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The Photo Album (My New Jo/Fritz FanFic)
I started this one around Christmas, so there are some holiday vibes to it. A little snippet I wrote about the time when Jo and Friedrich are engaged. This takes place around the New Year. Jo is visiting Friedrich and the boys in Boston. Fritz tells Jo more about his family.
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joandfriedrich · 6 hours
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"Amy and Laurie Book" That Alcott Read As A Child
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Bonjour mes amis! Time to travel back to Valrosa. This is a deep dive into Laurie´s inner world, which surely is romantic but not at all realistic. What he really needs is Amy Curtis March to bring him back to earth. Yes, I ship...and what a surprise...there was a story similar to Amy and Laurie that Miss Alcott enjoyed reading as a young girl.
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joandfriedrich · 7 hours
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Jo's Quest To Control Her Anger (Little Women Origins)
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In her novels, Louisa May Alcott emphasises characters' spiritual transformation when they fall in love with one another. This happens to Laurie when he falls for Amy and to Jo when she falls for Friedrich. How did Louisa May Alcott and other transcendentalists view love? They saw love as something sacred, based on the idea that you build something bigger with your significant other.
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joandfriedrich · 1 day
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Jo Starts To Be Afraid To Be Alone With Laurie
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One of Louisa May Alcott´s favorite writers was the German poet Goethe and Laurie´s character arc in Little Women is surprisingly similar to Goethe´s young hero, Werther. When Sorrows of Young Werther appeared it caused a national outrage because Werther's love interest, Lottie says no to him and chooses another man. In Little Women when Jo rejected Laurie, this caused an outrage (which still continues today, but more thanks to the movies, rather than the books). The way Werther treats Lottie, is at times very disturbing. Same as with Laurie.
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joandfriedrich · 1 day
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Jo´s Marriage Can Be Found From Books Alcott Read
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Louisa May Alcott´s favourite writer was the German poet Goethe and not only did Louisa use Goethe´s plot devices in her novels such as Little Women, but Goethe also seemed to have been one of the main models for professor Bhaer´s character.
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joandfriedrich · 2 days
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I saw your answer to @fandomsarefamily1966's question whether Meg is "vain" or not, and it made me wonder. Do you think Alcott shows some internalized misogyny in portraying Meg's desire for pretty clothes and status as "vanity"? Do you think subconsciously at least, Alcott was being anti-femininity and judged Meg more harshly than she deserved?
That is a good question. I have never seen Meg as a vain character, I always thought that the "Vanity Fair" chapter name, was intented as criticism for the Sally Moffat's and the likes, and I love that Meg is having inner conflicts.
There is a part of her who enjoys being pampered, but she also feels (and knows) that these girls are not real friends, they speak gossip about her, they make fun of her being poor and spread rumors about her and Laurie.
I have read quite a few times that Louisa May Alcott, enjoyed beautiful clothes, and when she had extra money she liked to buy new clothes and hats. It doesn't sound like a person, who is against having nice clothes and material things (in reason).
Also, Louisa loved to write about clothes. She is often describes the fabrics and laces (Rose in Bloom is another example where this happens).
I do think there is some unconscious criticism against femininity. It's almost like there is guilt for liking pretty clothes, when you have a reputation of someone who is "not like the other girls" type of tomboy.
In the "under the umbrella" chapter, it's almost sad, because Jo feels guilty for having romantic feeligns for Friedrich, she is afraid that people are going to laugh at her, when she is going back on her words of being above marriage and all kinds of romantic feelings.
Another thing that I believe is unconscious, is the religion. The transcendentalist believed to the idea of person constantly transcending and evolving as an individual. Thoreau has some criticism of men and women who were bragging with their clothes so much, they were being ridicilous. Louisa has some similar statements, when we see Jo mockering the way how much money Laurie spends on gloves. They believed that person's value should not only be based on their wealth or how much money they have, but on their actions and how they treat others. This is an idea that we can find already from early Christianity and especially from Protestant Germany, which is where transcendentalism originates. This is also why in Little Women poor characters such as Fritz and the Hummels are portrayed in a good light. They maybe poor but there is richness of the heart.
