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Louisa May Alcott and the real life Friedrich Bhaer, John Suhre The German Soldier

During her civil war service as a nurse, Louisa took care of the wounded soldier John Suhre. John who was a German descendant made an…

Feb 18, 2022

Louisa May Alcott and the real life Friedrich Bhaer, John Suhre The German Soldier

Feb 18, 2022

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Age Gap Marriages In Little Women (Historical Origins) Part 4

When Louisa May Alcott was in her early 30s, she travelled to Europe for the first time. She worked as a companion to a cranky, invalid…

6d ago

Age Gap Marriages In Little Women (Historical Origins) Part 4

6d ago

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Age Gap Marriages In Little Women (Historical Origins) Part 3

When I read Goethe’s Correspondence with a Child, it is a very odd book. She writes to Goethe, but it’s never about him. She speaks about…

Sep 22

Age Gap Marriages In Little Women (Historical Origins) Part 3

Sep 22

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Age Gap Marriages In Little Women (Historical Origins) Part 2

Louisa May Alcott was a huge fan of German female poet Bettina von Arnim. Some people say that Bettina was a fraud. A big-time con woman…

Sep 15

Age Gap Marriages In Little Women (Historical Origins) Part 2

Sep 15

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Age Gap Marriages In Little Women (Historical Origins) Part 1

To understand the age gaps in Little Women, we need to go to the very beginning. The year is 1796, that is when Goethe’s novel Wilhelm…

Sep 8

Age Gap Marriages In Little Women (Historical Origins) Part 1

Sep 8

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Little Women Inspirations: Friedrich Schiller (With Hejar Sinem) Part 4

Niina: What you said about Schiller made me wonder if Schiller was the one who Friedrich was named after in Little Women, or maybe it was…

Sep 1

Little Women Inspirations: Friedrich Schiller (With Hejar Sinem) Part 4

Sep 1

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Little Women Inspirations: Friedrich Schiller (With Hejar Sinem) Part 3

Sinem: It is such a great example on how caring and sweet he is, he is very important in the novel as well, and I just love him even more…

Aug 25

Little Women Inspirations: Friedrich Schiller (With Hejar Sinem) Part 3

Aug 25

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Little Women Inspirations: Friedrich Schiller (With Hejar Sinem) Part 2

Niina: Exactly, the proposal scene, it is often romanticized, you don’t really see how uncomfortable Jo feels that in the book, the way…

Aug 18

Little Women Inspirations: Friedrich Schiller (With Hejar Sinem) Part 2

Aug 18

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Little Women Inspirations: Friedrich Schiller (With Hejar Sinem) Part 1

Introduction

Aug 11

Little Women Inspirations: Friedrich Schiller (With Hejar Sinem) Part 1

Aug 11

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Little Women Zodiac: Friedrich’s Horoscope

Christina: I have always felt that Friedrich and Beth were really similar. I think they have the same zodiac. I think they are both…

Jul 14

Little Women Zodiac: Friedrich’s Horoscope

Jul 14

Niina Pekantytär

Niina Pekantytär

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Niina is an Illustrator, writer and folklorist. Likes cats, tea, 19th century books and period dramas. Host of the Little Women Podcast.

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