The mysteries of Udolpho

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

4.15: #emilyjoinstheweddingparty #ofcoursethecreeperisthere 🙄 #nobodyeverlistens #emilyvisitstheabbey #agnesisdying #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Clare-Dragonfly Emily persists in thinking the Count is an honest, nice guy who really cares about her well-being as he repeatedly shoves his obsessed buddy in her face 🙄 10h

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mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 10h

AllDebooks Oh, we are so close to the end. The book, sanity, who knows? 🥳 I'm struck by the difference in writing style between this and Frankenstein, considering there are just over 20 years between publications. Mary Shelley was still in her teens when she wrote it. 9h

eeclayton Not to defend the Count, but I have the impression that he's been friends with Du Pont for much longer than with Emily, so it kinda makes sense to me that he wants to promote his happiness. Which of course doesn't make him any less annoying from E's point of view. 9h

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton that‘s a very good point 9h

TheAromaofBooks @eeclayton - I also think the Count sees sweet, lonely Emily at a time when being a single woman was actually somewhat unsafe & knows that his young friend is an upstanding guy who loves her and would take good care of her (vs taking advantage of her and stealing all her money). Like it's annoying to E because she doesn't want to marry him, but lots of people married for convenience, so unless the Count forces the issue, I can't fault him too much 8h

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Bookwormjillk

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

Catching up on Udolpho at an indoor field hockey tournament today.

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BarkingMadRead

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

Ch 4.14: Ludo is back #annettethoughthewasaghost #andnowweknow #pirates 🏴‍☠️ #anotherghoststorydebunked #theresabringsthering #emilywonttakeit #putstheresarightinherplace #soproud #wantstohookupludoandannettewithahouse #awwwww #timeforawedding #babybaronandnlanche #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk At least they didn‘t shoot this one 1d

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mcctrish How bright is Annette?! 23h

Clare-Dragonfly We finally get the story! Secret passages in the walls! 23h

Bklover I am behind! My oldest daughter has been in the hospital and I haven‘t read a word in a week. I will catch up, I hope! (She will be fine) 18h

TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly - Apparently any and all ghosts are actually people in walls 😂 12h

TheAromaofBooks @Bklover - Hope you daughter is doing better!!! 12h

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks little did we know that this is actually a horror story 🤣 @Bklover I‘m so glad she will be ok, sending hugs! 11h

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The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

Ch 4.13: #emilyvisitstheresafornews #nobodyhasseenvalancourt #emilylosesherdamnmind #somuchcrying #knockknockknock #ofcourseitsvalancourt #sowemustfaint #itsamiracle #emilyisallforgiving #butwait #shepusheshimaway #soproud #theresaisconfused #valancourtisdevastated #emilypeacesout ✌️ #valancourtleavesheraring #nevertobeseenagain #maybe 🤷🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade #ps #wtf #ithoughtwewouldgetludostale 🙄

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Bookwormjillk I could have smacked Theresa today 2d

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk in her defense, Emily won‘t tell her anything 🙄 these people need to learn to communicate 2d

kwmg40 I loved Teresa's snide comments about rich people! 😂 2d

mcctrish I mean Theresa isn‘t wrong 2d

Clare-Dragonfly I was really hoping Theresa would ask for an explanation, Emily would give one, and V would go “wait that‘s not accurate!” We only have a few chapters left, guys, get it together! 2d

peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly 💯💯 2d

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mcctrish

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#iykyk #hashtagbrigade

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2d

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AllDebooks

The mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobr�e

I'm currently participating in the final #hashtagbrigade #buddyread of the year. 10ish chapters left, and I just don't care anymore. I've never read a book with more loose ends, dead ends, and 'we won't talk about that' plot devices in my life. Thank goodness for @BarkingMadRead keeping us sane and the humour flowing. Otherwise, I would have bailed around chapter 10!
FYI, I got bored and did a word count. 🙄😅
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AllDebooks Word count results - Hither 158; Thither -53; Whither - 58; Crying + cry - 36; Weeping + weep + wept - 176; Fainting + faint - 175 😱 3d

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AllDebooks Sorry, I should have been reading tonight's chapter but got distracted 😅 3d

Librarybelle Word count dedication! 3d

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 3d

BarkingMadRead #wordcountqueen 3d

AllDebooks @Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead Just so you know, it was on Kindle. I didn't sit there with a book and highlighter. I do have a life! 😅 3d

BarkingMadRead But still. You had to do the search 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3d

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead 😬 you got me 3d

dabbe I managed to get through THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV thanks to this group and @BarkingMadRead's hilarious posts and @Aimeesue's hysterical dioramas, but this one? I bailed at Book 2. And I had also tried to read it a few years ago. I just couldn't do it. Again. Writing that goes on and on an on and on with tears all over the place and too many descriptions and meandering everywhere ... bleh! I'll be up for the January read, though! 🤩 3d

mcctrish @dabbe The Bros was better ( never thought I‘d say that ) 3d

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish you know it‘s a bad book when #thebrosarebetter 3d

mcctrish @AllDebooks the fainting count surprises me, I must have fainted myself and missed then but all those ithers I have felt and I attribute them to the author‘s dithering 3d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s mind boggling 3d

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 The Bros! Slightly less histrionic than The Mysteries of Udolfo! 3d

mcctrish @Ruthiella there was no crying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3d

Clare-Dragonfly Brilliant word counting 😂 3d

eeclayton Wow 😲 3d

AllDebooks @Clare-Dragonfly it's telling that I would rather do that than read the bloody thing. 😅 3d

