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Middlemarch (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Middlemarch (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) | George Eliot
Middlemarch, by George Eliot, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classicsseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.Often called the greatest nineteenth-century British novelist, George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans) created in Middlemarch a vast panorama of life in a provincial Midlands town. At the story s center stands the intellectual and idealistic Dorothea Brookea character who in many ways resembles Eliot herself. But the very qualities that set Dorothea apart from the materialistic, mean-spirited society around her also lead her into a disastrous marriage with a man she mistakes for her soul mate. In a parallel story, young doctor Tertius Lydgate, who is equally idealistic, falls in love with the pretty but vain and superficial Rosamund Vincy, whom he marries to his ruin.Eliot surrounds her main figures with a gallery of characters drawn from every social class, from laborers and shopkeepers to the rising middle class to members of the wealthy, landed gentry. Together they form an extraordinarily rich and precisely detailed portrait of English provincial life in the 1830s. But Dorothea s and Lydgate s struggles to retain their moral integrity in the midst of temptation and tragedy remind us that their world is very much like our own. Strikingly modern in its painful ironies and psychological insight, Middlemarch was pivotal in the shaping of twentieth-century literary realism.Lynne Sharon Schwartz is the author of fourteen books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, including the novels Disturbances in the Field, Leaving Brooklyn, and In the Family Way, and the memoir Ruined by Reading. Her poetry collection In Solitary and her translation of A Place to Live: Selected Essays of Natalia Ginzburg appeared in 2002."
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eeclayton
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I didn't exactly like Middlemarch but I did appreciate the author's observations about life in a small town, people's expectations and especially marriages. In many books, the plot ends with a marriage, and we consider that a happy ending, but we don't get to see what happens after the wedding. It was interesting here to look at some of the ways marriages may fall apart or at least prove to be very different from what the husband and wife expected

eeclayton Thanks for @BarkingMadRead for leading the #pemberlittens buddy read, without which I might have never finished this book 😁 11h
BarkingMadRead I feel this in my soul, y‘all kept me going as well! Our next read should be better lol 11h
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead if not better than shorter! @eeclayton good point about seeing what happens after marriage. 6h
eeclayton @BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk after Villette and this, I think we all deserve a read that is both better and shorter 😂 8m
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TheAromaofBooks
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My word, what a book! I can see why this one has never been as popular as Austen's novels. The characters here were not particularly likable or relatable, almost nothing happens, and I didn't particularly hold out any hope for the long-term happiness of anyone haha I am glad to have read this classic, but it is way too long for the amount of story it contains. Never would have made it through without snarky hashtags from @BarkingMadRead !! ⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Thank you so much for hosting this buddy read! (I think... on the other hand, that's 923 pages of my life I'll never get back 😂)

