Vanity Fair | Litsy

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

I'm behind on posting these, but here are books 12, 13, and 14 from my bookish holiday calendar! 🤭💕📚

❤️ Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
💚 Vanity Fair by W.M. Thackeray
❤️ The Hound of the Baskervilles

AnnCrystal 🤩💝. 1w

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GinaKButler

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

First day of October and I‘m starting my Q4 Chunk! Hoping to finish this by the end of November so I can squeeze in 1 more classic or non-fiction before the end of the year.
@Kelly326 @Amiable
#chunksterchallenge2024
#bookspinbingo

Leftcoastzen Beautiful copy! 3mo

CogsOfEncouragement I was amused by the dry wit of this one. Enjoyed! 3mo

Amiable Oh, I have been meaning to read this, too! I will be interested to hear your thoughts on whether it is worth the effort. (edited) 3mo

GinaKButler @Amiable Well, I actually laughed out loud in the first chapter, so it‘s off to a good start! 3mo

Kelly326 Agree! Off to a way better start than Q3!! 3mo

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GinaKButler

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Birthday book haul! I‘m a little late posting…I was waiting for my new Tracey Crosswhite to be delivered! Excited about these!

jlhammar I loved Horse - hope you enjoy! 1y

TheBookgeekFrau Happy Birthday!! 🥳🎂 1y

Ruthiella Happy birthday! 🥳 What a great stack of books! 🤩 1y

marleed Happy Birthday! 1y

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eeclayton

Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero | William Makepeace Thackeray

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I've finally finished Vanity Fair!

It was a bit wordy at times, but overall a great book with fantastic character studies and a fitting ending.

As usual, thanks for the daily posts @BarkingMadRead and all the comments and insights #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade I loved reading this with all of you 💕

BarkingMadRead Very wordy! Somewhat Dickensian, which didn‘t help me lol because I was also reading Pickwick 🤣🤣 1y

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kwmg40

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I'd been wanting to read this book for a long time and I'm glad I finally got around to it, as I loved the story and the writing! Many thanks to @BarkingMadRead and the #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade for motivating me to keep going with this doorstopper of a book!

#1001books
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView
#RushAthon @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y

Ruthiella I just heard a Becky Sharp reference on a podcast and was pleased that I “got” it! 1y

TheSpineView Fantastic! 1y

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BarkingMadRead Woohoo! This was a long one! 1y

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 1y

Andrew65 Excellent. A true classic 👏👏👏 1y

kwmg40 @DieAReader @TheSpineView @BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks @Ruthiella @Andrew65 Thanks for the congratulations, everyone. Finishing this huge book did feel like quite an accomplishment! 😄 1y

kwmg40 @Ruthiella I too recently saw a Vanity Fair reference in another book I'm reading and I felt the same way! My daughter recently read 1984 and she said she was happy that she could finally start using the word “Orwellian“ in her conversations. 😄 1y

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y

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mcctrish

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It was a love affair from the start for me! Thank you #hashtagbrigade for making all my days so fun

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Daisey

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

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Overall, I enjoyed this long listen. It has some really entertaining sections, several cliffhangers, and also some ridiculously long sections. I was often amused by the narrator‘s asides to the reader and some incredibly odd name choices. All the main characters annoyed me at times, but I was fully invested in their stories as well.

@BarkingMadRead Thanks for another great #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade readalong!

#audiobook #1001books

BarkingMadRead I‘m glad you liked it! 1y

SamAnne The names made me laugh out loud many times! 1y

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dabbe

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

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“All is vanity, nothing is fair.“ After 912 pages and 67 chapters, that pretty much is the main theme. I can see why this is Thackeray's masterpiece as he scathingly criticizes the norms in early 19th-century England between rich vs. poor, women vs. men, religion vs. non-religion ... nobody is immune from his satire. A different type of narrator, too, where you felt like he was addressing you personally for a LONG story. ⬇️

dabbe He could have chopped off some chapters, though, and kept to the main plot because it was overwhelmingly verbose at times. Overall, I am glad I read it and immensely enjoyed most of it. I never would have read it in one month, though, without the #pemberlittens and @BarkingMadRead's hilarious hashtag summaries.

I believe this also qualifies as a #Chunkster, too! @Amiable 1y

BarkingMadRead This is most definitely a chunkster! He was totally trying to one up Dickens 🤣🤣 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead I thought so, too! He tried to Out-Dick Dickens! 🤣🤣🤣 1y

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Cuilin @dabbe not a sentence you hear often. 😂 😆😂 1y

dabbe @Cuilin After one cosmopolitan, I'm kind of racy, like Becky. 😍 1y

Amiable It certainly does! Great job! I need to read this one again. I read it in high school but that is basically an entire lifetime ago and I remember nothing. 😀 1y

dabbe @Amiable I can sum it up for you: Everybody's vain, everybody wins and loses, some die, some don't. How's that? 😃 1y

Amiable @dabbe Perfect! And I‘ll sum up “Les Miserables” for those who haven‘t read it: “Stop going back to Paris, dumbass! That‘s where the cop who is looking for you is.” 😀 1y

dabbe @Amiable 🤣🤣🤣 I'd sum it up by saying “Watch the movie or see the show! Lots of singing and dancing to make it 'less miserables' instead of 'les miserables!“ 😃 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

IYKYK ☠️☠️
What do you think?

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

AnnR 1 vote for #beckyistotallyguilty 1y

BarkingMadRead #totallyguilty 1y

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Bookwormjillk For sure #guilty 1y

Ruthiella She does what needs to be done. Had she been a man…few people would blink an eye. 1y

TheBookHippie @Ruthiella my feelings EXACTLY !!! 1y

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella we are talking ☠️☠️ 1y

TheBookHippie She did it, and I applaud it 💀 ♥️ 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie I‘m cackling 🤣🤣☠️☠️ 1y

Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣 1y

dabbe #definitelydidthedeed She is the ultimate survivor! ☠️🤩🖤 1y

willaful I don't think I feel quite the same sympathy for her as I do for the women in The Bandit Queens though! 1y

Cuilin Yep #shesguilty 🎵 do you think I crumble? you think I lay down and die? oh no, I will survive 🎵 (what would the story be like if Jos had a proposed at Ranelagh???) 1y

TheAromaofBooks I don't think she killed him directly... but I think she definitely encouraged his bad habits, leading to his poor health/ultimate demise. Becky is a survivor, and while I could understand some of her actions, I can't say that I actually liked her 😂 1y

mcctrish @Cuilin perfect song choice #shesuredidkilljos 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 67: wrapped up in a bow #everyonedies #oknoteveryone #beckystoleallofJosmoney #diedapauper #dobbinfinallymarriesdobbin #georgyandrawdyarefriends #theyalmostallliveHEA #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

