Once you’ve finished Little Women (currently on Netflix USA), grab your index cards it’s time to start storyboarding these classics into something more sinister. When curating this list, I wanted to be mindful of books that require certain cultural context, such as The Color Purple. My assessments of these books as imagined adaptations is merely based on my experience of watching various K-dramas. : The Colors of My Past (Like Water for Chocolate) (9781953596000) by Esquivel, Laura and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. I am not Korean, nor can I claim any expertise in Korean culture, but I am now hungry for more gritty K-Drama adaptations of classic novels. Adaptations don’t always have to be direct visual copies of the book, and I am so ready for more.
This series is so twisty I took notes while watching. Aunt March is replaced with Great Aunt Badass. Motifs from Alcott’s original novel make surprising appearances throughout the series, like Meg’s hurt ankle or Jo’s burnt manuscript. Recognizable as the March sisters, their journey departs quickly from the source material when In-Ju is suddenly the heir of 70 million won.
Each episode clocks in at over an hour, drawing viewers into the twisted world of the Oh sisters: In-Ju, an accountant Ji-hyun, a disgraced reporter and Ji-hu, a talented student.
In 2019, we had Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, but in 2022, we were gifted with the Korean adaptation of the 19 th century American classic. “Loose interpretation” might be a better term for the K-Drama that works as espionage thriller, high-stakes political drama, supernatural mystery, and Cinderella story.
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