Brideshead Revisited

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dabbe

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

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dabbe

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

#FavoriteReadoftheMonth @ChaptersofChaos (thanks for the tag! ♥️🍁🧡)

Favorite November read with the #hashtagbrigade.

kspenmoll I never read it. Maybe I will try….🙂 1mo

dabbe @kspenmoll I never would have if not for the #hashtagbrigade. I can say that for quite a few books (talking to you, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV!) 🧡🍁♥️ 1mo

ChaptersofChaos @dabbe You're welcome, and thank you for playing! 1mo

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BarbaraJean

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This is yet another book that‘s been on my shelf forever… so long that I can‘t pin down the recommendation that originally prompted me to buy it. I wish I could remember, because that might offer me some direction on why I wanted to read it and what I might have gotten out of it!

This was beautifully written, the characters are richly drawn, and it left me cold. I actually kind of wanted to throw the book across the room at the end. ⤵️

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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) The sadness and nostalgia for a disappearing place and time didn‘t really land for me, because I found the characters so unlikable—and as such, the overarching themes of conversion and grace felt like too little, too late.

I‘m glad I read this with the #hashtagbrigade to glean from others‘ comments some of what I missed! Also, this checks off 1945 for the #192025 challenge. @Librarybelle 2mo

Librarybelle I‘m glad that this was a #hashtagbrigade book! I‘m still reading it and am enjoying it. (edited) 2mo

Centique I had some of the same feelings reading this a few years ago. Just didnt draw me in, as compared to something like The Go-Between - also in that whole “fall in love with a big house and a wealthy family genre” (genre I just made up!)

The Go-Between

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BarbaraJean @Librarybelle I'm glad you're enjoying it! @Centique It was an odd experience for me. I didn't dislike it—the writing was gorgeous. I found it engaging and wanted to keep reading. But I also disliked basically all of the characters and where the plot landed was frustrating. I kind of want to read it again 😂 I love your made-up genre—it IS a thing! I'll have to check out The Go-Between. 1mo

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dabbe

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dabbe

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First published in 1945, BR stands as a landmark of 20th-century British literature. It is a complex novel that defies simple categorization, being at once a nostalgic elegy, a social critique, and a profound theological drama. It is not a light read, nor is it intended to be a comforting one. It is a demanding, melancholic, and deeply philosophical novel. Its greatest strength lies in its beautiful prose and its unflinching exploration of ⬇️

dabbe faith, memory, and the human heart in conflict with itself. However, its deliberate pace, the potential remoteness of its characters' dilemmas, and its challenging theological conclusions mean it may not resonate equally with all readers. It is a book to be admired, pondered, and felt, rather than simply enjoyed.

Thank you, @BarkingMadRead, and the #hashtagbrigade, for this one. Even finishing late, I still couldn't have read it without you. (edited) 2mo

Ruthiella Great review! 👍 2mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I really need to read this! 2mo

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dabbe @Ruthiella TY! 💛💜🧡 2mo

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads It's one that's going to have me pondering for quite a while. I need to watch the 80s mini-series as well. 💛💜🧡 2mo

Suet624 I‘ve never wanted to read this but your review sure made me wonder why I haven‘t read it! 2mo

Leftcoastzen I love this book so much ! Lovely review. The 1980s TV show is an all time favorite! 2mo

dabbe @Suet624 TY. 🧡💜💛 2mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen I've only watched clips of it. I can't wait to sit down and absorb the whole thing! 🧡💜💛 (edited) 2mo

TrishB I loved this book and the show. I normally hate anything about rich people 🤷‍♀️ 2mo

dabbe @TrishB IKR? The writing was just gorgeous, too. 🧡💜💛 2mo

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kwmg40

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Didn't love the characters but such beautiful writing! I enjoyed reading this one along with #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRun

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ElizaMarie

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

I read 4 off my shelf - 2 audio, 2 physical
AND #DNF's 2 - 1 audio, 1 physical

All in all a great #SeptemberReCap :)

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Sparklemn

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Loved the writing. Didn‘t love the characters. But I enjoyed the discussion with the #hashtagbrigade! Ann Patchett recently recommended another Waugh novel, A Handful of Dust, on her weekly “New to you” video. Might try this one someday.

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AnneCecilie

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

so-so

I bought this book back in 2017 together with his debut “Decline and Fall”. I read the debut not long after and waited until now to read this. I should have taken the hint.

This was not for me. The prologue left me confused. Then I enjoyed the Oxford years, and after that I was lost again. I didn‘t quite get this book so I‘m happy I read it with the #HashtagBridage and got it off my tbr

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BarkingMadRead I totally get this! Not every book is for everyone! 2mo

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ElizaMarie

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I loved reading this book. It was just so beautifully written. I wholeheartedly believe that I wouldn't have gotten as much out if it if it weren't for my #HashtagBrigade crew (thanks as always for hosting @BarkingMadRead). Also added the CloseReads podcast to this reading (thank you again @Daisey)

Pic of my “Aloysius“ -- Remmy

BarkingMadRead Remmy is so cute!!! 2mo

dabbe 🧡💜🩶 2mo

Daisey So glad to hear this! I finished the book as well, but I want to listen to more of the podcast this weekend. 2mo

ElizaMarie @Daisey I grew up Catholic (but not a devout Catholic - find comfort in the rituals at times, but I mix some of my rituals with my abuela's more bruja ways too). Anyway, the ending where the father was dying was particularly close to me, and the Goodreads dives so much into the catholic conversion of it all. 2mo

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Daisey

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I enjoyed this book, but I don‘t think I would have as much reading it all on my own. I tend to enjoy more plot focused stories, and this was definitely character focused. Additionally, it was a bit difficult to stay connected sometimes when it skipped chunks of time and revealed major changes from those periods. The narration by Jeremy Irons was great, and absolutely helped my appreciation.

#HashtagBrigade #1001books #audiobook

mabell My husband and I love Jeremy Irons‘ voice! It‘s a tie between he and George Sanders for our choice of phone book reader 😂 2mo

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Ruthiella

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#HashtagBrigade

I really enjoyed the re-read. It‘s been decades since I first read it and I got a lot more out of it this second time around. That‘s the beauty of classics and modern classics- they reward multiple reads. While I still prefer the idyllic first section with young (and in love IMO) Charles and Sebastian, I appreciate as an older person the bittersweet feelings for one‘s youth.