SamAnne I‘m still catching up…. 1y

BarkingMadRead @SamAnne that‘s ok! Just check back when you‘re done! 1y

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AnnR Becky almost redeems herself with Emmy in a rare moment of truthfulness, then #evilbecky returns. I'm almost happy for Dobbin but maybe he's a fool too. 1y

Bookwormjillk Did Becky kill Jos? 1y

Bookwormjillk PS thank you @BarkingMadRead I would have never made it without you 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I think she did, it doesn‘t quite come out and say whether she did or not 1y

AnnR @Bookwormjillk It's insinuated that she did take out Jos, but we are left to wonder. I certainly think she was ready, willing and capable. We could take a poll here. 😁 1y

BarkingMadRead @Ann_Reads poll posted 🤣🤣 1y

AnnR 😂😂😂 1y

TheBookHippie Thank you so much for hosting !!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie #alwaysapleasure 1y

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead so we start again tomorrow with

A Passage to India

1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes!! 1y

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead whew this summer went fast 1y

AnnR Thank you @BarkingMadRead, for all the posts and fun hashtags. Also gotta say thanks to everyone who participated here and made such entertaining comments. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Ann_Reads this was definitely a fun one, comments wise 1y

mcctrish #shesuredid #dingdongthemenaredead #exceptdobbin a bit like Cranford 😬 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 66: what just happened? #beckymovesin #dobbinmovesout #hehasfinallyhadenough #poorgeorgy #poordobbin #ameliamessedup #beckyishorrible #josisridiculous #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #DOBBIN

BarkingMadRead
@staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Ruthiella He finally grew a backbone. It only took 700 pages. 😂 1y

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella right?!? 🤣🤣🤣 1y

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Bookwormjillk Run Dobbin run! She‘s only interested in that old picture of George! 1y

willaful I love it. It's classic romance! 1y

TheBookHippie @Ruthiella 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1y

TheAromaofBooks I was so MAD with Amelia during this entire chapter! The way she pines after George for years when he was NEVER WORTH IT, ugh. So glad Dobbin finally told her off! 1y

Cuilin Dobbin wearing the big boy 👖 1y

mcctrish WTF!!!! This is the bloody worst almost ending of a book EVER!!! I am miming throwing my kindle with extreme agitation 😡 1y

mcctrish But I am proud of dobbin 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 65: Becky is at it again 🙄 #Josfellforit #Dobbindidnot #Ameliawavered #butletsbereal #shefellforit #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheBookHippie Girl has stamina 😅 1y

Bookwormjillk Not gonna lie just finished this chapter and saw I had an hour to go on the audiobook. It took some serious self talk to keep going 😵‍💫 1y

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AnnR This chapter brings to mind, 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.' #JosandEmmyFallForItAgain (edited) 1y

rubyslippersreads I‘ve fallen way behind (although I‘ve read it twice before), but will catch up eventually and read all the posts. 😉 1y

Daisey @Bookwormjillk I got just a few minutes into chapter 66 on the way to work this morning and was shocked to see I still had an hour left when I paused it. 1y

mcctrish 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 64: a little Becky history, since we saw her last #gambling #stealing #cheating #deaththreats #butdowecare 🤷🏻‍♀️ #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade (this is the other movie Becky 🤣)

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Bookwormjillk Gambling, stealing, and cheating oh my! 1y

TheBookHippie I love the pictured Becky movie series ♥️ found it on AMAZON prime 1y

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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 1y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk And God knows what else! #readbetweenthesheets 🤣 1y

mcctrish @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 I feel a bit sorry for #conivingbecky she has to work so hard and the patriarchy keeps kicking her down #greedgother 1y

dabbe @mcctrish Agreed! She would have outlasted every person of every year on the show SURVIVOR. 😃 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe so accurate 🤣 #outwitoutplayoutlast 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🤩🤣😍 1y

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead more t-shirts we need while reading this 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 63: #blahblahblah royalty #blahblahblah gambling #blahblahblah BECKY! 🙄 #shesbaaaaack #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Bookwormjillk We finish tomorrow!! 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk hallelujah! 1y

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dabbe She'll probably come on to Jos again. #fullcircleendingmaybe
And we need Jane Austen to bring together Emmy & Dobbin! #ifonly 1y

Bklover Doesn‘t that photo look a bit like Reese Witherspoon??? 1y

Cuilin So much blah blah!! Come on Thackeray. Amelia had her #PrettyinPink moment. (edited) 1y

TheBookHippie @Cuilin OHMYWORD #PRETTYINPINK 💕💕💕 1y

TheBookHippie @Bklover yes!!! 1y

TheBookHippie 😅😅😅 #istilllikebecky #shesquitesomething #idontapprovebutmanshesgotnerve #phew 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bklover it is! She played Becky in the newest movie (edited) 1y

Bklover @BarkingMadRead Well, that would definitely explain it😂😂 1y

mcctrish #poorbecky everyone is happy except her 🎶#itsaboutdamntime 🎶 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 62: everyone goes abroad #seriously #alloflondon #aredobbinandemmygettingcloser #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Bookwormjillk I can‘t remember what chapter it was in but I love the thought of George, Emma, Dobbin, and Jos all living together doing what they want. (And the horror of the snooty in-laws.) 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yessssss 1y

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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk yaaaaas 🥳 1y

TheAromaofBooks Oh my word, I cannot believe Thackeray named a character TAPEWORM!? 😂 What is happening?! 😆 1y

Daisey @TheAromaofBooks There are quite the interesting name choices in this book. Listening to this on audio, I spent a good amount of time wondering if I was really hearing that one correctly! 1y

TheAromaofBooks @Daisey - I did like his habit of giving background characters names that matched what they do (i.e. Mr. Wagg who writes the gossip columns), which I suppose does make one wonder about Tapeworm's character! 😂 1y

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 61: Mr Osborne passes away #hefinallyacceptedamelia #toobadshefoundoutafterhedied #andnowsheknowsevenmore #poordobbin #nowshesacceptabletosociety 🙄 #georgylivesathomeagain #bullockisstillanass #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheBookHippie #noonetalksillofthedead #wellidobut.. #rolledeyeswhistreading 1y

AnnR It seems nearly every chapter in this book could be titled #poordobbin. Ah well. 1y

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mcctrish @Ann_Reads or some version #alaspoordobbin #therewentpoordobbin #williamakapoordobbin 🤣🤣 1y

