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rubyslippersreads
The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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It‘s funny that Betty describes nasty Nigel describes as the villain in a melodrama, because I thought of him as Snidely Whiplash from the beginning. 🤣

Also, I‘ve never seen the phrase “Hully gee!” outside of a #BetsyTacy book.

All that said, I loved this book! I think it‘s the first adult novel by FHB I‘ve read, but I‘m definitely going to read more.

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LeahBergen 😆😆 Great review! And do read 3w
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Thanks for the recommendation! 2w
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Bookbuyingaddict
The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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#persephoneclub well you were right gang I blinking loved it 🥰 what a ride, no spoilers but loved 🥰 the ending wouldn‘t it make a great film 🎥 would loved to have read more on Betty and mount Dunstan one of the best Persephones in my opinion😀 @LeahBergen @CarolynM @willaful @andrew61 @Gissy @rubyslippersreads @Cathythoughts @quietjenn plus found a wonderful bookmark of my mollie moonbeam in her fav place / my bed 😆🥰

LeahBergen I‘m so glad! I thought you‘d end up enjoying it! 😆 1mo
CarolynM Glad you persevered! It was a good one😀 Love the bookmark too😍 (edited) 1mo
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Bookbuyingaddict
The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Reading in the hairdressers, I‘m much better reading this in the day rather than in bed ? at night and getting angry ? at the horrid Nigel (does anyone know a nice Nigel ? Just wondering ? ?) and poor Rosy ?but hooray ?? here comes Betty - and perfect accompaniment is listening to Beyoncé‘s cowboy ? carter album ? thank you ? fellow #persephoneClub buddies for the encouragement ?happy Easter ?

Cathythoughts 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 and I do know a Nigel, and he‘s one of the nicest people you could meet. So there you are 😂 (edited) 1mo
LeahBergen 😆😆 Happy Easter! 1mo
Tamra I always think of Nigel from Frazier. 😆 1mo
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CarolynM The only Nigel I know is a decent bloke too @Cathythoughts The name always makes me think of the XTC song where Nigel seems to be a bit of a worry… 1mo
Bookbuyingaddict 😆😘 1mo
willaful I just rewatched “Top Secret“ and talk about a terrible Nigel! 😂 1mo
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Bookbuyingaddict
The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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I maybe the odd one out here #persephoneClub . But I am so cross with this book 📕 I have had to put it down , perhaps reading it in bed isn‘t such a good idea .,.. oh poor Rosy leave him for godsake !!! I shall stick with it as I‘m sure once Betty gets going it‘ll be a rip roaring read - the photo is Blenheim palace , I was there last week with a friend & my pups 🐶 famously rescued by Consuelo Vanderbilts dowry also sadly a loveless marriage

Cupcake12 I love Blenheim Palace. Took my mum there last year. 1mo
Tamra Betty! 💪🏾💪🏾 1mo
CarolynM Hang in there, it‘s worth it🙂 1mo
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LeahBergen Yep. Hang in there! 1mo
Cathythoughts I agree with all above .. hang in there 😁 (edited) 1mo
Bookbuyingaddict 😂😂Yiphee here comes Betty whoop 🙌🏻 whoop 🙌🏻 thank you fellow Persephone gang 😘happy Easter 🐣 🥰 1mo
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willaful
Shuttle | Francis Hodgson Burnett

... he has lost his temper. He was really very fond of his temper, and rather enjoyed referring to it with tolerant regret as being a bad one and beyond his control -- with a manner which suggested that the attribute was the inevitable result of strength of character and masculine spirit. The luxury of giving way to it was a great one.

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LeahBergen Nigel. 😠 1mo
Bookbuyingaddict 😡🤯I am Nearly ready to throw this book across the room 😡 1mo
Tamra The villain I loved to hate! 😈 1mo
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CarolynM Great quote. It sums Nigel up nicely. 1mo
Cathythoughts Horrible man 😡 1mo
willaful @Bookbuyingaddict surely he is going to get Get His at some point. Hopefully death so Rosy can marry G. Selden. 😂 1mo
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andrew61
The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Pickpick

