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TheAromaofBooksIt's hard when people reap what they sow... you feel bad for them but also can't help but realize how much they brought on themselves. I do think Rosalie is SO young and her mother did zero to help her actually find a husband who would be kind to her; she just encouraged Rosalie to focus on status and money, and here we are 😕12mo
TheAromaofBooksSide note, I was mildly horrified at Rosalie's attitude towards her daughter - only a month or two old and she's already viewing her as a rival/jealous of her freedom 😬12mo
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AllDebooksI feel Rosalie is very much a product of her time. How different she may have been if guided to be more compassionate and less concerned with status and wealth? Run for the hills, Agnes and don't look back!! Defo Scarlet O'Hara vibes, petulant, cossetted and privileged!12mo
Clare-DragonflySir Thomas is pretty awful! He rides past his wife and her friend and all he does is turn and give them a creepy stare, no hello or anything! Now I see why Rosalie is disappointed in having a girl… I wouldn‘t want to try for a boy if I were her 😅12mo
TheBookHippie@TheAromaofBooks HA I caught that too -it‘s my mother in a nutshell. Fascinating to read someone else seeing a baby as a rival 🤯😵💫😝12mo
BookwormjillkScarlett is a perfect comparison! Loved how Agnes found out Weston wasn‘t there and found an excuse to leave shortly after. Did she ever visit the library though??!!!12mo
ravenleeI read Wollstonecraft‘s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman recently, and her complaint that “education” as it then existed for women can only create shallow, vain, selfish creatures who view their own offspring as rivals - well, it seems a blueprint for the two Rosalies we‘ve read since then.12mo
Morr_BooksThe whole time, I just wanted Rosalie to show Agnes the library. Sigh. Also, wouldn't it be funny if Weston is hanging out with Agnes' family while she is with Rosalie.12mo
RuthiellaYes, run Agnes! I do feel bad for Rosalie. But you know she just wants to keep Agnes as a pet for when she needs validation.12mo
willafulI think we see Rosalie's own mom's feelings in Rosalie's attitude towards her daughter, which explains a lot. And sadly, even today we have parents who believe “I had to deal with it, you do too!“ instead of trying to make their children's lives better than their own. So alien to me.
I'm so eager to see how this ends!@Morr_Books I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you were right! It seems exactly what would happen. 12mo
mcctrishAny sympathy for Rosalie (Sir Thomas does sound an absolute nightmare) vanished as soon as Agnes offered some suggestions that were IMMEDIATELY shot down. FYI Rosalie, by the time your daughter is ready to come out there will be no competition from you cuz your unhappiness will have made you a shrew 🤦🏻♀️ get the hell out of dodge, Agnes12mo
dabbeI may be off here, but I drew a comparison between Rosalie and Estella (stated earlier) but now Daisy from GATSBY as well. Perhaps another reason Rosalie didn't want a girl is similar to how Daisy didn't want one either--because they both know what a shallow life that daughter is in for. That would have to mean, though, that Rosalie does have a caring heart somewhere in there. I like to think she does, but it won't be enough to save her.12mo
willaful@dabbe Have you ever read Delafield's Thank Heaven Fasting? It's quite chilling on that topic.
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I'm so eager to see how this ends! @Morr_Books I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you were right! It seems exactly what would happen.
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