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Ch. 25/26: Mrs. J invites the Dashwoods to stay with her in London and for some reason Marianne is...into it? But immediately upon arrival, M's motives become clear - she sends a note to Willoughby, and Elinor is like, "Engagement confirmed!" Why else would Marianne be so bold as to *gasp* write a letter? A knock on the door makes Marianne jump but when she finds Brandon on the other end, not W, she flees the room immediately. A little tact, girl!

Ch. 23/24: Elinor tries to come to terms with Edward's engagement to Lucy in the most exasperatingly Elinor way possible- by feeling worse for him than she feels for herself and by pretending that absolutely nothing is wrong. When she's next able to get Lucy alone, she gently pushes for intel, and eventually concludes that Edward could not possibly love his fiancee. I mean, who could?! I think the tweet pictured here speaks for all of us, amirite?

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Continue with my yearlong reads on the right

Continue with my monthlong reads; Hard Times #WhatTheDickes, Sense and Sensibility #PembetLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and Lark Rise to Candleford #Hashtagbrigade

Continue with The Haunted Bridge #NancyDrewBR, read The Secret River and hopefully towards the weekend get a start on There Are Rivers in the Sky

I also want to continue listening to The Christmas Bookshop

Chapters 20-22

No sooner have the Palmers left (her very silly, him very dour), then the Misses Steele come to visit Barton. They get into Lady Middleton's good graces by indulging and cosseting her already spoiled children. Elinor has quite a sassy line in response to Lucy Steele's "horror" at quiet, well-behaved children:

"I confess that while I am at Barton Park, I never think of tame and quiet children with any abhorrence."

Chapters 17-19

Edward comes to visit, and Elinor has hope of the renewal of their quiet affection. But mostly Edward mopes about and is distant. There is a particularly vexing speech about how he wanted to do something useful with his life, but nobody presented him with the exact right thing, so now he is idle and useless. Woe is Edward!

#JaneAustenThenandNow
#Pemberlittens
@Crinoline_Laphroaig

Ch. 21/22: Buckle up, gang, the Palmers left in the blink of an eye; now the Sisters Steele are here, and Lucy is a stone-cold bitch. Learning that Elinor's Mr. F is Edward, she puts on a bullshit innocent act to bring Elinor in her confidence while actually staking her claim: "See this miniature, this letter? Notice that grimy hair ring? He's mine, back off." Elinor gets it loud and clear and is finally left alone to be "wretched" about it.

Playing a little catch up on my #Pemberlittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow reread over coffee & a breakfast sandwich. Then I have some catch-up for #LitsyLove & maybe some journaling. It was a long week & Saturday is for errands & self-care.

I keep getting sidetracked by news & images of the fires in Los Angeles. So far my friends & my nephew & his girlfriend who live there are all okay. Hope any Littens & your families are too. Such a tragedy. 💔

#Pemberlittens "After sitting with them a few minutes, the Miss Steeles returned to the Park, and Elinor was then at liberty to think and be wretched."

I am not wretched. I have tea and wonderful view of snow from my bed.
???❄️? #JaneAustenThenAndNow

I'm revisiting Elinor and Marianne while enjoying the peace and quiet of my #happyplace 🌲❄️

#JaneAustenThenAndNow

#Pemberlittens a bit of #JaneAustenThenAndNow from yesterday's reading of Chapter 19 - Then. I had forgotten the circumstances when this was said and whi said it. Wise words from Mrs Dashwood? That's not something I associate with her.

And the 'Now' ⬇️......