Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: father serves as colonel and chaplain, Fact2: Jo caters to whims of well-to-do Aunt March, Fact3: Laurie has come to live with grandfather, Fact4: Meg meets Laurie 's tutor lavish party, Fact5: husband is recuperating in hospital in Washington after injury
Output (English): Set in Concord, Massachusetts, during and after the American Civil War, the film is a series of vignettes focusing on the struggles and adventures of the four March sisters and their mother, affectionately known as Marmee Spring Byington, while they await the return of their father Samuel S. Hinds, who serves as a colonel and a chaplain in the Union Army. Spirited tomboy Jo Katharine Hepburn, who caters to the whims of their welltodo Aunt March Edna May Oliver, dreams of becoming a famous author, and she writes plays for her sisters to perform for the local children. Amy Joan Bennett is pretty but selfish, Meg Frances Dee works as a governess, and sensitive Beth Jean Parker practices on her clavichord, an aging instrument sorely in need of tuning. The girls meet Laurie Douglass Montgomery, who has come to live with his grandfather, Mr. Laurence Henry Stephenson, the Marches wealthy nextdoor neighbor. The Laurences invite them to a lavish party, where Meg meets Lauries tutor, John Brooke John Lodge. During the next several months John courts Meg, Jos first short story becomes published, and Beth often takes advantage of Mr. Laurences offer for her to practice on his piano. Marmee learns that her husband is recuperating in a hospital in Washington, D.C., after an injury, so she goes to Washington to care for him. During her absence Beth contracts scarlet fever from a neighbors baby. She recovers, albeit in a weakened condition. The March parents return, and Meg marries John. Laurie confesses his love to Jo, who rejects him. When he snubs her in return, Jo moves to New York City to pursue her writing career, and she lives in a boarding house. There she meets Professor Bhaer Paul Lukas, an impoverished German linguist. With his help and encouragement Jo improves her writing, and she resolves her confused feelings about Laurie. Beth, debilitated, is near to death, so Jo returns to Concord. After Beth dies, Jo learns that Amy, who accompanied Aunt March to Europe, has fallen in love with Laurie and accepted his proposal. Professor Bhaer arrives from New York City and proposes to Jo, who accepts, then Amy and Laurie eventually marry.