March sisters

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The March sisters are the four close-knit, spirited daughters of the March family whose coming-of-age experiences form the heart of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel "Little Women."

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March sisters canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character group
sibling group
ageOrder Amy March
surface form: Amy March is the youngest

Beth March
surface form: Beth March is the third

Jo March
surface form: Jo March is the second eldest

Meg March
surface form: Meg March is the eldest
appearsIn Good Wives
Jo's Boys
Little Men
Little Women
basedOn Alcott family
surface form: Alcott sisters
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Louisa May Alcott
culturalImpact iconic representation of 19th-century American girlhood
influential models of literary heroines
fictionalUniverse Little Women series
surface form: Little Women universe
firstAppearance Little Women
surface form: Little Women (1868–1869)
genre coming-of-age fiction
domestic fiction
hasMember Amy March
Beth March
Jo March
Meg March
hasRealWorldCounterpart Abigail May Alcott
surface form: Abigail May Alcott Nieriker

Anna Bronson Alcott
surface form: Anna Alcott Pratt

Elizabeth Sewall Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
languageOfWork English
notableCharacteristic close-knit relationship
individualized personalities
moral earnestness
partOf March family
portrayedInAdaptation 1933 film adaptation of Little Women
1949 film adaptation of Little Women
1994 film adaptation of Little Women
2019 film adaptation of Little Women
various stage adaptations of Little Women
various television adaptations of Little Women
setting Concord, Massachusetts
surface form: Concord, Massachusetts (fictionalized as Orchard House area)
theme family loyalty
female independence
gender roles
moral development
sisterhood
timePeriod American Civil War
surface form: American Civil War era

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Laurie (Theodore Laurence) neighborOf March sisters
subject surface form: Laurie
Aunt March testsCharacterOf March sisters