Litsy

Rushworth is just another in a long line of tacky blowhards with no taste destroying much-loved places of natural beauty. "Ye fallen avenues, once more I mourn your fate unmerited." #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow

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Andrea313

Mansfield Park | Jane Austen

Man, this book is full of selfish, thoughtless people: sisters Bertram and Norris set Fanny off on an emotional roller coaster about her living situation without giving two shits; nobody cares that she doesn't have a horse, ie access to fresh air and exercise; Sir Thomas heads off for a year to his slave plantation; and Henry Crawford comes out the gate as a feckless, self-centered ass who won't house his own sister. Shades of behavior to come...

Andrea313 #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow 2h

bookishbitch I just read an interesting article about this book today. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/books/review/jane-austen-mansfield-park.html 2h

Andrea313 @bookishbitch I really enjoyed this article! Mansfield Park is an odd one out among Austen's work but I've always really loved it. ❤️ 2h

bookishbitch @Andrea313 I love learning more about the context of her writing. I think it gives it more weight in a manner of speaking. 2h

Andrea313 @bookishbitch Yes, agree! I always appreciate articles like this one, and books about her writing. There's so much to uncover! 1h

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ravenlee

The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel | Claudia Gray

Am I ignoring my towering, teetering stack(s) of books at home to read this book that just came in to the library? Why, yes. Yes, I am, thank you for asking.

Susanita This is the way. 5h

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

Mansfield Park | Jane Austen

#Pemberlittens I'm already behind on 2 Chapters a Day Readalong of Mansfield Park. Today is my grocery shopping day for 3 day holiday weekend house party. I'm firing up my audiobook read by the fabulous Juliet Stevenson and listening through Chapter 12. That will take me up to Sunday. Monday when things quiet down I go back to print.🛒 🎧 📖

#musingsonmansfieldpark
#janeaustenthenandnow

TheBookHippie I‘m starting Monday with a massive catch up day 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ son had oral surgery and it‘s a bit chaotic here🙃 16h

Crinoline_Laphroaig Also the Mansfield Park selection on Litsy is sorely lacking. Need to get on my computer and add in my editions. 16h

Crinoline_Laphroaig @TheBookHippie no oral surgery here but still chaotic. 🤪 16h

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TheBookHippie @Crinoline_Laphroaig 🤣 16h

kspenmoll @TheBookHippie Hope he is healing nicely! 16h

kspenmoll Mansfield park is one I have not read. Will try & catch up. 16h

Bookwormjillk I think I'm going to read it all in one go. I was trying to do 2 chapters a day on audio, but for whatever reason that doesn't work for me like it does in print. 16h

julieclair Good idea about the audio. I checked #Everand, and was pleased to see it was included in my subscription. I never switched to their new plan, and I‘m finding that many books I want to read are no longer available to me. (edited) 15h

Crinoline_Laphroaig @julieclair glad it was there! 5h

Crinoline_Laphroaig @kspenmoll yay! 5h

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Bookwormjillk sometimes Juliet Stevenson is too good on audiobook and cringe at particular mean thing Mrs Norris says. 5h

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

Mansfield Park: (classics Hardcover) | Jane Austen

"About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park,......." #Pemberlittens I'm here! 2 birthday celebrations in 3 days and now getting ready for holiday weekend house party has me a bit discombobulated. I used this Readalong as excuse to buy to copies off Ebay.

#JaneAustenThenAndNow
#MusingsOnMansfieldPark

Deblovestoread Pretty! 2d

Andrea313 I'm reading the Cranford edition, too! Does yours also have Lady B hoping that Fanny doesn't "teize" Pug? None of my other editions write it that way...antiquated spelling or horrible typo? ? 2d

staci.reads Pretty copies! 2d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Andrea313 it does! I'm mean Jane Austen wasn't the best at spelling. Is it just misspelled? Like Love and Freindship? Do you correct? Or let it stand? 1d

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Andrea313

Mansfield Park | Jane Austen

And we're off! We open with a portrait of three sisters- one very well-married, one relatively well-married, and one, well...whomp, whomp. Poor Mrs. Price has too many children and not enough income so the eldest girl is pawned off onto wealthy relations. Can I just say, if you're going to rip a child from her home, could you maybe greet her with ANY kind of affection and not just offer a snack?! I don't blame Fanny for breaking down in tears!

Andrea313 #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow 2d

Crinoline_Laphroaig I always feel so sorry for Fanny here. 2d

Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig I know, it's such a terrible introduction to an entirely new life. For all the shit I'm going to give Edmund throughout this re-read, he's so wonderful to her in the second chapter. 2d

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Graciouswarriorprincess

Northpointe Chalet: #4 | Debra White Smith

June @booklyapp reading report. I felt that I was in a reading slump but apparently not.

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Graciouswarriorprincess

Northpointe Chalet: #4 | Debra White Smith

I completed the Kindle Spring Reading Challenge. The Kindle Summer Reading Challenge starts today.

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BkClubCare

Persuasion | Jane Austen

I need to get my hands on this!! I know, it shouldn‘t be too hard to find, right? Just may purchase it just for fun, and then donate to my library after…
And please note that in August, @AvidReader25 and I are planning a #buddyREAD of this because it is one I haven‘t read yet, and I think M is reading through ALL the Austens; she can correct me if that‘s wrong. Anyone reading this is fine to join in.

AvidReader25 Can‘t wait! This one is still my favorite, but I‘ve read them all. 💙 2d

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