Thank you for leading the charge @BarkingMadRead 😊

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 2mo

sarahbarnes I‘ve still never read this! 2mo

CarolynM ❤️ 2mo

Sace I love that cover! 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

#epilogue #backtothewar #charlieisassignedtobrideshead #cleanupbrigade #andtheyallliveunhappilyeverafter

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 2mo

Bookwormjillk I liked the book but am meh about the ending. 2mo

BarbaraJean @Bookwormjillk Same. All that for this ending?? 😒 2mo

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BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean @Bookwormjillk I totally felt cheated 2mo

KAO I also really enjoyed this book—until the ending! So bizarre! Thank you for leading the way through this one! (edited) 2mo

Ruthiella The ending can be considered a happy one because Julia and Charles have found their faith, which is (for some) richer than any earthly romantic or marital tie. This is what the Christian focused podcast “Close Reads” pointed out. Thanks @Daisey for bringing the podcast to my attention. I certainly would not have picked up on the conversion undercurrent on my own. (edited) 2mo

Cuilin @Ruthiella Agree. I think the “forerunner” talk is about Charles‘ journey to catholicism. That is really what the book is about. Waugh himself described it as an operation of Devine Grace between connected characters. It was wonderful reading it with everybody. Thank you. @BarkingMadRead 2mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin @ruthiella I think that's why I found the book so fascinating. I wasn't raised in any religion, so a lot of it is outside my personal understanding. This gave me a different perspective of faith. 2mo

willaful I found the ending sad. Like so many jerk men, apparently, Charles finally realizes he missed a chance to know his children. (Or at least his son. 🙄 )

If the point of the story was that Charles was missing some part of humanity because he hadn't found faith, phooey I say. 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Ruthiella Charles has found religion? I don‘t get that at ALL. I guess he does talk to Nanny and go to the chapel in the epilogue…? 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly I thought it was more about Brideshead, the place, and how it‘s changing so much and going away and that‘s sad. 2mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig Did this have some beautifull crafted prose? Yes. Did I care about any of the characters? No. Put this in the category of 'it's a classic, I've read it, now I never have to again.' To be honest I actually skimmed, read a synopsis, and then read the ending a few days ago just to be done with it.

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kwmg40 Like @lil1inblue, I wasn't raised in any religion, so I too find books examining faith interesting. Loved the beautiful prose, the characters not so much. Thanks @BarkingMadRead for hosting! 2mo

ElizaMarie I feel like the ending gives us a little bit of hope. With Charles having found his faith and being back at Brideshead, he has an opportunity to be serene and work at Brideshead (I think his true love). 2mo

mcctrish @willaful the whole story is sad, ending with the futility of war, lost chances with children and missed opportunities with friends and lovers 2mo

willaful @ElizaMarie That makes sense. 2mo

Sparklemn @ElizaMarie I felt a little hope, too. He was back at the place he loved. And the world changes but Brideshead lives on. 🩶 (edited) 2mo

ElizaMarie @Sparklemn I‘m glad I‘m not the only one :) 2mo

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Clare-Dragonfly

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so-so

Beautiful writing, characters who are awful people. I want to shake them all, particularly Charles. It reminded me of The Secret History in that way, except these characters are more shallow, and the end of this book wasn‘t satisfying to me. I guess if you think of it as being about the place, the ending and epilogue are more compelling? But then Charles doesn‘t really reflect on how he‘s leaving Brideshead.

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 3.5: #popsiscominghome #everyonemustmove #popsisnotafanofberyl #shesoundslikealot #popsishometodie #doesnotewantberylinhishouse #planstochangethewill #hugedebateoverlastrites #wariscoming #popstakesaturn #itsalmostover #juliacallsthepriest #absolution #breakup #yikes #almostthere #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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BarbaraJean This chapter kind of made me want to throw the book across the room. Or at multiple characters. 2mo

Bookwormjillk Pops cracked me up every time he said Beryl. That breakup seemed abrupt to me but then again Charlie doesn‘t really show emotion. Kind of a weird chapter. 2mo

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willaful That's pretty much how I expected it would go. :-( Their religion is such a strange and powerful force in their lives. 2mo

Cuilin @willaful Yes, it‘s like another character in the novel. 2mo

willaful @Cuilin another member of the family, and Charles always underestimates that. 2mo

willaful A thought I just had. Julia's marriage to Rex wasn't sanctioned by the church because he was divorced. A conniving person could probably have had that marriage annulled. 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly Jeez, what the heck? Talk about an anticlimax! I thought Julia would at least talk to Charles about what a condescending jerk he‘s being about her religion. And is he just forgetting about Sebastian?! @BarbaraJean 💯💯💯 2mo

ElizaMarie @willaful but—- I don‘t think Charles‘ marriage could be annulled. I might not know the rules of annulment though 2mo

willaful @ElizaMarie Well she married a divorced man once, surely she's got a mulligan for that. ;-) 2mo

mcctrish I thought the beginning with Lord Marchmain‘s conflicting letters was hilarious which led to the dominoes of who‘s moving where but Julia being unable to marry Charles because of her religion is just a cop out after her first marriage to Rex ( poor Charles is the only one who really wants the house imo) 2mo

ElizaMarie @mcctrish He truly loves the house! 2mo

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willaful

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“So you're being divorced,“ said my father. “Isn't that rather unnecessary after you've been happy together all these years?“

“We weren't particularly happy, you know.“

“Weren't you? Were you not? I distinctly remember last Christmas seeing you together and thinking how happy you looked, and wondering why.“

Bookwormjillk Lol 2mo

TheBookHippie 😂 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 3.4: #divorcetime #celiahasanewguy #rexdoesntwanttiletgoquiteyet #cordeliacomeshome #sebastianissickagain #kurtcommittedsuicide #ischarliegoingtomarryjulia #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk I feel like there will be some sort of Catholic stumbling block (not a spoiler just a prediction from someone who married in.) No way everything ends so cleanly. 2mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 💯 2mo

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willaful What a sad chapter. Though Charles' dad made me lol again.

I also have a sense of doom for Julia and Charles. I'm thinking more from one of them than from outside, but a Catholic stumbling block could change things for Julia... 2mo

mcctrish I guess Julia wasn‘t pregnant 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly Cordelia continues to be my favorite! Oh no, she wasted her youth doing actual good in the world, what a terrible fate 🙄 I‘m with @bookwormjillk and @willaful predicting no good end for Charles and Julia. If nothing else, the timeline is getting way too close to the prologue and he did not seem to be thinking of Brideshead as his wife‘s family home! (Then again, who ever knows what Charles is thinking?) 2mo

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly Indeed.

