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He isn\u2019t old, nor anything bad, but good and kind, and the best friend I\u2019ve got next to you. Pray don\u2019t fly into a passion; I want to be kind, but I know I shall get angry if you abuse my Professor. I haven\u2019t the least idea of loving him, or anybody else. \u2014Little Women<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Literature has known many divisive characters. The dubious morality of Humbert Humbert, the disreputable spikiness of Holden Caulfield, the judgment and snobbery of Emma Bovary\u2014all have pitted readers against one another since time immemorial. That said, there\u2019s one character more controversial than all of these put together: Friedrich Bhaer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bhaer is a character in Louisa May Alcott\u2019s\u00a0Little Women<\/em> and its sequels,\u00a0Little Men<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Jo\u2019s Boys<\/em>. If you\u2019re unfamiliar with him, here are the broad, spoiler-filled basics of the controversy. Little Women<\/em>\u2019s heroine, Jo, having devotedly fulfilled her readers\u2019 expectations for years, confounds our hopes by ending up not with the dashing, boyish Laurie but with Professor Bhaer, a somewhat older, less glamorous, rather didactic German tutor. To anyone steeped in the conventions of romance\u2014not to mention conventional plotting\u2014the gesture has for generations felt almost vindictive on Alcott\u2019s part. It was, at the very least, a true surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But I had no idea how deep the division ran until I put the question to the world\u2014which is to say, a small portion of Twitter. \u201cWhat are your feelings about Professor Bhaer?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

There was the expected anti-Bhaer faction, of course. \u201cNo. My feelings are No,\u201d wrote one woman. \u201cThe anti Bad Boy\u2014blech,\u201d wrote another. A third: \u201cThe Bhaer story line makes me sad. And very cross.\u201d \u201cToo much of a settle for Jo. Even now I\u2019m older and understand him better. Except when [he\u2019s] played by Gabriel Byrne.\u201d Several people mentioned that Bhaer was acceptable if and only if he was played by Gabriel Byrne or Michael Fassbender, neither of whom matches the written description of the \u201cnot handsome\u201d character. \u201cProblem is that the man is almost certainly a Hegelian, and those are trouble,\u201d wrote another reader. And, \u201cI would accept Jo either with Laurie or as a happy spinster. Any third option feels wrong!\u201d<\/p>\n

But Team Bhaer was unexpectedly forceful in arguing the professor\u2019s case. \u201cYES BHAER, NO LAURIE,\u201d trumpeted an early reply. \u201cProfessor Bhaer,\u201d wrote another supporter, boasts \u201cthe beauty of quiet love even if it lacks drama.\u201d Someone else was on \u201c#TeamBhaer<\/a>\u00a0without a doubt. Same reason that the best part of Emma<\/em> is when Knightly calls her out on being horrible.\u201d The support kept coming: \u201cSweet, kind, a little paternalistic but ultimately loves Jo for who she is. Unlike Laurie, who was pretty selfish.\u201d \u201cLove Bhaer for Jo! B is just so sweet & smart. Anyone\u2019s better than that awful Mr. Brook.\u201d \u201cLove the dude. What an angel in Little Men<\/em>.\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s confusingly paternal for a lover. BUT, he is a grown-up and helps (note, not makes<\/em>) Jo grow up.\u201d \u201cSomeone who actually respects Jo\u2019s brain! I love Little Men<\/em> so much. Plus he\u2019s musical, good with kids, and is a bit self-deprecating.\u201d \u201cI like Bhaer because he is wise, kind, possessed of strong opinions but slow to share them, and respects Jo enough to be direct.\u201d \u201cLove him, and I\u2019ll never understand people who think Laurie was a better match for Jo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

A few readers had found that their opinions evolved with age. \u201cKid me assumed he was a creepy sexual predator masquerading as an unassuming bookworm.\u201d \u201cI thought no<\/em> when I was younger, but wonder if I revisited would feel different.\u201d \u201cI used to think, \u2018NO NO NO WHY?\u2019 Now I think, \u2018Eh. Sure.\u2019 \u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

For others, the question was more generally philosophical: \u201cI wonder if he\u2019s to blame for the seductive but pernicious idea that a man can prove he loves me by criticizing my writing.\u201d \u201cBhaer was a better match, but a bit paternalistic for her. Sometimes I\u2019m uncomfortable with the mentor-as-lover thing, other times I think maybe that was that era\u2019s \u2018true partner.\u2019 \u201d \u201cAt some point in my late twenties, it occurred to me that you can\u2019t be a new woman and marry Laurie. Still a little sad about it.\u201d \u201cTeam No One\u2014didn\u2019t Alcott want Jo to end up single and happy?\u201d \u201cMaybe it\u2019s wrong of me, but I kind of wanted Jo always to be solitary. Selfish I know. But Louisa May Alcott never married \u2026 \u201d<\/p>\n

And then, of course, there were the basic factual questions: \u201cWhat happened to him in Germany? What\u2019s the deal with those nephews?\u201d And why, someone asked, did his grandmother snip off the tip of his tongue?<\/p>\n

Clearly, these are questions that must be answered. In the following days, therefore, I am going to immerse myself in the world of Professor Bhaer. I am going to reread the books as a grown-up and see how we get along. I\u2019m going to explore Alcott\u2019s motives, her inspirations, her decisions, and critical interpretations. And by God, I\u2019m going to find out what the deal is with Professor Bhaer\u2019s life in Germany. While we\u2019re at it, I\u2019m curious about his sexual habits.<\/p>\n

I hope you\u2019re ready to go down this rabbit hole with me.<\/p>\n

Read Part 2 here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Sadie Stein is contributing editor of <\/em>The Paris Review, and the <\/em>Daily\u2019s correspondent.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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