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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 13: Sally is not a fan of Ruth #butalso #isitherfaultThatBisdeformed #droppedhimonhishead #yikes #sheknowsthesecret #byebyehair #ruthtakesitwell #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @ruthiella @currentlyreadinginCO @amor4libros @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @mcctrish @indoordame @rubyslippersreads @thebookhippie @dabbe @crinoline_laphroaig
@clare-dragonfly @julieclair @aimeesue @quietjenn @kao @bklover @alldebooks @jewright @cuilin @willaful 5mo

Cuilin Does anybody else feel like in order to make this more palatable to a Victorian reader Ruth had to be punished in some way? Hence the hair being cut, almost like she‘s in prison???? 5mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin I think you‘re right 5mo

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IndoorDame When it says Faith switched to the informal you with Ruth and she didn‘t notice at first… is the implication supposed to be that Faith lost respect for her when she found out about the pregnancy, or that she‘s trying to make the fiction of their distant “family connection” convincing since they gave her a family name and now their reputations are on the line too? 5mo

Ruthiella I think also that Sally is protecting her naive employers. She‘s saying, “if I can see through this ruse, so will others. Let‘s make it work”. 5mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin YES!!!! This exactly. 5mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin absolutely. 5mo

AllDebooks I have read a lot of Victorian fiction and history and never heard of widows cutting their hair. I went down a Google rabbit hole and found this quite interesting 🤔 https://journalofantiques.com/features/the-evolution-of-mourning-wear/ 5mo

currentlyreadinginCO I felt that, too, and how the punishment failing to shame Ruth changed Sally's desire to punish her in the first place @Ruthiella 5mo

dabbe @Ruthiella Agree 💯. 5mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was skeptical that Sally dropping him could have caused his “deformity” but I searched Wikipedia for “hunchback” and it *can* be caused by trauma! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyphosis 5mo

Clare-Dragonfly @IndoorDame I read it as Sally using the formal “you” with her employers—the Bensons, not Ruth—when they arrived, but as she got comfortable again, switched to the informal “thou” she is used to. I don‘t think she switched pronouns with Ruth. 5mo

IndoorDame @Clare-Dragonfly oh, makes sense. Thanks 5mo

mcctrish “Men on the other hand weren‘t expected to follow the rigid mourning rules” @AllDebooks the world really hates women! Imagine if we didn‘t just want equality and autonomy and decided to get even 5mo

Clare-Dragonfly @AllDebooks Fascinating, thanks for sharing! I‘d heard of deep mourning and half-mourning but somehow I‘d missed the existence of second mourning! 5mo

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly Interesting... I was skeptical too. 5mo

willaful @Ruthiella Also a good point. 5mo

julieclair Such an interesting article, @AllDebooks ! Thanks for sharing. 5mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ch 9.3: Dmitry says he‘s innocent #nobodybelieveshim #hesravingjustalittlebit #becausesayingiwantedtokillhimbutdidntseemslegit #heknowsgrigorylives #hooray #butalso #theythinkheaguilty #didheordidnthe #Gissuddenlyhisbestie #maybeshedoeslovehim #staytuned #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @dabbe @currentlyreadinginco 11mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 11mo

Cuilin Rules of evidence and questioning seem a bit hazy. Yes I caught up. 11mo

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BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I knew you could do it! 11mo

Bookwormjillk And that's why you shouldn't go around telling people you want to commit crimes. 11mo

dabbe The irony is he's actually answering the questions truthfully! Dostoyevsky took 700+ pages to lay out a murder scene where guilt seems to be EVERYWHERE for Dmitry, but we know he didn't do it. I think. #cuzthisstoryisconfusing 11mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe so true! I‘m pretty sure he didn‘t do it, but not 💯 11mo

