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Ch 3: #thebeaufortshaveaball #everyonejudgesthem #butalso #theywontmisstheball #beaufortisapieceofwork #asherandwinonaannouncetheirengagement #kissykissy #butalsoellen #whogetstotell ⁉️ #asherdoes #whatcouldgowrong #hashtagbrigade #omgitsarchernotasher 🤷🏻‍♀️ #whatever

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @bklover @tineke @cuilin @bookwormjillk @jacqmac @kspenmoll @librarybelle @ruthiella @julieclair @lil1inblue @dabbe @eeclayton @willaful @jenlovesjt47 @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @kao @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks 21h

Cuilin To be in that society sounds exhausting!!!! Also if you were a performer can you imagine how distracting it would be with everybody just showing up and leaving whenever. And owning a house in Manhattan big enough to have a ballroom is hard to imagine today. 20h

mcctrish @Cuilin it‘s almost exhausting to read about society - did Archer and #winoforever ‘s cousin have a relationship? 19h

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Ruthiella It does sound exhausting and performative. I read this years ago and saw the movie when it came out. I remember the basic outline of the plot but none of these details. 19h

JacqMac It doesn‘t just sound exhausting, but also uncomfortable. 18h

JenlovesJT47 Yay I‘m caught up! 17h

Bookwormjillk New flex is hosting a ball but going to the opera instead of helping my staff get ready 16h

Clare-Dragonfly @Bookwormjillk But only, like, one scene of the opera. 12h

ElizaMarie @Cullin that‘s what I was thinking too- they are horrible audience members! 10h

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 2: I love these short chapters 🤣 #anyway #cousinellen #abitrisque #allthegossipisabouther #ourboysupportswinona 🤣 #maybeheisntsobad ⁉️ #heprobablyis #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk He probably is 😂😂😂 2d

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2d

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk #isaidwhatisaid 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d

Cuilin Snobs IRL ❎ Snobs in classical literature ✅ 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Ellen is my favorite so far. She got out of a bad marriage and doesn‘t care what anyone thinks of her! 2d

TheBookHippie @Cuilin 🎯♥️🫣🤣 2d

julieclair He totally is. 2d

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly same 2d

lil1inblue @Cuilin Right?!?!?! 😅 2d

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk I mean, #theyusuallyare 🤣 2d

willaful I liked how the class understanding between the characters was depicted. They can speak without words. Ellen grew up there but apparently doesn't have it? She's even acquired an accent... 2d

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Clare-Dragonfly

The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

The tendency of the Rushworths to make foolish matches, hmm? Has to be a Mansfield Park reference 😂 #hashtagbrigade

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BarkingMadRead

Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

Ch 1: #newlandarcher #abitofapompousass 🤷🏻‍♀️ #operahousestalking #inlovewithmaywelland #oratleasthelikeshowshewilllookonhisarm #until #whoisthisnewlady #interestingalready #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #psilovewinona 😍

TheBookHippie He looks pompous 👀 3d

Bklover I love Winona too! ❤️⭐️ 3d

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Cuilin Oh, this is going to be good!!!! I already just love the tone. 3d

kspenmoll Now I must watch the movie- after the book is finished! 3d

Bookwormjillk This is going to be fun. I have that Don Henley song in my head though. 3d

JacqMac So pompous. This made me want to watch the movie. She sure hit us with a lot of characters in that first chapter though. 3d

lil1inblue @kspenmoll Me too! #ilovewinonatoo 3d

lil1inblue @Cuilin The tone is fabulous. 😘🤌🏻 3d

ElizaMarie @JacqMac so many characters!!! I'm already lost but —- intrigued ♥️♥️ 3d

mcctrish Merchant Ivory goodness ❤️❤️❤️ 3d

Clare-Dragonfly Well, I can‘t stand Newland Archer already, but I guessed that by his name 😂 3d

dabbe All I can see is D-Day Lewis. 😍 2d

julieclair Like @Cuilin , one chapter in and I‘m loving it already! 2d

lil1inblue @dabbe #hubbahubba 😋 2d

KAO This first chapter immediately reminded me very much of “The Gilded Age” (drama series)! (I haven‘t seen the newly released season, but the first one was quite good.) 2d

eeclayton I'm so happy to be reading this with you all. It's a re-read for me, and I'm excited to rediscover all the fabulous details in daily increments with the #hashtagbrigade 😍 2d

TheAromaofBooks I don't think I got tagged for this one; could you please make sure I'm on the list? Thank you!!! 2d

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks you are now 🙈 2d

TheAromaofBooks Thank you!! I honestly wasn't completely sure because the two days before/after BookSpin I get a million tags and know that I probably miss some 😂 2d

JenlovesJT47 @KAO I had the same thought! The opera war was the main storyline of season two. That show is so good! ♥️ 17h

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Cuilin

The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

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I found two editions, one is a Collins Classics and the other is a Signet Classic from 1962! I‘ll think I‘ll donate the Collins and read the Signet.

BarkingMadRead You‘re ahead of me 🤣 I have an arc I need to finish today, and then I can move on 🤣 3d

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead 👍 3d

mcctrish August 1 snuck up on me - I was adrift in the haze of July and all of a sudden I have to finish a book for camp Litsy, read 3 chapters for #littenslovessjm , read a chapter for this and get ready for #sundaybuddyread 😳😱 3d

Cuilin @mcctrish I know!!! I‘m still stuck on some of my July reads too!! I do this to myself every month. 🤦‍♀️ 3d

mcctrish There are worst problems but …… 3d

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Clare-Dragonfly

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

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Gaskell writes such real-feeling characters. I didn‘t like this as much as Ruth, but maybe I would have if she‘d lived to finish it 😢 I definitely still hope to read the rest of her novels. Thanks as always to @BarkingMadRead and the #HashtagBrigade for another fun buddy read!