#atleastIcansayIvereadit
#MtTBR
#FourFoursin23 - Three-Way Screenplay @lauredhel
#ChunksterChallenge2023 @Amiable
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Amiable Yay! 💃🏻🕺🎉 1d
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BarkingMadRead I‘ve said this on a few posts by you Pemberlittens, I gave this a pick, but it‘s a soft pick. This could have been so much shorter and still conveyed everything George wanted to convey 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d
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TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I agree, was it to make a point? We get it people are insufferable🤣😅😵‍💫👑😅🤷🏻‍♀️🙄😬 #WEDIDIT #WHERESOURTROPHY 2d
IndoorDame @TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead Yes!!! 🏆🏆🏆🏆for everyone! We earned them! 2d
ravenlee I think this was an ultramarathon, or one of those endurance trail run things! 2d
BarkingMadRead @ravenlee in the ultra world there is a challenge called the Barkley Marathons. This was a Barkley for sure. 2d
Bookwormjillk Congrats all, and thanks @barkingmadread . I liked the beginning of this book so much better than the end. I think soft pick is a fair rating. 2d
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead I agree this was a Barkley 2d
ravenlee Wow, I‘ve never heard of the Barkley Marathons - which is funny, as I married a Barkley (no relation, I think) and my in-laws live in Tennessee. My SIL and her husband frequent Frozen Head on their hiking expeditions. Weird! 2d
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead the Barkley is wild! 1d
CoffeeNBooks Hmm. I'm not sure how I feel about this book at this point. Parts of it were interesting, parts of it weren't. I have a lot of love for many of the classics, but this one not so much. @BarkingMadRead - I agree that Eliot could have made her point with a shorter book. 🤔 1d
TheAromaofBooks I would never have made it through without your hashtags @BarkingMadRead !!! I can see why this has never been as popular as Austen's novels. None of these characters were particularly likable or relatable - definitely don't see myself daydreaming about any of the men I met in these pages! 😂 1d
BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks not a Darcy to be found 🙄 I wouldn‘t want any of these dudes 🤣 1d
TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead - Literally none! And honestly I didn't think any of the women were particularly prizes either! 😆 1d
Clare-Dragonfly I guess nobody loves Fred and Mary like I do? 😅 I definitely wouldn‘t say I love this book—Rosamond and Lydgate give me too much anxiety—but Fred and Mary!!! 1d
kwmg40 Thanks for hosting, @BarkingMadRead! I loved the novel, as well as the commentary from everyone here. 1d
JamieArc Congrats to you all! 🎉🎉. I got quite behind when I didn‘t want to take this chunkster on vacation, but I will carry on and look forward to each chapter‘s post as a reward! 1d
BarkingMadRead @kwmg40 hooray!!!!! @JamieArc I wouldn‘t want to lug that thing anywhere either! 1d
Bklover Ahhhh, this was fun! And long. Really enjoyed reading this with all of you. And @BarkingMadRead ❤️❤️❤️❤️🏆 1d
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TheBookHippie
Middlemarch | George Elliot
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#PEMBERLITTENS

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@BarkingMadRead you are the BEST 👑

You guys we DID IT!!!!

Bookwormjillk Woo hoo 🎉🎉🎉🎉 2d
wisherwishinguponastar Did you make your bookmark? 2d
eeclayton Yay 🎉🎉🎉 2d
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TheBookHippie @wisherwishinguponastar No -it was a gift from a fellow Litsy peep -seven years ago now! I love it. ♥️ 2d
BarkingMadRead Yesssssssss that book felt 5000 pages long at times lol 2d
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead seriously!!!! Could not have done it without you!!!! First time I tried I bailed at part 5! 🤣 2d
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TheBookHippie
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In case you wanted the translation 🙃 #pemberlittens

Dilara That's lovely! 2d
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Bookwormjillk Fred!!!! 3d
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Bklover Favorite Mary quote: “I should never like scolding anyone else so well; and that is a point to be thought of in a husband “. 3d
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉🎉 3d
TheBookHippie @Bklover 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼♥️ 3d
TheBookHippie FRED!!! 3d
Bookwormjillk Confession: I finished today 3d
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I‘m drawing it out because I‘m parochial school trained 🤣🤣🤣🤣😬 2d
Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie c‘mon everyone else is reading it 2d
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2d
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk ah but does @BarkingMadRead have a ruler that swats hands 😵‍💫😅 I‘m too old for detention 🤣🤫 2d
Clare-Dragonfly Fred 🥰 2d
Clare-Dragonfly @Bklover Yes! I think that‘s part of why Fred and Mary are a perfect couple to me—they remind me of Eilonwy/Taran and of course of Aravis/Shasta (aka Cor). 2d
LitStephanie But Fred never paid Mary's dad back, right? 2d
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Daisey
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Pickpick

I finished the last few fairly short chapters this morning. I just couldn‘t stick to the #ChapterADay any longer. I didn‘t love this book, but I also think it might have been better if I‘d read it more straight through. It‘s still a light pick because I think it was an interesting story of several characters, and I was always curious to know what would happen to them.

