Chapter 3: I have so many thoughts! I will likely hashtag them all 🤣 Jane and Anne become mostly pen pals now, since they live so far apart, and Anne becomes her critic and confidante when Jane needs a truthful review of her books. Jane is “asked” to dedicate a book to the Prince Regent so she dedicated Emma to him. After Jane passes, we get another glimpse into how Cassandra really feels about Anne…. #pemberlittens #11kids #11 #holyheck
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batsy Don't mean to be a spoilsport 😅 but found Jane's Mean Girl letter about Anne to Cassandra quite revealing! And made me wonder if maybe the friendship between Jane and Anne wasn't as close/devoted as the authors speculate? Since they had scant evidence to work with... 2y
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BarkingMadRead @batsy for sure! 2y
kspenmoll Please add me to posts. I am behind on all September reads but plan to catch up this weekend. School started for me this past week! 2y
BarkingMadRead @kspenmoll added you! 2y
Ruthiella @batsy The inspiration for Emma was possibly closer to home than some Janeites might like… 2y
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella definitely! It‘s fine by me 🤷🏻♀️ 2y
batsy @Ruthiella Indeed! I think I kind of understood Jane to have that in her based on the bio I've read and the excerpted letters. 2y
TheBookHippie @batsy I agree!!!! 2y
TheBookHippie @Ruthiella 😂💯 2y
TheBookHippie Also #holyheck 2y
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie 🤣🤣 2y
ravenlee @Ruthiella @batsy that‘s a very good point - although it also seems they‘re stretching Cassandra‘s dislike beyond what‘s clear. After all, C and Anne maintained contact the rest of their lives. Maybe Cassandra was more formal/reserved in her regard (dare I say, like Jane Bennet?). Either way, they‘re working awfully hard to draw conclusions on scant evidence. 2y
ravenlee #11children #myuterusjustsaidhellno 2y
BarkingMadRead @ravenlee 🤣🤣🤣 2y
rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella @batsy Didn‘t Jane say something to the effect that she liked Emma, even if many readers didn‘t? 2y
rubyslippersreads Too bad she had to dedicate this to “Prinny” when she despised him. 😏 2y
Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads She did! She wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." Though I love Emma myself, warts and all. 2y
kspenmoll @BarkingMadRun Thank you! 2y
batsy @rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella Yes! I confess the complexity and nuance of Emma missed me when I was younger; I thought it was my least favourite. But I've grown to love it so much as an adult. 2y
batsy @ravenlee I feel the same re: Cassandra! My general sense is that Cassandra wasn't really all that much "against Anne" at the start precisely because it doesn't seem like Jane was as close to Anne as suggested. 2y
rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella @batsy. I love Emma too, and now I wonder if it‘s because there‘s more Jane in her than I realized? 2y
suvata I‘m wondering if there was some sibling vs. friend competition going on there. In Jane‘s books the sisters all seem to be pretty close- knit. Not so in real life. I feel pretty sorry for Anne but by the end of this chapter, she seems to be heading in the right direction. 2y
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