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ElizaMarie Poor Cordelia - they talk about her wasting her life AND being ugly. Also she wasn‘t as spunky which makes sense but— I was hoping for more wit. 2mo

Sparklemn @ElizaMarie I expected more wit, too. Hopefully we‘ll see some yet. 2mo

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lil1inblue

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I couldn't stop reading this. The writing is just exquisite. The humor is perfection. Love it.

#hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead Yayyyyy it‘s so hard to stop when you get to the end of a book! 2mo

Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

lil1inblue @BarkingMadRead I tried so hard to stick to the schedule (an exercise in patience), but the writing was too good. Oops! 🙃 2mo

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dabbe 🧡💜💛 And I'm slow-going right now because I'm savoring it! 2mo

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dabbe

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#hyggehourreadathon @Alldebooks @TheBookHippy @Chrissyreadit

Matt and Kate are already hygged out! I'm planning on catching up with the tagged book; I allowed myself to get so behind ... no idea why. In my den with Matt and the pups. Nothing better. 🧡💜💛

AnnCrystal 💕🐕‍🦺🐾💝. 3mo

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Sparklemn

Brideshead Revisited (75th Anniversary Edition) (Special) | Evelyn Waugh

Regarding New York. This made me chuckle. 🍎🏙️❤️

#hashtagbrigade

TheBookHippie Ah the city. I love it so. 3mo

Sparklemn @TheBookHippie I‘m due for a girl‘s trip/theater weekend soon. Love Broadway! 🎭 3mo

TheBookHippie @Sparklemn Oh how brilliant!!!! 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 3.3: I had just seen a video of Jennifer Coolidge and it made me think of Beryl 🤷🏻‍♀️ #anyway #twoyearslater #juliawantsaweddingandababy #brideyisgettingmarried #wontbringhertomeetjulia #rexandjuliawillhavetomove #charlieandjuliakindofflauntitinfrontofrex #imconflicted #talkofhitler #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Cuilin “He seems to have a penchant for my children” says Papa Flyte. lol 3mo

willaful @Cuilin that made me lol too! 3mo

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willaful So I spent most of this chapter diagnosing people. 🙄 Brideshead, autistic. Charles... I dunno but very cold in a perturbing way. Julia, maybe pregnant? She seems like the only person with understandable human feelings and I wonder if it's her curse to fall for men who can't properly support her. 3mo

ElizaMarie @Cuilin 😂 3mo

mcctrish @willaful Julia being pregnant makes sense because she is all over the place in her emotions 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I guess I was wrong about Celia pushing for divorce. They have to stay together for the children he never sees 🙄 Maybe she just didn‘t want him around at home begging for sex. 3mo

Sparklemn @Cuilin Loved this! 😂 3mo

Sparklemn @mcctrish @willaful I agree. Pregnant totally makes sense. (edited) 3mo

Sparklemn @BarkingMadRead I pictured Kathleen Turner 3mo

BarkingMadRead @Sparklemn ohhhhh that‘s a good one! 3mo

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly I think she's setting things up so that however things go, she comes out smelling like roses. 3mo

lil1inblue @willaful Totally agree about Brideshead. And an argument could be made that Sebastian has ADHD. 2mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin That gave me a good chuckle, as well. 😅 2mo

willaful @lil1inblue And/or what they now call PDA. He reminds me of my daughter. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-mental-health/202410/5-things-to-... 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

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Ch 3.2: #artshow #celiathehostesswiththemostest #anthonyshowsup #putscharlieinhisplace #everyoneknowsaboutcharlieandjulia #offtothetrain #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Ruthiella I feel like everyone in this novel behaves rather badly other than Cordelia (so far at least). 3mo

willaful @Ruthiella They're not an appealing bunch.

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Bookwormjillk Celia was made to host art shows. In another time she would own her own gallery and wouldn‘t be stuck with a husband that barely knows she‘s alive. 3mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk Agree. There‘s this trend on TikTok where husbands pack their wives lunches, most barely make an effort. I thought the same watching that content and reading this chapter, like Celia he doesn‘t even like you. 3mo

Cuilin @Ruthiella they‘re all so jaded with life!! 3mo

Cuilin @willaful It‘s possible she wants out of the marriage. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m intrigued that there‘s all this gossip about them but no one is going “well, Celia cheated on Charles first,” which suggests it was kept quiet. Charles may feel justified to himself, but society isn‘t going to think so. 3mo

mcctrish @willaful she must have, although it doesn‘t seem like Charles and Julia are going to any great pains to hide 3mo

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly that what I was thinking. I feel like knowing more about her affair would be beneficial to not judge Charles so harshly. Why isn‘t he recounting this? Does he not find it pertinent to his story? 3mo

willaful @ElizaMarie part of his coldness I think. He cuts out anything he no longer cares about. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @ElizaMarie Well, it doesn‘t have anything to do with the Flyte family, so it must not be important. 🙄 3mo

Sparklemn The writing here is gorgeous. Loving it. 3mo

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Doppoetry

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I will still stand by comparing it to The Great Gatsby, whereas that book feels more fitting, taking place at the start of the 1920s, Bridshead Revisited feels on the opposite side of that time period, the decline of decadence and nobility, change within he social structure and culture. Towards the end of the book, I started not liking Charles as much, and I wish there were more of his interactions with Sebastian.

Doppoetry Charls's affair with Julia felt a bit awkward, and I was a bit glad when they broke it off at the very end, but still felt like they shouldn't have even gotten together in the first place. I understand why they did, but it both felt forced and like Charles was too desperate to be with anything that held a resemblance to Sebastian. 3mo

Doppoetry This was also another one of those “Time Capsule“ books, and I found that I really enjoyed learning about a specific time period through a fictional setting and characters. 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 3.1: #charlesismarried #yetheneverstayshome #twokidshebarelyknows #ithoughtforsureitwasjulia #mulcasterssister #twinbeds #workingasanartist #socool #iwantabarnstudio #ormaybeabarnlibrary #cruisingbackhome #juliaonboard #bizarrecabinroomparty #dinnerstorm #everyoneissick #juliaandcharliehangout #thentheyhangin #charlieadmitssebastianwashisfirstlove #backtolondon #celiaofftoseethekids #charliestaysinlondonwithjulia #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Bookwormjillk Kind of tells you something that Charlie went all over to take care of Sebastian but didn't even know he had a daughter 🙄 3mo

willaful The first half of this chapter had my jaw DROPPED. Such total indifference to his family! Do you think it's because he thinks the children aren't his or because he just doesn't give a damn in general? He has them very firmly compartmentalized as her business. 3mo

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BarkingMadRead @willaful it‘s so bizarre! Maybe he thinks they‘re not his? How can he not care?!? 3mo

