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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 26: yikes #theshithashitthefan #butfirst #donneisgettingmarried #loveatfirstsight #asif #jemimaisalwayswatching #bradshawfindsoutaboutruth #thatseamstress 🙄 #ruthisthrownout #thurstonisgonnabeintrouble #jemimadefendsruth #didnotseethatcoming #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Cuilin I‘ve so many questions? How did he find out? The seamstress or Donne? Is Donne wanting to marry Ruth? I can‘t understand hating/blaming a child because of their parents, it makes no sense to me. 4mo

mcctrish @Cuilin these are my thoughts too! Bradshaw wouldn‘t be going to the seamstress so who did she tell that it has made it to his ears ? The Donne marriage scenario, is that the backstory for marrying Ruth? And he told her tale so she‘d be in a pickle and have to marry him? But some people have seen her with the Bradshaw family so ?? (edited) 4mo

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mcctrish Also why are all the men so stupid 4mo

Cuilin @mcctrish I think you‘re right about Donne, he is going to try force Ruth‘s hand. I‘m hoping F is going to swoop in and rescue her and put them all to shame but I get the feeling this is not a happy ever after novel. 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly If Donne did tell Bradshaw, I‘m even more pissed off because he‘s fully blaming Ruth and not saying Donne is a bad person at all. I know it was the way of things, but it still makes me mad! I hope he gets some comeuppance for his bribery hypocrisy. 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Right? 😂😂😂😂 4mo

IndoorDame He said the whole town was talking, but my bet is still on Donne starting the rumor mill going not the seamstress. Men like that don‘t like being told no and rarely think through the consequences. Unless he doesn‘t care at all about the kid, and is fine ruining them both and betting she‘ll agree to be his mistress if he makes her life miserable enough. 4mo

mcctrish @IndoorDame there is no way Bellingshit isn‘t pissed off Ruth turned down his proposal and maybe if he‘d led with marriage instead of initially proposing to just pick up where they left off ( like WTF dude) 4mo

IndoorDame @mcctrish 💯😡 4mo

currentlyreadinginCO @Cuilin would be the best possibility but alas we will see 4mo

willaful We knew it was coming but it's not a relief it finally happened. :-( 4mo

dabbe Bradshaw‘s holier-than-thou sanctimonious crap after the bribery scene to get Donne elected is just 💩 without the smiley face. I am beyond enraged. 4mo

Bookwormjillk I am thinking it had to have been Donne. It was just too close to his marriage announcement. I‘m wondering if he‘s trying to ruin Ruth so he and new wife can take Leonard. 4mo

AllDebooks With the glee the seamstress showed in telling Jemima, I think it was her passing gossip onto her customers, and it spread like wildfire. Donne didn't need to tell her as she recognised Ruth from earlier. He's still an ass tho. 4mo

rubyslippersreads @AllDebooks I agree. I think the gossip has spread through the town. Maybe Mrs. B heard it and told Mr. B. (Or Mr. BS, as I like to call him.) 4mo

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BarkingMadRead

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 45-46: this freaking guy 🙄 #alecisback #hewantstomarrytess #asif #shockedwhentesssaysno #convincedhecanchangehermind #andobviouslythisisallherfault #boysaredumb #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk Reading these chapters made me physically ill. This guy. Ugh. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I walked away like three times! Omg it was painful 1y

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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead Thomas Hardy nailed it though. I‘m impressed. 1y

Bklover Unbelievable. Just Unbelievable. 🤯. I am starting to love Thomas Hardy though, almost as much as I hate Alec! (edited) 1y

dabbe “I'm sorry I raped you, but now I'm a preacher; oh, now I'm not because you had to up and show your too beautiful face, and now I'm back to being creepy rapist Alec who wants to marry you.“ #wtf 🤬

Is Angel actually going to be an angel and come to her rescue? 🤔 Hmm. #thisishardynotdisney 1y

