#little women

[didanagy]

LITTLE WOMEN (2019)

dir. greta gerwig

[workin9to5]

I wasn’t tagged, but…

Pinterest gets me, apparently

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒: 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ "𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 + 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒," 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒.

Thank you for the tag @criticalbeauregard 🫶🏼✨

Tagging: @welshdragonrawr @hauntinglesbian @ragnarockz @darling-dontforgetme @dontsblameme @all-neonandhazy @lunargrrrl @lucyintheskywithxanax @stayevildarling

[visualnoteslibrary]

What is this blog?

@visualnoteslibrary a.k.a. the illustrator's library is a project wherein I attempt to collect, organize and share all the physical/visual descriptions of characters in classic lit to provide reference to illustrate from! It started as a personal project, as I had been annotating my copy of The Count of Monte Cristo to save all of the quotations referencing characters' appearances to draw them and decided to digitize and share the notes and decided it would be fun to make it an ongoing project. The folder can be found here!

Current Titles

The Count of Monte Cristo

Dracula

Little Women

War and Peace

Les Misérables (work in progress, see this post for more information)

Les Misérables [Version Française] (see above; this version will be updated concurrently)

How is the information arranged/presented?

By character, then by chapter so you can easily find the quotes in context. I also sometimes add a column to easily track characters' ages where relevant/possible. Check out some titles above for examples!

Can you add this book?

For copy-pasting purposes I prefer to do books in the public domain, and I'd only do a book I'd already read, since it would otherwise be pretty spoiler-heavy. I also prioritize books written in English since it's my native language and I'm extremely opinionated about translations and can be skeptical of their accuracy (I hand-typed all the quotes from my favorite translation of War and Peace) but I definitely make exceptions. But please do request titles and if they fit the bill I'll try to get to them!

Do I need to credit you?

Not at all! I'm just pulling quotes from books I didn't write, so I could hardly demand credit. If you'd like to credit me in order to inform people about the project, it would be appreciated! I also love to be tagged (@visualnoteslibrary, #visualnoteslibrary or #visual notes library) so I can reblog your awesome art!!

You missed the part in [book] where it says that [character] is [description]!

Pleeeease tell me these things so I can fix them! I'll even add your URL, name, or whatever moniker you prefer to the bottom of the document and say how you helped.

[pelageyaleontieva]

𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒

[ghostoftheend]

The vibe I bring to the function

from @vicmbyn_ in tiktok

[thewhimsicalarchives]

~ one of my favorite movie quotes. everyone has their own set of goals and aspirations, and whether or not they align with your visions- never dissuade or discourage someone from achieving what they dream of.

[veronicaleighauthor]

You're welcome to say why they're your favorite, but please no bashing any of the other March sisters. They're all fantastic characters. Let's keep this positive.

[fauna-flora-cora]

[hailturinturambar]

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides

“Try your tricks on me, old witch. Where’s your gom jabbar? Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You’ll find me there staring out at you!”

Dune by Frank Herbert

[henrythepug]

jo march

collecting female characters i used to either hate or relate to but not know why, that i now realize were characters who were probably comphet lesbians as someone who has now realized she is a comphet lesbian is actually so much fun like the reason i would hate them was because i thought they were manipulative (aka too much like me) or they got in the way of a ship i liked, but that’s also like me and my history of liking unattainable people who were clearly not well matched with me or clearly liked someone else.

some of my recent additions to the comphet lesbian squad: galinda (obviously), daisy buchanan, gwen (bbc merlin)

[achillieus]

what a shame doctors don’t prescribe vacation to secluded seaside towns like they used to

[cat-in-a-mech-suit]

Transmasculinity Throughout Time: Lou Alcott

Yes, you heard me. There is substantial evidence that the author of Little Women was in fact a transgender man! He actually didn’t go by the name that Little Women was published under, with family and friends he would go by Lou, Louy, or LM. His children called him “papa” and “father” and his father, Bronson Alcott, called him his son. He said in 1882, “I am more than half persuaded that I am a man’s soul, put by some freak of nature into a woman’s body.” As a child, he said in a journal, “I don’t care much for girls things. People think I’m wild and queer.” He would pass as a man at masked parties for fun, and delighted in people’s reactions. For his entire life, he expressed this identification as a man, and the character of Jo in Little Women was in part a self insert character based on this. So why don’t we hear about him as a trans man? Well, it’s just not convenient for most people to believe that a beloved book about girls becoming women was written by a man.

[miss-carter]

LITTLE WOMEN 2019 | dir. Greta Gerwig

[duskseawaves]

getting these tattooed on me immediately

Illustrations of Little Women

By Louisa May Alcott

[elainiisms]

*me at the club* so does anyone wanna discuss queer undertones in classic literature?