Cuilin Creepy how they push kids together like they‘re a couple 1y

TheAromaofBooks Mr. Osborne like “oh man I never thought Georgy's mother would, like, CARE that she had to give up her son to come live with me! Huh!“ 🙄 🙄 🙄 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 60: Amelia settles in with Jos #poordobbin #osbornestillsucks #dobbinputsgeorgyinhisplace #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

mcctrish Young Georgy mocking Jos reminds me of my nephew who mocks my FIL. My FIL deserves it half the time ( and thinks anything that son and grandson does tremendous 🙄) but I‘m not a fan of mean humour. 1y

Bookwormjillk Still can‘t get over that Jos had all that money the whole time. 1y

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 59: Jos is back 🙄 and the true giver of the piano is discovered #poordobbin #georgewasnevergoodenough #andyetshestillworshipshim #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #bangingitout #letsgiterdone

BarkingMadRead
@staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

mcctrish Well I‘m glad the secret of the piano is out but if Emmy knew how much George cursed Dobbin for encouraging the rematch and how scornful he was of her it would kill her #ifonlyyoudcomesooneridhavekepyboy 😡 if only your FIL wasn‘t twat you mean oh and let‘s not forget your father #dontpinitallondobbin 1y

dabbe So, no happy ending for Dobbin and Emmy. In Jane Austen's world, things might have been different, but not in this satirical and maddening world of Vanity Fair. At least she and her dad won't be poor anymore. Glad you finally showed some compassion, Jos. #geez 1y

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Cuilin “no just indifferent” ouch! We still have a few more chapters @Dabbe maybe we‘ll get an Austen ending?? As for Sedley he reminds me of Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses. Also am I right in thinking that Jos has his own house in London, so Amelia and her parents could‘ve been living there???? 1y

Daisey Glad we decided to go ahead and finish this before the end of the month! I listened to the extra chapter when I got home. So wish that Amelia could learn enough of the truth to realize Dobbin is so much better but not enough to completely devastate her. 1y

Bookwormjillk Poor Dobbin. That was painful. 1y

AnnR I thought Amelia would soften up more towards Dobbin. Now I feel she is just taking him for granted. 1y

TheAromaofBooks @Cuilin - I think he just rented the house when he got to London, not that he has had it the whole time. However, it's obvious that he could have been doing a LOT more to help his family. 1y

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks yes. He obviously has money. 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

A question….. we have 8 chapters left and two days in the month. Do we want to bang this out, reading another chapter today, 3 tomorrow, and then finishing it on Thursday? Or do we want to stick with the two a day and go into September? #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheBookHippie I will go with the crowd ! But I can finish . 1y

Bookwormjillk BANG IT OUT!! 1y

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Cuilin Let‘s bang it out!!!! 1y

AnnR Let's finish it on Thursday, if possible. 1y

mcctrish BANG IT OUT 1y

dabbe 💥 it out! 1y

willaful To quote Just Dance: “Bang.“ “Bang Bang.“ “Band Bang Bang“ !

(Literally three different songs!) 1y

kwmg40 Doesn't matter to me, as I'm behind and won't be able to catch up in time. Fortunately, I'm not all that far behind and will be able to finish early in September! 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk @Cuilin @Ann_Reads @mcctrish @dabbe @willaful @kwmg40 I‘m going to post a chapter at a time, so you‘ll only have to read the posts that go with what you‘ve read so far…. Does that make sense?!? 1y

mcctrish @willaful 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1y

TheAromaofBooks Okay, I will see how fast I can get through this thing. I admit that I am ready to see THE END 😂 1y

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks same 🤣 1y

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 57-58: that moment we‘ve all been waiting for! #whatajourney #DOBBIN #notquitewhatihopedfor #theresstilltime #notmanychaptersleft #putonyourbigboypants #stopmakingassumptions #marrythatgirl #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

mcctrish I got Etta James vibes from these chapters FINALLY 🎶#atlastmylovehascomealong 🎶 #josisstilljos @BarkingMadRead #bigboypants FOR SURE #nothinglefttolose 1y

Cuilin @mcctrish perfect song 🎵 1y

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Cuilin Dobbin needs to make a move!! Amelia give him a nudge!! 1y

Bookwormjillk Kind of a let down to be honest. Come on Dobbin! 1y

TheAromaofBooks Glad for the update about Jos still being a douche, too 🙄 #leaveyoursistertodoallthework 1y

willaful I'm seeing 9 more chapters -- are we reading into September? We'd just be able to finish if we did 3 a day.
1y

BarkingMadRead @willaful we will definitely go over. I will take a poll and see what everyone wants to do 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 55-56: tell me that I‘m not the only one reading these chapters and wondering where the heck #DOBBIN is?!? #anyway #noduel #steynestrikesagain #beckyisoffsomewhere #janefinallystandsuptopitt #bravo #rawdonisofftocoventryisland #whatcouldgowrong #georgyishellaspoiled #justwhenyougiveuphope #DOBBIN #staytuned #iwanttokeepreading #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Cuilin #WhereBeckyGo love that her maid robbed her “trinkets”. Dobbin and Amelia end up together, right? I think Georgy is unfortunately going to be very much like his father. 1y

AnnR @BarkingMadRead you are definitely not the only one wondering why Dobbin hasn't made an appearance yet. Meanwhile some of the 'Becky' chapters just seem like filler material. 1y

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Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I‘m worried it will be Dobbin and Becky 1y

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I hope not!! 🤨 1y

willaful @Bookwormjillk Never! We will, as a group, invite a time machine and go whop the author's ass if that happens and force him to change it!

I'm glad Rawdon held firm, except it sucks that he's away from his son. :-( 1y

Bookwormjillk @willaful it‘s a plan! 1y

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk Me too and 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 what the world?! 1y

TheBookHippie @Ann_Reads I agree with the filler part. 1y

mcctrish #finallydobbinshowsup #georgyisabrat I wonder if we are clear of Becky? 1y

dabbe @willaful Good plan; I'm with you! 🤣🤩🤣 1y

dabbe I hear the words of Queen Latifah in the finale of HAIRSPRAY: “It's time to wrap this mother up!“ Lots of loose ends, but they're starting to (maybe) tie together. 1y

willaful @mctrish I suspect Becky always turns back up, like a bad penny. Though there was a certain sense of finality about her small annuity.

There's a modern retelling called The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp, maybe we could do a buddy read of that sometime?

