Little women

Basic

• Margaret March ( English Margaret March ), or Meg - the eldest of the sisters March, one of the main characters of the novel. A very beautiful 16-year-old girl with beautiful manners, feminine and romantic. Meg is always obedient and modest, she is very concerned about her own reputation and the reputation of the family. Vanity is not alien to her - she is shy of her poverty, envies beautiful dresses and expensive jewelry of friends, she is drawn to a beautiful life. Meg's favorite is Amy, the youngest of the sisters. She pampers her sister and indulges in almost everything. She subsequently married John Brooke and became the mother of two children.
• Josephine March ( born Josephine March ), or Joe - the second oldest of the March sisters, she is 15 years old. This is a real tomboy in a skirt. Unlike her older sister, she does not like balls and girlish conversations; they seem boring to her. Joe is much more interesting in the men's company. She climbs trees, runs racing with friends, skates, and maybe even fights. She loves to read and dreams of becoming a writer, Joe has a notebook with stories of her own composition. Joe is honest and sometimes too straightforward - she does not know how to dissemble and is devoid of coquetry. Because of this, she seems rude to many, but others are even attracted to her openness. Of the sisters, Joe is most attached to Beth. Margaret admires her beauty and manners, Joe loves her older sister, but there is no complete understanding between them - they are too different. Relations with Amy are mixed, but overall not bad. Lori fell in love with Joe, but she, realizing that she could not be a good wife to him, rejected him. Subsequently, she marries Herr Friedrich Baer, ​​a professor and a German emigrant, and gives birth to two sons - Rob and Teddy.
• Elizabeth March ( born Elizabeth March ), or Beth (Bess) is a quiet and obedient 13-year-old girl. Extremely timid and shy, hardly converges with people. This is a real angel who visited the earth and did not accept anything on it, except for the human image. He passionately loves music and dreams of getting a new piano. Beth is completely non-conflict, she has an equal relationship with all the sisters. She loves Mr. Lawrence very much; the old man, in turn, is attached to her, as if to his own granddaughter. Beth suffered a severe fever, and her health weakened sharply. In the second book, he dies at the age of 18.
• Amy March is the youngest of the March sisters, the most controversial character in the novel. Amy is only 12 years old - she has a pretty appearance, raised, and at the same time cunning. She understood early that she knows how to like people when she wants, and often uses her charm for personal purposes. Like Margaret, Amy is conceited and at the same time touchy, selfish and moody, only her upbringing and spiritual values ​​instilled in the family restrain her. Angry, she commits dishonest and sometimes cruel acts (for example, burns a notebook with Joe’s stories), but is also capable of repentance. The positive and negative qualities in it are closely intertwined and are in a very fragile balance. Subsequently, Amy becomes more modest, kind and tactful. Lori falls in love with her, rejected by Joe, and she reciprocates. When she married, Amy gave birth to a daughter named after the late Beth.

Minor

• Robert March ( born Robert March ) is the head of the family, the father of the girls. At the time of the beginning of the novel, he is in the war (Civil War in the USA of 1861-1865). He performs a military duty to the country as a priest, supporting the fighting spirit of northerly soldiers. Having retired, he returns home and becomes a real pastor. This is a wise, extremely kind and fair old man. Daughters love and respect him very much. Mr. March is no stranger to philosophy.

• Marmi March ( born Marmee March ) is the wife of Mr. March, the mother of the girls. For daughters is an indisputable authority and role model. Mrs. March is honest, virtuous, merciful, fair, although sometimes strict. Friendly with Mr. Lawrence; Lori replaced her son.

• Theodore Laurence ( English Theodore Laurence ), or Laurie ( Laurie ) - a young man 15-16 years old, living in a house adjacent to the March family. The boy does not like his own name Theodore, he asks to call him “Lori” (later Joe will sometimes call him “Teddy”). Lori is an orphan. For several years he studied in Europe in a closed school for boys, then returned to the United States and at the time of the events described in the novel, he lives with his grandfather and prepares for university. At the ball, Laurie meets Joe March (they both try to hide from the crowd in the far corner and accidentally intersect) and they manage to make friends. Later, with the consent of his mother, Joe introduces Laurie to the March family, and the young man becomes a family friend. He is educated and very well educated, but sometimes rebellious and impudent (largely due to age). Lori treats all March sisters well, but has a special interest (at first friendly, then romantic) for Joe. The younger Lawrence has the ability to music, he plays the piano well, but his grandfather does not encourage Laurie for this, wanting his grandson to succeed in "more important matters." Lori loves her grandfather, but resists control on his part. By his own admission, he dreams of "leaving for Italy and living as he likes." Subsequently, he confesses to Joe love, but reluctantly rejects him, and Laurie is tormented, having left for Europe. There he unexpectedly falls in love with Amy, and she also falls in love with him. Lawrence Jr. marries Amy and becomes the father of little Beth.

• James Laurence is the grandfather of Laurie. Strong-willed, strict, adamant person. The owner of a large fortune and a rich house next to the house of Marcha. He strongly encourages the grandson to communicate with his neighbors, believing that Mrs. March and the girls have a positive effect on the rebellious young man. The old man treated all the sisters well, but especially fell in love with the shy and shy Beth.

• John Brooke is an educator and friend of Lori, very clever, respectable, modest and honest. Met Margaret March, falls in love with her and later makes her an offer of marriage. By marrying her, John becomes the father of Demi and Daisy. In the book Little Men, he dies from an unknown illness.

• Annie Moffat is a friend of Meg. A girl from a wealthy family, a gossip and a frivolous dummy. Fascinated by fashion, balls, entertainment and fans. Having met Meg at the ball, he invites her to visit and tries to draw her into his circle - lends his dress (too open and seductive), blushes her cheeks and makes a pompous hairstyle, teaches coquetry, bordering on the gimmick. In this, Annie is helped by her older sisters - Bell and Clara. Upon learning of Meg’s friendship with Lori Lawrence, Annie, her mother and sisters gossip - they unanimously decide that Meg and her mother are simply “hunting” for the rich groom. Recognizing the young Moffat and her sisters closer, Meg (not without the participation of Lori) decides to give up friendship with them.

• Friedrich Baer is a German emigrant, a poor professor. First appears in the book “Good Wives” as a friend and then friend of Joe. He falls in love with her, although at first she does not notice it. Herr Baer is wise, kind, calm and patient. Joe also fell in love with him and accepted the marriage proposal. On the estate of Aunt March, Plumfield, the Baer couple set up a school for boys, where they raised a dozen worthy pupils, including the nephews of Herr Friedrich - Franz and Emil - and their sons, Teddy and Rob.

• Little Women (film, 1933)
• Little Women (film, 1949)
• Little Women (film 1994)
• Little Women (anime series, 1981)
• Little Women (anime series, 1987)
  • Little Women: Nan and Miss Joe - a sequel to the anime based on the novel “Little Men”.
• Little Women (miniseries) 2017 ^[1]
• Little Women (film, 2019)

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