Litsy

Shirley | Charlotte Bront�

We have a LOT to unpack in today's chapter! We meet Moore's self-important sister, Hortense who venerates her brother but hates the local villagers. To be fair, they laughed in her face when my good sis rocked up to church in her finest wooden clogs. But in between the family talk, we see that Robert engages in the practice of the day of hiring literal CHILDREN in his mill and also is maybe hitting on a child, 17 year old Caroline Helstone. 😬

Tamra Can you imagine breaking those in? 😅 5h

Andrea313 #HashtagBrigade #HortenseTheImperious #SeriouslyGirlNobodyOwesYouDeference #RobertHiresChildren #ButHeDoesntHitThem #NiceGuyShit #CarolineRun #NoForRealGTFO 5h

BarkingMadRead Those shoes are 🔥🔥 I don‘t know what anyone is complaining about 🤣 5h

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Andrea313 @Tamra It would be such hell! 5h

Andrea313 @BarkingMadRead Right?? Anyone coming to the function in those has my total admiration. 5h

eeclayton Well, agewise it's similar to the Marianne/Brandon situation. 4h

Andrea313 @eeclayton Definitely! And of course not generally uncommon at the time. Let's hope Moore wears a flannel waistcoat and turns Caroline right off! 4h

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willaful

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

My thoughts while reading chapter 5.

#HashTagBrigade #IGuessSomeThingsNeverChange @BarkingMadReads

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 5h

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BarkingMadRead

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Ch 5: #childrenworkinginthemill #mooreliveswithhissis #hortensehatesitthere #aheseemsabitparanoid #cousincarolinecomesforlessons #morefrench #carolineandmoore ⁉️ #wheresshirley #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead @willaful @austen_meets_annie @cindymylifeislit @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @quietjenn @melissajayne @tineke @alldebooks @julieclair @kao @andrea313 @deblovestoread @librarybelle 6h

willaful I keep wanting to go look up who Shirley is and then thinking, “no, no, I'm keen to guess!“ 5h

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Ruthiella Definitely something going on between Caroline and Moore! Also, see how times have changed. Brontë has apparently no issue with child labor as long as they are not mistreated. 5h

BarkingMadRead @willaful exactly! When she arrives, we will have to throw a party 🤣 5h

Bookwormjillk Some day Shirley is going to show up and I hope we‘re not disappointed 4h

melissajayne Shirley arrives in Chapters 11 4h

eeclayton @Ruthiella that's a great point. She mentions it as something completely normal and acceptable. 4h

Bklover @Ruthiella Yes!!! 2h

melissajayne @Bookwormjillk she shows up in Chapter 11 2h

Clare-Dragonfly @eeclayton Of course. It was, at the time. I have been on a ghost tour of an old cotton mill many times and the number of child ghosts… 27m

Clare-Dragonfly Apparently I was wrong about Shirley being Moore‘s sister! 26m

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Andrea313

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

These dudes, with their love triangles, infighting, and grudges! Don't ever let anyone tell you men are not full-on bringing the drama all. the. damn. time. We learn more about Yorke today, and you know what? I mostly love him; I can hardly ever resist a "rebel and blasphemer". Alas, he also succumbs to the drama and the chapter ends with him angrily throwing everyone out of his house. These men - so emotional! #HashtagBrigade

Andrea313 #HearMeOut #YorkeIsWellEducatedAndWellTraveled #HeBowsToNoMan #HatesTheExploitativeRich #KnowsKingsAreBullshit #KnowsPriestsAreJustAsBad #StandsUpToPushyAssholes #LoveForMaryStandsTheTestOfTime #HatesAManOnHerBehalf #ThatsOnAllyship #MaybeTooProudAndJudgemental #ButIDontHateHim #Yet 1d

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣 1d

willaful You just can't trust men at that time... of ever. 😂 1d

Austen_meets_Annie 🤣 1d

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BarkingMadRead

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Ch 4: #wahwahwah #helstonegotthegirl #ignoredthegirl #thegirldied #wahwahwah #yorkehateshelstoneforit #helstoneisclueless #wahwahwah #yorkekicksthemout #wheresshirley #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @willaful @austen_meets_annie @cindymylifeislit @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @quietjenn @melissajayne @tineke @alldebooks @julieclair @kao @andrea313 @deblovestoread @librarybelle 1d

Bklover No kidding! Where IS Shirley?! And is Shirley female? Back then (until the Shirley Temple era) Shirley was a man‘s name. Who knows. 🤔 1d

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dabbe I thought LARK RISE was hard to get going ... but this ... 😳 1d

Bookwormjillk I‘m glad I‘m not the only one struggling with this. I thought it was just a post holiday potato coma or something 1d

lil1inblue @dabbe @bookwormjillk If I didn't know better, I would wonder if I'm reading the right book. Such a slow start! 1d

KAO Every time that the narrator addresses us directly as readers, I hear the voice of Lady Whistledown from the “Bridgerton” series in my head: “Dear Reader…”! 1d