TheAromaofBooks @dabbe - I feel like he didn't do it because Dmitry has NO chill and does not seem to grasp the concept of subtlety 😂 I feel like if he did it, he would have announced it as soon as he walked into the party! 11mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks 💯 11mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks Totally agree! I guess I doubt myself because I read a chapter ahead, and when I see the post for that day, I usually have this face: 😳 because I can't remember reading what is posted, and I just read it the day before! 😂 11mo

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks that‘s what I think too but then I wonder what if he doesn‘t know he did it? 11mo

mcctrish @dabbe for that reason I read and then come to see the post even if I‘m late to the party 11mo

mcctrish I laughed out loud at the public prosecutor saying “This is going to turn into complete mayhem…” WHERE have you been?! It‘s been mayhem since Book XIII at least 11mo

dabbe @mcctrish I think I need to try that approach! 🤩 11mo

dabbe @mcctrish He's extremely late to the party! 😂 11mo

Ruthiella I love how Dmitry thinks because he‘s a gentleman and he SAYS he didn‘t kill anyone, that he‘s not getting a one way ticket to Siberia. (edited) 11mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I know 🤣 he‘s like, I‘m telling the truth, so you have to believe me, because that‘s how it works 🤣🤣 11mo

Ruthiella @BarkingMadRead Well, in his defense, he‘s never seen Law and Order or anything like that. 😜 11mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - I can totally see that, too. “I didn't think bopping him on the head with a big rock would KILL him!“ 😂 11mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Ch 5.4: Ivan wrote a poem, which we will hear about tomorrow #thatwasalot #ivandoesntbelieve #alyoshaishorrified #butalso #notreallyhorrifieditseems #mybrainhurts #happysunday #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @currentlyreadinginco 12mo

5feet.of.fury 1 paragraph that was 3.5 pages long. And that‘s all I got out of it, Ivan wrote a poem lol 12mo

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BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury it was a little mind numbing 12mo

Cuilin Just realized I put my comment on the wrong post. 🤦‍♀️ seriously all that talk of cruelty to children. I don‘t know how Alyosha eat his soup and preserves. 12mo

AllDebooks @5feet.of.fury 😅🤣 12mo

SamAnne That chapter was just too much…. 12mo

TheAromaofBooks Like I kind of got that Ivan was trying to prove that God doesn't really exist because suffering does, particularly the suffering of innocents. But I also felt like he was definitely ignoring/glossing over some critical pro-faith arguments while pretending like he was addressing them. 12mo

mcctrish Shut. Up. Ivan. #ivanhasastupidexpressiononhisface @Cuilin exactly! Aloysha finally gets to sit down and eat something and fucking Ivan goes off on child abuse 12mo

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks yes! 12mo

Bookwormjillk That was dark you guys 12mo

currentlyreadinginCO This poem is going to be something 😂 12mo

BarkingMadRead @currentlyreadinginCO #beveryafraid 🤣 12mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 12mo

mcctrish @currentlyreadinginCO it better 12mo

Aimeesue Ursula K. Le Guin based a story on one of the ideas Ivan tosses out in this chapter - "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." (edited) 12mo

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The Beast Is an Animal | Peternelle van Arsdale

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☽ The author of this book is so sweet... and this book looks so dark and riveting (just my type), I'm so excited to get reading😍

☽ { Have any of you read this book??🖤 } ⠀

#thebeastisananimal #butalso #caraval #and #thewomanincabin10

infinitbr I haven't but it looks like a retelling 😍 8y

crescentmoonreads @infinitbr I know it's not a B&B retelling!!! But it till looks amazing🖤🖤 8y

infinitbr Aw darn!! 8y

crescentmoonreads @infinitbr still looks so good!! 8y

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Untitled | Anonymous

This damn near breaks my heart. All that accomplishment from 2016, gone 💔 #butalso #imsupercompetitive #soiamfuckingreadyfor2k17 #fightme #iwilldestroythisreadingchallange

ClairesReads So ready! 8y

catsuit_mango But if you look at your stats you can see all the books and pages read since you started using Goodreads... i'm loving that ! 8y

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