Having money is not directly seen as a bad thing, but bragging with money is condemned in the Alcott's world. Even when Louisa herself became rich, she continued to be critical of other rich people who bragged with their money or were "vain". In London she saw Charles Dickens, her former idol, but she was dissappointed, how dandy he was.
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joandfriedrich · 2 days
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Amy's Search for Faith: Louisa May Alcott's Views on Religion
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Alcott was a popular writer in the mid 1800s and her books often explore the relationships between people and their faith. We're exploring the characters' religious beliefs and how those beliefs affect their relationships with one another. We'll also look at some of Alcott's references to Christianity and other religions.
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joandfriedrich · 2 days
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Anatomy Of A Movie: Little Women 1933
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Now live on YouTube, little women podcast is back with the fifth season. So many of you have asked me to review different Little Women adaptations, it was about time for me to do that. Wonderful Christina from https://www.tumblr.com/joandfriedrich suggested that we would do a ranking. I hope you guys enjoy our discussions.
In this episode we are discussing about the Little Women movie from 1933 starring Katherine Hepburn as Jo, Joan Bennett as Amy and Douglas Montgomery as Laurie.
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joandfriedrich · 3 days
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Alcott´s Quotes Envying Her Sisters Marriages (How Gerwig Lied About It)
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In her diaries, Alcott often wrote how she envied her sister's marriages and how lonely she was. Little Women is a wish-full-fillment. It is a story, of what she wished could have happened to herself. Louisa also wanted to start a school for boys and marry a philosopher.
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joandfriedrich · 3 days
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Amy's Search for Faith: Louisa May Alcott's Views on Religion
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Alcott was a popular writer in the mid 1800s and her books often explore the relationships between people and their faith. We're exploring the characters' religious beliefs and how those beliefs affect their relationships with one another. We'll also look at some of Alcott's references to Christianity and other religions.
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joandfriedrich · 4 days
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Jo March And The Emotional Stress (Little Women Origins)
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One of Louisa May Alcott´s favorite writers was the German poet Goethe and Laurie´s character arc in Little Women is surprisingly similar to Goethe´s young hero, Werther. When Sorrows of Young Werther appeared it caused a national outrage because Werther's love interest, Lottie says no to him and chooses another man. In Little Women when Jo rejected Laurie, this caused an outrage (which still continues today, but more thanks to the movies, rather than the books). The way Werther treats Lottie, is at times very disturbing. Same as with Laurie.
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joandfriedrich · 4 days
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Louisa May Alcott's German Love Song (Little Women Mash Up)
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Louisa May Alcott had a great fascination towards German literature and culture and that is why Jo marries a German man. German philosophers and writers also appear a great deal in her books.
Episodes included: - Jo marries Goethe, Louisa May Alcott´s love for the German writer - Laurie and Werther, path to self-destruction - Louisa May Alcott´s love for Germany
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joandfriedrich · 4 days
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Little Women Zodiac: Amy's Horoscope
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Fire signs galore!
So many of you have asked me to review different Little Women adaptations, it was about time for me to do that. Wonderful Christina from https://www.tumblr.com/joandfriedrich suggested that we would do a ranking. I hope you guys enjoy our discussions.
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Mr Lawrence's Preconceptions Against Laurie's Mother
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Hallo Little Women fans! Today I am joined by Sinem and she is here to talk to us about Louisa May Alcott's love for two very famous German authors, Friedrich Schiller and Goethe. We are also discussing about the possibility that our beloved Friedrich Bhaer was named after Friedrich Schiller. Schiller makes surprisingly many entries in Little Women series. He is mentioned often in discussions between Jo and Friedrich and Meg and John. Why did Mr Lawrence dislike Laurie's mom. Listen to find out.
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joandfriedrich · 5 days
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Mr Lawrence's Preconceptions Against Laurie's Mother
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Hallo Little Women fans! Today I am joined by Sinem and she is here to talk to us about Louisa May Alcott's love for two very famous German authors, Friedrich Schiller and Goethe. We are also discussing about the possibility that our beloved Friedrich Bhaer was named after Friedrich Schiller. Schiller makes surprisingly many entries in Little Women series. He is mentioned often in discussions between Jo and Friedrich and Meg and John. Why did Mr Lawrence dislike Laurie's mom. Listen to find out.
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