Litsy

Poems and Prose | Christina Rossetti, Simon Humphries

When I am dead, my dearest,/sing no sad songs for me;/plant thou no roses at my head,/nor shady cypress tree:

be the green grass above me/with showers and dew drop wet;/and if thou wilt, remember,/and if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shadows,/I shall not feel the rain;/I shall not hear the nightingale/sing on, as if in pain:/and dreaming through the twilight/that doth not rise nor set,/haply I may remember,/and haply may forget.

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 9: #tetchytullywillworkforwakem #thatass 🙄 #tullyisverysalty #hemakestomwriteadeclarationinthebible #downwithwakem #thisfeelslikebadkarma 🙈 #staytunedforpartfour #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk I can‘t believe he made him write it in the Bible. These kids are stuck parenting their parents. 9h

mcctrish Next he‘ll have Maggie make up a little doll to put pins into 😉 #tetchytully cursing #snakeywakey 8h

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dabbe This novel takes a Gothic turn when #tetchytully states that the river gets angry when the mill changes hands, and “there's no telling whether there mayn't be summat in the story, for this is a puzzling world, and Old Harry's the devil got a finger in it.“

More reference to the river--not in a good way. #yikes 😱 7h

dabbe @mcctrish Oh, the voodoo that she will do ... 🤣 7h

mcctrish @dabbe or #tetchytully thinks he‘s more important than he actually is 😉😆 #ivoteforvoodoo 7h

Leftcoastzen Now a disaster with the river seems eminent! #yikes 7h

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 6h

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🎯🩵🎯 6h

Clare-Dragonfly Yikes on bikes! 4h

julieclair A river disaster is definitely coming. And writing that curse in the family Bible for all future generations to see. Oh my! #tetchytully is tetched in the head. 🤪 2h

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 8: #tetchytullycomesdownstairs #totalshock #totallylostthosetwomonths #wakemownsthemill #tullycanworkforhim #yay #mamaputherfootdown #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @mcctrish @deblovestoread @dabbe @julieclair @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @thearomaofbooks @daisey @quietjenn @morr_books @leftcoastzen @kwmg40 @alldebooks @eeclayton @sparklemn @elizamarie @kao @jenlovesjt47 1d

mcctrish I‘m fuming that #techttully got to keep his chair but the teapots are gone 1d

Leftcoastzen It is a sad state to be in . Their lives dissembled, Tully so out of it . Yes , no teapots , he gets the chair . 1d

Bookwormjillk Someone needs to get those teapots back 1d

julieclair @mcctrish I was hoping she was going to hide one of the teapots so it couldn‘t be sold. Like bury it in the garden or something. 2h

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 7: Deane giving Fanny vibes 🙄 #notgonnahelpwithmoney #buthewillhanddownsomeclothes #hedoesgettomajob #mightbuythemillandletfetchyrunit #mrstullywantatoappealtowakemsbetterside #whichhedoesnthave #thefamsaysabsolutelynot #obviouslyshegoesanyway #andnowwakemwantstobuythemill #forphil #whichiskindofsweet #butalsodouchey #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish FFS Wakem 2d

ElizaMarie Ugh!!! 2d

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Leftcoastzen I‘m with @ElizaMarie Ugh !! 2d

dabbe Another hashtag name: #snakeywakey And 🎯🩵🎯 to @mcctrish @ElizaMarie @Leftcoastzen @BarkingMadRead 1d

Leftcoastzen @dabbe 😂good one ! 1d

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Bookwormjillk

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Another day of sneaking in reading between games. It‘s so windy though I‘m going to have to switch to kindle after this chapter.

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 6: #thefurnitureisgone #includingthebooks #thefamstillwonthelp #butBobwill #ireallythoughthewantedanewknife #butno #hewantedtogivethemmoney 🥹 #suchasweetmoment #eveniftomandmaggiewouldnttakeit #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish Just showing what a freaking awful family they have (edited) 3d

Bookwormjillk Do I like Tom now? 3d

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BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk it‘s the worst, I can‘t decide either 🤣 3d

Ruthiella Sweet of Bob to offer. And I like how Maggie realized that it wasn‘t the money so much as his friendship and reliance he was offering and which they could accept. 3d

ElizaMarie @Ruthiella ♥️♥️♥️ i agree 3d

Leftcoastzen I felt Maggie‘s pain looking at the empty spot where the bookcase used to be 😱isn‘t interesting that often people with very little offer to share what little they have while people with so much don‘t offer a thing. 3d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🎯🩵🎯 1d

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 5: omg I totally forgot to post #anyway #tomvisitsuncledeaneforadvice #uncledeaneisadouche #pardonmyfrench #nofreakingbodywillhelpthisfamily #sofrustrated #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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mcctrish This family is a toxic dump 4d

Bookwormjillk I can see not wanting to bail them out with money- they seem bad at that. But give the kid a job for Pete‘s sake! 4d

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Clare-Dragonfly They are all so mean! I wish it had occurred to Tom to mention that he‘s good at drawing, especially things like buildings. I bet that could get him a good start. 4d

Leftcoastzen Much better to have less family than a family like this ! Poor Tom trying to do what he can while listening to Uncle belittling his education. 4d

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - I felt the same way! I get that you don't want to hand a pile of money to people who have proven that they aren't going to use it wisely, but Tom is genuinely trying to make good and start providing for his mom and sister, and I thought it was dreadful the way his uncle just blew him off. 3d

ElizaMarie This chapter felt very current to me. It's like kiddos get an education and then can't get a job with their education. I know it's not the same, but it got me thinking about how some college courses/majors do not translate to the working world. I feel so bad for Tom - also this #TheirFamilySucks ! 3d

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Bookwormjillk

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot