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Jo And Her Sisters Chapter Summaries

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At the beginning of the book, Jo and her sisters go through life on a daily routine and decide that they will each buy themselves a present in order to brighten their own Christmas. Shortly after that, they change their minds and instead they each buy presents for their mother, Marmee. Then Marmee comes home with a letter from their father, who is a Union chaplain serving in the American Civil War. The letter motivates the girls to not to complain about on what they lack. The girls are all trying to make themselves into better persons and even give their own Christmas dinner to a poor family. Meg goes to her first dance and brings along Jo. At the dance, they meet Laurence. Laurence falls in love with Jo despite all her tomboyishness, he sees

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