Margaret "Meg" Brooke (née March) is the oldest of the four March sisters. When Meg was first introduced, she was portrayed as being just as unhappy as any of her sisters were regarding their family's poverty. She also felt her father's absence keenly. It was easy to view her as vain and superficial, given how proud she was of her beautiful white hands, and her desire was of her being a fabulously wealthy mistress who lived in a palatial estate and enjoyed the very best of everything. Even then,