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

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mcctrish Archer wants to have it all #nothowtheworldworksespeciallyforwomen 20h

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🎯 19h

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willaful @mcctrish #EllenKnowsBetter 18h

mcctrish @willaful Ellen is all #beentheredonethat 18h

Ruthiella When I first read this book, some decades ago, I was much more sympathetic to Archer…less so now for sure. 18h

Cuilin @Ruthiella It‘s a great line. We‘re just older and wiser now. 😆 17h

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. 15h

Ruthiella @dabbe Totally agree. I saw May as manipulative then. Now I consider her position differently. 15h

lil1inblue @mcctrish 🎯 15h

lil1inblue Archer leaving the carriage felt like such a tantrum. He doesn't get what he wants, so he leaves. #bigbaby 15h

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. 14h

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 14h

dabbe @Ruthiella I love how our feelings about books can change over time. 🩶🤍🖤 13h

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

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

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TheBookHippie GO !!! 1d

KAO “Busted” is 🎯! 1d

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mcctrish Oh what a wicked web we weave 1d

dabbe IMHO, this is Wharton's magnum opus. 🩶🤍🖤 1d

Bookwormjillk @dabbe agree! 1d

willaful I wonder at what point did May realize... 1d

Clare-Dragonfly May is sooooo good. And Archer‘s inner monologue just gets worse and worse! 21h

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! 21h

lil1inblue @willaful @elizamarie I hope we find out! 🤔 19h

Cuilin @dabbe agreed!!! 17h

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

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

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TheBookHippie #imsureitwillbefine 😝 4d

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? 4d

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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? 4d

Cuilin “They smell less if one blows them out”!!!!!!! Methinks May wants rid of Ellen. (edited) 4d

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 4d

lil1inblue @Cuilin 🎯😏 4d

lil1inblue @mcctrish Exactly! His arrogance is beyond the pale. #dick 4d

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 4d

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) 4d

lil1inblue @mcctrish I felt like they were less worried about Beaufort's wife, and more worried about the disgrace to the family name. #horrors 4d

mcctrish @lil1inblue true 4d

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

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

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

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TheBookHippie What a #dick 1w

mcctrish 🎶don‘t be suspicious, don‘t be suspicious 🎶 (edited) 1w

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lil1inblue @mcctrish 😂 1w

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 🎯 1w

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 😂🙌🏼🤣 1w

lil1inblue I just want to play tiny violins for Archer. 😂 🎶🎻 🎶 1w

Cuilin @mcctrish that melody is Archer‘s leitmotif. 😆 1w

Cuilin Parker House mentioned!!!! 1w

mcctrish @Cuilin at varying decibels depending on the proximity of Ellen 😆 1w

ElizaMarie Ugh Archer!!! 1w

willaful Okay, Archer kissing the parasol that turned out the be the other girl's did make me hoot! 1w

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 💯😂 1w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

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

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TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 1w

Bookwormjillk Hot mess express 1w

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Ruthiella All this not really talking and assuming things will settle…😱 1w

lil1inblue #dick continues to fit again today! 🙄 1w

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🎯 1w

mcctrish @lil1inblue 😆 and yet May is a snob so maybe they are a #pairofdicks but for different reasons 1w

lil1inblue @mcctrish 😂 Excellent point. There's just #somanydicks in this book! 1w

willaful @mcctrish Different types. The one who has no idea she's a dick and the one who knows but keeps doing it anyway. 🙄 1w

ElizaMarie The first 6 months of the marriage are the hardest? Really!? 1w

mcctrish @ElizaMarie I mean if you‘ve never been told about sex or been allowed to have an opinion ….. 1w

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 😬 1w

Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly yeah the “virginal” and the “6 months” has me 🤔 1w

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. 🤔 1w

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Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton