The novel has two sequels: Little Men (1871) and Jo’s Boys (1886). It initiated a genre of family stories for children. Her sister May illustrated the first edition. In an interview with Film Comment, Gerwig outright says that she buys into Alcott’s original vision of Jo as “a literary spinster with books for children” and that ending the movie with a simple romance would be going against that vision and even her own principles. Little Women, novel for children by Louisa May Alcott, published in two parts in 18. Either way, it’s a bit grim in 2019 to have Jo marry her reply guy, which is why I thought it was daring that Gerwig decided to get meta in her version and leave even the possibility that Jo ends up single. But he also says he’s being so blunt because he thinks she’s talented. He seeks Jo out and requests to read her writing, then tells her outright that he doesn’t like it, which is still pretty ballsy. Gerwig’s version of Bhaer is not quite as high and mighty, thankfully.
Once he figures out that Jo is writing sensational stories for the newspaper to support her family, he passive-aggressively lets her know that he disapproves, calling them “bad trash” all while pretending not to know that she’s the author. The Bhaer of Alcott’s novel is a moralizing old fart-a moralizing old fart with a “fine head,” but a moralizing old fart all the same.
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