The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp

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Ruthiella I think he might be on a boat between India and England? 🤔 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 53-54: Rawdon challenges Steyne to a duel 😳 #wesawthatcoming #rawdonsendsbeckyanotefromjail #beckysaysshewillmaybecometomorrow #rawdonwritestopitt #janerushesover #rawdongetssurprisedathome #steyneplannedthewholething #rawdonkicksbeckyout #theservantsgowild #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Cuilin The most exciting two chapters, loved #ThePunch #GunsAtDawn Becky #HowLowCanYouGo 1y

mcctrish I couldn‘t believe Becky was going to let him rot!!!! #ladyjanetotherescue ❤️ fucking sir Pitt when Rawdon goes to talk to him #ivegotnomoneyitsalltiedupintheestate #keepyourshirtonpitt #weknowallaboutyourmoney Rawdon went without so Becky could have whatever she wanted and she lets him rot ( AND he gave up his inheritance for her ) 🤬🤬 #themightywillfall where on earth is Dobbin? #ishelostatsea ? 1y

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TheBookHippie Becky … just wow I don‘t know whether to be in disgust, awe or wonder how the author writes her so very well 👀 #shesquitesomething #GUNSATDAWN 1y

Bookwormjillk Good chapters 1y

willaful I could not get over Becky protesting her innocence. SHE LEFT HIM TO ROT and partied while hoarding money! 1y

dabbe @TheBookHippie She is like Scarlett O'Hara to a tee. #badtothebone #funashelltowatchfromadistance 😃 1y

dabbe @willaful Like Mr. Rogers would say (or probably Murphy's Mr. Robinson): “Can you say 'narcissist'? I knew that you could. 🤣 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 51-52: #blahblahblahbecky #blahblahblahcharades #byebyebriggs #byebyerawdy #blahblahblahjail #ooops #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigqde #DOBBIN

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

mcctrish I feel so bad for Rawdon. Becky could care less about him, Rawdy isn‘t having the greatest school experience?! Briggs is gone! #steyneisgoingtobedbeckybetonit #payherdebtsoffonherback 🤔 1y

Cuilin #TheHigherTheClimbTheHarderTheFall watch out Becky!! Giving Anna Delvey vibes. 1y

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Cuilin Rawden such a caring father, who predicted that? 1y

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin when she crashes and burns it‘s going to be epic 1y

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin not me! Never thought he‘d be the only one I like. 1y

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I like him too and now he‘s off to debtors prison. Who will pay his debts? 1y

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead Rawden Sr & Jr better stand back or they‘ll be scorched. 1y

TheBookHippie @Cuilin 🤣😵‍💫🤣😵‍💫🤣 We‘re reading that for November #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD Nonfiction November

My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress

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TheBookHippie @mcctrish She‘s quite something Becky. Makes me almost long for Run Connie Run 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ 1y

TheBookHippie #thiswillnotendpretty 1y

Cuilin @TheBookHippie well count me in!! I watched the Netflix show and thought it was amazing. 1y

TheBookHippie @Cuilin it‘s a BOTM choice FYI and yes I cannot wait to read it! 1y

Cuilin @TheBookHippie I usually don‘t like memoirs but Anna fascinates me. 1y

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I love memoirs but Anna fascinates me to no end!! I just am so intrigued! (edited) 1y

eeclayton Just caught up (busy week), having read about 6 chapters today. I like Vanity Fair, but I must say, 2 chapters of it daily are much more enjoyable than 6! 1y

mcctrish @TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣 1y

mcctrish @Cuilin @Bookwormjillk Rawdon is the best! How stupid is it he has to go to debtors prison? Becky spends all the money 😡 1y

willaful @eeclayton I had to catch up 4 yesterday and thank goodness they were interesting chapters! I was pretty close to just throwing in the towel. 🙄 1y

Cuilin @mcctrish she better get him out!! 1y

mcctrish @Cuilin #beckybettercallsaul 1y

TheAromaofBooks I know charades were a big thing in their day, but I hate it when they show up in old books!!! I've read so many of these ridiculous charades described in agonizing details; it's like listening to someone tell you about a weird dream they had! 😂 1y

BarkingMadRead Omg @TheAromaofBooks you hit the nail right on the head! 1y

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks I have the same reaction “immediately no!!” 1y

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks “Agonizing“ is the perfect way to describe it! And 🥱! 1y

dabbe I'm sensing some big thing happening with Lord Steyne and Becky. Isn't he the one who 1. gets rid of Rawdon Jr. by sending him to school? 2. gets rid of Briggs by offering her a job at his country estate?

Now only Rawdon Sr. is left, oh but wait, he's in jail, which leaves Becky completely alone. Not good for one's reputation! 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 49-50: this was not the glimpse of Amelia I was hoping for! #beckyisstillawful #wormingherwayintosociety #emmysdadisruined #icannotbelieveshegaveupgeorgy #sofrustrated #whereisdobbin #ireallythoughthewouldsavetheday #DOBBIN #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheAromaofBooks Like I want to be mad at Amelia, but I feel like she is at least trying to do her best for other people instead of thinking of herself. Her biggest mistake was falling in love with the person she was literally told to fall in love with her entire life, so it's even kind of hard to fault her for that. Osborne Sr gloating about her being poor and broken was absolutely infuriating. 1y

Cuilin Why would Amelia give up her son, they disowned their own son!! Boggles the mind! As for Georgy he‘s s not bothered with the move, but has he had a change of heart giving money to the little sweep! Where‘s Dobbin??? 1y

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Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks Osborne is despicable!! 1y

TheBookHippie @Cuilin THIS!!!! Why????? 1y

mcctrish Lord Steyne makes me laugh #itoldyouso #bareacrebitches put me back on #teambecky honestly @TheAromaofBooks I don‘t know who I hate more Osborne Sr or Emmy‘s dad ? Maybe Emmy‘s dad, her stupid blind devotion to him and he is actually the root of all her troubles #wherethefuckisdobbin 1y

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I have serious anxiety over the fact that Emmy handed over all that money! He‘s going to blow it all! 1y

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead Becky needs to come over and teach her some life skills 1y

Bookwormjillk I feel like Emmy picked her dad over Georgy and I don‘t live that. And I had such high hopes when we were told to expect a vulgar incident. 1y

dabbe If Georgy 2.0 turns out to be worse than George 1.0, I will really be pissed! And where oh where is the FAIR in all this vanity? 1y

willaful @dabbe Word!

