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Little Women is a musical with a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by Jason Howland.. Based on Louisa May Alcott's 1868–69 semi-autobiographical two-volume novel, it focuses on the four March sisters— traditional Meg, wild, aspiring writer Jo, timid Beth and romantic Amy,— and their beloved Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is away ...
Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. [1] [2] The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood.
Jo March, her parents, and sisters Meg, Beth, and Amy live in Concord, Massachusetts. [4] Mr. March goes to Washington, D.C. to work, and becomes seriously ill. In order to raise money for Mrs. March to travel and be with her husband Jo sells her hair. Mr. and Mrs. March are able to return home. [5]
Jo is courageous, blunt, strong-willed, hot-tempered, loyal, and undeniably endearing: in other words, quintessential Aries. Alcott challenged many of the era’s strict gender roles through Jo ...
Jo regularly reads to her father's sister, Aunt March, hoping Aunt March will invite her to Europe. When Jo, Meg, Laurie, and Laurie's tutor, John Brooke attend the theater, a jealous Amy burns Jo's unpublished novel. The next morning, Amy, wanting an angry Jo's forgiveness, chases her and Laurie onto a frozen lake.
The March sisters—responsible Meg, tempestuous Jo, tender Beth, and romantic Amy—are growing up in Concord, Massachusetts during and after the American Civil War.Their father is away fighting in the war and, with their strong-willed mother, Marmee, they struggle with major and minor problems in 19th-century New England.
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This adaptation contextualizes the story more than other adaptations, referencing the Civil War, the abolitionist movement, and women’s suffrage. Jo tells of attending a speech by Susan B. Anthony and of writing for the Daily Volcano which pays. Laurie takes Jo on a horse ride, and tries to confess his feelings to an evasive Jo.