#PemberLittens #audiobook #1001books

Daisey Thanks again to @BarkingMadRead for another great readalong and fantastic hashtags that kept me amused when I was frustrated with the book. 5d
IndoorDame What an awesome cover image! 5d
BarkingMadRead I definitely think this one could have been shorter and still gotten the point across. This one was very Dickensian 🤣 5d
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TheAromaofBooks Sir James is being a bit dog-in-the-manger-ish, isn't he?? 5d
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BarkingMadRead Sir James is an ass 🤣 5d
IndoorDame They‘re being awful! Especially James!!! 😡🤬 5d
Bookwormjillk She‘d be better off without James and Kitty. Ugh, so self centered. 5d
CoffeeNBooks Sir James and Celia are acting like petulant little children. 🙄 @Bookwormjillk - I agree she'd be better off without them! 5d
LitStephanie I had a hard time following the blah blah politics. I think this book was much more interesting to read by British contemporaries. Dodo's second husband is 100% superior to her first and I was happy it worked out! 4d
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Bklover
Middlemarch | George Elliot
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Well, I am pretty proud of myself. Read this a chapter a day with @BarkingMadRead whose hashtags could get me through any book at all. What a fun experience this was, and thank you soooo much, my friend. ❤️
@BarkingMadRead
#pemberlittens #whatsnext #whatsafterthat #youcanneverstop #justkiddingsortof

KristiAhlers Wasn't it a good read? 5d
Ruthiella Well done! 👍 5d
BarkingMadRead I‘m so glad you liked…. My hashtags 🤣 I feel like she could have cut that book in half and still said the same stuff 🤣🤣 5d
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Bklover @KristiAhlers Yes, it was! Don‘t know that I‘d have gotten through it without the buddy read though. 😉 5d
Bklover @Ruthiella Thanks! It inspires me to tackle more of the classic chunksters. I just have to get @BarkingMadRead to do lots more buddyreads😂🤣😂🤣 5d
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ravenlee
Middlemarch | George Elliot
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I first started this in my Victorian Lit class, spring semester of 2000, but ran out of time and stopped around the 3/4 mark. I always intended to come back - I just didn‘t realize it would be 23 years later! Thanks to @BarkingMadRead and the amazing hashtags, I have finally defeated it! It was very good, though some parts were better than others, and all the characters were frustrating (and some were loathsome). Worth the investment.