@Bookwormjillk I half thought Becky was actually going to kill her husband! Did anyone guess the charades? My brain is not at its best and I was clueless. Heheh. Austen joke. 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 47-48: aka #thebeckyshow #sheshorrible #wheresdobbin #DOBBIN #haveimentionedbeckyishorrible #DOBBINNNNNNN #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheBookHippie Is this where the BECKY stereotype comes from 👀…. 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣 1y

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Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie 🤣😂🤣😂 1y

Bookwormjillk Also do we know where Joss is? 1y

mcctrish #whereisthefatman? #isdobbinlostatsea? #whatisbeckyactuallydoingwithlordsteyne 🍆🍑? 1y

dabbe Holy guacamole, Batman! Chapter 47 was the most BORING chapter I have read in a long time. Just so we get that Lord Steyne is a jerk and his son is locked up? We're at the point now where I just want Thakeray to finish the plots on our characters, especially Dobbin and Amelia. Sheesh! 🥱 1y

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish there‘s gotta be some hanky panky i would think, otherwise why give her allllll that money?!? 1y

Cuilin Tom Eaves could write his own gossip column. As for Becky and Styne. Something‘s about to happen there. And the jewelry from Pitt!! 1y

willaful Poor Lady Jane -- only the second nice character in the book, other than the kids I guess, and she's being screwed over by Becky. On the other hand, #jointheparty. :-\

Anyone else wondering if poor Rawden might not even be the father of his kid? 1y

AnnR @willaful - I hadn't considered Rawden might not be the father but now that you mention it. Hmmm.... She really is one of the most horribly selfish and manipulative female characters I've encountered in a book. Right up there with Scarlett O'Hara and Undine Spragg in

The Custom of the Country

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Bookwormjillk @dabbe yes!!! So boring. I actually listened to it twice and still don‘t know what happened. 1y

Daisey @dabbe @Bookwormjillk So glad I wasn‘t the only one completely bored by that chapter to the point of not absorbing any information. 1y

TheAromaofBooks I skimmed most of that chapter. I just kept thinking... how is any of this remotely relevant?! Who are these people??? @dabbe @Bookwormjillk @Daisey 1y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I had to read the Shmoop summary to get the gist of it! 🤣🤣🤣 1y

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks Exactly! I kept thinking, “Get to Becky, Amelia, Dobbin, somebody I know!“ 🤣🤣🤣 1y

willaful @TheAromaofBooks Same! I decided to consider myself creating a “good parts version“ like with The Princess Bride. 😂

The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure

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TheAromaofBooks @willaful - I like the way you're thinking! If only I had a kindly grandfather reading me this book and skipping all the boring bits! 😂 1y

willaful @TheAromaofBooks can you imagine how shocked poor grandpa would be though?! 1y

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - True, he may be more inclined to skip the interesting bits! 😂 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 45-46: y‘all. I searched for Georgy pics and these came up 🤣 I feel like he is more like Louis though! #anyway #beckyisstillhorrid #ameliaisoffendedbyosbornesoffer #but #iworrythatnowshewillgivein #herparentssuck #wheresdobbin #DOBBIN #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk Mad at Emmy's parents. What's wrong with them?? 1y

TheAromaofBooks I couldn't believe how nasty Amelia's mother was today!! 1y

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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk RIGHT?! 1y

TheBookHippie #imperplexedatallthenastiness 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk ugh! Right?!? She is NOT responsible for her father‘s poor choices! 1y

dabbe The last we saw Dobbin he was practically running all the way from India to England. Where the heck is he? And it's getting worse seeing how much Amelia vicariously lives through George. This can't end well, can it? 1y

Cuilin @Dabbe The Sedley‘s money issues always seem to affect Amelia. I feel she‘ll give up George and I agree that can‘t be good? What is Dobbin going to do about it? 1y

Daisey @dabbe Yes! I kind of hate how this story jumps from character to character when I really want to know more. We went from Dobbin determined to come back to it feeling like time was passing with no more mention of him. Guess I‘ll just have to wait and see, but I‘m definitely nervous about Amelia‘s choices. 1y

dabbe @Daisey As long as this book is, Thackeray is good at the ol' cliffhangers! 🤩 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 43-44: Glorvina throws herself at Dobbin and the Crawleys celebrate Christmas together #dobbinisNIOTmarried #maybeameliais 😳 #dobbinisonhisway 🤞🏻🤞🏻 #beckyisworsethanever #makingmovesonpitt #borrowingagainsthisname #whatcoulsgowrong #merrychristmas 🎅🏼 #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish I GASPED out loud when Pitt bemoaned the wife who awaited him at home #pittisdeadtome poor dobbin #hellhathnofurylikedobbyspurned Rawdon Jr getting to eat with the people for once in his life #canihavesomemoresir (edited) 1y

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish my heart breaks for little Rawdon! 1y

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mcctrish @BarkingMadRead I used to be able to forgive Becky for playing the game so hard but it wouldn‘t kill her to be nice to Rawdon Jr ffs 1y

Bookwormjillk Becky is the worst 1y

willaful I cracked up at Becky hemming Rawdon's shirt long after it was too small for him... but yeah, she is truly awful. Poor Miss Briggs, so obviously being conned out of all her money.

I don't know whether to feel glad that R jr. caught on to her or sorry for him. At least he won't have any unrealistic expectations anymore. 1y

AnnR I feel sorry for Rawdon Jr. Becky is just so cruel and seems to have zero maternal feelings. She has gone well beyond looking out for herself by ripping off Briggs. What a piece of work. It's getting difficult to find any likeable characters. 1y

Cuilin I would just like to say as someone from County Cork, Glorvina, we do not claim her. 😂 what a piece of work. As for Becky she‘s not winning any Mother awards of the year!! 1y

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mcctrish

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

#pemberlittens 2 chapters a day of this rollicking ride of a novel make my day ❤️❤️ I‘m going to go down a rabbit hole of mini series when we are finished it so I can relive every hilarious soap opera minute ( reading on my kindle I have no idea, really, where we are logistically in it, last third-ish?)

dabbe After today's reading, we're about 65% done, so you are on the dot! 🤩 1y

mcctrish @dabbe 👏🏻👏🏻 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 41-42: we visit the Crawleys and the Osbornes. My book had no drawings for either chapter, so here is Becky and Rawdon from the BBC series 🤣 #beckywinseveryoneover #evensouthdown #fredtriestoswindleosborne #heisnotsuccessful #karmaallaround #osbornewontlethisdaughtermarry #wtf #everyoneismiserable #exceptgeorgy #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Bookwormjillk Georgy is living his best life 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk he really is 🤣 1y

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TheAromaofBooks I am SO scared that Osborne Sr is going to take Georgy away!!!!!! 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks ughhhhh that would not be good! 1y

TheAromaofBooks Best case scenario, Dobbin comes back, challenges Osborne Sr. to a duel, snuffs him, and then everyone lives happily ever after 😂 Including poor Miss Osborne who will be left a generous legacy and marries a painter haha #Ishouldstart(re)writingbooks 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1y

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks I LOVE it!!! Best second case scenario Osborne Sr catches pneumonia and dies 👏🏻👏🏻 #osbornesrneedstosuffer #beckymustbeexhaustedbyherschemes 1y

willaful I can't believe R&B ever look that serious. They must be looking at a someone they owe money to, with a rifle. 😆 1y