TheAromaofBooks It honestly seems like there should be more crying 😂 Maybe we should add “tears“ to the word count?? Poor Emily, it just seems like her eyes must be swollen shut all the time! 3d

dabbe @mcctrish Well, that makes me feel a wee bit better. And you even helped me through a few chapters, and I still couldn't get through it! 🤩😂🤩 2d

mcctrish @dabbe you‘ve honestly missed nothing cuz nothing ever happens 2d

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks it‘s amazing she can see anything 2d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.12: whoa! #buckleup #backtoblancheandco #travelingtovisitemily #lostinthemountains #withthebats #andastorm #obviously #themooncomesout #backontheroad #totallylost #crossingdownedtrees #findacastle #becasueofcoursetheresarandomcastle #huntersinside #blancheoverhearstheirplot #becauseofcoursetheyrebanditti #faintingensues #obviously #thebanditscatchher #swordsclash #thefianceeisbloody #morefainting #ludototherescue #wtfludo ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #thefianceisntdead #countisoktoo #ludogetsthemout #andnowwefinallygettohearhistale #tomorrow #right ⁉️#right ⁉️ #omg #hashtagbrigade 3d

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Bookwormjillk Some stuff happened in this long chapter at least 3d

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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I was just skimming along and then “wait what?! Ludo is here?!” Truthfully I thought for sure they were banditti but then I thought they were hunters and maybe V was with them (edited) 3d

Clare-Dragonfly Something actually happened!!! @mcctrish I also thought V would turn out to be with them. 3d

peanutnine I was like oh now we finally get to hear what happened to Ludo! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Just kidding 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.11: #shortchapter #emilyfindstheresa 😍 #sheisverycomfy #thankstovalancourt 🙄#staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish So we are just supposed to forgive Valancourt‘s whoring around?! #boyswillbeboys? Just ugh! The Victorian novelist kills women for less 😡 4d

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so frustrating! 4d

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I do think the whole point of this book will be we‘re supposed to forgive Val and be happy for Em when she ends up with him. 4d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk better a loser than being alone #amiright 4d

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish #youareright 4d

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish You‘d think she would have learned from her aunt that a loser is NOT better than being alone! 4d

Clare-Dragonfly Raise your hand if you didn‘t know it was Valancourt helping Theresa the moment she said she couldn‘t say who it was 🤛🏻 4d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I was torn between him and the creeper, it could have gone either way I guess 🤣 I also half wonder if it was the creeper that got shot as well 🤣 4d

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly you‘d think 🤔 😝 4d

mcctrish Ooo @BarkingMadRead maybe the creeper was shot saving Val once again 4d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.10: almost home #lotsofcryingandfainting #emilyseessomeoneinthegarden #obviouslyitsvalancourt #thegardenerthinksitsarobber #obviouslyheshootshim #annetteissworntosecrecy #ofcourseshetellsemily #whofaints #obviously #shecantfindoutwhowasshot #wasitvalancourt #ishedead #wewillprobablyneverknow #obviously 🤣 #timetoheadhome #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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peanutnine #Obviously 🤣🤣 you crack me up! So true though 5d

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Bookwormjillk 10 chapters left! 5d

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine #obviously 🤷🏻‍♀️ this is usually the point where I would binge read the end, but I feel like I still wouldn‘t know anything, so why bother 🤣 @Bookwormjillk #hallelujah 5d

TheAromaofBooks I gotta be honest, I freaking love Annette and her complete inability to keep a secret 😂 5d

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks without Annette, we wouldn‘t know a damn thing 🤣 5d

Clare-Dragonfly There doesn‘t seem to be much acknowledgement that Annette‘s husband has disappeared! 5d

Clare-Dragonfly Linguistic note: I see that Annette has switched from calling Emily “mamselle” to “madam”! This matches up with something I noted in the book I just finished—in English, Mrs was for a long time just a title of respect for an adult woman of a certain class, even if she wasn‘t married. The Mrs versus Miss for marital status distinction wasn‘t solidified until the mid-19th century. Emily is probably Madam now that she‘s inherited.

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

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BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly ohhhhh that‘s interesting! And poor Ludo ☠️ 5d

mcctrish #obviously 👏🏻👏🏻🤣 5d

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.9: the plot thickens #isthecrazynunourmarchioness #willweeveractuallyknow #thecountandhenrisurvivedthenight #buttheywonttalkaboutit #obviously #timeforemilytogohome #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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AllDebooks In the words of Annette, 'such goings on' 🙄 6d

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mcctrish In the words of me “WTF?!” 6d

Clare-Dragonfly So, just like with Ludo, we get the Count‘s POV when nothing interesting is going on, and then something happens and we don‘t get to know anything about it. 🤨 6d

TheAromaofBooks Someone needs to rewrite this book except with the interesting parts actually IN THE STORY 🙄 6d

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks ha! Perfect! 5d

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Yes! And leaving out 80% of the #verdantverdure . 5d

BarkingMadRead @julieclair omg so much #verdantverdure 🙄 5d

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Clare-Dragonfly

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

Nymph, in thy orisons / Be all my sins remembered.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in‘t.

#hashtagbrigade #hamlet

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.8: bring in the older ghostbusters #butfirst #macaronidied #karmasabitch #emilyinheritsfromauntie #finally #andnow #countandhenriareghosthunting #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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AnishaInkspill photo, perfect, v funny 😂 😂 1w

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Clare-Dragonfly Kind of unsatisfying that Emily doesn‘t have to do anything to get her inheritance… 1w

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly right? All that paperwork with Macaroni for nothing. 1w

peanutnine I feel like most everything in this book has been a ton of anticipation and buildup with no satisfying pay out @Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 1w

mcctrish @peanutnine absolutely so many words and nothing happens besides crying, fainting and things that can‘t be talked about 1w

Clare-Dragonfly @peanutnine Yup. That‘s why I‘m not expecting any exciting ghost reveal with Ludo. 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.7: well, this took a turn! #valancourtisstillcreeping #ludohasdisappearedfromalockedroom #dupontisback #stalker 🙄 #countwantaemilytomarrydupont #emilysayshellno #countsaysok #whatanicechange 🤣 #emilygoesbacktotheconvent #thenunsknowsomeshit #theyarenttalking #becausenobodyeverdoes 🙄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish So much crying! Now the count is crying. #cryingiscontagious and I swear that nun swished her skirts as she went off to pray 1w

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Bookwormjillk @mcctrish there was some skirt swishing for sure 1w

