Little Women

The March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - and their mother, Marmee, prepare for Christmas in 1861 without presents and without their father, a Union army chaplain who is away at war; the girls become friends with the new boy next door.

As Marmee waits by her husband's sickbed in the army hospital, the March sisters must learn to cope without their parents. Meg is shocked and embarrassed to hear rumours circulating in society that Marmee is trying to marry her off to Laurie.

A year has passed and the March family welcomes Meg's twins, but Marmee and Jo are anxious as Beth's health and spirits flag. Aunt Carroll arrives with the opportunity for Jo to accompany her daughter on a tour of Europe, but chooses Amy instead.