Cuilin @willaful He‘s so detached, almost cold. Like “if I don‘t see them, they don‘t exist and I can pretend I live in a different time back when things were beautiful with Sebastian at Brideshead” 3mo

ElizaMarie I‘m glad he reconnects with Julia - even though it‘s not really on the up and up. 3mo

willaful @Cuilin yes! And it made more sense when we learned more about their marriage but still, kind of astonishing. Would he have any interest in Julia at all if she wasn't Sebastian's sister? 3mo

KAO This chapter really surprised me! So much is glossed over—Charles is married! And has kids (whom he doesn‘t know)! And connects at last with Julia! That sea-tossed boat seemed a good metaphor for his life in some ways. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was thinking all along that Charles seems to regard his wife as a useful possession, and then he admits to Julia that he married her because she seemed like a good wife for a painter. 🙄 @willaful Right?! I suspect he thinks at least the girl isn‘t his, but it‘s still mind-boggling that he left when his wife was pregnant for TWO YEARS and would rather sleep with his boyfriend‘s sister than meet his daughter. 3mo

mcctrish I had no idea who we were talking about ( the wife) and thought I‘d missed something alas it was just the emotions. I have to say listening to Celia talk would probably drive me to Mexico for 2 years 3mo

willaful It's an interesting contrast to The Age of Innocence. Charles feels no compunction whatsoever about disliking his wife, ignoring his children and being unfaithful. Perhaps he'll divorce her. 3mo

Ruthiella I think Charles has adopted his father‘s way of child rearing-ignoring them. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful Yes! When he took the card off the flowers and had them sent to Julia I was like “who do you think you are, Newland Archer?” 😂 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Oh! And I totally knew Celia was going to tell Charles she was pleased he was keeping Julia company. I don‘t know if she really doesn‘t think there‘s anything between them or if she just doesn‘t care. Or maybe she‘s pushing an affair so they have an excuse to divorce and she can say it‘s not her fault… 3mo

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 3mo

Sparklemn @willaful It breaks my heart to see how little he cared about his children. Maybe this will change but I‘m not holding out much hope. (edited) 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 2.3: #charliecomeshome #joinsthewareffort #findsoutsebastianishanginginmorocco #juliatrackscharliedown #mumisdyingandwantssebastian #offtomorocoowego #sebastianiswastingaway #toosicktotravel #mumdies #sebastianstaysinmoroccowithkurt #charlieandbrideyarrangeanallowance #backtolondon #marchersisbeingsold #charliepaintsitforbridey #cordeliashowsuptoentertainus #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead
@mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Bookwormjillk I was kind of surprised the mother actually died. I wasn‘t sure if she was actually sick or saying she was to get her horrible children to behave. 3mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I totally thought it was for attention 3mo

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ElizaMarie Me too!!! I just thought of her like a guilt-tripper! Sebastian and Kurt? I don‘t like it. Sebastian seems to have very co-dependent relationships. 3mo

willaful @ElizaMarie It occurs to me that a lot of people who are rejected by or reject their families of birth wind up in this kind of relationship. Someone who gives you what you need, weird though it may look to the outside world.

Re the mom, even a stopped clock... 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I thought we‘d never get to hear from Anthony Blanche again after he was sent down from Oxford so I was delighted to see him again in this chapter! He and Cordelia are the best. Though Cordelia wins by being smart and honest, not just hilarious. 3mo

mcctrish Give me Cordelia over all of them 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 2.2: #juliaandrex #whataguyheis #juliawantstomarryhim #hewantstomarryjulia #butalsohavehismistress #somuchdrama #rexbecomescatholic #butooops #hehasanexwife #uhoh #nocatholicweddingnow #noneofthegoodfamilywillcome #protestantwedding #ohtheshame 🙄 #thatlastlittlebitthough #whathappenstorex #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #omg #ialmostforgot #thosetalescordeliatoldtorex 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Bookwormjillk Cordelia 😂😂 3mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk best part of the whole chapter 🤣🤣 3mo

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willaful Oh man. Charles falls for Julia because she's the closest he can get to Sebastian. UGH.

Cordelia is a beam of sunshine. 💛 3mo

lil1inblue Cordelia was excellent in this chapter. ??? I also found Rex's whole "I'll just become a Catholic" thing hilarious. 3mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue that was so funny, especially with Cordelia interfering. 😆 3mo

ElizaMarie Rex doesn‘t seem to get it. I would think Julia would have been insulted that he didn‘t take the Catholicism seriously and dismissed it. Like to say he would throw money at the fact his x wife existed - he is cocky. —- oh and Cordelia is a hoot!!! 3mo

mcctrish I quite liked Rex until he went back to his mistress because Julia wouldn‘t put out - she was 20? In an era that frowned on extra marital sex AND didn‘t talk about sex to know what to expect 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Cordelia is the best. I want to say Rex and Julia deserve each other, but that might be a little harsh on Julia. The bit where she catches him with his mistress so pointedly avoids him, and then when she‘s talked into seeing him she emerges engaged, cracked me up! 3mo

ElizaMarie @Clare-Dragonfly YES !!! I was thinking she was going to “hold strong“ with her avoiding him and making him chase her to even talk to her! But... she probably knew how weak she was to him and his speeches. I felt sorry for Julia. 3mo

lil1inblue @mcctrish 🎯 🎯 🎯Exactly this! 3mo

BarbaraJean @mctrish Ugh, yes. Especially when his earlier version of it to Charles was that Julia knew about the mistress and was fine with it 🙄 3mo

Daisey This was a great chapter. Cordelia's interference was hilarious. 3mo

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Doppoetry

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

NGL, I've been crafting theories with this book and overthinking things. The Flytes are so complicated and multidimensional, I really admire Waugh's character work with them. Lady Marchmain is so interesting because we know so little of her, but she reacts with conviction. She is so flawed, but she also feels so helpless and unable to have a semblance of control/influence her family.