Librarybelle This is really the part of the book that made me want to throw the book and scream the first time I read this. This time, I kept exclaiming in disgust so loud that the cats gave me odd looks! 😂 In all honesty, I think these strong emotions that are stirred up from this book are why I like it so much. And imagine - a man wrote this! 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Can somebody please punch this guy???? Many times?! 1y

julieclair @Librarybelle You‘re so right. It‘s hard to imagine a man wrote this. And in 1891, no less! I am definitely a Hardy fan. 1y

Daisey I just recently finished Clarissa, and I thought it would be a while before I felt so much disgust with a character. Now, Hardy has me feeling almost the same about two characters. He definitely wrote it well. 1y

currentlyreadinginCO I'm curious about how this all was received in 1891 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton

Chapter 25: another proposal #gross #isawitcomingthough #peaceouttom #gtfo #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk Gross is right 1y

Bookwormjillk Also so out of character for Elizabeth to try and talk G into a marriage she doesn‘t want 1y

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I thought the same. Elizabeth would never! 1y

TheAromaofBooks #readtheroombertram 😂 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks #boysaredumb 1y

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead so grosssssss!!!!! @Bookwormjillk 1y

mcctrish 🎶another one bites the dust 🎶 1y

ravenlee #asif 1y

Ruthiella His timing couldn‘t have been worse. Sure, he didn‘t know about William, but her cousin is practically on his deathbed! 1y

dabbe Is it just me or does it seem like his rushed “falling in love“ is similar to Kitty's? Being a “man“, though, he gets to take it all the way to a proposal, which is (like everyone has already said) GROSS! 🤢 1y

willaful Well, if Tom goes back to Isabella Thorpe, he'll definitely #GetWhatHeDeserves. 🙄 1y

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Cinfhen

Emma | Jane Austin

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My concentration is off, so listening to this audio was actually perfect. I enjoyed the story well enough although at times it‘s rather slow and plodding. Emma Woodhouse is NO Cher Horowitz, #AsIf but I did find her somewhat charming and likable. The full cast narration was delightful and pushed this book from a so-so to a pick. #JennyIs30 #Regency For someone who does not usually enjoy the Classics, I think audio is the way to go 👍🏻🎧

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jenniferw88 Yay! Glad you enjoyed this one - it's actually my least favourite Austen, but I believe everyone has a different order of preference for her novels! 5y

Cinfhen I‘m going to try P&P on audio @jenniferw88 but not quite yet 5y

BarbaraBB My least favorite Austen as well but you managed to tick off another square! 5y

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TrishB I‘ve found a Waterloo novel in hubby‘s piles for this prompt! 5y

ravenlee This one and Mansfield Park are my least favorite Austens. Clueless is so much more fun, one of the best updates I‘ve seen. 5y

LeeRHarry #asif 😂 5y

Cinfhen Waterloo makes me think of ABBA @TrishB 😂🤪I‘m thinking of reading A Tale of Two Cities does that work for 18th century @jenniferw88 ?? 5y

Cinfhen Clueless is one of my daughter‘s favorite movies and I never knew it was meant to be an adaptation of Emma @ravenlee @LeeRHarry #LiveAndLearn 😉 5y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen yes it would! 5y

Reviewsbylola I love that audio is working so well for you! 5y

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rubyslippersreads

The Jane Austen Society | Natalie Jenner

Hmmm ... sounds like a catchy title for a movie. 😹 #AsIf

This ARC reminds me a bit of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (which is a compliment).

LeahBergen I‘m looking forward to this one! 5y

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janeycanuck

Clueless | Sarah Kuhn, Amber Benson

Uhhhhh... a comic about Cher, Dionne, and Tai in senior year, contemplating what to do with their lives? Shut up and take my money. #asif #whatever #youreavirginwhocantdrive

EvieBee You know it! 7y

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bio_chem06

I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons | Kevin Hart

#problemsofbooknerds This is my struggle all day, everyday. Only I also have to make room for my stethoscope and hospital education papers/books. My bags are never big enough, and my co-workers say, "you don't always have to bring a book to read". #asif

Chrissyreadit What an odd thing for them to say. 7y

readordierachel This is why I carry tote bags instead of purses. Books need room. 7y

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