| A | B |
|---|
| Josephine "Jo" March | chief protagonist; tomboy; marries Professor Bhaer |
| Margaret "Meg" March | the oldest sister; works for the Kings; marries John Brooke |
| Elizabeth "Beth" March | very quiet; enjoys playing the piano; contracts scarlet fever |
| Amy March | the youngest sister; spoiled; travels to Europe; marries Laurie |
| Margaret "Marmee" March | mother; attempts to shape the character of the girls |
| Robin "Father" March | serves as a chaplain in the Union Army |
| Hannah Mullet | the maid; kind and loyal |
| Aunt Josephine March | Mr. March's aunt; elderly; can be irritating |
| Aunt Carrol | sister of Mr. March |
| Theodore "Laurie" Laurence | lives wtih his grandfather; marries Amy |
| Mr. James Laurence | Laurie's grandfather; watchers over the March family |
| John Brooke | Laurie's tutor; marries Meg |
| the Hummel family | German; poor; three of the children die of scarlet fever |
| the King family | Meg works for them as a governness |
| the Gardiner family | wealthy friends of Meg's |
| Mrs. Kirke | runs a boarding house in New York; Jo works for her |
| Professor Friedrich "Fritz" Bhaer | German immigrant; marries Jo |
| Louisa May Alcott | the author of the novel |
| New York | the city where Jo meets Professor Bhaer |
| France | the country where Amy studies art |
| Daisy and Demi | Meg's children, Margaret and John |
| Union army | the Army of the North |