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TheBookHippie Singing the Barney song… I love you you love me We're a happy family
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you
Won't you say you love me too?
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IndoorDame @TheBookHippie why! Why would you get that stuck in my head?! I was a babysitter and nanny during those years and I always tried to forbid my kids watching that show in a bid to save my sanity a little, but I rarely won that fight 🤣🤣🤣 6d
BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame my nephew loved that show 🙄 when I was a nanny, it was Caillou. What a whiney little brat! 6d
IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead some of those shows are the worst! I miss kids tv and books that made sure there were enough levels for the adults in their life to appreciate it alongside them 6d
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead Caillou- grrrrr. That little brat taught my kids to whine. I could not stand that show. #CuriousGeorgeForever (edited) 6d
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame OMG CAILLOU he was is and forever banned here. Barney omg my daughter LOVED him LOVED 😫😝😵‍💫 (edited) 6d
TheBookHippie @IndoorDame my son loved Little Bear thank god. (edited) 6d
BarkingMadRead Y‘all what a rabbit hole we just went down 🤣 6d
Addison_Reads @BarkingMadRead To be fair most of these characters act like whiny little children, so it's not a completely unrelated rabbit hole. 😂 6d
dabbe @BarkingMadRead Maybe Barney loves Dodo, too. 😄 (edited) 5d
Bklover @TheBookHippie That is now stuck in my head. 💜🎶🎵🎶🎵 (but I do love Little Bear) (edited) 5d
TheBookHippie @Addison_Reads ♥️🙃👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5d
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🐇🐰🐇🐰🐰 5d
TheBookHippie @Bklover Little Bear is soooothing 5d
BarkingMadRead @Addison_Reads I legit just cackled, and I‘m in a plane 🤣 5d
Clare-Dragonfly OK… not what I thought all those comments would be about 😂 Is this the chapter where he‘s all “but your inheritance!” And she‘s all “THAT‘s what you‘re worried about?! I have my OWN money!” 5d
CoffeeNBooks The Teletubbies were worse! 🙄 5d
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly lol yes 🤣🤣 5d
Clare-Dragonfly Oh good. Maybe someone can answer my question. I‘ve read this book twice and never figured out what would happen to Casaubon‘s property if Dorothea breaks the stipulations of the will and doesn‘t inherit. It doesn‘t just vanish into the ether! Is there another heir? 5d
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I have no idea! @StayCurious do you know? 5d
LitStephanie @Clare-Dragonfly I was wondering the same thing! Wouldn't Will have a claim on it as the only remaining relative? Or maybe he left it to the church, but I think it is weird that was left for us to wonder. And whatever happened to Riggs? 4d
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TheBookHippie 🤷🏻‍♀️ #howwillthisallend 😵‍💫 7d
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peanutnine The pining is getting ridiculous 7d
Addison_Reads I never would have stuck with this book without this buddy read. The characters are insufferable.😲 6d
Aimeesue @Addison_Reads Right? If, say, they‘d just TALKED to each other, these problems would‘ve been easily solved, but no. But then I guess there wouldn‘t have been much of a book. 🤐 6d
LitStephanie @Addison_Reads same here! I don't really like anyone! Will is better than most of them, though. 6d
Bklover I did a bad thing. I finished it. 🫣 6d
BarkingMadRead @Bklover ummmmm I finished it like 3 days ago 🤣🤣🤣 6d
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it must be seriously exhausting to be her! 1w
LitStephanie It was nice to see Rosy humbled although I still strongly dislike her. This dialog was an interesting psychological study in how small cues, both verbal and nonverbal, can affect the outcome in huge ways. 1w
TheBookHippie @LitStephanie I so agree. With everything you said! 1w
Bklover Probably the only time she ever does the right thing. 1w
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Bookwormjillk I really liked this book at the beginning. 1w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I‘m really hoping for a miraculous turnaround and a good ending! 1w
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 1w
ravenlee I…may have finished it this morning. I couldn‘t take it anymore. I had to KNOW! 1w
BarkingMadRead @ravenlee I‘ll probably finish it on the next couple days, I‘m not gonna lie. I gotta know how it ends 🤣🤣 1w
Bklover Yeah, we haven‘t seen Fred and Mary in a while. (edited) 1w
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BarkingMadRead Y‘all. 50ish pages to go! #alightattheendofthetunnel 2w
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Bookwormjillk We‘re almost there! This chapter would have been interesting except it was Rosy so… 2w
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead YAY!!! WE CAN DO IT!!! also OMG ROSY. WHAT A __________.... 2w
ravenlee I feel like Dodo could have slapped the smirk off Rosy‘s face and nobody would blame her. #shehaditcoming #ifyoudabeenthereifyoudaseenit #howcouldyoutellmethatiwaswrong 2w
BarkingMadRead @ravenlee 🤣🤣🤣 2w
ravenlee @BarkingMadRead to be honest, I get it stuck in my head all the time. 2w
BarkingMadRead @ravenlee it‘s a fave, my daughter and her friends actually performed it at a fundraiser in high school. So much fun! 2w
ravenlee @BarkingMadRead it‘s actually the only reason I own the dvd of Chicago. I don‘t care about the rest of it. 2w
LitStephanie @ravenlee @Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie yeah Rosy is just awful. I think Eliot did such a great job of describing her character. It isn't that she is evil. She just lacks the capacity to empathize and to imagine herself ever being wrong. 1w
TheBookHippie @LitStephanie I agree!!!!! Narcissist 😵‍💫 vapid comes to mind as well 😝 1w
LitStephanie @TheBookHippie vapid! Perfect! 1w
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TheBookHippie 🙄 I do not like her AT ALLLLL….🤢 self-absorbed social climber 😵‍💫 2w
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BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie she has not one redeeming quality 2w
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead seriously ZERO😵‍💫.. 2w
Bklover She amazes me with her ability to turn things around so she is never guilty of anything and everyone (Will) loves her. 🙄 2w
BarkingMadRead @Bklover seriously. She‘s a pro. I totally fell for it in the beginning, but damn! She‘s something else. 2w
ravenlee Rosy is a f***ing toddler. And also emo with her “sigh, what have I to live for?” bs. It took me twice as long to read this chapter as it should have because I was rolling my eyes so much. 2w
Bklover @ravenlee I know what you mean. Your description is perfect. 2w
Bookwormjillk Piece of work. But hey, Will is coming back. Hmmmmm. (edited) 2w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I have high hopes for Will that do not even remotely involve Rosy 2w
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Chapter 74: the Middlemarch women love talking smack, but nobody wants to talk to Mrs Bulstrode…. Until her brother spills the beans. #pickalittletalkalittle #sodepressing #ineedbetterdrama #pemberlittens and for those who‘ve never seen the Music Man… https://youtu.be/mvhFs2bdRpE

