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Little Women (2019) v. Book: the Timelines
I knew before seeing Little Women (2019) that it was going to have a start in the middle approach, something like Jane Eyre (2011) did. Writer/Director Greta Gerwig said (in “A New Generation of Little Women”, the first special feature on the dvd) that she wanted to feature the characters as adults, that in the second part of the book, the chapters are "the adult answer to what happened in childhood", and the film flashes back and forth to line up the storylines, although in this interview, at 1:50 she describes it as two timelines that are both moving forward.
When is Little Women set?
Published 1868 (Book/Part 1, Chapters 1-23) & 1869 (Book/Part 2, Chapters 24-47)
Civil War took place April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865
Here's a proposed book timeline for the whole series concerning the Marches.
For my book to movie comparison I watched the dvd with subtitles, and text searched lines in the Ebook on Project Gutenberg. You can also search the text in Apple Books and Kindle (and I assume whatever other ebook formats exist) which also have free editions.
I did not make notes of where changes to character or plot were made, just tracking the movie timelines in comparison to book timeline
Timeline 1 (because that's where the film starts) is the later years (Book Part 2)
Timeline 2 is the earlier years (mostly Book Part 1, but towards the ends it catches up with the beginning of Timeline 1, including content from Book Part 2)
Movie: the dvd "scenes" seem to cut in the middle of story scenes, so I've tried to indicate where there's overlap
Scene/Chapter 1 (00:00:00)
Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 34, 33 Jo
Scene/Chapter 2 (00:06:03)
Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 31 (references), 37 (quotes), 26 (references) Amy
00:08:40 -Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 28 Meg
00:09:40 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 (no particular reference except her sisters living away - home, Beth playing piano, .
00:10:11 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 33-34 (but no particular reference) Jo and Bhaer at theater and a dance.
Scene/Chapter 3 (00:12:05)
Timeline 2: "7 years earlier, Concord, Massachusetts" - Book Part 1 Chapters 4 (references), 3 (quotes), 1
00:17:53 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 33 (quotes), Jo (New York)
00:19:18 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 37 (ball), 39 (quoted) Amy (Paris)
00:21:26 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34 (references) Jo (New York)
Scene/Chapter 4 (00:24:24)
Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34 (references) Jo on her way home
Scene/Chapter 4, Scene/Chapter 5 (00:30:18)
00:25:10 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 2 (quotes), 1 (quotes), 13 (quotes), 6 (references), Part 2 - Ch 29 (references painting boots blue), Part 1 - Ch 7 (references), 5
Scene/Chapter 5
00:33:24 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34 (references) Jo on her way home
Scene/Chapter 5, Scene/Chapter 6 (00:38:40)
00:34:04 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 Chapters 4 (quotes), 7 (quotes), 1 (references), 5 (quotes)
Scene/Chapter 6
Scene/Chapter: 6 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34, Jo on her way home, post office/mail box
00:40:59 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 10 (quotes)
00:43:12 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 36
Scene/Chapter 6, Scene/Chapter 7 (00:47:07)
00:44:41 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 8
00:53:21 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 36
Scene/Chapter 7, Scene/Chapter 8 (00:57:36)
00:54:23 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 9 (quotes) Meg, 6 Beth (quotes)
01:01:24 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 28 Meg
Scene/Chapter 8, Scene/Chapter 9 (01:07:18)
01:03:15 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 39, Book Part 1 - Chapter 15 (references: making fortune, marrying for money) Amy
01:07:28 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 12 (references), 14 (quotes)
01:09:07 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 36, Jo and Beth
Scene/Chapter 9
01:10:05 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 4 (quotes), 15 (quotes)
01:13:36 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 39 (quotes), 41 (references)
Scene/Chapter 10 (01:16:25)
01:16:25 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapter 26 (cast of Amy's foot), Book Part 1 - Chapters 16, 6 (quoted, Beth's slippers for Mr. Laurence, piano), 17 (quotes, scarlet fever)
Scene/Chapter 11 (01:20:08)
01:20:08 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 36 (quotes), Book Part 1 - Chapter 10 (quotes, Jo writing it), Book Part 2 - Chapters 42 (references) *costume trivia, I think Beth is wearing the same plaid top that Jo wore in the past and is wearing in the following flashback
01:24:34 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 18, Beth and Jo
01:22:03 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 19, 23 (referencing marrying well) Amy
01:23:39 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 41, Amy
01:24:29 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 40, 28
Scene/Chapter 12 (01:25:46)
01:25:46 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 18
01:26:02 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 40
01:26:09 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 20
01:26:40 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 40
01:28:00 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 22
Scene/Chapter 13 (01:29:37)
01:29:37 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 40
01:31:22 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapters 25 (Meg's wedding), 23 (quotes), 29 (references), 30 (quotes)- *Amy still with her young hair and short dress, "free spinster and paddle my own canoe.” quote from an LMA journal.
01:36:04 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapter 35 (quotes)
Scene/Chapter 14 (01:39:53)
01:39:54 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 42 (quotes), "all a woman is fit for" quote is from other LMA book, Rose in Bloom Jo
01:43:03 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 41, Amy
01:44:46 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2, Jo
01:45:12 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapter 33, Jo (arrival in NY)
01:45:42 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 43
Scene/Chapter 15 (01:49:37)
01:49:38 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 43
01:50:47 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 42, 27 (writing)
01:54:23 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 47
01:56:04 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34 (writing)
01:56:40 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 43
01:57:06 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapter 33
01:57:39 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 43, 46, 44, mixed in with material drawn from Alcott's experience writing and publishing
Scene/Chapter 16 (02:06:22)
02:06:22 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 47, mixed in with material drawn from Alcott's experience writing and publishing
For reference, book chapter list:
PART 1 1 PLAYING PILGRIMS 2 A MERRY CHRISTMAS 3 THE LAURENCE BOY 4 BURDENS 5 BEING NEIGHBORLY 6 BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL 7 AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION 8 JO MEETS APOLLYON 9 MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR 10 THE P.C. AND P.O. 11 EXPERIMENTS 12 CAMP LAURENCE 13 CASTLES IN THE AIR 14 SECRETS 15 A TELEGRAM 16 LETTERS 17 LITTLE FAITHFUL 18 DARK DAYS 19 AMY'S WILL 20 CONFIDENTIAL 21 LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE 22 PLEASANT MEADOWS 23 AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION PART 2 24 GOSSIP 25 THE FIRST WEDDING 26 ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS 27 LITERARY LESSONS 28 DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES 29 CALLS 30 CONSEQUENCES 31 OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT 32 TENDER TROUBLES 33 JO'S JOURNAL 34 FRIEND 35 HEARTACHE 36 BETH'S SECRET 37 NEW IMPRESSIONS 38 ON THE SHELF 39 LAZY LAURENCE 40 THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW 41 LEARNING TO FORGET 42 ALL ALONE 43 SURPRISES 44 MY LORD AND LADY 45 DAISY AND DEMI 46 UNDER THE UMBRELLA 47 HARVEST TIME
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