Clare-Dragonfly The count is so fatherly to Emily! Throwing his buddy Du Pont at her just like her real dad did with Valancourt. 🙄 And pretty condescending to boot. 1w

TheAromaofBooks I just thought it was hilarious that after all the times Ludo locked up Annette in a room, he finally got himself locked up for a change of pace 😂 I'm worried about him, though, because despite his room-locking tendencies, he's actually one of my favorite characters! 1w

peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣 so true! I like him too though 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.6: this is just getting ridiculous 🤣 #ludoreadsaboutaghost #butdoesntseeone #becausewhywouldhe 🤦🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade

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AllDebooks I would have bailed on this long ago if it wasn't for you guys keeping me invested. Your hashtags are brilliant. 😅 1w

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Bookwormjillk Sorry everyone. I jinxed it yesterday when I said things were getting interesting. 1w

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks you and me both 🤣🤣🤣 1w

AllDebooks Also, who dis guy? ⬆️🔥🔥🔥 1w

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks 🤷🏻‍♀️ Google found him for me 🤣 1w

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead Well done, Google 👏 1w

mcctrish As we waited with baited breath for something to happen ………#theusualblahblahblah #nothing 1w

eeclayton @AllDebooks same! 1w

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead I can certainly understand Jane Austen's satire more now in

Northanger Abbey

TheAromaofBooks I was like oh good another story within a story that won't actually further the real story any more 😂 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.5: these short chapters 🎄 🎁 #theservantsarefreakedbytheghost #theyallwanttoquit #ludototherescue #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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peanutnine Of course Annette and her big mouth can't keep quiet 🙊🙄 1w

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BarkingMadRead @peanutnine #comedyrelief 1w

Bookwormjillk This book is so weird. I‘m almost interested now? 1w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it comes and it goes 🤣 1w

mcctrish How are there mysteries but not at udolpho? 1w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish we may never know 🤣 1w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.4: #themarchionessisaghost 🤷🏻‍♀️ #shortchapter #nocrying #somefainting #blessed #hashtagbrigade

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Clare-Dragonfly Woo ghost!!! (Bet there‘s no actual ghost though.) I‘m glad Annette made an appearance—I was wondering about her. 2w

peanutnine @Clare-Dragonfly I forgot she was still there honestly 😂 2w

mcctrish Me too @peanutnine 1w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.3: Ok, it won‘t let me add a pic 🙄 it was a bottle of ☠️ #anyway #macaroniisintrouble #karma #thecountgoesfree 🤷🏻‍♀️ #emilyissad #again #dorotheefinallytalks #sortof #lotsofasubtlehints #marquislovesmarchionessloveschevier #maybepops 🤷🏻‍♀️ #emilylookslikeher #hmmmmm #marquispossiblypoisonedthemarchioness ☠️ #theresanotherportrait #whichofcoursewedontgettohearabout 🙄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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TheAromaofBooks The whole situation with Macaroni felt anticlimactic after he was the villain for most of the book. 2w

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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks for real! Like he was just a footnote 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

mcctrish That‘s was so much blather for nothing 2w

Bookwormjillk This is the kind of chapter that really makes me not like this book. Emily is about to get to the bottom of things but oh wait there‘s music 🙄 2w

Clare-Dragonfly All the hints about Emily looking like the marchioness! But she couldn‘t exactly have a secret kid, could she?! 2w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I thought at first, until they started talking about her face turning black 🤮 so bizarre 2w

AllDebooks Anyone else losing count of all the Counts? 😅 2w

Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead I thought the same thing!!! 2w

mcctrish @AllDebooks too many counts to count (edited) 1w

AllDebooks @mcctrish far too many 😅 1w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.2: short chapter! #blessed #hallelujah #oh #andemilykicksVtothecurb #peaceoutjerk #byeeeeee #soproud #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish All hail the queen! 2w

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Bookwormjillk Blissfully short chapter. I really hope this isn‘t winding up to a Jane Eyre ending. 2w

eeclayton #blessed Good riddance V! 2w

TheAromaofBooks I just want Emily to be able to go back and home and live out her days in peace and solitude, but I think she's going to end up saddled with one of these losers for life 😂 2w

julieclair I‘m proud of her for kicking V to the curb. I didn‘t think she had it in her. 2w

Bklover @julieclair Neither did I! @TheAromaofBooks Don‘t you think she‘d be thrilled to just go home and find Theresa(isn‘t that her name?) and the two of them could hang out and she could write poetry all day! 2w

TheAromaofBooks @Bklover - Yes!! And have a little dog?? (I just realized - what happened to the dog?? Did I miss its tragic end, or it did it just fade out of the story??) 2w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks that poor dog poof 💨 disappears it seems. Abandoned. 2w

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I totally forgot about the dog! 🤔 2w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4.1: everyone is crying now 🙄 #valancourtcomestoseeEmily #somuchbegging #somuchgaslighting #emilyofferstoseehimagain 🙄 #andsomehowconvincesherselfheisthesameoldV 🙄 #also #dorotheestillhasntcomeby 🙄 #myeyeshurtfromrollingsomuch #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bklover 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #emilyisafoolandVisanass (edited) 2w

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mcctrish What just happened? V admits to the debts he could never repay and that he isn‘t worthy of Emily AND is mad that she doesn‘t want to shackle herself to him?! He questions how long the count has been her friend? Meanwhile E has spent about 32 minutes in his actual company and expects her to marry him after whoring and gambling ? RUN AWAY EMILY 2w

Bklover @mcctrish yes! When I think of all the weeping and fainting over V it makes me want to scream. You are right- she doesn‘t even really know him! 2w

mcctrish It‘s nice she had him to focus on while at Udolpho but cut him loose now 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Bklover #accurate 2w

Bookwormjillk At first I was kind of on V's side because yeah she just met this Count guy. But then he admitted to it all so bye V. And what is the story of the picture? 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk everyone is crying 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I meant the one that Emily's dad had that Dorethee was refusing to talk about. She is just not coming back? 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk ohhhhhhhh that picture! We may never know…. 2w