I think Sebastian finds his family oppressive, but--

Doppoetry --I am still of the opinion he is just an overgrown toddler and makes a volcano out of an anthill. I can't fully blame Charles for enabling Sebastian's addiction, but I wish he had actually made more of an effort to help, instead of passively watching Sebastian do this to himself in order to “save“ the relationship. 3mo

Doppoetry Lots of complicated characters in complicated situations, but I do love it. 3mo

Cuilin This is the perfect book for crafting theories and overthinking!!! This is my fourth read and I‘m just as intrigued and questioning things as though it is my first read. 3mo

Doppoetry @Cuilin It's so easy to paint Lady Marchmain as a villain, but we know her husband also had problems with alcohol, and considering the time period, women had few rights/protections, so who's to say that he was not abusive in some way to her, and that is why she's trying to control how much Sebastian drank in her home? (Yes, Cordelia enabled it as well as Julia, but that's besides the point)

The gears are always turning 😂 3mo

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mcctrish

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

And now Brideshead is reminding me of Gabriële and #europacollective and honestly who else but Littens would even understand my joy

Cuilin I love when my reads connect!!!! 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 2.1: #yikes #christmasatbrideshead #samgrasslostsebastianabroad #butheliedaboutittom #everyoneishidingthebooze #exceptforcharlieandcordelia #charliegetskickedout #cordeliagetsintrouble #rexwillbringsebastiantoafacility #excepthelosessebastiantoo #rexwantstomarryjulia #askingpopssincemomdoesntlikehim #lookslikehewins #butdoesjuliawin #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

willaful I don't think I care much about Julia making a stupid mistake, she's kind of a horrible person. 3mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful yeah, I‘m not a big a fan either. I thought she was fun at first, but not so much anymore! 3mo

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Cuilin Oh Sebastian, 😔 I love how Charles is unbothered by Lady M‘s disappointment in him. (edited) 3mo

willaful The whole family is so toxic, even Cordelia at times. Though that's from her upbringing and she's sweet enough that she might overcome it.
3mo

lil1inblue The discomfort in this chapter was palpable! Oof! 3mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue Yes, that‘s a really good way of putting it. I‘m not a fan of Lady M. 3mo

Bookwormjillk Ooof the fun is over. 3mo

mcctrish The money is all gone - oof 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Is Brideshead‘s first name actually Brideshead?! I thought he was Lord Brideshead but probably has a real first name and the last name Flyte like Sebastian (you know, like George Gordon, Lord Byron)… but even his mom calls him “Bridey.” 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @willaful I‘d have hope for Cordelia if she were to be spirited away to some other family. 3mo

ElizaMarie EESH this family is A LOT! I‘d be drinking all the time too!!! 3mo

Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly Bridey does have a Christian name. Brideshead is just the title and Bridey his nickname. But the book never reveals what it is. 3mo

BarbaraJean I‘ve been catching up and discovered today that my copy combines Book I and Book II (chapters 1-8) and therefore Book III has become Book II (chapters 1-5). As if I wasn‘t confused enough already by falling behind 🥴 Also I miss Aloysius. 🧸 3mo

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean would it help if I started off with the chapter title? Aaaand I‘m just now realizing those are only in my table of contents (edited) 3mo

BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead Yeah, I don‘t have chapter titles at all 😆 I‘m planning to read the last two chapters in my Book I / your Book II today, which will put me back on track with the group and should help with the clarity! It‘s just such an odd difference to have between editions (and makes me suspicious of mine!) (edited) 3mo

BarkingMadRead @BarbaraJean yes! We finish our book 2 today! So crazy that yours is so different! 3mo

Sparklemn My sympathies lie with the tortoise. 😜🐢💎 3mo

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Daisey

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

I‘ve been listening to Brideshead Revisited this past week, but I‘ve felt like I‘m not listening closely enough when I read the posts and comments. Today, I found this podcast and listened to a few episodes. They look at it from more of a religious aspect, and they also discuss a variety of passages that help me consider it in more depth. I‘ll put a link to the first episode in the comments.

#HashtagBrigade #1001books #audiobook

Daisey Close Reads Episode 53 from May 2017
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ORq4deZtFkMNw1riR08hn?si=U1hu7Be9R2iyuuylhfom4... 3mo

Ruthiella Awesome! Thanks for the link! 😊 3mo

Bookwormjillk Cool! 3mo

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Cuilin Fabulous, thank you for sharing. 3mo

ElizaMarie Oooo thank you!!!! 3mo

Daisey @Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @Cuilin @ElizaMarie You're welcome! I hope you find it worthwhile. I especially appreciated the discussion of Catholicism in England at this point in time in reference in Julia & Rex's wedding plans. 3mo

ElizaMarie I have listened to a couple of their posts so far. I am enjoying them. I do fast forward a lot of their banter (they are a bit long winded at times) 3mo

Daisey @ElizaMarie I agree. Especially at the beginning, I feel it takes them a while to actually get on topic. 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 5: #backtoschool #actinglikeoldmen #juliaandrexinvitethemtolondon #timeforaball #whichtheyhate #timeforabrothel #whatcouldgowrong #fairies 😳 #ugh #timeforapartywiththegirls #askullandaconsumptive #bustedbythecops #timeforjail #rexbailsthemout #samgrassissomethingelse #christmasatbrideshead #backtoschool #sebastianisdrinkingtoomuch #beingsentdown #nowcharliehasnoroommate #hedecidestopursuepainting #sebastianwillgoabroad ⬇️⬇️⬇️

BarkingMadRead #untilnextterm #andthenhewillbebabysat #whatcouldgowrong #whatwillcharliedo ⁉️ #staytuned #hashtagbrigade 3mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

TheBookHippie Fell behind catching up today! Am loving it! 3mo

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mcctrish I‘m pretty sure everything will go wrong 3mo

willaful Fascinating chapter! To me, Charles and Sebastian are clearly in love... But do they know it themselves?

The ending is heartbreaking. Sebastian's family is doing the absolute worst thing they could do in the name of taking care of him. I'm afraid they're driving him to his death. 3mo

Cuilin The juxtaposition of the helicoptering of Sebastian‘s family and The “hey you‘re 22, no? you‘re 20, I thought it was longer but, live your own life” from Charles‘s father is something. (edited) 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I do not foresee good things for Sebastian. 3mo

Bookwormjillk I left this and Nancy Drew until 7:45 tonight. Why do I feel like a kid who procrastinated on their homework 😂 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 3mo

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk Haha. Same. 😂 3mo

lil1inblue @willaful They're definitely in love. 😍 3mo

ElizaMarie @willaful yes!!! I don‘t think they understand the feelings they have but know they feel intense and all consuming. 3mo

Sparklemn @Cuilin I thought so, too. And yet they‘re both so lonely. 3mo

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Cuilin

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

@Ruthiella It‘s amazing what a little closer reading will do, I must‘ve missed this on previous reads or else I was just too sympathetic to Charles.

