Margaret or Meg is the eldest of the four girls. She is sixteen. Meg is very pretty, plump and fair with large dark eyes and soft brown hair. She has a sweet mouth and beautiful white hands. Meg likes fine clothes, she is sometimes vain and proud, but her nature is sweet and her heart is kind. Meg is very intelligent. Fifteen-year-old Josephine or Jo is very tall, thin, with dark complexion. She has a decided mouth, a comical nose, sharp grey eyes, long thick dark chestnut hair and big feet. Jo loves sport and she is very active and courageous, her friends are all boys. She also loves reading very much, she is a real bookworm. Her imagination is great, she even writes plays. Jo's dream is to go to college. Elizabeth or Beth for short is a girl of 13 with rosy cheeks, smooth light brown hair, bright eyes and a peaceful expression on her face. She is very shy and her voice is timid. Her sisters call her Mouse because she likes to be at home. Beth even does her lessons at home. She loves her sisters very much, she is a peacemaker in her family. Elizabeth is very talented too, she plays the piano very well. Amy, the youngest sister, is 11. She looks like a snow princess with her large blue eyes,
curly golden shoulder-length hair, pale face and small hands. She is slender and tall for her age.
Amy is funny when she tries to be a young lady and speaks long difficult words. She is
ambitious too, her dream is to become famous. Amy thinks her nose is too flat. She is everyone's pet because of her good temper, beauty, refined manners and a talent for painting.
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