Who was the prettiest of the March girl?

9 Meg March
At sixteen, Meg was the eldest and prettiest of the four March sisters and the one who struggled the most with the family's genteel poverty. Alcott described her as "being plump and fair, with large eyes, plenty of soft brown hair, a sweet mouth, and white hands, of which she was rather vain."
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Who is the youngest March girl?

Amy March. The youngest March girl.
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Who was Jo's favorite sister?

And the character readers expect Jo to end up with, her charming best friend Laurie, marries Jo's least favorite sister Amy instead. And so, while generations of readers have loved Little Women and sighed over Little Women, they have also puzzled over that bizarre, unsatisfying ending.
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Who is the best Jo March?

3. 'Little Women' (1933) Without a doubt, Katherine Hepburn is film's greatest Jo March. Hepburn plays her with playful, temperamental boyishness and delivers every New England-accented line like the crack of a whip.
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How old are the March sisters at the end?

The novel follows the story of four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – and is loosely based on the author's life with her three sisters. They are aged 16, 15, 13 and 12.
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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 is older meg or Jo?

Josephine "Jo" March

Second oldest of the four sisters, Jo is boy-like, the smartest, most creative one in the family; her father has referred to her as his "son Jo," and her best friend and neighbour, Theodore "Laurie" Laurence, sometimes calls her "my dear fellow," while she alone calls him Teddy.
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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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What is Marmee's real name?

In the novel, the elder Margaret March does generally go by Marmee, just as Abigail May Alcott, Louisa's mother, did.
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Who is the eldest March sister?

The four March sisters are enduring characters in children's literature. Meg, the oldest, beautiful and rather vain but sweet; Jo, the main focus of the books, a spirited tomboy; Beth, a sickly, gentle musician who dies in the first novel; and Amy, pampered and artistic.
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Why does Amy Call Laurie my lord?

Later life. Amy became a dignified woman and is the only one who wants to marry a rich man so she would not have a hard time in terms of finance but at the last minute turns Fred Vaughn down, and marries Laurie instead. It is said she called him 'My Lord'.
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Did Amy love Laurie?

While Laurie might have initially thought he wanted to spend his life with Jo, he did grow to love Amy, leaving fans of the book and the movie adaptation debating who his perfect match is for years.
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What is the age gap between Amy and Laurie?

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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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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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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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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Why is Meg called Daisy?

Daisy was named after her mother, Margaret "Meg" March, who was named after Daisy's grandmother, Margaret "Marmee" March.
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Does Marmee mean mother?

"Marmee" is the affectionate name that the March girls use for their mother, Mrs. March, whose real first name, like her eldest daughter, is Margaret.
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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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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 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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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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Why does Jo cut her hair?

Jo sold her hair as a heroic gesture because she was too proud to beg Aunt March for money. In real life, Alcott lost her precious three and a half feet of brown hair helplessly. She caught typhoid pneumonia while nursing solders during the Civil War, and while she was delirious doctors ordered her hair cut off.
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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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What is Jo March's full name?

Josephine "Jo" Bhaer (née March) was the second eldest March sister. She is seen as the protagonist of Little Women.
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