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."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| March sisters canonical | 5 |
Statements (45)
| 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
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| appearsIn |
Good Wives
ⓘ
Jo's Boys ⓘ Little Men ⓘ Little Women ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Alcott family
ⓘ
surface form:
Alcott sisters
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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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
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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
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surface form:
Concord, Massachusetts (fictionalized as Orchard House area)
|
| theme |
family loyalty
ⓘ
female independence ⓘ gender roles ⓘ moral development ⓘ sisterhood ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
American Civil War
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surface form:
American Civil War era
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Laurie