“I shall not be married, it appears…I suppose, as Robert does not care for me, I shall never have a husband to love, nor little children to take care of. Till lately I had reckoned securely on the duties & affections of wife & mother to occupy my existence...now, I perceive plainly, I may have been mistaken. Probably I shall be an old maid.”
Alas, the trials of being 18—one romantic disappointment = destined for old maid-hood! #HashtagBrigade
At last, her big entrance!!! But before she landed on the scene, we had to deal with Caroline's continually declining health. Her uncle just noticed and assumes she has....lead poisoning?? But no need to bother about that, time to go see Shirley! #SheHasArrived #SoundTheFanfare #SheRespectsTheTrade #NotLettingHelstoneIntimidateHer #ShirleyIsABoss #NoLiterally #SheActuallyOwnsTheMill #HashtagBrigade
Kate Evans depicts a cotton mill in Northern England at the beginning of the 19th century, just like in Bronte‘s Shirley, with the child labor…
I did not know that the children are disfigured by the work, because they never see daylight, and thus lack vitamin D…
#hashtagbrigade #serendipity #connections #millwork #BronteandAusten
Today's reading and today's reading buddies.
#catsoflitsy #proust2026 #sundaybuddyread #hashtagbrigade #storyspins
Ch 11: #shirley ‼️‼️ #carolinewantstobeagoverness #unclesayshellno #buthey #letsvisitshirley #shirleyyyyy #whowantstoknowaboutrobert #thatshouldgowell #shirleyseesall #shouldbeinteresting #shedoesnttakeunclesshit #ilikeher #staytuned #hashtagbrigade
I'm focusing on finishing these books for the #JanuaryBluesReadathon, as well as catching up with Shirley by Charlotte Bronte for the #HashtagBrigade readalong.
@Liseworks
Oh noooo, we have to spend today's entire chapter with that most accursed class of people, the Old Maid! At 18, Lina's life is over because she is definitely not going to marry Robert: her Proud Boy uncle got into a political fight with her robber baron crush so the families have gone no-contact. Now Caroline has no other choice but to get to know the town's old maids- after all, she'll be one of them! Link to the pictured article in the comments.
Ch 10: #robertisavoidingcaroline #whoplanstobeanoldmaid #fiftyisancient ⁉️ #imoffended #anyway #shegoesvisiting #newappreciationforherfuturepeople #embracingtheoldmaidlife #countdowntoshirley #staytuned #hashtagbrigade
Breakfast with Shirley before the day begins. Or not as the case may be #countdowntoshirley #hashtagbrigade
Robert Moore, if you don't knock this shit off...! In today's chapter, he goes to visit Yorke and we're subjected to too many pages about Yorke's twee daughters and his incel son. It's all pretty off-putting, especially when Rob flirts with the little girls?! Like, I guess it could be an attempt at being playful but it was just weird. Also our omniscient narrator talking about when some of these kids will die?? What is this, Bridge to Terabithia??
