In the novel compared with the drama (and real life):

- San is 6 years older than Deok Im in the novel (in the beginning of the novel he is 24 while Deok Im is 18) while in the drama + in history, San (b. 28 October 1752) and Deok Im (b. August 6, 1753) were just 8 months apart.

-  No childhood encounter with San and Deok Im like the drama did in episode 1.

- The neck choking scene occurs in chapter 1 of the novel with San suspecting that Deok Im is a spy and is trying to intimidate her; in the drama, the neck choking scene occurred in episode 7/8 and was due to San’s jealously but he was also trying to intimidate her too like he did in the novel.

- Deok Im is transcribing books for the Queen instead through the head court lady Jo; Deok Im does get books to transcribe to from the head court lady’s library though. 

- Deok Im finds out San’s true identity much faster in the novel while the drama developed their relationship more before she found out that he was the crown prince + in the novel he wasn’t pretending to be Deok Ro.

- No tiger arc hunting.

- Instead of an old library (like in the drama), Deok Im initially works in a messy storage room.

- The crown princess (Queen Hyoui) is mentioned more explicitly in the novel like how her and San are not close despite being married.

- In the novel, Deok Im has three brothers instead of the drama where she only had one.

- Deok Im is directly ordered to work for San as his handmaid by himself personally.

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Turns out Jeongjo had talent in painting too

https://twitter.com/redsleeve_cn/status/1497166179127152640?s=21

more here:

https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m07myp_

Ceremonial Items of Crown Prince Munhyo

https://www.gogung.go.kr/mob/issueCultureView.do?pageIndex=2&bbsSeq=6787&searchGubun=ALL&searchText=

 pinksprings01:

I saw a video analyzing the preview for episode 9 and those flags will be important in the next episode.

I’ll link the video below:

https://youtu.be/zuhPRz_l7yI

Also tweet analyzing the flag:

https://twitter.com/kdramasekki/status/1467387936597368833?s=20

ohh the good old days TT

 LBPG:

Five details that are not shown in #TheRedSleeve drama. Why did Deok-im end up serving Hwa-bin? + Daebi, Hwa-bin, Queen Hyoui who did not appear, and Princess Hwawan. A thread

Source: https://t.co/Upq9dWH11t

I would have liked to see Queen Hyoui as a character in TRS, not least because she had a cordial relationship (in real life) with Deok-im and was the real victim of Deok Ro's shenanigans. 

“What King JeongJo wrote (The Red Sleeve)” video with English translation by @GlencoraJane

From the video description:
“This video is a translation of what King JeongJo wrote for Concubine Ui after she passed away. It is a combination of the epitaph and a eulogy.”

Link:
https://youtu.be/QmivGhHVwBU

 LBPG:

https://www.kln.or.kr/magazine/magazineView.do?volumeIdx=140 (scroll down to "Gungnyeo: The Palace Women") 

This article discusses the various roles and some anecdotes pertaining to women (non-royals) in the palace. It mentions happenings like the celebration the court ladies held on ep2. 

Thank you for sharing, super interesting read

 LBPG:

https://www.kln.or.kr/magazine/magazineView.do?volumeIdx=140 (scroll down to "Gungnyeo: The Palace Women") 

This article discusses the various roles and some anecdotes pertaining to women (non-royals) in the palace. It mentions happenings like the celebration the court ladies held on ep2. 

Thanks! This is awesome!  This drama has really got me hooked into all this history.  I try watching other dramas but it’s not the same.