AnnR Speaking of adaptations, I started watching the ITV (2018) version last week and got through episode 3.The acting is good. The set and costumes are wonderful. Having said that, I'm finding most of the characters the book to be so odious, that I don't find myself really eager to continue on with the TV version. Anyone else watched it? 1y

Cuilin @Ann_Reads I‘m planning on watching it when I‘m finished the book. 1y

Cuilin I‘m really hoping Thackeray doesn‘t do “the sins of the parent, visited on the children” I‘m liking Rawdy and Georgy. 1y

dabbe And could it be possible that Amelia is just a “wee“ bit jealous about Dobbin's so-called impending marriage? Could there still be a match with these two? 🤞🏻 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 39-40: Pitt passes away #somuchdrama #thebutesarebroke #pretendingtohavemoney #gottamarryoffthosegirls #missribbonswantspittsjewels #hehidthemaway #butecatcheshertryingtostealthem #peaceoutbetsy #pittjrtakesover #theresthatbackbone #beckyisfinallyinvitedover #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheBookHippie #thisisawilderridethaniremember #beckyhasamazingstayingpower #holdsbooktightlytoreadon 1y

mcctrish #dontletthedoorhityouonthewayoutMIL #gonnaplantsometrees #beckywillhavehermoment #rawdonwillsitdown but will Raggles ever get his money ?! ☹️ 1y

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish poor Raggles, he probably remain poor as well! Even if they got money, I doubt they would pay everyone back! 1y

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead if they tracked their debt people would have half a chance but …… 1y

TheAromaofBooks I was pretty stoked with Pitt Jr. finally stood up to the ridiculous MIL. Interested to see if he follows through on his good intentions or just turns into a different kind of tyrant. 1y

dabbe Why won't Mr-Jr Pitt just give his sibs some money? How can people be so stingy? So he and Jane are going to be nice to the relatives? Give them some money and be done with it. Well, that probably wouldn't make for as interesting a story.🤷‍♀️ 1y

eeclayton @TheAromaofBooks I was wondering about the same thing. But seeing that we have about half of the book ahead of us, something has to go sour 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 37-38: in which we meet the babies, who are growing up…. #poorrawdonisneglectedbybecky #iloverawdonandrawdontogether #rawdonandgeorgymeet #socute #georgyisspoiled #thatpoisonstorythough ☠️🤣 #dobbinsendsallthethings #butishegettingmarried #andemmyisjealous 😳 #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #almostforgot #karmafrommisscrawley

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 37-38: in which we meet the babies, who are growing up…. #poorrawdonisneglectedbybecky #iloverawdonandrawdontogether #rawdonandgeorgymeet #socute #georgyisspoiled #thatpoisonstorythough ☠️🤣 #dobbinsendsallthethings #butishegettingmarried #andemmyisjealous 😳 #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #almostforgot #karmafrommisscrawley 🤣🤣🤣

Cuilin Becky is a horrible mother, a little disturbing 😳 Rawden is definitely a better parent. 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 37-38: in which we meet the babies, who are growing up…. #poorrawdonisneglectedbybecky #iloverawdonandrawdontogether #rawdonandgeorgymeet #socute #georgyisspoiled #thatpoisonstorythough ☠️🤣 #dobbinsendsallthethings #butishegettingmarried #andemmyisjealous 😳 #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #almostforgot #karmafrommisscrawley 🤣🤣🤣

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 37-38: in which we meet the babies, who are growing up…. #poorrawdonisneglectedbybecky #iloverawdonandrawdontogether #rawdonandgeorgymeet #socute #georgyisspoiled #thatpoisonstorythough ☠️🤣 #dobbinsendsallthethings #butishegettingmarried #andemmyisjealous 😳 #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #almostforgot #karmafrommisscrawley

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 37-38: in which we meet the babies, who are growing up…. #poorrawdonisneglectedbybecky #iloverawdonandrawdontogether #rawdonandgeorgymeet #socute #georgyisspoiled #thatpoisonstorythough ☠️🤣 #dobbinsendsallthethings #butishegettingmarried #andemmyisjealous 😳 #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #almostforgot #karmafrommisscrawley 🤣🤣🤣

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheBookHippie ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ #thisisbetterthanasoapopera 1y

Bookwormjillk A playdate. That poison story is timeless really. 1y

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mcctrish #emmyandbeckymanipulatingallthemenandpissingoffallthewomen @TheBookHippie this is totally a soap opera 🤣 Rawdon Sr has turned out lovely ( yet spineless) I feel so bad for all the people who do their bidding and for Dobbin, Amelia and her dad are so clueless as to where the money is coming from 🤦🏻‍♀️ maybe Dobbin‘s wife will put her foot down 🤣🤣🤣 (edited) 1y

willaful Ugh, the Crawleys back in the next chapter. I wish they'd Crawl into a hole and stay there. 1y

willaful Re the poison: I feel like Amelia missed the perfect retort to her mother. “Yes, you nursed five children and buried three, you're obviously no danger to a child!“ (Not that it was probably her fault at all, but still!) Also, the elixir seems to have been alcohol and a laxative, so I think Amelia had the right of it! 1y

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 1y

mcctrish @willaful I‘m not sure I‘d trumpet those odds of child rearing ‘success‘ 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️😬 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 35-36: after the war…. #wherearetheynow #osborneisanass #disownshisgrandchild #hatesamelia #bothladieshavesons #ameliadotes #beckyignores #dobbinspoilsgeorgy #thecrawleysgambleforaliving #runoutontheirdebts #hopingformisscrawleysmoney #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Bookwormjillk I love Dobbin but he kind of annoyed me today. He can‘t just buy a bunch of stuff and expect Emmy to get over George. She really did love him for whatever reason. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes! And I‘m sure he never said anything to her about his feelings either 🙄 just walked away and felt sorry for himself! 1y

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Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead Dobbin‘s passivity drives me crazy. 1y

dabbe I don't know if it's even possible, but I hate Osborne senior more than I hated George. What a douche-bag! (sorry for the language, but there it is!) 1y

dabbe It's also encouraging to see Amelia come out of her crazy-over-George's-untimely-death stage, but it can't bode well for her to dote too much on her child, can it? At least not in this place called Vanity Fair. 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I‘m right there with you on Osborne! Ugh! And Amelia is definitely not much better off, she just changed obsessions! 1y

mcctrish Osborne Sr is just vile! He will spend money on a monument for his son in the church? but not his own grandchild? My copy says George Osborne aged 8 years 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don‘t know what is up with that. #BeckyandRawdonaregrifters look out Vanity Fair #poordobbinameliaisblindtohischarms 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 33-34: y‘all. I have so much to say. #lilpittsucksuptomisscrawley #misscrawleylovesjane #obviouslybutemustsendherownson #jimisafavorite #until #pittmakeshimlooklikeanalcoholic #soproud #thepipedidnthelp #peaceoutjim ✌️ #beckyisthetoastofparis #alsoamom #thatsterrifying #misscrawleylosesher 💩 #pittmarriesjane #theyhavetolivewithcrawley #janesmomrulesthemall #didimissanything #whew #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheBookHippie 😱😳👀🤷🏻‍♀️😵‍💫 #myfacereading #beckyisabigWOW 😅😳 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie seriously though, so much gasping! 😱 1y