Clare-Dragonfly V keeps going “I‘m terrible and it‘s exactly like the Count says” except no one actually lays out what Emily or V is thinking. I‘d put money on V‘s actual actions not being as bad as what Emily thinks. Of course, I don‘t know whether he‘ll actually TELL HER that before they both die of old age! 2w

julieclair If we don‘t find out about the picture, I‘m going to go nuts. I‘m warming up my book-throwing arm… 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.13: bringing this one back 🤣 #letsgetdowntoit #emilyissad #dorotheeseespopspic #itstheladyofthehouse #shocker #emilysrealmom ❓#hmmmmm #dorotheepromisestocomebackandtell #becausegodforbidanyoneevertellsastoryimmediately #timeforsomepagandancing 🤣 #valancourt ‼️ #beingadick #iwonderwhy #thecountcluesusin #finallyastorytoldimmediately #confirmsVisadick #shocker 🙄 #emilyfaints #shocker 🙄 #Vwilldefendhimself #inpart4 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Honestly! D “I can‘t tell you, you tell me” E “no I can‘t tell you, you tell me” FFS you both can rot! Also V was whoring and gambling! What a chapter! Pagan dancing for the win 2w

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AllDebooks If this was published now, it would be a novella once a skilled editor got busy with their red pen 2w

peanutnine "God forbid anyone tells a story immediately" ??? so true. And all these hints to what she saw in the letter, just tell us!!! 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Why the HECK can‘t Emily just say “oh that picture? It was my dad‘s.” It‘s not like she has any more information than that! 2w

TheAromaofBooks Oh man, now I just don't know who Emily is going to marry! All her choices are terrible! I'm kind of leaning towards Henri; at least he hasn't been a stalker yet 😂 2w

Bookwormjillk On one hand this chapter was frustrating because of the non-storytelling but on the other hand at least the picture came back up and V is finally here. On to part 4! #WeAreGettingThere 2w

Bklover @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You nailed it! 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.12: Languedoc #emilyhangswithblanche #dorotheehintsatghost #butobviouslywonttellthewholestory 🙄 #creepergoeshome #byeeeee #emilygoestotheconvent #Qisadick #isaidwhatisaid #noletteryetfromV #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Clare-Dragonfly These people are terrible at communicating. 2w

AnishaInkspill poor Emily, just waits and waits for that letter 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.11: so much thithering going on #thatstotallyaword #thitherhere #thitherthere #boatingaround #blahblahblah #alongcomesastorm #washesemilyandcompanyashore #blanchesfaminvitesthemin #ofcoursethecreeperknowsthecount #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish At least this whole chunk has a point now #godblessuseveryone 2w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I was so worried we would never find out 🤣 2w

Bookwormjillk I'm just so glad Emily appeared and we didn't have a whole new castle story. 2w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that would have been devastating 🤣 2w

mcctrish It really could have gone either way at this point 2w

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk aaaarrrgggh, can you imagine?? 🫣😱 2w

Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks yes I actually can that‘s why I was worried 😂 2w

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m relieved that we made it back to this castle. I spent like 14 chapters wondering when Emily was going to figure out that Udolpho was the creepy castle she saw before. Then I realized it was in Italy so it must be a different castle, and I wondered why they spent so much time being aware of that creepy castle! I also realized that the convent Blanche lived in must be a different one. I think Radcliffe has too many settings! 🙄 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.10: oh good, another new character 🙄 #helloblanche #whatsthepoint #iguesswewillfindoutsoon #miserableparents #broseemsnice #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #verdant

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mcctrish It‘s like we‘ve started a whole new book “meanwhile the lesser characters x, y and z have arrived at that place we met once 600 pages ago to kick off subplot c” 3w

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Bookwormjillk Okay so I‘m not the only one who had no clue who these people are? 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I‘m low key pissed about this 🤣🤣 3w

mcctrish They don‘t cry as much 3w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #silverlining 3w

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I mean I can‘t even keep it low key. I want to speak to a manager. 3w

AllDebooks @mcctrish 🤣🤣 3w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk let‘s get them on speaker phone 3w

TheAromaofBooks Apparently someone just needs to be in a creepy castle so since Emily is out for now, gotta find someone else to chuck into one 😂 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Emily is going back to the convent but Blanche (?) just left the convent so… are they going to meet? Why didn‘t they meet when Emily was at the convent burying her dad? 3w

Bklover Ummmm…who the hell are these people?!?! 3w

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks There‘s a creepy castle around every corner in this book. Somebody has to live in them! So the obvious answer is to introduce more characters. 🤓🤣 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.9: this is who I picture when Ludo comes around 🤣 #ludofindstheprisoner #whohasemilyspic #valancourt ‼️ #ludoarrangesameeting #notvalancourt #emilyfaints #obviously #valancourtwasneverthecreeper #sorrymydude #verezzishowsup #wait #wasthathisname #whatever #verezzifightscreeper #creeperwins #ludoandcreeperescapewiththegirls #headingbacktofrance #whew #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Despite being long, and fainting at critical points where creepers are involved 🤦🏻‍♀️ #forfuckssakeemily this chapter has accomplished more than the entire book to day #praisebe also thank goodness ludacris checked under the saddle so E could buy a hat 3w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish omg the freaking hat 🙄 #priorities 3w

Clare-Dragonfly That‘s why I called him Ludo in the first place 😂😂😂 3w

Clare-Dragonfly And yeah, as soon as the guy wouldn‘t tell Ludo his name, I knew it wasn‘t going to be V. 3w

Bookwormjillk I was a bit shocked it wasn‘t V myself. But then again we still have many chapters to go. 3w

