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. Their mother, called Marmee, runs a frugal but happy home while their father is away serving as a chaplain in the American Civil War.
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