There‘s a parenting lesson in this somewhere. lol #hashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

Ruthiella Yes, me too! I was also much closer in age to Charles when I first read it which no doubt also affected my interpretation. 😅 3mo

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Ruthiella

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

#FridayHappyReadingHour

Let the weekend begin! 😋🧋📚

TheBookHippie 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 3mo

Tamra Oh what a weekend it looks to be!! 3mo

Bookwormjillk Yay weekend 🎉 3mo

Cathythoughts Brideshead ❤️ enjoy it all x 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Y‘all. @dabbe made us a beautiful schedule to get us through the longer chapters. I will probably only post on the days we finish a chapter, in case anyone reads it all at once or in a different way, but one never knows 🤷🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Bookwormjillk Thanks @barkingmadread @dabbe these chapters are delightful but some are so long! 3mo

mcctrish Okay posting when we finish a chapter makes me breath a happy sigh, I‘m on my kindle and I legit have no tracking vibes with it - I really do love paper books best 😆 3mo

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Cuilin 👍 3mo

Librarybelle Screenshotting this! Thanks @dabbe and @BarkingMadRead ! 3mo

dabbe 🧡💜💛 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk IKR? I want to savor it a bit more. 🧡💜💛 3mo

dabbe @Librarybelle 🧡💜💛 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Sounds great! Thanks @dabbe ! I‘ve been scrambling to keep up and have had a hard time getting to my other books. 3mo

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 💛💜🧡 3mo

willaful Fantastic! This last chapter was a doozy! (edited) 3mo

kwmg40 This plan sounds good to me! 3mo

BarbaraJean Oh, yes please—this is fantastic!! 💜💜 Thank you, @dabbe !! 3mo

ElizaMarie I love this thanks!!!! 3mo

dabbe @willaful 💛💜🧡 3mo

dabbe @kwmg40 💛💜🧡 3mo

dabbe @BarbaraJean 💛💜🧡 3mo

dabbe @ElizaMarie 💛💜🧡 3mo

Sparklemn Perfect! 3mo

Bookwormjillk Oh thank goodness we get two days for today's super long chapter. 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.4: #painting #winetasting #camelopard #dude #thatsagiraffe #anyway #wemeetthefam #bigfanofcordelia #offtovenice #onsebastiansdime #hisdadisintereating #caraseesall #veryastute #lotsoffuntheories #backhomeagain #popswasworriedaboutsebastian 🤣 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Bookwormjillk Pop was worried 😂

I'm a Cordelia fan too. 3mo

willaful Haven't finished the chapter yet, but the wine tasting scene is hilarious! “Like the last unicorn.“
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dabbe @BarkingMadRead I was looking over the chapters, and a few of them are 40-60 pages. I'm okay powering through, but I do have a modified reading schedule if anyone is interested; we'd still finish well before the end of September. Starting with tomorrow, here it is:
9/13: Ch. 5, first half
9/14: Ch. 5, second half
9/15: Book 2/Ch. 1
9/16: Ch. 2
9/17: Ch. 3
9/18: Book 3/Ch. 1, first half
9/19: Ch. 1, second half
9/20: Ch. 2
9/21: Ch. 3 ⬇️
3mo

dabbe 9/22: Ch. 4
9/23: Ch. 5, first half
9/24: Ch. 5, second half
9/25: Epilogue

This is only a suggestion that I thought I'd share. 🧡💜💛 3mo

Cuilin I can‘t remember if this is my third or fourth time reading this book, but I cannot figure out Ryder‘s father!! he just exudes sarcasm, right? Also, Cordelia is hilarious. “I can‘t spare you a whole rosary you know. Just a decade.” 3mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I love this, thanks for figuring it out! I will make a separate post and tag everyone so that nobody misses it 3mo

Ruthiella @Cuilin This is only my second time reading it. I do recall on first reading it how I thought Charles relationship was his father was sad and lonely, but on the second reading I kind of think that Ryder Sr. is doing the right thing by encouraging (in his way) Charles to live within his means (which are very generous 740 in 1925!?!!) and get him out of the house and living his own life. Plus, he likes Sebastian - later chapters will prove. 3mo

mcctrish I love Cordelia! Sebastien stuttering “Charles, Charles! It‘s Mr Ryder” Cordelia “Charles, meet me ……” I‘m getting Flavia vibes! I love a precocious tween girl 3mo

Cuilin @Ruthiella yeah I agree with this assessment. I do think he was trying to encourage Charles to live within his means and also to use his summer appropriately, maybe get a job and then he could afford go to the theater, etc.. plus I also think Charles though aware of his father‘s loneliness, doesn‘t write to him. 3mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 😘 3mo

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯♥️🎯 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I love Cordelia! She knows what she wants and goes for it. 3mo

ElizaMarie I love Cordelia and her rosary!!! She is such a fun character 3mo

lil1inblue @willaful Loved the wine tasting! 🤣🤣🤣 I just love this book. 3mo

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Doppoetry

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Hopefully I'll get through chapter 5 today (it's on the longish side) but I'm so fascinated by Ryder's dynamic with Sebastian's family.

So far they seem “normal“ and Sebastian seems to be exaggerating how manipulative they are but this could still turn around and prove me wrong 🤔

ElizaMarie I am curious about Ryder and Sebastian's sister - will there be a budding romance? 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.3: #summervacay #ryderisbroke #dadissomethingelse #sebastianisdying ⁉️ #immediatelyonthetrain #whydoilovejuliasomuch #sebastianisnotdying #croquetaccidentsarenotoriouslyhorrible #obviously #ryderissavedfromboredom #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Bookwormjillk I haven‘t finished the chapter yet but those dinner scenes had me rolling. I love this book. 3mo

Ruthiella In my limited experience, this chapter with its snarky humor is more typical of his other novels (The Loved One and A Handful of Dust). 3mo

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mcctrish If surviving dinners with his father does not encourage savings going forward, nothing will 3mo

willaful Dad is a piece of work! Though given that he already provided Charles with an ample allowance, I can't entirely blame him for playing dumb.

