Starred or acted: by Saoirse Ronan as Jo March
Florence Pugh as Amy March
Emma Watson as Meg March
Eliza Scanlen as Beth March
Timothee Chalamet as Theodore Laurence "Laurie".
Little Women is about four girls with the surname ''March''.
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy who live in Massachusetts.
The four sisters we're all filled with different characters because they have different ambitions and dreams. Meg is seen as beautiful and traditional, Jo is seen as masculine, hot headed and wants to be a writer, Beth is quiet and loves her piano and Amy is an artist who wants to be rich.
The story begins with the girls sitting in their living room reminiscing about their poverty. They decide to buy themselves a present to enjoy their Christmas, but soon they change their minds and decide that instead of buying presents for themselves they will buy presents for their mother whom they call "'Marmee".Later Marmee comes home with a letter from their father who served for the American civil war after he lost all their family fortune. He bids them to be patient and to have faith ,He adds that he is proud of his "Little Women".
Meg and Jo work to support their family ,Meg tutors a group of unruly youngsters in the neighbourhood and Jo assists her aged great aunt March, A wealthy widow living in a mansion named Plumfield.
They do not have a strong financial backbone yet their mother teaches them to be kind and to give to those in need .
So one Christmas the girls give food to a poorer family and their neighbour Mr Lawrence ,After seeing the charitable deed of the girls ,Mr. Lawrence sends them the finest dinner and delicacies, After that Mr. Lawrence and his grandson "Laurie" get well acquainted with the March family.Mr Lawrence's favorite is Beth who reminds him of his dead Grand daughter ,He invites her to play piano at his home and later gives her one.
Laurie becomes close with the sisters particularly the masculine Jo.The Marches form a family club in which they write family newspaper and do acts for fun,Jo smuggles Laurie into one of these club meetings and Laurie becomes a member .Presenting his new circle with a postbox the girls are busy with their lives ,Jo writes a novel and publishes it but has to edit most of it and even change the ending.
Meg is invited to spend some time with some rich friends where there are parties for the girls to dance with boys and improve her social skills ,Her friends think she is interested in Laurie but she confesses that she is keener in John Brooke Laurie's young Tutor. Amy has troubled times at school and the teacher hits her as a punishment due to that Mrs. March withdraws her daughter from school.
Jo refuses Amy to go with her to the theater in revenge Amy burns Jo's Manuscript in anger Jo nearly lets Amy drown while ice skating .One day the Marches receive a telegram saying that Mr March is sick in the hospital and Marmee goes to tend him ,Jo who is desperate to do her part sells her hair to help finance the trip,Mr. Lawrence insists on accompanying Marmee but she refuses due to his old age so Mr Brooke travels with her instead.
In Marmee's absence the girls neglect their household chores ,Beth goes to help a poorer family and contracts a sickness called Scarlett fever from them ,Beth teeters on the brink of death and Jo tends to her as she already had Scarlett fever ,Amy is sent to live with Aunt March in order not to contract the Scarlett fever tto herself ,The girls sent word to Marmee to come home immediately ,Beth never recovers fully having lost all energy .
Soon Mr. March returns home from the war meanwhile Mr. Brooke confesses her love for Meg to her parents they are pleased but consider Meg too young to marry so Brooke agrees to wait ,He serves in the war for some time and returns after getting wounded.
The second half of the book opens three years later Meg and Brooke get married and move to a new home they have twins and they name them Demi and Daisy .
Although they love each other Meg continuously struggles to live with their poor financial condition and she dreams for better situations. She asks Marmee for advice for balancing her aspects of life ,Laurie who had gone off to college earlier returns ,Jo who suspects Laurie's feelings for her moves to New York to escape Laurie's affections she thinks Beth likes him and gives her a chance to win his affections by moving away .
Amy gets to go to Paris instead of Jo because her Aunt prefers Amy's ladylike behavior in a companion ,In New York Jo serves as a Governess for two children and meets Professor Bhaer a poor German language instructor. Jo writes sensational romance stories for extra money but Bhaer discourages her from doing so and advises her to find a simpler writing style.
Meanwhile at home Beth's health seriously deteriorates and Jo returns to take care of her sister, Laurie proposes to Jo but Jo turns Laurie down by telling she loves him like a brother and that she could not romantically love him ,Laurie is heartbroken and travels to Europe with his Grandfather there he meets Amy and slowly falls in love with her however Amy is dejected by his forlorn and heartbroken attitude since Jo's rejection she encourages him to find a purpose in life .
Jo who devoted all her time for Beth is inconsolable when Beth died in Europe far away from home Amy mourns for her sister and finds comfort in Laurie who feels the same loss,Aunt March is reluctant on sending Amy on chaperoned therefore Amy and Laurie get Married before returning home ,Jo is happy for them but laments her loneliness.
Professor Bhaer visits the Marches when he is in Massachusetts on business.Jo is sad when the Professor doesn't propose and plans to return but after encouragement from her sisters Jo goes after him they confess their love and get engaged .Since he doesn't have a steady income they postpone the wedding until he establishes a good income .After some time Aunt March dies Jo is shocked when she receives Aunt March's large mansion Plumfield as she thought that her Aunt didn't like her .
Jo and Bhaer get married and turn the mansion into a school for boys ,Amy and Laurie have a daughter named Beth and they have two sons of their own ,At apple picking time Marmee celebrates her birthday for the 16th time in Plumfield with her husband, her three surviving daughters and their husband's and her five grandchildren .
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