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Ch 29: #howdidinotmaketheconnectionwiththetutor 🙄 #anyway #archerpicksupellen #someromance #akiss #dick #ellengiveshimawakeupcall #heleavesthecarriage #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 3mo

mcctrish Archer wants to have it all #nothowtheworldworksespeciallyforwomen 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🎯 3mo

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willaful @mcctrish #EllenKnowsBetter 3mo

mcctrish @willaful Ellen is all #beentheredonethat 3mo

Ruthiella When I first read this book, some decades ago, I was much more sympathetic to Archer…less so now for sure. 3mo

Cuilin @Ruthiella It‘s a great line. We‘re just older and wiser now. 😆 3mo

dabbe @Ruthiella I was, too. And as much as I love Winona, I was never a fan of May. All three play their parts in this society the way they're supposed to--on the outer level at least. Those stays are tied so tightly around them they can't be and get what they really want. What a frustrating time period. 3mo

Ruthiella @dabbe Totally agree. I saw May as manipulative then. Now I consider her position differently. 3mo

lil1inblue @mcctrish 🎯 3mo

lil1inblue Archer leaving the carriage felt like such a tantrum. He doesn't get what he wants, so he leaves. #bigbaby 3mo

ElizaMarie @Ruthiella I can see May as being manipulative, but.. I feel a lot of her behavior is justified. (But -- I never watched the movie or read the book before this readathon) - I wonder if I would be like a lot of y'all with changes in perspective. 3mo

KAO This is also my first time to read the book, and I‘ve never seen the movie. I honestly feel sorry for May, Archer, and Ellen. They all are just so very stifled at the least (or downright trapped at the most) by the society and customs of that era. I guess that‘s the point of it all. #heavysigh 3mo

dabbe @Ruthiella I love how our feelings about books can change over time. 🩶🤍🖤 3mo

Bookwormjillk @KAO same 3mo

Bookwormjillk It‘s a great line if not for the circumstances 3mo

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 28: #betterlatethannever #archersendsthetelegram #beaufortisdisgraced #ellenwillcometomorrow #butthatsnotgoodenough #archerofferstopickherup #butmayisontohim #gowinonago #shecatcheshiminalie #dick #busted #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 3mo

TheBookHippie GO !!! 3mo

KAO “Busted” is 🎯! 3mo

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mcctrish Oh what a wicked web we weave 3mo

dabbe IMHO, this is Wharton's magnum opus. 🩶🤍🖤 3mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe agree! 3mo

willaful I wonder at what point did May realize... 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly May is sooooo good. And Archer‘s inner monologue just gets worse and worse! 3mo

ElizaMarie @willaful I was thinking that too. But I am happy she has pieced a lot of red flags together and figured things out. I love knowing Archer isn't as slick as he thinks he is! 3mo

lil1inblue @willaful @elizamarie I hope we find out! 🤔 3mo

Cuilin @dabbe agreed!!! 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 26: #beaufortisinfinancialtrouble #whichwillaffectellen #thefamilycutheroff #mayseemstostronglysuspect #archerisofftowashington #eventhoughellensaidnotyet #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 3mo

TheBookHippie #imsureitwillbefine 😝 3mo

ElizaMarie Okay, so May suspects, but what does she do about it? Do you think she is siding with the family against Ellen because of this suspicion? Like, secretly (or not so), she wants Ellen to be destitute, to financial and societal ruin? Or just to get her to leave? Either way? 3mo

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Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie The passage with may at the end where it said what she said in one phrase and then said what she meant in about 2 paragraphs was so interesting. I'm not sure she even knows what she wants though other than to maybe keep up appearances and practice archery in peace? 3mo

