Little Women (film adaptations including Good Wives material)

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Little Women (film adaptations including Good Wives material) refers to screen versions of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel that combine the original Little Women story with its sequel Good Wives, following the March sisters from adolescence into adulthood.

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instanceOf group of film adaptations ⓘ
adaptationPractice often merges events from two separate novels into one film ⓘ
basedOn "Good Wives" by Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
linked to: Good Wives

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
linked to: Little Women
commonThemes coming of age ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ
family ⓘ
female independence ⓘ
romance ⓘ
follows the lives of the March sisters from adolescence into adulthood ⓘ
genre coming-of-age film ⓘ
period drama film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
hasAuthorOfSource Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
includesCharacter Amy March ⓘ
Aunt March ⓘ
Beth March ⓘ
Jo March ⓘ
John Brooke ⓘ
Laurie (Theodore Laurence) ⓘ
Marmee March ⓘ
Meg March ⓘ
Professor Bhaer ⓘ
includesMaterialFrom Part 1 of the original two-volume publication of "Little Women" ⓘ
Part 2 of the original two-volume publication, later titled "Good Wives" ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
narrativeArc tracks the March sisters’ growth from girls into women, including courtships and marriages ⓘ
narrativeScope covers both the Civil War–era childhood of the March sisters and their later adult lives ⓘ
portrays 19th-century New England middle-class family life ⓘ
recurringMotif balancing personal ambition with family duty ⓘ
domestic labor and creativity ⓘ
sisterhood ⓘ
recurringPlotElement Amy March’s artistic aspirations and relationship with Laurie ⓘ
Beth March’s illness and death ⓘ
Jo March’s literary ambitions ⓘ
Jo March’s relationship with Professor Bhaer ⓘ
Meg March’s marriage to John Brooke ⓘ
settingPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
post–Civil War 19th-century New England ⓘ
sourceCountryOfOrigin United States (literary source) ⓘ
targetAudience family audiences ⓘ
fans of classic literature adaptations ⓘ
typicalEnding resolves the principal romantic and vocational futures of the March sisters ⓘ
typicalStructure condenses plotlines from both "Little Women" and "Good Wives" into a single continuous film narrative ⓘ
workType screen adaptation cycle ⓘ

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Good Wives → hasAdaptation → Little Women (film adaptations including Good Wives material) ⓘ
Laurie Laurence → adaptedIn → Little Women (film adaptations) ⓘ
linked to: Little Women (film adaptations including Good Wives material)
Little Women (1994 film score) → associatedWithFranchise → Little Women franchise ⓘ
linked to: Little Women (film adaptations including Good Wives material)
John Brooke → hasAdaptation → Little Women (film adaptations) ⓘ
linked to: Little Women (film adaptations including Good Wives material)
The Fire Within Me → associatedWith → Little Women franchise ⓘ
linked to: Little Women (film adaptations including Good Wives material)