Bklover I wonder where V is? Maybe he‘s moved on! (I sure hope not after all this) 3w

peanutnine I had a feeling the creeper wasn't V cause he would have already admitted it to Emily, he was always really frank about his stalker tendencies lol 3w

mcctrish @Bklover he‘s still partying in Paris 3w

julieclair @mcctrish I sure do hope you‘re wrong about partying in Paris, but my gut tells me you‘re right. 😒 2w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.8: back to the castle we go #deadbodieseverywhere #macaronimakingcreepypromises #emilybeingchasedinthedark 👀 #emilysignsthepapers 🙄 #andofcoursemacaronilies #ludowilltrytoaneakherout #butfirst #themusicisback #isitvalancourt #omgialmostforgot #thecountisinjail 🤣 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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peanutnine Oh lord Emily is so naive 🙄🙄 and Annette really needs to learn how to shut up when necessary! 🙊 3w

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mcctrish @peanutnine like Emily knew he was a cheat and a liar and she stilled signed 🤦🏻‍♀️ why couldn‘t she give Ludacris at least 24 hrs AND Annette is going to get them killed 3w

eeclayton Seriously, Emily 🤦🤦🤦 3w

TheAromaofBooks I'm soooo confused about why she got sent away and then brought back when it's obvious Macaroni doesn't care about her safety at all?? Did he just think she might get killed before he got the paper signed?! 3w

AllDebooks I thought we were done with Annette 🫣😅 3w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I think it said at one point that if she died, he wouldn‘t get the property, it had to be signed over? 3w

Bookwormjillk If I was being held captive in a creepy castle I would hope my true love would do more than play music at night. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #lowstandards 3w

julieclair I couldn‘t believe Emily signed the papers. Soooo disappointing and frustrating. 3w

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Clare-Dragonfly

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Anne Radcliffe

OK, I‘m satisfied with that information about Morano. Let‘s move along now. #hashtagbrigade #accumulatemoremisfortunesplease #countkidnapper #countdickwad

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.7: all caught up! #well #somuchcrying #alittleverdantverdure #ijinxedmyself 🤷🏻‍♀️ #emilyhasafriend #shesleftatacottagewithanassassin #whatcouldgowrong #lovelywalks #dancingfortheseanymphs #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Ruthiella She never, never, never stops crying…😭😭😭 3w

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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella those are all her tears in that picture 🤣🤣🤣 3w

Ruthiella @BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 3w

ElizaMarie I'm behind but I'm gonna catch up tomorrow. Now I know where I should end up!!! 3w

mcctrish @Ruthiella she is now exhausted by her tears so maybe we can catch a break ( I didn‘t even realize she was crying. Again. ) 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Macaroni obviously isn‘t going to kill her, because he wouldn‘t inherit her estates (I presume her closest living relative would, and that‘s the mom‘s brother, whom it would be a lot harder to get the property from). But this seems like a lovely place so I‘m suspicious of the niceness. 3w

Bklover To me this book feels so much like it was written by a man! All the fainting and crying and weak women. And I mean a man back in that time. (edited) 3w

Bookwormjillk So weird. Glad she made a friend though. Random sea nymph poem inserted here. 3w

julieclair I‘m glad I don‘t have to “analyze” this book for an English class. I don‘t know what I‘d do about that sea nymph song! 😂 Which, by the way, was sung in the audio version and was completely tuneless!But at least Emily has made a friend. 3w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.5: #auntiesfuneralfinallyhappens #macaroniwantsemilytosignpapers #totallyliesaboutthem #emilyrefuses #soproud #andnowwewait #emilythinksitsvalancourttoo #butwhoisitreally #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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peanutnine Definitely thought Emily was gonna fuck up and sign without reading again. She's learning! 3w

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Clare-Dragonfly How did she even almost sign without reading?! She‘d spent all that time thinking about how she wasn‘t going to do what Macaroni said! 3w

mcctrish I mean she can read why does she not read? But as @peanutnine said she has learned one lesson in all this crying and fainting. 3w

TheBookHippie The picture is perfection!!!!! 3w

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #ihavemyshinymoments 3w

Bookwormjillk I started reading this chapter about 5 hours ago and just woke up from one of the best naps of my life. I agree with everyone else- Emily read the papers! 3w

TheAromaofBooks She'll read them, faint from horror about what's written on them, and then NEVER TELL US WHAT THEY SAID 😑 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.4: more drama #macaroniwantsthosepaperssigned #auntiesayshellno #emilygoestorest #guardwithaflamingsword #wtf #auntiediesduringastorm #thiscantendwellforemily #blessedlyshortchapter #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Macaroni is going to marry Emily 3w

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Bklover No more Auntie! 3w

AllDebooks @mcctrish Euurrgghhh! 3w

Bookwormjillk I was thinking today, what if this book were told from Macaroni‘s point of view? What would he say about Em? 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m intrigued by the flaming lance! But if you‘re a guard literally being paid to walk around outside and someone says “who‘s there,” what kind of response is “a friend”?! 3w

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The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#20in4Readathon
@Andrew65

Hope I'm not too late to join this fabulous party! I hope to finish SOVEREIGN today because the discussion is tomorrow! I also hope to attempt to catch up to the #hashtagbrigade with UDOLPHO. If only the book were actually as interesting as the cover I found above. I'm gonna try.

Welcome back, @Andrew65. You have been missed. 🧡🤎💛

Andrew65 Thanks 😍 Glad to be back. You are welcome to join whenever.

I loved The Sovereign. 3w

dabbe @Andrew65 I finished it last night--perfect for this readathon! 🤩 3w

Andrew65 @dabbe Yay!🥳🥳🥳 3w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.3: some discoveries #macaronirobbingpeople #fightingamongstthieves #auntieisalive #butforhowlong #thecreeperisback #apparentlyhesthedevil 😈 #seemslegit #emilywasalittlebraveforlikefiveminutes #staytuned #happythanksgiving #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish #nobodyeverdies #wearentincranfordanymore Emily needs an Uber 4w

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Bookwormjillk What exactly is the mystery here? I am impressed by the quotes at the beginning of every chapter. #NoGoogleBackThen (edited) 4w

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m going to be really annoyed if the creeper is Valancourt, when Radcliffe gave us a whole chapter about how he‘s distracted and doing stuff other than pining over Emily. 3w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I thought the same 🤣🤣 3w

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I keep thinking it‘s him too 3w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.2: The Count is back #kidnapper #well #failedkidnapper #thatsprettymuchit #shortchapter #hallelujah #hashtagbrigade

