Beth, 13 when the story starts, is described as kind, gentle, sweet, shy, quiet, honest and musical. She is the shyest March sister and the pianist of the family. [20] :53 Infused with quiet wisdom, she is the peacemaker of the family and gently scolds her sisters when they argue. [21] As her sisters grow up, they begin to leave home, but Beth has no desire to leave her house or family. She is especially close to Jo: when Beth develops scarlet fever after visiting the Hummels, Jo does most of the nursing and rarely leaves her side. Beth recovers from the acute disease but her health is permanently weakened.

Alcott's Jo also made professional writing imaginable for generations of women. Writers as diverse as Maxine Hong Kingston, Margaret Atwood, and J.K. Rowling have noted the influence of Jo March on their artistic development. Even other fictional portraits of young women aspiring to authorship often reference Jo March. [48]

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A dramatized version, produced by Focus on the Family Radio Theatre, [73] was released on September 4, 2012.

Writer, and director Greta Gerwig took on the story in her 2019 adaptation of the novel. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Jo, Emma Watson as Meg, Florence Pugh as Amy, Laura Dern as Marmee, Meryl Streep as Aunt March, Eliza Scanlen as Beth and Timothee Chalamet as Laurie. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. [62] Television [ edit ] Alcott, Louisa May (1880). Little Women: or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Cambridge, Massachusetts: John Wilson and Son . Retrieved May 31, 2010. Smith, David E. (1975). James, Edward T. (ed.). Notable American Women 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1. Harvard University Press. p.29. ISBN 0-674-62734-2. Morgan, Clare (November 11, 2008). "Stakes are high for Kookaburra's sister act". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved December 3, 2019.

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a b Daly-Galeano, Marlowe (May 19, 2019). " "Oh Dear, Yes!": Mashing up Little Women, Vampires, and Werewolves". Women's Studies. 48 (4): 393–406. doi: 10.1080/00497878.2019.1614871. ISSN 0049-7878. S2CID 197699195. The first volume of Little Women was published in 1868 by Roberts Brothers. [36] The first edition included illustrations by May Alcott, the sister who inspired the fictional Amy March. She "struggled" with her illustrative additions to her sister's book, but later improved her skills and found some success as an artist. [37]