The Annotated Little Women Author:Louisa M. Alcott **DETAILED BIOGRAPHY AT THE END OF THE BOOK** — "As for you, Amy," continued Meg, "you are altogether too particular — and prim. Your airs are funny now, but you'll grow up an affected — little goose, if you don't take care. I like your nice manners and — refined ways of speaking, when you don't try to be elegant. But your — absurd words are as bad... more » as Jo's slang."
"If Jo is a tomboy and Amy a goose, what am I, please?" asked Beth,
ready to share the lecture.
"You're a dear, and nothing else," answered Meg warmly, and no one
contradicted her, for the 'Mouse' was the pet of the family.
As young readers like to know 'how people look', we will take this
moment to give them a little sketch of the four sisters, who sat
knitting away in the twilight, while the December snow fell quietly
without, and the fire crackled cheerfully within. It was a comfortable
room, though the carpet was faded and the furniture very plain, for a
good picture or two hung on the walls, books filled the recesses,
chrysanthemums and Christmas roses bloomed in the windows, and a
pleasant atmosphere of home peace pervaded it.« less