TheAromaofBooks Yessss this is the perfect picture for this chapter! It's so sad how everyone is so willing to kick them when they're down 😕 2w
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Bookwormjillk Who gives a fig about Mrs. B I want Fred. 2w
Bookwormjillk Also seeing The Music Man later this month so it will make sense then. 2w
Bklover If I have to like someone in this chapter even a little bit it‘s Mrs Bulstrode. 2w
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Bookwormjillk Lydgate is losing it, but also is afraid of Rosamond. 2w
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk so scared of Rosy 🙄 2w
ravenlee @Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead he‘s afraid she‘s going to do her neck turn thing. It started as a cutesy thing, right, but the more it got mentioned the more it turned into a horror movie thing in my mind. 2w
ravenlee I have to say, I loved that Lydgate rode miles away from town just to be unreachable. Oh, for the days when you could actually “get away from it all,” if only for a minute. 2w
BarkingMadRead @ravenlee it showed great restraint. I almost wish he‘d gone home and screamed at Rosy though, it would have been good for both of them 🤣 2w
Bookwormjillk @ravenlee haha neck turn thing. But yes, very self aware on his part. 2w
TheBookHippie @ravenlee I now want a horse for this very reason. 2w
Bklover @TheBookHippie Yes! 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 2w
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Daisey
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I‘ve been following along with the #ChapterADay readalong of Middlemarch without commenting or posting much, but a few quotes in today‘s short chapter caught my attention.

The discussion preceding this quote in chapter 72 is a frustrating one as all the men tell Dorothea what she shouldn‘t do, but I did appreciate the humor of Cecelia‘s response, even if she didn‘t mean it to be funny.

#PemberLittens #SerialReader #quote

TheBookHippie I wrote this quote down too! 2w
Daisey @TheBookHippie It‘s a good one! 2w
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I‘ve been following along with the #ChapterADay readalong of Middlemarch without commenting or posting much, but a few quotes in today‘s short chapter caught my attention. I think there‘s some real truth in this comment by Dorothea in chapter 72.

“People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.”

#PemberLittens #SerialReader #quote

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Chapter 72: Dodo wants to help Lydgate but everyone is telling her not to #suchagoodfriend #herfamilynotsomuch #shortchapter #happymonday #pemberlittens #ps #lessthanahundredpagesleft #partytime #almost

TheBookHippie Short chapter 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2w
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Bklover This “men know best” business is making me nauseous. 🤢 2w
peanutnine @Bklover same. I audibly groaned 🙄 2w
Aimeesue @Bklover same! UGH 2w
CoffeeNBooks @Bklover same! 🤨 2w
ravenlee But why is Celia so awful too? Do she and Rosy share a brain, so if Rosy is using all of the will and stubbornness then Celia has to be a doormat? I mean, I think James is being a jerk, but Celia encouraging it…ugh. Everyone sucks. 2w
Addison_Reads @ravenlee "everyone sucks" describes how I've felt through most of this book. ? 2w
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Chapter 70: y‘all. I tried to find a good pic for this chapter and the Google has let me down. #rafflesisdead #itsasgoodasmurderinmybook #bulstrodeisamurderer #isaidwhatisaid #lydgatebenfitafromit #ignoranceisbliss #ripRaffles #pemberlittens

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TheBookHippie I thought of a few pictures or parties of peoples 👀😅 but yes it‘s murder. 3w
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie I tried finding a theater curtain for the end of the #rafflesshow but I didn‘t want anyone thinking the book was over 🤣🤣 3w
Bookwormjillk RIP Raffles. It‘s murder for sure. 3w
ravenlee Absolutely murder. And worse, he set up somebody else to do it unknowingly. 3w
Clare-Dragonfly I always wonder in this chapter what a doctor would prescribe for these symptoms in the modern day. 3w
Bklover Murderer! And I loved how he tried to convince himself that he was doing the right thing. 3w
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Trying to get a little farther in this today. Jack gets curious sometimes when I‘m reading at my desk. I think mostly it‘s because I annotate here and he wants the pencil. #catsoflitsy

