Little Women
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During the American Civil War, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March live with their mother in Concord, Massachusetts while their father is at the front. Meg wants to become an actress, Jo writes, Beth plays the piano and Amy draws and paints. They live near the Laurence's house where Laurie lives with his grandfather and his tutor John. The sisters live happily many years together even though Amy is jealous of Jo's relationship with Laurie. Mr. Laurence invites Beth to play his late daughter's piano in his house, eventually gifting her the piano. Mother and daughters also help a poor neighbouring family, the Hummels, from which Beth contracts scarlet fever, and Amy is sent to rich Aunt March to avoid catching the disease. Despite getting eventually better, she remains in weak health. Aunt March eventually takes Amy to Paris to take art courses, while Meg marries John and resents being poor compared to her richer friends. Laurie appears in Paris, revealing that Jo rejected his marriage proposal as she does not see herself married. Amy however refuses to be his second choice, despite having secretly been in love with him for many years, but also rejects the proposal from her wealthy acquaintance Fred. Jo has gone to New York to become a writer; she manages to publish dreadful stories that sell well, but her friend Friedrich criticises her work, angering her. She returns to Concord upon receiving a letter telling her that Beth's illness has worsened; she eventually dies. Amy returns from Paris with an ill Aunt March. Jo wonders if she should have accepted Laurie's proposal, but discovers he and Amy got married on their journey back. Jo then begins to write a novel based on her and her sisters' lives. In the meanwhile, Friedrich visits her and her family on his way to California. Jo's publisher is not impressed by the first chapters, but eventually agrees to publish the novel after her daughters demand to know how the story ends, but refuses to accept that the protagonist remains unmarried in the end; Jo then ends the book with the protagonist, herself, asking Friedrich to stay in the East. Jo successfully negotiates copyright and royalties. Following Aunt March's death, she inherits the house and opens it as a school where Meg, Amy, John and Friedrich all teach.
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