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AllDebooks The whither/thither and hithers are really grinding my gears now. 4w

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Bookwormjillk Is the count counting the tears? 4w

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk 😅🤣 4w

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 4w

mcctrish I laughed out loud learning that the Count‘s revenge fantasy was fuelled by intel gleaned from Annette‘s “thoughtless prattle” anyone who can follow her circuitous rambling and concoct a plan deserves to succeed 4w

mcctrish @AllDebooks so much unnecessary language 4w

Clare-Dragonfly 😂😂😂 4w

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 3.1: I‘m in Disney this week so my posts may be sporadic 🤣 I promise that by Monday night, all the chapters will be posted! #anyway #emilygoestomeetheraunt #Bissupercreepy #heleadsherpastanopengrave #whichistotallynormalandnotatallcreepy #heleavesemilybehindtocheckwithauntie #whoisupstairsbuthegoesdown #thatsnotweird #emilychecksbehindacurtain #auntie? ☠️ #ofcourseshefaints #andwakesupmidkidnap #whichmightnotsuck #macaronitotherescue ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #hethinksemilywasrunningaway #finallybelievesher #faintingandcryingensues #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 4w

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Clare-Dragonfly I was just thinking this couldn‘t possibly be set up by Macaroni because he doesn‘t need to be this subtle when he can just threaten her. And I was proven right! I‘m wondering if her aunt is really dead? Was that the body she saw? And if they thought Ludo was dead and he wasn‘t, could that be the case again? 4w

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I wonder the same. It‘s dark. And she‘s … Emily… so it could totally be a mistake! 4w

mcctrish It‘s dark and she‘s Emily 🤣🤣🤣 doesn‘t macaroni want the aunt dead so he can marry Emily and get the property? 4w

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I‘m pretty sure no one in this story has first aid and it shows 4w

ElizaMarie I am getting super confused with where we are- I get confused when the chapters aren't labeled like just 1, 2, 3.... but when they do Vol and then Ch and then blah! the Crying!!! Where are we!? I thought I was reading #AChapterADay but now I am confused -- anyone have a table? 4w

Bookwormjillk I thought this was a picture of a chicken nugget at first. Have a good trip! @ElizaMarie I don‘t have a tracker for this one sorry. 4w

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie we are reading a chapter a day, the book is divided this way, so I‘ve been posting what volume and chapter every day! 4w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.12: this is how I picture Annette IYKYK #downtonabbey #anyway #stilllookingforauntie #gateguyhasnews #hessosketchy #gateguysayshehasauntie #emilyshouldcomethenextday #whatcouldgowrong #andnowshewaitsfirmysterymusic #apparantlyplayedbyorsini #thehiddendude #staytunedforpart3 #hashtagbrigade

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Clare-Dragonfly Barnardine is a total jerk! Oh, I will strongly imply I killed her aunt and then get horribly offended when she thinks I killed her aunt. 🙄🙄🙄 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly the most bizarre conversation ever 🙄 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly Banardo and Annette have a shared ability to say nothing but use a lot of words #bothshouldbeshakennotstirred 1mo

mcctrish And why was dumbass Emily so resistant to walking to where Banardo was minding the gate? #annettegetsherstepsin (edited) 1mo

Bklover @mcctrish 😂😂😂. 1mo

Bklover @BarkingMadRead That IS Annette!! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bklover right?!? I can hear her voice in my head whenever Annette talks 🤣 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish 😂😂😂 1mo

Bklover Yes!! Me too! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks My favorite part of today's chapter was when Emily told Annette she needed to stop crying so much 😂 4w

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 4w

peanutnine @mcctrish omg they say nothing but use a lot of words 💯🤣 4w

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks the pot calling the kettle black 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4w

Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Emily is such a hypocrite! 4w

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Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.10: #whereisauntie #annetteisrescued #Lisstillalive #shortchapter #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Honest to god I can‘t believe Emily actually managed to get Annette out! So much dithering! Why on earth did she not go find Carlos to start?! Ludicrous lives 🎉because nobody dies. They just cry 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #andcry #andcry #andcry 1mo

Bookwormjillk 49% through though. #We‘reGettingThere #MaybeSomethingWillHappenSoon 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Very confusing, is L dead or not? And also is he a good guy or a complete asshole? Because if somebody needs to stay in a room to protect themselves, seems to me the thing to do is leave THEM the key, not take it away and go join the fighting. 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk My kindle has me at 50%! #hallelujah #wewillmakeitthrough 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Clare-Dragonfly woo 🎉🎉🎉 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.10: it all started with some #poisonedwine #whotriedtokillmacaroni #heblamesauntie #thatsconvenient #auntieislockedintheturret #fightingensues ⚔️ #emilyrunstohide #shefindsaninjuredman #leaveshimandruns #managestostartherfireandlightherlamp #offtofindauntie #whatcouldgowrong #annetteislockedinaroom #worriedaboutL #wasLtheinjureddude 🤷🏻‍♀️ #tothetower #bloodeverywhere #noanswerfromauntie ☠️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo

mcctrish Everything is so halfassed in this story! Nobody ever gets the whole story out, nobody reads the papers before burning, describes what‘s in the frame, figures out who‘s been left for dead, actually kills the person they want dead! I‘m just supposed to be happy there were no tears 1mo

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Bookwormjillk Long line to poison that dude. Also did I miss why she‘s so determined to find Auntie? Auntie doesn‘t like her except for that one sort of compliment that one time. 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I have no idea, if I were Emily, I‘d be trying to escape. Forget auntie. 1mo

AllDebooks Radcliffe is overly fond of the word 'wither'. There has been an awful lot of withering lately 1mo

