Little Women | Characters
Little Women focuses on the characters of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. The novel is filled with their games, struggles, interests, and adventures, which usually involve Laurie, the boy next door, and often the girls' mother, Marmee. Meg is sixteen when the novel begins, and pretty, "plump and fair," Her faults are vanity and envy. In the chapter entitled "Castles in the Air," Meg imagines "a lovely house, full of all sorts of luxurious things — nice food, pretty clothes, handsome furniture, pleasant people, and heaps of money."
Jo is fifteen, tall and thin, with "big hands and...
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