So I'm guessing Charles used up the last of his money rushing to Sebastian's bedside? Hmmm.... 3mo

dabbe @mcctrish 😂😂😂 3mo

dabbe I can't help but compare Charles and Sebastian's relationship to Gene and Finny's in A SEPARATE PEACE, though this one they're in college, and there's definitely more humor. Pretty much similar time periods as well. And how dumb am I? I had no idea Mr. Waugh pronounced his name as EVE-luhn. I'm thoroughly enjoying this book. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t believe a word anyone says in this book. This is not a complaint. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Why didn‘t Sebastian invite Charles earlier if he wanted him around so badly?! 😂 Also, dunno if Dad is thinking explicitly “hmm, perhaps my son is gay” but I love him commenting that he wouldn‘t turn up at his friend‘s deathbed because the friend‘s wife wouldn‘t like it. 3mo

KAO I chuckled aloud when I read Sebastian‘s brief letter to Charles actually dated: “I wonder what day it is”—and I thought to myself that I could easily and honestly date my next letter to a friend this same way instead of checking my calendar to give the impression that I have my life under control with an accurate date! (edited) 3mo

KAO I‘m enjoying this book too—and am pleasantly surprised by the amount of humor! 3mo

ElizaMarie @willaful I agree! I think the dad is purposely playing dumb about the $ because he knows his son squandered it away —- I love the dad‘s attitude! (edited) 3mo

ElizaMarie So far the book is pretty funny! These characters! @Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t believe anyone either!!!! All the dramatics! 3mo

Sparklemn @KAO This was my favorite line of the chapter! 😆 3mo

lil1inblue I so agree with @bookwormjillk the dinner scenes were uproariously hilarious. I love Waugh's humor! 3mo

lil1inblue @dabbe You're nailing these comparisons! It's been a while, but I definitely feel hints of A Separate Peace. 3mo

willaful @KAO yes, that was a hoot... And very Sebastian, I think. 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue IKR? 💜🧡💛 3mo

julieclair I think the dad is my favorite character! 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.2: #ryderisgettinglectured #cuzwantshimtobeabetterhuman #anthonywarnshimaboutsebastian #somanystories #butaretheyalltrue ⁉️ #anthonyisfabulousijustgottasay #althoughidontbelieveitall #sebastiansfamilythough #theysounddelightful 🙄 #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Cuilin I flagged so many things today!!! If I showed up at a party and Anthony was there, I would definitely be thinking this is gonna be good!!! 🤪 Did he just call Sebastian stupid? 3mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin i think he may be my fave, he‘s definitely the most fun. 3mo

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Cuilin @BarkingMadRead I get the feeling we‘re not meant to like him, but I do. 3mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin 🤣 for sure, which makes it more fun 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3mo

lil1inblue @cuilin @barkingmadread I want to sip tea and eat popcorn every time Anthony enters a scene. 😂 3mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue 🍿& 🫖 yes!!!! 3mo

willaful A chapter that is almost entirely a monologue! And he predicted what would happen perfectly... 3mo

ElizaMarie Anthony is just a delightful story teller :) 3mo

mcctrish @willaful he sure did 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t have much to say besides I agree with you all 😂 3mo

julieclair Anthony is definitely entertaining, but I actually feel a little sorry for him. 3mo

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Sparklemn

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Sebastian: Blah blah blah blah
Charles: Please STFU
😂😂 #hashtagbrigade

TheBookHippie 🤣 3mo

lil1inblue 😂 3mo

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dabbe

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

#fictionaltraveler @julieclair

I'll be in England in the 1920s at Brideshead Revisited with @BarkingMadRead and the #hashtagbrigade. So far, I'm loving it. Such sumptuous writing! 🧡💜💛

BarkingMadRead It‘s so beautiful!! 3mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

julieclair Perfect choice! I am loving it too. 3mo

dabbe @julieclair 🧡💜🩶 3mo

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Doppoetry

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Really loving this book so far. 🩷

Doppoetry I'm still thinking about what Cara said last chapter. I wonder if its elaborated on in later in the book. 🤔 3mo

Doppoetry Chapter 5 is on the longer end, so I might read that a bit later. 3mo

lil1inblue I just finished Chapter 2. I'm loving the writing. 3mo

Doppoetry @lil1inblue the writing is so beautiful, might have found a new favorite author! 3mo

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mcctrish

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Cousin Jasper and words to live by

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Don‘t know if I‘ll be reading this but “each to its own”. 3mo

mcctrish @DrSabrinaMoldenReads it‘s just a delicious book to read! The descriptions are gorgeous 3mo

Cuilin The line above it had me 😳 lol 3mo

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mcctrish @Cuilin the accents were worse than the sodomite part I think 😂😂 3mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I was kinda being sarcastic. I certainly will read it. It‘s just that I am Catholic and so many people misunderstand the religion. I was a convert…for reasons. You know I read about 10 books about it before making my decision. 🤓 I am a person who highly respects anyone else‘s viewpoint. 3mo

Cuilin @DrSabrinaMoldenReads You might like it as it‘s considered a Catholic novel. (I was raised Catholic) HOWEVER “trigger warnings” as there‘s lots of other themes too. 3mo

Cuilin @mcctrish oh I know, I tried to some myself. 😆 3mo

Ruthiella @DrSabrinaMoldenReads You should give it a whirl. Waugh converted to Catholicism himself. This book grapples with religion seriously as well as humorously. 3mo

mcctrish @DrSabrinaMoldenReads and I was poking the bear of the Christian right who seem to do more harm than good 😇 #johnwaynejesus 3mo

TheBookHippie I‘m in the they do 99 percent harm group. 🙃 experience and belief. (edited) 3mo

mcctrish @TheBookHippie them and the wellness experts 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish OMG 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫💯🎯 3mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @mcctrish I totally agree. So sorry about the oversensitivity! I appreciate you understanding 3mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie I agree you on the Wellness experts and the Right 3mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @Ruthiella Wow! Will definitely read it now but I was gonna anyways! It‘s high on my growing TBR list 3mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @Cuilin Thanks for bearing with me, My Book People 3mo

Cuilin @DrSabrinaMoldenReads always 🩷 3mo

lil1inblue I highlighted this, too. ? My grandfather gave my father, who gave me, very similar advice. I'm paraphrasing, but it was something like "organized religion is just another political party you want no part of." #hewasnotwrong ? 3mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie @mcctrish "Wellness" "Experts" give me violent thoughts. ??? 3mo

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 🎯🎯🎯💯💯💯 3mo

mcctrish @lil1inblue smart men in your family 3mo

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue SAME . People think it is hippie … hippies DO NOT act or do that 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ kinda of idiocracy.. 3mo

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Cuilin

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

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I‘m also underlining pretty sentences.

