little women

     

Louisa May Alcott based the main characters in this novel on herself & 3 sisters

Trivia about little women

  • Chapter 7 of this Louisa May Alcott novel is entitled "Amy's Valley of Humiliation"
  • Its subtitle is, "Or Meg, Jo, Beth, & Amy"
  • In this 1994 film Winona Ryder's Jo thinks Eric's Mr. Brooke is "dull as powder"
  • Chapter 33 of this book begins, "Dear Marmee and Beth: I'm going to write you a regular volume, for I've got lots to tell"
  • "Jo was the first to awake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning"
  • In this novel, Jo March becomes a writer & marries Friedrich Bhaer, a middle-aged professor
  • Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair"
  • Professor Bhaer, introduced in this 1860s novel, may have been based on William Rimmer, a teacher Louisa May Alcott knew
  • Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy are the title characters in this Louisa May Alcott classic
  • Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Samantha Mathis & Trini Alvarado played 19th C. sisters in this "novel" film
  • In "Good Wives", the second part of this novel, Aunt March dies & leaves her home, Plumfield, to Jo
  • The heroines of this 1860s novel were based on the author & her sisterns Anna, Elizabeth & May
  • In this classic by Louisa May Alcott, Mrs. March got a letter addressed to "My precious Marmee" from her "Topsy-turvy Jo"
  • Launched in 2005, the national tour of this "novel" musical features Maureen McGovern as Marmee
  • Alcott:"Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!"
  • Katharine Weber's retelling of this 19th c. novel features just 3 sisters, & Beth is a pet turtle who dies
  • 1934: "Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of" this classic
  • "Jo's Boys" was the second sequel to this 19th century novel
  • Professor Bhaer, introduced in this 1868 novel, may have been based on William Rimmer, a teacher Louisa May Alcott knew
  • It's alternately titled "Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy"
  • In this Louisa May Alcott novel, Jo March writes a play, "The Witch's Curse"
  • In this novel, Jo grumbles, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"
  • 4 sisters cavort in the March family attic in Act I of the opera based on this 1868 novel
  • In this 1868 novel Marmee takes care of her 4 girls while her husband is away serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War
  • As Amy in this 1949 film, she marries Laurie after Jo rejects him
  • Chapter 25 of this book is called "The First Wedding" & it described Meg's marriage to John Brooke
  • Chapter 8 of this 1860s novel is "Jo Meets Apollyon"