ElizaMarie @KAO ooo me too! I kinda liked her addressing us throughout! 1d

Deblovestoread Same! It reminds me why I didn‘t make it very far the first time. She‘s got to be showing up soon! Was Brontë hoping this beginning would draw in the men? ? 1d

julieclair I‘m on the struggle bus too. Surely things will pick up soon… 20h

mcctrish I skipped reading yesterday because taking down Christmas sucked up all my time - lord above this is dry as a desert! @KAO I really wish some salacious gossip from Lady Whistledown would get interspersed with this #yorkeisintolerantofeverybody #shirleymustbeinudolpho @dabbe who knew we‘d miss Lark Rise @Deblovestoread does Charlotte not hate men? She writes them all as utter boors now

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BookishMarginalia

Shirley | Charlotte Bront�

Current reading companions #TrickyCat and #DavidCat — in the background, #ChipmunkCat

#CatsofLitsy

rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 2d

Leftcoastzen Awww !😻😻😻 2d

Gissy 😻😻😻 2d

dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🤎 2d

AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾😻🐾😻💝. 2d

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Andrea313

Shirley | Charlotte Bront�

Helstone and Moore go to rescue the men bound on Stilbro' Moor and fight about their opposing political views the whole way. This comes after our narrator becomes a disappointing apologist for Helstone, the "warlike" parson. He may be "without sympathy; ungentle; and prejudiced" ...but any criticism for that is just "poisonous rancour". ? The bar for men has always been in Hell! Anyway, the translation for the chapter's French dialogue is above.

Andrea313 #HashtagBrigade #HelstoneIsGunningForAFight #GunningBeingTheOperativeWord #GeoPoliticalArguments #MrYorkeRescuesTheMen #YorkeOffersDrinksAndFood #NoStringsAttached #YorkeHasASweetPad #HePlaysGuitar #HeSpeaksFrench 2d

Ruthiella Merci! 2d

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BarkingMadRead

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�

Ch 3: #blahblahblah #whigs #blahblahblah #tories #blahblahblah #politics #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @willaful @crinoline_laphroaig @cindymylifeislit @rubyslippersreads @peanutnine @quietjenn @melissajayne @tineke @alldebooks @julieclair @kao @andrea313 @deblovestoread @librarybelle 2d

mcctrish That was a LOT of blah that ended with a paragraph in french 🤯 #asyouwish 2d

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TheBookHippie @mcctrish 😅 2d

Bookwormjillk Blah blah blah then blah blah blah in French. I had forgotten the Brontës do that. 2d

Tineke Perfect for reading in bed then. I will probably promptly fall asleep. 😂
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BookishMarginalia 🤣🤣🤣 2d

KAO Thank goodness for endnotes with English translation! 2d

Deblovestoread I am assuming whatever it was at the end it wasn‘t important 🤣 2d

BarkingMadRead @Deblovestoread it was not important. More of the same. But in French 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d

willaful Now I remember why I haven't read this one. 😂 I am enjoying parts of it though. The narration has a sense of humor. 2d

dabbe @KAO 🎯🎯🎯 2d

Ruthiella Um…where‘s Shirley? 👀 2d

BarkingMadRead @ruthiella #wheresshirley is that like where‘s Waldo? 2d

lil1inblue @BarkingMadRead That needs to be a hashtag. #butinfrench 🤣 2d

lil1inblue @Ruthiella My thoughts exactly after this chapter. 😅 2d

eeclayton @Ruthiella @lil1inblue @BarkingMadRead Are we quite sure it's a person? I mean I thought Villette was a girl's name before reading the book, so 2d

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton @ruthiella @lil1inblue I am flying blind, I have no clue 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk I said out loud something along the lines of, “Oh, COME ON, Charlotte!” 2d

Clare-Dragonfly @Ruthiella Moore has a sister who has been mentioned a few times but not named, so I‘m thinking it‘s her? There has to be a female MC at some point, I saw several covers on Storygraph with pictures of women… 2d

Austen_meets_Annie @BarkingMadRead can you change my name on your list from Crinoline Laphroaig to my new name? I haven't been getting tags. I'm catching up I'm on Ch 3. 2d

Austen_meets_Annie I to am wondering where's Shirley? 2d

BarkingMadRead @Austen_meets_Annie yes! 2d

Bookwormjillk Haha #wheresshirley 2d

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Andrea313

Shirley | Charlotte Bront�

Chapter 2 is a doozy! I love any narrative that reminds us to reflect on labor history and the rights of workers and this chapter is IT. The Luddite uprisings are in full swing and the pitiless capitalist known as Robert Moore is bringing in new machinery, which the workers cannot abide. Despite how the term is used today, the Luddites were not explicitly anti-tech; they were pro-worker, which included highly skilled craftspeople, i.e. artists.

IriDas Now I‘m gonna have to research the term. It sounds like it was co-opted by the ruling class so that when people hear the term they automatically turn away thereby “volunteering” to be kept from the truth. 3d

Andrea313 #MooreAndMaloneAreMisogynists #PetticoatGovernment #GirlFuckYou #MooreSleepsInTheMillWithJoeScott #WouldYouPreferAMaleCompanionMeme #IBrakeForFrameBreakers #ArtistsAreLaborWorkers #WhenAreWeMeetingToGoSmashUpAIDataCentersToProtectArtists 3d

Andrea313 #HashtagBrigade 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Fiction | Charlotte Bront