in age than Bhaers past. That means the age gap between him and Jo is smaller, only about 10 or so years, versus the 20-plus-year gap in previous versions.
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Which march sister dies?

Author Louisa May Alcott delivered the ultimate tribute in her novel. Greta Gerwig's Little Women hit theaters on Christmas Day. The film is adapted from the beloved 1868 Louisa May Alcott novel of the same name. Below, we revisit one of the plot's greatest tragedies: the death of Beth March.
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What is the age difference between Laurie and Amy?

I know the age difference between Amy and Laurie is only three or four years, but their love and marriage would seem more normal to me if Laurie was ten years older yet they simply hadn't had much interaction when Amy was a kid.
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Why is Laurie so rude to Meg?

She is a bit embarrassed about the luxury of her attire, but she enjoys playing the role of a fashionable girl. Laurie is at the party and reprimands Meg for being so frivolous. His criticism makes Meg regret letting her friends dress her.
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Is Laurie in love with Amy?

When all is said and done, Amy does love Laurie. She has loved him for a long time, and Laurie needs to be loved. If he'd have married Jo, she may have tried to convince herself that she loved him romantically, but Amy does it without trying. Laurie gets a love match.
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Why did they call her Marmee?

Wineapple mentions the unusual nickname — “ 'Marmee,' as her daughters called her” — but does not discuss its pronunciation. The Alcott (and March) girls, New Englanders all, would have pronounced the “r” as “ah” when they referred to their mother. In other words, they called her “Mahmee” — or “Mommy”!
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How did Laurie know the names of the March sisters?

Answer. Answer: Laurie confirmed the names of the March sisters when Jo visits him and she started talking about her sisters. Explanation: "Little Women" by narrates the story of the March family and their neighboring families, especially the Laurence family who lived just right next door.
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Why is Meg called Daisy?

Daisy and Demi are the twin children of Meg and John Brooke. They are loosely named for their parents – "Daisy" is a nickname for Margaret, which is Meg's full name and her mother's first name also; "Demi" is short for "Demijohn," making Demi the namesake of his father John Brooke.
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Do Laurie and Amy have babies?

Elizabeth Laurence ("Bess") – The only daughter of Laurie and Amy, named for Beth.
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Who is the youngest march daughter?

Amy March. The youngest March girl. Amy is an artist who adores visual beauty and has a weakness for pretty possessions.
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Who is the prettiest March sister?

Meg, short for Margaret, is the oldest and (until Amy grows up) the prettiest of the four March sisters. She's also the most typical of the sisters – we think of her as everything that you might expect a nineteenth-century American girl from a good family to be.
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Who did Laurie marry in the books?

And the character readers expect Jo to end up with, her charming best friend Laurie, marries Jo's least favorite sister Amy instead.
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How old was Jo March when meets Laurie?

Jo, aged fifteen, is sitting with her sisters on Christmas Eve, lamenting the fact that they have no money. Jo's sisters perform a play that she has written. She meets her neighbor Laurie. Jo resolves to carry her "burdens" gracefully.
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Did Jo ever love Laurie?

This confusion is easily reflected in Jo. So did Jo love Laurie? Yes. And she always will love Laurie.
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How old was Beth March?

Beth's dying had a strong impact on her sisters, especially Jo, who resolved to live her life with more consideration and care for others. Beth was twenty-three years old at the time of her death.
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Did Jo March marry in real life?

Whereas Jo March gets married and remains within the family circle, Alcott struck out and lived a truly independent life. She remained unmarried, unlike her heroine.
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What is Marmee short for?

Photograph by Wilson Webb. The house is busy, happy, trimmed for the holidays. Laura Dern trips through the warm domestic chaos and trills over her shoulder, “Just call me Mother, or Marmee.
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How long was Beth sick for?

That study also found that the mean time between incidents was 1.02 years, while for Beth in the book, it's mentioned as being closer to three years later, although she never seems to be fully better after her first bout with the fever.
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Do Jo and Friedrich have children?

The Bhaers moved to Plumfield, left to Jo by her Aunt March, where they established a school. Fritz taught the children many virtues and important things while also teaching them education. They raised Fritz's two orphaned nephews, Franz and Emil Hoffmann, and their own sons, Robert and Theodore.
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How did the March family lose their money?

The house is big enough, though shabby, for the family has been genteelly poor since Mr March lost all his money in an unwise loan to a friend; moreover he has volunteered as a chaplain in the Civil War, and is far away in camp.
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