Bren912 What a pretty kitty! 3w
dabbe In a trancelike voice: “Give me da pencil. You know you want to give me da pencil.“ 😵‍💫 Hello, Joyous Jack! ❣️🐾 3w
psalva @Bren912 Thanks! He‘s a handful sometimes, but always a cutie. 3w
psalva @dabbe 😂 And he usually gets a hold of it in the end. He‘s very persistent! 3w
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peanutnine I can't help but feel a bit hopeful like Garth that maybe Fred will get the estate he was expecting and actually have the skills now to run it properly... Maybe. Seems too good to be true almost 3w
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Bookwormjillk Fingers crossed Fred 3w
Bklover Fingers crossed, but things never do seem to work out for poor Fred. That‘s how I think of him - PoorFred. (edited) 3w
CoffeeNBooks I'm hopeful for Fred, for Mary's sake. 3w
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Chapter 59. I am really getting tired of Eliot's snide sexist remarks about women. I get that Rosamond is kind of a shallow jerk who gets all her self-worth from the admiration of men, but here, as elsewhere, she makes sweeping statements about women's inferior minds. Anyone else noticing this? Am I overreacting? #pemberlittens

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I just began reading the tagged and there are so many words that would qualify for #weirdwordswednesday. This is the most recent: hustings, as in, “Now do not let them lure you to the hustings, my dear Mr. Brooke. A man always makes a fool of himself, speechifying.” @CBee #weirdwords

CBee I can think of a few men “speechifying” who probably don‘t need to be 😂🫢 3w
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TheBookHippie Hard eyeroll back of head…. 3w
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TheBookHippie Keep one‘s self as well thought of is like a theme of the whole book. Who cares what other people think? Oy. The mukedymuks hoitee toitee ISMS 🤣😅😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😬 3w
Bookwormjillk Can‘t wait to hear what Rosie says 3w
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie seriously! There are way more important things to worry about! 3w
peanutnine @Bookwormjillk oh god she's gonna be so annoying about it even though a lot of it is her fault 3w
Bklover Maybe Lydgate should buy a hefty life insurance policy. And then maybe Rosy might have an unfortunate fall down the stairs. 😇😈💰💵💰💰💰 3w
Bklover @TheBookHippie No kidding! (See my plan above)😈 3w
BarkingMadRead @bklover I‘m cackling 🤣🤣🤣 (edited) 3w
TheBookHippie @Bklover 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3w
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Chapter 56. Caleb Garth never learns. Now he is going to hire the lazy privileged guy who already defaulted on debt guaranteed by Caleb to make a man of him. Anyone else think this sounds like a very bad business idea? #pemberlittens