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TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I KNOW!!!! Glad I was alone reading it😅🤣 #loudgasps 1y

dabbe I think Miss Crawley might be dead: “We shall see thee no more. Let us hope that Lady Jane supported her kindly, and led her with gentle hand out of the busy struggle of Vanity Fair.“ Anyone else think this? If so, Pitt and Jane get all the money! 😱

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Bookwormjillk Today I figured out I was a chapter behind. It all makes much more sense now 🤦‍♀️ 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk oh no!! 🤣🤣 1y

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk that was me a few days ago 🤣🤣 the 2 chapters threw me once ( I got interrupted after finishing one and then forgot I‘d only read one 🤦🏻‍♀️) @dabbe I actually felt a bit bad for Miss Crawley getting her comeuppance from Lady Snowden #theresalwaysabiggerbullyinvanityfair 1y

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish that‘s what happened to me too 1y

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I was like what do you mean George is dead 🤣😂 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk ahhhhhhhh #spoileralert 1y

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead spoiled by my own inability to count to two 😂 1y

dabbe @mcctrish I did, too! She was a crab, but in a way, she was comic relief, too. 1y

mcctrish @dabbe if people are only going to like you for your money, make them work for it 😆😆 1y

willaful I am honestly so tired of this family! 1y

dabbe @mcctrish Amen! 🤣🤣🤣 1y

dabbe @willaful I know! They give me the (wait for it) crawlies! 🤣🤣🤣 1y

mcctrish @dabbe 🤣🤣 1y

Cuilin A little late today but yeah #misscrawleyistoast right? Does Becky have a plan or just likes to party? 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 31-32: y‘all. Just when you think Becky can‘t get any worse…. #josisuseless #readytorun #beckyandthosehorses #ladybareacrescouldntgetthem #mademegiggle #thewwyshetreatedamelia #ameliafinalltstooduptobecky #soproud #WHATisinthatletter #ihopewefindout #georgeissafe #untilheisnt #josrunsforit #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

mcctrish 🎶don‘t say I didn‘t, say I didn‘t warn ya 🎶 #poorgeorgefacedowninthemud I laughed out loud several times especially when Isidor thought Jos wanted him to cut his throat #offwithhishead #nopejustthemustachios from now on I‘m trying to work mustachios into regular conversation 🥸 1y

Bookwormjillk Some guys went to war but Jos had to wake up early #ThoughtsAndPrayers 1y

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Cuilin Loved Amelia standing up to Becky. Jos away on a horse. George dead in the mud, how will Emmy survive that? 1y

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk the waking up early 🥴 1y

TheAromaofBooks I was glad Amelia finally stood up to Becky, but there were multiple times I wanted to shake her. Goodness, girl, pull yourself together! Who even knows what she'll do now that George is actually dead! 1y

willaful Yes, nice to see Amelia #growaspine. I hate the thought of Becky still having that letter to torment her with, though. 1y

dabbe The absolute irony just drips off the page: isn't it interesting that George, who was so full of himself and oh-so-handsome, dies with his FACE IN THE MUD and a “bullet through his heart“ because he clearly didn't have one! 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe it was kind of perfect 🤣 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 29-30: war is one big party, until it isn‘t #georgeisapig #beckyisatemptress #pooramelia #crawleyissurprisinglysweet #thewaractuallystarts #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Cuilin Anyone else starting to like Rawden? Jos is a joke, Dobbin a bore, George is disgusting, Amelia insipid, and Becky is trouble. I love it!!!! 1y

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin for sure! 1y

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Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I agree with you on all of that! 1y

mcctrish @Cuilin #teamrawdon but I don‘t think Dobbin isn‘t a bore, he‘s just honest and true. George the pig owes everything to him and doesn‘t deserve him. I need Amelia to grow a spine and Becky needs to take it down a notch #toobadjoscantgotowar 1y

dabbe I'm also amazed at how these people can live so high and mightily when they don't have much $. The amount of debt they've accrued is unfathomable to me, yet they go on drinking, gambling, and partying! Though I seem to recall my rowdier days in college where I could get by on a night of partying with just a few bucks. #shhh 🤫 1y

willaful @dabbe it's so stressful to me! But apparently once you're in the right circles, even now, you can get away with a lot. For a time, at any rate.

Can someone explain the extremely pissed off General to me? I didn't have a clue about what was happening in that whole scene. Perhaps I read it too late at night. 1y

BarkingMadRead @willaful he was crushing on Becky and she was flirting with George 1y

eeclayton @Cuilin @mcctrish I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to dislike Amelia. I kind of feel sorry for her, but can't really empathize with her. It's interesting how useless she is as George's wife even though she's been raised to fill that role. 1y

mcctrish @eeclayton I‘m wondering how much of her pathetic-ness is her budding awareness that her husband is a pig ? 🤣 1y

dabbe @willaful Lordy, ain't that the truth! 🤣 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead And no wonder! That girl flirts with every male she comes in contact with! And basically taking George way right from under her nose--the same George that insulted her! What's with these people? 🤣 1y

dabbe @eeclayton Amelia is the epitome of a wall-🥀. 1y

willaful @BarkingMadRead Thanks, it went right over my head somehow. 1y

Daisey @Cuilin Great summary of the characters. I really want to like Dobbin because I see his integrity, but I also want him to actually be helpful. 1y

Cuilin @Daisey @eeclayton @mcctrish I maybe a bit harsh on Dobbin, his heart is in the right place. I just question his judgment, being so loyal to George? I‘m hoping his.character arc includes severing ties with G. 1y

Cuilin @mcctrish I think so, Amelia‘s developing awareness of her husband‘s character is so numbing causing her apathy. 1y

TheAromaofBooks I've definitely developed a soft spot for Rawden. I love that he seems completely aware of the fact that his wife is kind of a terrible person but he just admires the heck out of her smarts 😂 1y

eeclayton @Cuilin @mcctrish that's a great point, but also, she has zero coping strategies. All her life, everything has been mapped out for her, to the point of who to fall in love with. She could've had a nice life if everything had gone according to plan, but she hasn't been prepared to deal with unexpected situations. 1y

