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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 11: Benson calls his sister #wasthiswise #bensonisaminister #thisexplainssomuch #faithisverynononsense #willsheacceptruth #wellshedoes #untilruthishappyaboutthebaby 🤰 #andyetshecomesupwiththeplan #williitwork #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 3mo

mcctrish Well there‘s no question now what Ruth and Bellingham were up to 🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ Faith is going to have her faith and judgment tested 3mo

TheBookHippie #nonsenseindeed #idontlikethesister 3mo

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TheBookHippie @mcctrish took me way too long to go OHHHH. 😵‍💫🤷🏻‍♀️ yes. Now we know. 3mo

mcctrish @TheBookHippie it‘s hard to go against the patriarchy when they call all the shots but maybe Faith will turn the tide 🤞🏼 Ruth needs all the help and people in her corner she can get 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 3mo

IndoorDame Sooo… Just how long were they at that inn? I mean these days we need about a month to confirm a pregnancy, but just how far along would a petite teenager have to be for a doctor to see a pregnancy back then? 3mo

Ruthiella @IndoorDame I think this is a doctor who serves the plot over the patient. 3mo

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I wondered the same, I didn‘t think they were there for more than a couple of weeks, but where were they before that? I‘ll have to check the timeline 3mo

mcctrish @IndoorDame so now I am thinking, remember when Bellingshit said he wanted to take Ruth to her family home but didn‘t want to take his carriage cuz he‘d miss their ‘walks‘ maybe walk means shenanigans?! 3mo

IndoorDame @mcctrish ooo, sneaky! On his part and the author‘s. That never occurred to me, but if it‘s true her loosing her job that day isn‘t quite as much of an overreaction as I thought 3mo

IndoorDame @Ruthiella definitely a possibility! 3mo

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame @mcctrish I consulted the Google and apparently they were at that inn for “a number of months” 3mo

mcctrish @IndoorDame exactly what I‘m thinking #noinnuendotohelpmewiththisbook 3mo

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead so Bellingshit knew a bun in the oven had to be a possibility sooner or later and he‘s cutting his losses on purpose 🤬🤬🤬 3mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish oh, for sure, and why not? Mum will take care of everything 🙄 3mo

mcctrish I am further enraged 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish I‘m thinking WALKS in a whole new light. @IndoorDame I too was thinking short time in Inn. 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish @BarkingMadRead 😭poor girl 3mo

IndoorDame @mcctrish 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 is right! 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish I wasn‘t thinking this devious but of course… 🤦🏻‍♀️ (edited) 3mo

mcctrish @TheBookHippie he knew she‘d be ruined on multiple levels ( did it anyways) and now he‘s too tired to deal 3mo

IndoorDame @TheBookHippie @mcctrish we must start to be much sneakier in our thinking as we read this. Like a mystery novel. Nothing anyone says is to be trusted! 😂 3mo

mcctrish @IndoorDame I actually just thought “I have to think harder with this book than a mystery!” 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @BarkingMadRead Months?! Was Ruth never suspicious that they were in Wales, not London and Europe like he said he had to go to? Sheesh. I wish someone had taught this child something. 3mo

Cuilin I‘m having a hard time with all the faith discussion of “Ruth‘s sin” like she did this alone. WTF?? @mcctrish #Bellingshit lol 3mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame 🕵️‍♀️ 3mo

Aimeesue @mcctrish Absolutely yes about crossing the patriarchy when you‘re swimming in it with no real way out. A lot of time people don‘t even realize they hold ridiculous sexist beliefs until they confronted with a situation that forced them to think deeply about it. 3mo

Aimeesue @Cuilin The “boys will be boys” trope goes deep. It also sets women up as the force responsible for upholding morality, and that hasn‘t even ended today. #MeToo made a dent, but it‘s still everywhere. 3mo

Cuilin @Aimeesue I hate when people say, girls mature quicker than boys. No you‘re just holding them to different standards. 3mo

mcctrish @Cuilin thanks to shit like this girls have to mature quicker aka understand all the fuckery afoot or they lose 3mo

currentlyreadinginCO Hoping that Benson's sis's plan works but suspecting that it won't and Ruth is going to be one tragedy after another like our girl Tess. Interesting discussion today , Im also viewing the previous innuendo in a new light🧐 3mo

Aimeesue @Cuilin Yep. It‘s ridiculous. But effective, because it sets less powerful people above the power holders in a single aspect which was seen as significant at the time. Double edged sword because it‘s also a method of control if any female steps out of bounds, like Ruth. 3mo

Aimeesue @mcctrish And then they call us manipulative! 🙄 3mo

mcctrish @Aimeesue I‘m watching the latest season of Bridgerton and Colin and Penelope have had a falling out right before the wedding and he says he‘s going through with the wedding cuz he‘s a gentleman and they‘ve been intimate, although she could have planned that to entrap him! OH MY GOD! 3mo

Aimeesue @mcctrish Yeah, dude, sure. 🙄 3mo

willaful I like how Faith is written. You can tell she's good people because when she realizes she's in the wrong she doesn't get defensive and convince herself she's right after all.

And she kind of represents what girls like Ruth are up against, because she's not a cruel person but is a part of her culture (as are we all.) It takes someone like her brother to be able to see beyond the usual. 3mo

Bookwormjillk I got a late start today and now that it‘s confirmed I‘m questioning everything. And I want to read Tess again and the rest of Gaskell‘s books. 🤯 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish UGHHHHHH. 3mo

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I was reading this with too much innocence!!! LOLOLOLOL 3mo

TheBookHippie @Aimeesue UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. 3mo

TheBookHippie @Aimeesue Power and control. The evil twins. 3mo

mcctrish @willaful me too 3mo

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