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Bookwormjillk How did she manage to win that argument? Those two give me an upset stomach. 3w
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TheAromaofBooks I can't believe how I've gone from feeling somewhat indifferent towards Rosalind to absolutely despising her in just a few short chapters. Her complete unwillingness to compromise or work with her husband at all and her spoiled, whiny attitude... just wow. Lydgate isn't perfect, but I feel like he is making a lot of effort to fix things, and she's just sabotaging him at every turn! 3w
eeclayton @TheAromaofBooks Agreed. She's horrible 😠 3w
peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks 💯 well said 3w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks same! It‘s so disturbing, she‘s horrible and I hate that he keeps falling for it! Ugh! 3w
TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3w
TheBookHippie The next time people ask me what my in-laws are like I‘m just giving them this book…👀 3w
TheBookHippie Picture 🏆 3w
CoffeeNBooks @TheAromaofBooks I agree! She seems so petulant with the way she's acting right now. 3w
Aimeesue @TheAromaofBooks Yes! Every time she‘s in a scene, I‘m constantly thinking « WTHeck is wrong with her??? » 3w
Bklover @TheAromaofBooks You nailed it!! 3w
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IndoorDame I can‘t help but feel like Rosy‘s behavior is the inevitable result of marrying off teenagers 4w
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Clare-Dragonfly I mean, when it‘s wife vs. husband… I don‘t think there‘s any way for anyone to win 😑 3w
Bklover @IndoorDame I think you‘re right! And Lydgate is an idiot for getting himself in debt to please her (it will never be enough for her anyway) And what a jerk he is turning out to be. 3w
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Bookwormjillk What do you have in mind for our next read? 4w
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I have no idea! I‘m open to suggestions! 4w
CoffeeNBooks That gathering was a bit awkward. 🙄 And why did Mrs. Vincy say it's a pity that Mary isn't better looking? Is it so Mrs. Farebrother might not think Mary's right for Mr. Farebrother? Poor Fred- will he end up with Mary? And #Lydgateisinamood. 4w
Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead google says Tess of the D‘urbervilles or Bleak House are good next reads but I‘d take anything. 4w
Bookwormjillk @CoffeeNBooks he totally is 4w
BarkingMadRead @CoffeeNBooks Mrs Vincy needs to STFU! And such a mood! This is a disaster of his own making, he did this all on his own! 4w
Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk I‘d read Tess of the D‘Urbervilles—it‘s already on my Kindle! 4w
IndoorDame I‘d be interested in reading Agnes Grey and A Room of One‘s Own 4w
Bklover I will read whatever you decide. You are getting me through books I‘ve never made it through before. Bleak House sounds good, as does Tess or AG or A Room of Ones Own. 4w
Bklover Oh, and Lydgate can be such a jerk! 4w
eeclayton Lydgate certainly effed up, but remember he didn't really want to get married at this point in his career. I'm not saying he was forced, though. Also, Rosy is definitely not the helpful wife that supports her spouse through better or worse. 4w
eeclayton I'd be glad to join you for whichever suggestion gets picked. Tess has my vote, but I'd be interested in Bleak House, too. I've read Agnes Grey but I don't remember much, and A Room of One's Own is always worth rereading. 4w
IndoorDame I‘m interested in Tess as well! 4w
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TheBookHippie Blah blah blah …is this where the saying ad nauseam comes from 👀? 4w
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Bookwormjillk Will‘s response was kind of perfect though. Take that Bulstrode. 4w
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I was so proud 4w
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 4w
BarkingMadRead @Bklover this is Bulstrode, I couldn‘t find a pic of Raffles 😥 4w
Aimeesue @BarkingMadRead That DEFINITELY looks like a Bulstrode! 😂 4w
CoffeeNBooks Uggh, Raffles. 🤬 4w
TheBookHippie @CoffeeNBooks honest to goodness this book 😵‍💫 4w
Bklover @BarkingMadRead I was confused. Bulstrode is spot-on!! 4w
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Dorothea's husband wakes her in the middle of the night . . .to read him a book. Like a CHILD. I hate all the husbands in this book. #pemberlittens

Bookwormjillk The worst 1mo
LitStephanie @Bookwormjillk the wives aren't that much better. 😆 1mo
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Bookwormjillk I would have liked to have seen the fender. Is Raffles just going to blackmail everyone in town? 1mo
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #epicfail I sure hope so 🤣🤣 1mo
AllDebooks How gast paced this section is compared to the rest of the novel #somuchdrama 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - Would definitely read a parallel book, The Blackmailing Schemes of Raffles 😂 1mo
Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks that is the fan fic bookworms need! 1mo
Bklover @TheAromaofBooks I think you are right. Raffles needs his own book! 4w
CoffeeNBooks @Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks I love c the book idea! 😂🤣😂 4w
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Bookwormjillk I really can‘t stand Rosie 1mo
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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk SAME!!!!!!!!!! 1mo
CoffeeNBooks She tells him, and then taunts him about expecting to hear about the marriage. 🤨 1mo
Aimeesue @Bookwormjillk She‘s so awful! 1mo
ravenlee I know that grammatically, only one person can be the worst…but Casaubon and Rosy are both the worst. 1mo
Bklover I used to think she was somewhat entertaining. Now I just don‘t like her at all 1mo
BarkingMadRead @ravenlee even the grammar police would agree 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @Bklover - I found her more likable at the beginning as well. But apparently she was only nice because she was getting her own way all the time 😑 1mo
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Bookwormjillk Is this what they meant when they said Rosie was disappointed with her baby? 1mo
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I think so, total surprise! I think it was underplayed just a little 1mo
TheBookHippie I think I‘ve said FFS more in this book than any other I‘ve ever read… #whatintheworld 1mo
CoffeeNBooks Drama, drama, and more drama surrounding Captain Lydgate... And I kept thinking I was missing something while reading because there didn't seem to be much said about Rosamond's baby other than just the facts of the situation. Did I miss something? 1mo
BarkingMadRead @CoffeeNBooks just that bit in the beginning that she lost it because she fell off the horse 1mo
CoffeeNBooks @BarkingMadRead OK, that's what I thought. 1mo
ravenlee @CoffeeNBooks and that she‘s much more interested in being right and having her own way than in being concerned about miscarrying. She‘s a real piece of…work. 1mo
Bklover @TheBookHippie Me too #ffs 😂 1mo
TheBookHippie @ravenlee Right?! Seriously !! 1mo
TheBookHippie @Bklover 😵‍💫 1mo
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#pemberlittens I didn‘t read today‘s chapter yet, I‘m supposed to be home by 1:00 but our latest departure from Orlando is now 2:20 🙄 if I don‘t post tonight, I will double up tomorrow! #thisisannoying #imdonepeopling #delaydelaydelay #prayforme #thisisit #thisishowidie #ofboredom #atleastihavebooks #andakindle #iwontdie #iwillbefine #probably #staytuned