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton yes! That‘s so true! Like she thought if she didn‘t get to marry him she would actually die. Girl. No. 1y

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks absolutely 💯 1y

Cuilin @eeclayton @BarkingMadRead the Sedleys should get a refund from Pinkerton Academy, terrible finishing school. 😆 1y

mcctrish @Cuilin 🤣🤣 apparently there are 2 tracks and Amelia needed some of the courses Becky took 1y

Cuilin @mcctrish yes!! 😂🤣😂 1y

eeclayton @Cuilin @mcctrish 😂😂😂 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 27-28: Amelia meets the regiment! #mrsjenningsvibes #snobbypeople #josiseverywhere #everyonelovesemmy #welltheboysdoanyway #beckyhasarrived #emmyisnthappyaboutthat #hmmmm #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Bookwormjillk Total Mrs J vibes. This is a very social war. 1y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I certainly had no idea war could be such fun! Yowza. 😃 1y

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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 💯 1y

TheBookHippie @dabbe HA. I so agree. 1y

dabbe But then I'm also reading WAR & PEACE at the same time, and it ain't so peaceful or as fun as VF! 🤣 1y

mcctrish I‘m trying to remember history ( French wars aren‘t top of my brain) but vacations in Belgium don‘t seem that wise #finallyfacingmywaterloo I feel like Emmy faces her own Waterloo every day #whatsupwithbecky @dabbe you are a BOSS for taking on War & Peace 1y

dabbe @mcctrish You are too kind. I almost “panned“ it until @Cuilin told me about a translation that she really liked. It made ALL the difference! VANITY FAIR and W&P will be my #Chunkster reads for the year! @Amiable--still plugging away! 🤩🤗😍 1y

Cuilin Anybody else singing ABBA? Waterloo finally facing my Waterloo! No just me. OK. 1y

TheBookHippie @dabbe I loved War & Peace but agree translation is key!!! 1y

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I am singing ABBA!! 1y

Cuilin @dabbe your year of Napoleon reading https://youtu.be/OAZWXUkrjPc New Napoleon movie out this November! 1y

Cuilin @TheBookHippie 🎵 yay 😁 1y

mcctrish @Cuilin I need very little excuse to sing Abba songs 🤣 or quote them 1y

Cuilin @mcctrish same!! 🎵 1y

TheAromaofBooks I was cracking up with Joseph becoming the regiment's “elephant“ 😂 I admire his ability to be completely oblivious to the fact that people are making fun of him! 1y

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks Jos certainly marches to his own drum 🥁 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 25-26: George is disowned and Miss Crawley doesn‘t miss a thing #georgeisbroke #heactssadforemmy #ohpuhlease #georgeissadforgeorge #butefinallyleaves #beckytriestomakeamove #misscrawleyseesrightthroughher #shetricksthemall #ilovethatoldbird #whenwillthatpeskyoldwarstart #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheAromaofBooks I realized that even though Becky is manipulative and insincere, I still have respect for her because she has a total sense of humor - I absolutely loved that she and her husband laughed over the amount of money they got out of the aunt instead of being mad! 1y

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks I agree. They seem to have a pretty good relationship actually. I like how they worked together on that letter. But for real those were two really long chapters. How are they going to win the war this way? 1y

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AnnR I think Becky and Rawdon got 20 pounds too many. Becky probably thought it was funny because it sounded like the type of revenge she would take on some one. #BeckyMetHerMatch
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willaful #beckyisterrible but then again #everyoneisterrible and she probably has the most excuse of all of them. And I agree with @TheAromaofBooks that her laughing at things makes her more appealing than grumbling. 1y

dabbe @willaful They do all seem terrible or pathetic (talking to you, Amelia) in this puppet play called VANITY FAIR. 1y

ravenlee George is the worst. 1y

AnnR @dabbe After reading 26+ chapters, sometimes the narrator comes across as the most appealing character (or the least terrible & pathetic). 1y

TheAromaofBooks @ravenlee - He really is! I keep thinking I can't dislike him more... and then I do 😑 1y

dabbe @Ann_Reads Too true! 🤣🤣🤣 1y

mcctrish I must say Amelia‘s regard, or lack there of, for Dobbin has sent her stock plummeting. Becky still makes me laugh, Rawdon likes her and they are a good pair. George sucks. Miss Crawley will come around. 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 23-24: the men prepare for war #theosbornesallknow #thesistersareokwithit #bullockiadoublingdownformoremoney #osbornedisownsgeorge #dobbinfeelsguilty #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

TheBookHippie #whew 1y

willaful A shame Dobbin doesn't have more #emotionalintelligence or he might not have pushed the marriage so fast. 🙄 1y

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BarkingMadRead @willaful he was so eager to make her happy, he didn‘t realize it probably wouldn‘t in the long run 1y

willaful But also really eager to get it over with so he didn't have to deal with “what ifs“ and feel disloyal. I think Thackery is such an excellent psychologist! 1y

mcctrish This is the first time I‘ve liked George‘s sisters 1y

dabbe Mr. Osborne says this: “I ain‘t particular about a shade or so of tawny“ about Ms. Swartz. Yowza! He doesn't mind if she's not completely white because she has money, but he thinks Amelia is a piece of dirt now that her father's poor? What a jackass! 🫏

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 21-22: George‘s family tries to push Ms Swartz on him but he won‘t have it #poorAmelia #sheisbetteroffwithouthim #andsotheymarry #shorthoneymoon #beckyistherestalkingmisscrawley #notcreepyatall #wartime #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Bookwormjillk Everyone is married so now we need a war I guess. We‘re actually starting to make a dent in this chunkster! 1y

willaful I hope Miss Schwartz can find someone who isn't a #grossracistfortunehunter 1y

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eeclayton @willaful #fingerscrossedformissschwartz 1y

mcctrish #georgedoesntlikethemulatto 😬 #mrosborneispimpingouthischildrentothebiggestfortune #ihopegeorgediessodobbincanmarryemmy 1y

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish that last one 🤣 #samegirlsame 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish Will something go right in this place called Vanity Fair? If someone has to die in the war, please don't let it be Dobbin. Crawley and Osborne? #meh 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I totally agree, let Dobbin come back, I don‘t much care about the other two! 1y

Bklover Hello all- still catching up! 🩷🩷🩷. Loving the comments and hashtags! 1y

TheBookHippie Everyone is married now let's go to war is how I read that!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA. All is fair ??? in love and war ??? #istilllikebeckyicanthelpmyself 1y

TheAromaofBooks I love how George managed to phrase his reasons for refusing the heiress and choosing Amelia make me like him less 😂 1y

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