BarkingMadRead I wish I had known in advance so I could prepare myself! I had no idea it wasn‘t done! 3d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

ch 60: #rogerlovesmolly #hewillwaittilhereturnstopropose #docapproves #rogerstalksthehousetosaygoodbye #ofcoursemammaruinsir #cynthiawillvisitonherwaybackhome #theend ⁉️ #wtf #ifeelsochated #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 5d

BarkingMadRead The pic won‘t load! 5d

mcctrish I had no idea this wasn‘t finished - after all Molly went through this is the ending we get ?! 5d

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willaful SO MADDENING! How did we not know this?! I wanna see Molly happy! I wanna see Dr. Gibson slough off NotClare somehow! I guess we can watch a filmed version to get some kind of closure.. 5d

Bookwormjillk So I'm guessing she died before she finished? Too bad. Still liked this book but kind of melancholy over the ending. The characters were great in this one. 5d

peanutnine Yes I was so surprised at the abrupt end of the last chapter! But my version had an afterword that gave details about where Gaskell planned to go with the story before she died, so it was nice to know Molly gets her happy ending @mcctrish @willaful @Bookwormjillk 5d

Ruthiella @peanutnine My book had this too. It does have a HEA! 5d

Bookwormjillk @peanutnine my book had that too but it wasn‘t really clear where the information came from. But there was something about Cynthia‘s new husband being like “Wait you know Rodger???” and I got a kick out of that. 5d

eeclayton I had the afterword, too. But even without it, Mrs Gaskell set up the HEA nicely, and she was no Charlotte Brontë to kill off Roger somewhere in Africa 😂 5d

mcctrish @peanutnine mine had the afterward and thank god - I really was in a panic with how much book there was left and how much story there was to tell - but it felt too abrupt. All this ongoing story ( especially #notclare with her long winded double speak) ending with “dear reader, Roger married Molly. The end” 5d

Ruthiella @eeclayton OH MY! ??? I she had pulled a Charlotte Brontë trick like the end of Villette? ? 5d

peanutnine @eeclayton I am SO GLAD she didn't!! @mcctrish I agree, it was abrupt and I wanted all the details like we got for the whole rest of the story! I'm sure it would have been much more satisfying 5d

ElizaMarie Yes!!! Actually if I had knownn- I probably would have skipped this book because it irked me soon much!!! 5d

Clare-Dragonfly Sooooo, some of you didn‘t know that Gaskell died before finishing this book 😅 I have the edition with the ending written by her publisher but I was saving that for tomorrow! 4d

Bklover Well, I am glad for the HEA, but I would have loved to have seen Cynthia have children and love them madly! 4d

Lcsmcat @peanutnine That‘s how my edition handled it too. Still disappointed that we didn‘t get to see how Gaskell would have gotten us there. 4d

AnnCrystal @PageShifter is having the same difficulty with images. 4d

Bookwormjillk Forgot to say thanks @BarkingMadRead 4d

dabbe I‘m in the minority, but I liked how it ended with both Molly and Roger seeing one another, saying nothing, but knowing where their hearts were and where their future lay. To me, their souls said more to each other than their spoken words ever could. Thanks for hilariously leading us again, @BarkingMadRead. 😍 2d

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ElizaMarie

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

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Finished this a few days ago - umm— I had no clue this was the last book of the author! I was so angry!!!!! I had tot tell my baby boy (Lazlo) all about it- see how he listens :)
Anyway I enjoyed it all and all #MollyIsTheBest

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BarkingMadRead I didn‘t know that either, that might explain the end! 6d

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 6d

KadaGul Lazlo is like Mom You Serious about this!!! 🩵🤣🩵🐾 6d

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Eggbeater Lazlo looks very sympathetic 6d

ElizaMarie @BarkingMadRead I did a combo of Kindle and an audiobook for this one. The Audible had a last chapter type of thing that talks about what her plans would have been for the characters, it just ugh! Yeah, it totally upset me! 6d

ElizaMarie this was my #DoubleSpin @TheAromaOfBooks 6d

Bookwormjillk I just finished and now I‘m sad. I‘m glad I didn‘t know anything about this going in. 5d

TheAromaofBooks Same!!!! I couldn't believe that the book just STOPPED after 766 pages!!!! 5d

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

ch 59: #hamleyhallvisit #soawkwardallaround #aimeeandsquiredontgetalong #mrsgoodenoughmademollyparanoif #rogerthinksitstoolatetolovemolly #soofcoursesquiretellsherso #mollyisdevastated #rogerischanginghismind #osborneisill #panicmode #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk She gave him a rose though 💐

Ugh Squire Aimee speaks English and can understand you, you jerk. 6d

mcctrish Mrs #nogoodenough needs to zip it and so does the squire 6d

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ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk ha! That's what I was getting at, too! Just because she is French doesn't mean she doesn't understand you! 6d

Clare-Dragonfly Doesn‘t seem like Molly was around long enough to help bring the Squire and Aimee together but maybe this illness of the baby will! I love baby Roger. He‘s such a good baby. 6d

peanutnine The flower exchange made me happy though! Molly is content to act as friends again and Roger seems to have gained some hope for more! 6d

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