TheBookHippie No worries!!!! Safe travels!! 1mo
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TheAromaofBooks Good luck!! Flying always gives me a nervous breakdown 😂 1mo
shortsarahrose I was once stuck the the Dallas airport for over 24 hours because of flight cancellations. It was The Worst. Wishing you the best on your travels. 1mo
Bookwormjillk Safe travels! 1mo
BarkingMadRead Finally boarded! Hallelujah 🎉🎉 1mo
BarkingMadRead @shortsarahrose yikes! That‘s awful! 1mo
ravenlee Good luck and safe travels! I‘m a couple days behind but will catch up this week (I hope). 1mo
rubyslippersreads I am so, so behind. 😔 I‘m enjoying it, and I will catch up, but life keeps getting in the way. 1mo
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Chapter 57: #FRED Mrs Garth clues Fred in on Farebrother‘s feelings #poorfred #healmostmessesup #marylovesfredbest #pemberlittens

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Bookwormjillk I kept putting this chapter off because it looked so long but a lot happened! 1mo
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Bklover @CoffeeNBooks Good question! And Rosamund hasn‘t had the baby yet has she? 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover hmmmmmm I read this last week and took notes so maybe she hasn‘t had it yet? I just remember her saying something about not understanding what the big deal is? I‘ll have to double check on Monday 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Bklover "Yes, poor thing. I'm sure I felt for her being disappointed of her baby; but she got over it nicely." 1mo
Bklover Oh, I forgot that. I think I assumed that she was just annoyed at being pregnant. Oops!! 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly She‘s lost the pregnancy—that‘s why she‘s supposed to be disappointed (and why she shouldn‘t have been riding). 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly that hasn‘t happened yet 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Oops—marked my comment as a spoiler. I really thought that was what your quote was referring to! I have no idea what she‘s disappointed about 😂 (edited) 1mo
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Never mind the boy in question is a grown man.
Chapter 56. #pemberlittens chapter a day with @BarkingMadRead

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chapter 55: plots to get Dodo to marry again #leaveheralone #buttout #bebraveDodo #pemberlittens

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TheBookHippie #teenangerangst 👀🤣😵‍💫🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
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Bookwormjillk Good for Dodo though finally acting like she‘s the main character in her own story 1mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes! The only good thing to come out of this relationship! 1mo
dabbe Your hashtags are priceless.❣️ 1mo
Bklover #babyhasanamebuttheystillcallhimbaby I‘m so proud of Dodo. She actually is standing up for herself (no I won‘t stay a minute longer and no I don‘t need a companion). 1mo
CoffeeNBooks Oh Celia, and her ideas for Dodo. 🤣🙄 And I know there were very strict rules about what they could and couldn't say to each other during this time, but it's driving me crazy that Dodo and Will don't know what the other is thinking. 1mo
BarkingMadRead @CoffeeNBooks I keep yelling #communicate 🙄🙄 1mo
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