What were the secrets of Jo and Laurie?

Laurie then tells Jo his secret—that Mr. Brooke has kept Meg's glove and carries it with him wherever he goes. This secret disgusts Jo, because she hates the idea of someone loving Meg and taking her away.
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What was Jo secret?

Jo secret is that she has submitted two stories she has written to a newspaperman to see if he will buy them and publish them in his paper. She goes off to his office secretly, not telling her mother or sisters what she is up to.
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Why can't Jo be with Laurie?

In the books, Jo never likes Laurie romantically and his romantic interest only makes Jo feel uncomfortable. Not only does their dynamics change because Jo doesn´t want to fit into the traditional female role of the time but because Laurie fits into the traditional 19th-century male role almost too well.
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Did Laurie always love Jo?

In all film versions and the book, Laurie basically tells Jo that he's been in love with her for a long time. His affection for her didn't occur suddenly; it manifested throughout their friendship. Because he's enamored with her, he becomes enamored with her family.
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Why did Jo give Laurie a ring?

At one point, a young Jo swoops down on one knee and presents Laurie with a ring symbolizing their friendship, one that he keeps wearing into adulthood even after she has rejected him.
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Why does Amy Call Laurie lazy Laurence?

Amy starts her lecture by telling Laurie that she and her cousin Flo call him "Lazy Laurence." She says that she despises him, because he's rich and has every opportunity of being happy and useful, but instead he's just wasting his time and money being miserable.
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Did Jo regret not marrying Laurie?

When Jo tells Laurie that she's tried to love him like he loves her but she can't, this is a nod to the author's struggle to love men as she thought women were supposed to love men but she just couldn't. Jo was never supposed to marry, much like Alcott never married.
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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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Did Laurie and Amy have a baby?

Elizabeth Laurence ("Bess") – The only daughter of Laurie and Amy, named for Beth. Like her mother, she develops a love for art as she grows up.
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How did Laurie know all the March sisters?

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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Did Jo change her mind about Laurie?

Jo's love interests are changed somewhat from the book at the end of the Little Women movie. Instead of graciously telling Teddy he's a better fit for Amy, she gets a little bit cross in the movie and there's even a half-ditch effort from Jo to write Laurie/Teddy a letter telling him she's changed her mind.
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Why did Laurie and Jo run about mysteriously?

Ans- Laurie and Jo run about mysteriously because they were playing a game.
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Do Laurie and Jo kiss in the book?

I figured she would have never have entertained the possibility of actually having them kiss in the novel. But lo and behold, I was amazed to recently discover (and I'll admit to squeeing just a little bit) that in an early manuscript of the proposal scene in Little Women, Alcott did have Laurie kissing Jo!
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Why did Laurie go to Europe?

Amy tells Laurie that she thinks about going home to see her sister, but her family advise her to stay in Europe since it's her only chance to do so. Laurie agrees with them.
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What secret did Laurie tell Jo after she took her stories to the newspaper?

Laurie then tells Jo his secret—that Mr. Brooke has kept Meg's glove and carries it with him wherever he goes. This secret disgusts Jo, because she hates the idea of someone loving Meg and taking her away.
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Where did Amy meet Laurie?

Amy attends "Camp Laurence" and meets Laurie's British friends, the Vaughns. Amy participates in the Pickwick Club with her sisters. Amy describes her "castle in the air" to Laurie and her sisters. Amy is disturbed when the family receives a telegram saying that Mr.
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Why do they call Meg Daisy?

Daisy was named after her mother, Margaret "Meg" March, who was named after Daisy's grandmother, Margaret "Marmee" March.
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Did Jo actually marry Frederick?

The end of Little Women sees its heroine, tomboyish and ambitious Jo, married off to the pointedly unromantic Friedrich Bhaer, a middle-aged and unattractive German professor who disapproves of the sensational stories she writes.
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Was Laurie based on a real person?

Laurie is inspired by two different people.

Originally, Alcott said she based Laurie on the young Polish man, Ladislas Wisniewski, with whom she had roamed around Paris (unchaperoned!) in 1865.
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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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Why did Meg marry John Brooke?

John fell in love with the eldest March daughter, Meg and married her after the war, after much “begging” and convincing her he'd be a good husband to her. The couple moved into a little house, where their three children were born: the twins' Daisy and Demi and later Josie. He died in the book Little Men.
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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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What did Jo write in the letter to Laurie?

In the novel, Jo does not write a letter to Laurie. So, this poses the question of how an adaptation of Little Women should be done. When can or should a director make changes to the plot or details of a movie? Because this is not the only significant change.
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Why did Amy burn Jo's book?

In the novel, Amy burns a manuscript by Jo—“the loving work of several years,” as Alcott put it—in retaliation for Jo's dismissive behavior toward her earlier that night. (The elder sister had impatiently fended off a crying Amy when Amy had wanted to accompany her to the theater.)
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Did Jo March marry in real life?

In the book and its subsequent sequel Little Men, Jo marries Professor Bhaer, has two sons, and starts a boys' school. This is where the book most differs from reality. Alcott never married. She focused on her career as a writer and financially supported many of her family members at various points.
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