Welcome to Litsy!

Anthony and Jonas Chuzzlewit are grifters, but at least they‘re honest about it: “Hypocrite! why, we are all hypocrites. [To Pecksniff] The only difference between you and the rest was . . . you would deceive everybody, even those who practice the same art . . . Now I, when I have a business scheme in hand, tell Jonas what it is, and we discuss it openly” (123). Unlike Pecksniff, they‘re open about their chicanery!
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I know I‘ve already posted my #HauntedShelf TBR but today I thought it was a good idea to put it all on one slide. So here we go. Revamped TBR post.

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I‘m loving the illustrations in this edition! Punch doesn‘t look quite as I picture him in my head, but Pecksniff totally does! #whatthedickens @Cuilin @Texreader

In other words, they hated Blandois! 😂

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Can we please bring the word “snuggery” back?

The online dictionary describes it: “a cozy or comfortable place, especially someone's private room or den.”

Me: “I dare say, I‘m going to have a cup of tea and read in my snuggery. Oh, no, don‘t wait up for me.” 😊

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In Chapter 5, we see more of Tom Pinch‘s sweetness and generosity when he meets Pecksniff‘s new pupil—none other than young Martin Chuzzlewit! Tom immediately takes to him and is unperturbed to find himself crowded uncomfortably into the carriage with Martin‘s luggage. My favorite part is Tom‘s visit to the bookstore: “all those rows on rows of volumes, neatly ranged within—what happiness did they suggest!” (78). Tom‘s a reader!!❤️
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I was just telling a fellow reader about how funny Dickens is, and then reading Dickens, he gave me this: “and cause him to exhibit the soles of his shoes to the object of his dearest wish”

Having ridden boats in the Venice canals I can imagine that fall! 😂

And yes I‘m still slowly reading this one. #whattheDickens @Cuilin

Dickens‘ tongue-in-cheek descriptions of the Pecksniff daughters are so droll! “Miss Pecksniff . . . was all girlishness, and playfulness, and wildness, and kittenish buoyancy . . . Moderately buxom was her shape, and quite womanly, too; but sometimes—yes, sometimes—she even wore a pinafore; and how charming that was!” (22-23). This is an eye roll in text form! 😂😂 #WhattheDickens
“It was perfectly charming, and worthy of the Pastoral age, ⬇️

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzlewit

I got so lost in Little Dorrit that I decided to be a touch more academic and do some character research. I found this little gem on course hero!!!

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