TheAromaofBooks I honestly kind of admired Emily in this chapter - she's completely terrified but still determined to find her aunt and make sure she's okay. And she seems to be fainting more than crying; haven't decided whether or not that's an improvement 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks I know, like what‘s worse? The fainting or the crying? At least the fainting takes less time 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly And then there are the times she almost faints but sits down and breathes through it… 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.9: ok, this was not too bad 🤣 #annetteseesaghost 👻 #faints #macaroniismeantoauntie #faints #emilycracksherheadopen #doesntcry #hmmmmm #auntiemayhavetoliveinthetower #macaroniwantstoleadthenoodlegang #robinhoodheisnot #macaronihassomeonehiddennexttoemily #notaverysmarthidingplace #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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mcctrish Honest to god, Annette tells the absolute worse recountings #justthefactsmam #itsallgoingtohell #macaroniandthenoodlegang 🍝 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

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zezeki I'm really curious about the dog, he was only mentioned once since arriving to the castle. 😅 1mo

Bookwormjillk Noodle gang 😂 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly The noodle gang 😂😂😂 1mo

peanutnine Annette is definitely my favorite character, her stories are ridiculous but so entertaining, especially when she was sworn to secrecy. Also the line "But the faculty of speech was never long withheld from Annette" had me laugh out loud ? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @peanutnine #comicrelief for sure! 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.8: a blessedly short chapter about Valancourt #sosad #sosad #sosad #partytime 🎉🎉🎉 #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Mine morning routine is now to count the pages of today's chapter and I was SO HAPPY today 😂 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks such a gift 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Really the #sosad #sosad #sosad #partytime tags kind of describe my feelings towards the last few days' chapters 😂 😂 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1mo

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂😂 1mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks OMG ... so true!!!! 😂😂😂 1mo

mcctrish I realized at the start of my reading today we are only 43% through this nonsense and I could cry. And then we get a short chapter which I should be thrilled about, except we‘ve been reading for 100 years and nothing but crying has happened except V, after moping around in Emily‘s absence has moved to Paris to become a club kid 🤯 #wherethefuckisthisgoing (edited) 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 this is scarily accurate 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t like the short chapters! I am updating my reading percentage daily in Storygraph and when the percentage stays the same Storygraph thinks I haven‘t read any of this book 🤣 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly So V hung around until his regiment couldn‘t do without him anymore. And since they needed him so badly he… made social connections and started a gambling habit? 🤨 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly boys are dumb and story graph needs to understand that 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

ElizaMarie @MccTrish - YES!!! This book needs to #DOSOMETHING !!! #GOSOMEWHERE !! 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly StoryGraph will not like my Serial app micro-aggression reading style 🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish @ElizaMarie it‘s ridiculous 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish micro-aggression is a good way to read this book 🤣 It isn‘t Storygraph‘s fault, I would be able to use page numbers if I were reading a physical book, but also there‘s *no way* I would read this in hard copy! 1mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly same 1mo

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dabbe

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee

To find a worthier definition of the word SUBLIME, here's a link: https://shorturl.at/x9St5

TheSpineView This is a great word! 1mo

CBee I love this word 😊 And the comic is just…. Wow. (edited) 1mo

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙💙💙 1mo

dabbe @CBee I found it when I taught British Romanticism to my sophomore honors students. Stunning, isn't it? 💙💙💙 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.7: more drama in a shorter chapter! #emilyseesapaintingoftheoriginalowner #shesworriedthatmacaroniisdangerous #macaronieantsauntiesmoney #becauseheisbroke #karmaforauntie #sheisnotprotectingemily #creeperseverywhere #macaronitellsthestoryoftheladyinthepainting #assumeddeadbysuicide #nobody #strangevoiceintheroom 👻👻👻 #isthischicklivinginthewalls 😳 #thatwouldbeamazing #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover 1mo

Bookwormjillk So many creepers, and of course Macaroni says it was suicide. 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk methinks he lent a helping hand #hesagiver (edited) 1mo

mcctrish #hesagiver 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish I think her remains are in the veiled portrait 1mo

mcctrish Also could the aunt shut up for one second and let Emily finish a thought on how to handle macaroni?! And could Emily shut up and listen to Annette ?! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish nobody listens to anybody 🙄 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Right?! Emily is always making fun of Annette for talking a lot but just like… have a dang conversation. 1mo

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AnishaInkspill

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

#Two4Tuesday is my fav question, thanks @TheSpineView

1/ I tend to plan ahead what I read, one of my favourite things is lining up future reads.

2/ I'm going to go for the #currentread for #hashtagbrigade, this one didn't go to plan, it took me 5 months to read and I was sure when I finished I'd think never again but no, it's left an impression and I would definitely read again, next time I'm hoping it doesn't take this long.

TheSpineView So glad you enjoy #Two4Tuesday Thanks for playing along! 😘 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 2.6: omg endless chapter! #emilysroomiscreepy #someoneboltedthebackdoor #timetocheckthatpainting :::faints::: #omgscariestthingever ::::swoons:::: #wtfisit #tellllllme #shetriestotellauntie #changeshermind #weepsalittle #takesawalk #themacaronigangarrives #stillnocount #letsfaintanyway #somuchbetterthancrying #bedtime #thecountarrives #swoon 👻👻👻 #butno #itsthefreakingcount #inemilysroom #macaronisoldemilytohim #thenchangedhidmind ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #butwhy #countiagoingtokidnapemily #screamingandyelling #countaccusesemilyoflovingmacaroni 🤮 #macaronitotherescue #enguard #slashslashslash ⚔️ #countisinjured #thecounthasleftthebuilding 🏰 #whew #backtobed #hashtagbrigade 1mo

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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AllDebooks #backtobed 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

mcctrish This. Was. Bonkers. Also does Ann use up all her words describing the scenery and has none left over for the actual stuff? And by stuff I mean papers that get burned and portraits that make you faint 1mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish for real though! 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly This was such a long chapter but at least stuff happened? Very annoyed that we don‘t get to see what‘s behind the curtain. My money is on a dead body. ☠️ 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I would love it if it was a dead body, we need some action. 1mo

TheAromaofBooks I literally looked up spoilers to see what was behind the curtain because I couldn't deal with not knowing! 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks Omg you know?!? Don‘t tell me. But omg. No. Don‘t tell me. Ahhhhhhh 1mo

Bklover @TheAromaofBooks I think you just gave me my justification to peek. 🫣 😊😊 1mo

Bookwormjillk Finished this chapter at exactly 11:59 pm. You know it‘s a long one when the hashtags extend into the comments. I giggled a bit when Auntie was like”whatever.” 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @Bklover - I have to confess to the fact that I'm a spoiler lover 😂I don't like being stressed when I'm reading so sometimes I just gotta know! 😆 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was glad to see that Manchon is still around! 1mo

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dabbe

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 💛🤎🧡)

1. I love to plan and make lists. Actually performing the lists, though ... well, that's another story entirely. 😂
2. If you want to read an early Gothic novel where everything (at least so far) just happens to our heroine while she weeps unendingly, then this is the book for you! 😄

If you read all of this, you're 🔖!

TheSpineView So get #1!! Thanks for playing 1mo

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 🧡🤎💛 1mo

Susanita I feel ya with the lists! 😄 1mo

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dabbe @Susanita 🤩😂😄 1mo

mcctrish I love lists, this book not so much 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯!!! 1mo

AnishaInkspill 💛💛 you can't beat those lists 1mo

dabbe @AnishaInkspill You said it! 💛🤎🧡 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 13: so.much.crying. #whoa #somuchhappened #auntiesaysemilycanmarryV #becauseitwouldmakeauntiepopular #obviously #butwait #youknowwhatsbetter #auntieusesthedecorforemilysweddingonherself #becausesheeloped #withmacaroni #yesiknowthatsnothisname #macaronisaysemilycantmarryV #muchcrying #manyletters #mostlyunread #vandemilymeetinthegarden #VWantstoelope #saysmacaroniisbad #emilysaysno #morecrying #morecrying #morecrying #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
@zezeki @deblovestoread @librarybelle @kwmg40 @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @cuilin 1mo

BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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Bookwormjillk So is Macaroni the bad guy or is V? Or is the aunt just playing them all? Will Emily ever stop crying and find out?? #WeWillHaveAnAnswerLateNextMonth 1mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 1mo

AllDebooks What just happened? 😱 1mo

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks #somanythings 1mo

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead the u-turns from this aunt are making my head spin! 1mo

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks she‘s exhausting! 1mo

mcctrish @AllDebooks I‘ve got whiplash 1mo

mcctrish Sigh. Sob. You must go. Wait, listen to this. Sigh. Sob. Don‘t ever forget me. You must forget me. Sigh. Sob. #putafeatherinhishatandcallhimmacaroni 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Definitely saw Marconi forbidding the marriage coming! There is a lot of sighing and fainting in this chapter. There is no way I would be slogging through this book without the #hashtagbrigade! I *will* learn what Catherine Morland gets so excited about! (edited) 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly I just realized I got his name wrong in a completely different way 😂 Montoni! 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Also! Doesn‘t Valancourt have a first name? He calls Emily by her name all the time but she doesn‘t use his name in dialogue. Did Radcliffe just not feel like coming up with a first name? 1mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t think they‘ve mentioned a first name? I‘m not sure! 1mo

dabbe This is the perfect kind of book for me right now. No matter how bad things are or seem to be today, I am quite grateful to not be Emily in the late 1500's with absolutely no money and no say in what she can/can't do in her life. #yikes #andyesshecrieswaytoomuch #scmb 1mo

TheAromaofBooks The aunt being like “suck it up or people will judge you for not being able to get over your completely inappropriate boyfriend“ like 48 hours ago you were totally on his team?!?! Geezy 1mo

AnishaInkspill yeah the uncle 1mo

Bklover And now they‘re both crying. And dear obedient Emily will now be ordered around by Macaroni. 1mo

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Bookwormjillk

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

I didn‘t read any nonfiction yesterday but inspired by our chapter of Udolpho I did look up the definitions of verdant and verdure.

Verdant- green with grass or other rich vegetation
Verdure- lush green vegetation

#NFN #Hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead 💚💚💚💚 2mo

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dabbe

The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. I am all about the melancholy, and sunsets bring that out in me. A sunset over saguaros is quite breathtaking.
2. Gothic, France, Pyrenees

Play? @mcctrish @Cuilin @AnnCrystal

TheSpineView 🧡🌅 Thanks for playing 2mo

AnnCrystal 🌆🌛💝 Thanks for the tag 😎👍💝. 2mo

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😘 2mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😘 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe

Ch 4: ok that was a lot of very beautifully written #blahblahblah and then 💥 #gunshot #butfirst #valancourtsaysgoodbye #emilyandpopstravelon #untiltheyareaccosted #butarethey 💥 #popsshootsvalancourt #ooooops #Vmissedpops #orsohesays #ithinkhemissedemily #hmmmmmm #ishethecreeper #theydecidetotraveltogether #popsistired #totheconventtheygo #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @indoordame @bookwormjillk @mcctrish @thebookhippie @dabbe
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BarkingMadRead @elizamarie @quietjenn @jewright @larkken @thearomaofbooks @rubyslippersreads @anishainkspill @eeclayton @alldebooks @elizamarie @peanutnine @bklover
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Bookwormjillk That was weird. Sounds pretty though. 2mo

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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it does sound pretty but so far they suck as travellers #itistheirfirstrodeo 2mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish totally 2mo

peanutnine I always find it odd that the prescription for illness in this time period is so often travel, like travel is the most exhausting thing I don't get it 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m surprised to see both monks and nuns in a convent. I thought they were always sex-segregated. 2mo

ElizaMarie @peanutnine yes!!!! I always have to take an extra day off after taking days off from vacation! 2mo

Bklover @peanutnine I agree! Not to mention wandering all over the place picking up germs! 2mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly I think Radcliffe might have just made that up. 2mo

AnishaInkspill @BarkingMadRead thanks for the add 😍 these 2mo

AnishaInkspill @Clare-Dragonfly me too, I looked this up and found this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_monastery , maybe Radcliffe means one of these double monastry ? 2mo

AllDebooks Lol, great hashtags 2mo

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