Cuilin “They smell less if one blows them out”!!!!!!! Methinks May wants rid of Ellen. (edited) 3mo

mcctrish I love how Archer knows exactly what May is saying even though she‘s saying nothing, AS IF! Nobody talks about anything, how would he know what goes unspoken #utternonsense but his guilt is talking loud in his head, that‘s for sure 3mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯😏 3mo

lil1inblue @mcctrish Exactly! His arrogance is beyond the pale. #dick 3mo

lil1inblue “Archer's New York tolerated hypocrisy in private relations; but in business matters it exacted a limpid and impeccable honesty.“ So Beaufort can be a #cheatingcheaterwhocheats at home and no one gives a fork, but he can't fail in business! How horrid! #shameshame 3mo

mcctrish @lil1inblue at least they are worrying about Beaufort‘s wife now being left penniless ( as opposed to when he was gallivanting around town and throwing money at women who weren‘t her) 3mo

lil1inblue @mcctrish I felt like they were less worried about Beaufort's wife, and more worried about the disgrace to the family name. #horrors 3mo

mcctrish @lil1inblue true 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly They‘re worried about Beaufort‘s wife being ostracized by his screw-ups. But they could choose not to ostracize her 🙄 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 22: #apartynobodywantstoattend #lazyarcherpretendshesbuyingahorse #sohecandoapaychodrivebyofellenshouse #butshesinboston #obviouslyarcherneedstogotobostontoo #goodthinthatgirlwasclueless 🙄 #dick #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 3mo

TheBookHippie What a #dick 3mo

mcctrish 🎶don‘t be suspicious, don‘t be suspicious 🎶 (edited) 3mo

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lil1inblue @mcctrish 😂 3mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 🎯 3mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 😂🙌🏼🤣 3mo

lil1inblue I just want to play tiny violins for Archer. 😂 🎶🎻 🎶 3mo

Cuilin @mcctrish that melody is Archer‘s leitmotif. 😆 3mo

Cuilin Parker House mentioned!!!! 3mo

mcctrish @Cuilin at varying decibels depending on the proximity of Ellen 😆 3mo

ElizaMarie Ugh Archer!!! 3mo

willaful Okay, Archer kissing the parasol that turned out the be the other girl's did make me hoot! 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly I was really hoping Archer would go to the party! Those people sound actually interesting, and spending time with interesting people does seem to be what he won‘t allow himself to want. @willaful 💯😂 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 20: #honeymoon #somanyawkwardmoments #thiswontendwell #heissocondescending #thattutorthough #neitherofthemwerekind #snobby #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 3mo

TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 3mo

Bookwormjillk Hot mess express 3mo

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Ruthiella All this not really talking and assuming things will settle…😱 3mo

lil1inblue #dick continues to fit again today! 🙄 3mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🎯 3mo

mcctrish @lil1inblue 😆 and yet May is a snob so maybe they are a #pairofdicks but for different reasons 3mo

lil1inblue @mcctrish 😂 Excellent point. There's just #somanydicks in this book! 3mo

willaful @mcctrish Different types. The one who has no idea she's a dick and the one who knows but keeps doing it anyway. 🙄 3mo

ElizaMarie The first 6 months of the marriage are the hardest? Really!? 3mo

mcctrish @ElizaMarie I mean if you‘ve never been told about sex or been allowed to have an opinion ….. 3mo

Clare-Dragonfly Newland seems to expect they‘ll have children but if May‘s features are still “virginal” at the end of their honeymoon I‘m not so sure 😬 3mo

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly yeah the “virginal” and the “6 months” has me 🤔 3mo

Cuilin @ElizaMarie Yeah, this is literally the honeymoon!! There‘s a reason we say “the honeymoon is over” to denote the challenging times are next. 🤔 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 19: #thewedding #archerspendsthewholetimelookingforellen #thinkingaboutellen #wishingforellen #dick #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @nanuska_153 3mo

lil1inblue #dick 🎯🎯🎯 😅 3mo

Bookwormjillk You got it!

Got to say I was surprised they actually got married. But I guess that gives him more ways to be a #dick 3mo

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lil1inblue #mrsmingotttriestoattend That part was wild. 3mo

Cuilin I love the description of all the white flowers like it was a funeral and not a wedding!!! lol 3mo

dabbe Why, Archer, why? Just stay single and run away with Ellen! Oh, wait. We're in the Gilded Age--where they're all pretty in their cages. #oy! 3mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe #OY also #DICK 3mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin well…. When I was in school we called weddings funerals. 🤣👀🤦🏻‍♀️😳😬🤭 3mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🎯🎯🎯🎯 3mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵🎯🩵 3mo

mcctrish Archer has turned into a space cadet 3mo

ElizaMarie #Archer=Dick 3mo

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