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dabbe L🖤VE! 💜🩶🧡 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.1: #andsowemeetsebastian 🤮 🪟 #pollypeachum #inetrestingwaytomeet #hiscrewseemsfun 🤷🏻‍♀️ #charliebecomeshisbestie #daytriptobrideshead #soundsstunning #dyingtoknowthebackstory #nannyistheonlyonewemeet #intriguedaboutjulia #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 3mo

Cuilin There‘s so much commentary online about this novel that I decided to annotate it!! Loved “The sun was behind us as we drove, so that we seemed to be in pursuit of our own shadows.” 3mo

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I have never read this. I'll have to go back and read all the commentary after. 3mo

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TheBookHippie @Cuilin I got a new copy so I could flag it up 🤣🙌🏼 3mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie We need to share what we‘re flagging somehow. I have five different themes that I‘m annotating. I don‘t want to put spoilers in the chat! I‘ll tag you in a spoiler post perhaps 🤔 3mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I think flagging is my book love language 🤣😅 I generally do quotes to print out -quotes to write on and quotes to ponder 😅🙃😊 3mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I‘m also tracking the LGBTQIA undercurrent 3mo

mcctrish I‘m here for the flagging - I only watched this before and I replaced my childhood teddy with a brand new Gund at the time and named him Elliot. He went everywhere with me. 3mo

Cuilin @mcctrish 🧸 cute. I loved the TV adaptation more than the movie. 3mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I recommend, it‘s interesting. 3mo

mcctrish @Cuilin I only watched the mini series - I was in Grade 12 but now I might try and dig up the movie 3mo

Cuilin @mcctrish It‘s good. I think Emma Thompson (love) plays Sebastian‘s mom, but I don‘t think anybody can play Ryder like Jeremy Irons. 3mo

ElizaMarie I‘m enjoying the ride so far —- but have no idea what I‘m reading or where this story is going. I feel like I‘m reading into the “friendship” as more? But maybe it‘s just me. We will see —- also have not seen the movie or read any reviews so fresh eyes here! —- these books yall pick are generally not something I‘ve ever ventured towards before (part of the fun) 3mo

Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie not just you 3mo

dabbe @mcctrish 💜🩶🧡 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie #ditto 3mo

dabbe The way Ryder describes Sebastian re: his beauty reminds me of Nick describing Jay Gatsby. Definitely more feelings going on here. 💜🩶🧡 3mo

willaful @Bookwormjillk yup 3mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe do you think Nick had feelings for Gatsby? 3mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin I highlighted the same passage. Such stunning writing. 😍 3mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie "flagging is my book love language" makes me feel seen. ? #hardsame 3mo

lil1inblue @dabbe Ooh. Interesting comparison. I also got Dorian Gray vibes. Definite feelings. 💖 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue Ooh, good one, too! 🧡🩶💜 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I seriously do. There is also an inference to a sexual encounter between Nick and Mr. McKee in chapter 2. The narrative ends with an ellipsis (...) after Nick and Mr. McKee leave a party, suggesting a passage of time and a sexual encounter. This is supported by details like Nick being in the bedroom and Mr. McKee being in his underwear, which would have been unusual for two heterosexual men to be in that situation in the 1920s. (edited) 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I also think so because of his relationship with Jordan, a tomboy-ish female who plays golf. And that relationship doesn't work out, nor did his one with the girl back home. He seems in love with Gatsby or the idea of him. All inferences, but hard ones to ignore. 3mo

lil1inblue @dabbe @Bookwormjillk Now I want to re-read Gatsby. I read it in school in the 90s, so we obviously didn't explore homosexual themes (gasp! 😱🤣 ). I see what you mean, Denise, but don't remember details. 🤔 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 💜🩶🧡 3mo

Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue @dabbe I‘ll have to pay more attention next time I re-read! 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Whoah! Please forgive the overzealous teacher in me! I never picked up on that when I first read it. It's only after YEARS of teaching it that my brain (and wormhole digging) got me to this point. I hate sounding like a know-it-all. I'm so sorry. 🧡💜💛 3mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe no! I appreciate it. I love Gatsby and I re-read it every year so I‘m happy to have a new angle to look at. Thank you! 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Oh good, I‘m so glad I‘m not the only one seeing the subtext (and that it will get even more explicit)! When Sebastian was wearing Ryder‘s tie I was like “it can‘t be, this is a WWII novel” and then the teddy bear and he‘s weird but charms everyone and one of his friends at the party is an aesthete… and then the aesthete tells SEBASTIAN that he‘d like to fill him full of ARROWS… and I‘m delighted that it‘s totally gay. 🏳️‍🌈😁 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🧡🩶💜 3mo

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🧡🩶💜 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Prologue: #whoipicturewhenhesayshooper #rightyoh #servantsinwartime #roughsoldierlife #obsessedwithcocoa #igetthat #itooenjoycocoa 🤷🏻‍♀️ #beautifuldescriptions #lazysoldiers #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine 3mo

Cuilin I forgot this started with Ryder‘s disillusionment with army life. I love the writing. 3mo

Bookwormjillk You are so right about Hooper and cocoa. 3mo

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willaful Urgh, my ebook tricked me and I missed the prologue! 3mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful oh no!! 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Well, I hate Hooper, but hopefully there isn‘t too much of him. (I‘m highly displeased with Ryder‘s assessment of the folks in the institution as happily oblivious, too, but I suppose it‘s the times.) 3mo

ElizaMarie Oo can you add me to the list ::) please - I got the audible version with all the music and sound effects - really sucks you in 3mo

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie absolutely! 3mo

mcctrish I feel like the vibe so far could easily be transferred to an office in the Midwest ( no offence to the Midwest) 3mo

julieclair The writing is fabulous. I‘m invested already! 3mo

Cuilin @ElizaMarie did you get the one with Jeremy Irons narrating? I love his voice. 3mo

lil1inblue @mcctrish I'm midwestern through and through and this tracks. 🤣 3mo

lil1inblue @cuilin @julieclair The descriptions are just amazing. Fantastic writing! 🤩 3mo

ElizaMarie @Cuilin yes!!! It‘s so good ;) 3mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig I've got print and Jeremy Irons. It's lovely except he says reveille unlike anything I've ever heard. 3mo

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly yeah, not a fan! The times and the POV, I suppose. 3mo

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 😝👀🎯 @mcctrish 3mo

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mcctrish

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Tea break to get ready for #hashtagbrigade and tackle chores

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Clare-Dragonfly

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

@BarkingMadRead This book is quite large. And you say it‘s only 15 chapters?! 😨 I hope the print is big…

BarkingMadRead That‘s what it said! I hope it‘s correct and we don‘t all spend our whole lives reading it! We can always break up the chapters if we need to 3mo

willaful I didn't find the first chapter too onerous. 3mo

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AllDebooks

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

All set for #hashtagbrigade September buddyread.

If You Read One Novel This Year, Make It “Brideshead Revisited” - Word on Fire https://share.google/M8EGBda8YFTSs32CF

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Cuilin Thanks for the link. I‘m linking this one too but beware of ✨spoilers ✨ https://emilygorcenski.com/post/book-report-brideshead-revisited-by-evelyn-waugh... 3mo

lil1inblue Thanks for the links, @alldebooks and @cuilin! 3mo

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