#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMRereads - Discussion Qs for Emily Climbs coming in very late in the day!
How do Emily‘s friendships with Ilse, Teddy, and Perry change during their years in Shrewsbury? Thinking about LMM‘s other work, do you see parallels or contrasts between Emily & Anne in their changing friendships from childhood?
What do you see as the significance of Emily‘s “second sight”? Do you see connections with her imagination? ⤵️
BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …With her writing? With her almost spiritual sense of beauty? 2d
kwmg40 Anne seems to be more loyal and tries to always see the best in her friends. Emily's relationships are more complicated, but consequently, they seem much more realistic to me. 20h
kwmg40 I'm not sure about the significance of the second sight, but I've enjoyed several of LMM's short stories that involve the supernatural, and I love this aspect which brings a little bit of a gothic touch to the story. 20h
TheAromaofBooks Emily and Ilse are such very different characters from Anne and Diana. Ilse drives me a little crazy - WHY does she tell people about things she and Emily have done and then get surprised when everyone gossips about it?? She's definitely a wilder character than Anne or Diana, so that changes the dynamic between her and Emily a lot. 11h
TheAromaofBooks I think Emily's second sight is such an interesting thing to add to the story, because it doesn't get used much. But from LMM's journals, I definitely think this is something she believed was real/something that could really happen. I like the way that she doesn't have it as something that Emily wants/likes/encourages. That makes it seem more realistic to me. 11h
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