I think everyone has posted about the melodrama in this book. Certainly the characters couldn't be more extreme in traits with Nigel being a perfect villain + Betty his nemesis with a tension filled ending. I liked the political aspect with the emphasis on US progress while Britain is in decline
@quietjenn @Tamra @CarolynM @sisilia @Caryl @daena @elkeOriginal @Gissy @Aimeesue @Bookbuyingaddict @julieclair @willaful @LeahBergen #persephoneclub ⬇️

andrew61 It is very interesting to consider the societal aspects of the book, particularly in tandem with something like the secret garden where there is heavy moral message in the characterisations and plots even touching on empire. I know little about Frances Hodgson Burnett, so I was intrigued by her writing here and her themes. She is definitely an American who has strong views. I would however happily buy a typewriter from G Shelden 1mo
Tamra @andrew61 George Sheldon was such a likable personable character! Despite the fact it‘s totally predictable he‘ll meet with success, it wasn‘t at all a distraction. 1mo
Cathythoughts Great review Andrew. I‘d definitely buy a typewriter from G Sheldon too. 😁 1mo
LeahBergen Great review! I also enjoyed comparing this to her children‘s novels as I was reading. And I think G Selden would do very well in sales with our group! 😆 1mo
Bookbuyingaddict Iv just started it but v late in bed last night and must admit the beginning isn‘t as gripping 🧐 as other Persephones so fingers crossed 🤞 itll pick up as it‘s a bigger nearly 500 pages 📑……. 1mo
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LeahBergen
The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Well, it seems that I agree with my fellow #PersephoneClub readers … this one was a melodramatic gem! Nasty Nigel is one of the vilest villains I‘ve come across in recent reading memory.

And I‘m very glad that a favourite author of my childhood has held up so well!

Tamra 👏🏾👏🏾 I got all the gothic vibes. It was a super fun read. 1mo
LeahBergen @Tamra Totally! And it was. Especially the “rescued after lame horse/twisted ankle, take shelter in a remote crumbled cottage” part. 😆😆 So good! 👏👏 1mo
LeahBergen @Tamra Have you read her other novel published by Persephone? It‘s also good fun! (edited) 1mo
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Tamra @LeahBergen no, but I saw it on the flap and immediately put it on my TBR! 💕 1mo
JenlovesJT47 Haven‘t read it yet but starting it soon! 1mo
CarolynM It is a gem! The Making of a Marchioness was one of the first Persephones I bought because it‘s mentioned in one of the Nancy Mitfords (can‘t remember if it‘s Linda or Polly reading it) but I haven‘t read it yet. I will be doing so very soon! (edited) 1mo
Cathythoughts Great review! ‘ A Melodramatic gem‘……I love it ! I really enjoyed it too. ❤️ yes, definitely getting Marchioness, Thankyou. (edited) 1mo
Cathythoughts @CarolynM I‘ll have to get Marchioness. 👍🏻❤️ 1mo
LeahBergen @JenlovesJT47 I hope you enjoy it, too! 1mo
LeahBergen @Tamra @CarolynM @Cathythoughts I think you all will really enjoy Marchioness if you liked this one! (edited) 1mo
rubyslippersreads I just started this, and it‘s making me look forward to the new season of “The Gilded Age.” 1mo
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I haven‘t watched that series yet! 🫢 1mo
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CarolynM
The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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What a wonderfully juicy bit of gothic fiction this is - it really has it all! Poor wilting Rosy, bravely battling Ughtred (that name😵‍💫), plucky, capable Betty, honourable Mount Dunston, all-American G Seldon & best of all the irredeemably villainous Sir Nigel - I envisioned him twirling his moustaches while he tormented his victims. Thoroughly enjoyable. Also, it‘s interesting that idioms we take for granted needed explanations #PersephoneClub

Cathythoughts Great review. I agree with all you say. Lovely picture, your material is beautiful and suits the Persephone 👍🏻❤️ 1mo
Bookbuyingaddict Fantastic review can‘t wait to start it 😀 1mo
LeahBergen I‘ve really got to hurry up and finish! 1mo
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Tamra Yes - juicy gothic! 😁 1mo
CarolynM @Cathythoughts Thank you Cathy, it‘s my favourite scarf 😊 1mo
CarolynM @Bookbuyingaddict Thank you. Hope you enjoy the melodrama too🙂 1mo
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Tamra
Family Roundabout | Richmal Crompton
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Another #PersephoneClub pick gobbled up! This one is rather melancholy, but the characters are so well drawn I felt like a fly on the wall to the family gossip. None of them are perfect or cardboard cutouts, which made them relatable. Belle was a real piece of work!

At the end, knowing the war was inevitable, left me feeling sad for them.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
Cathythoughts Great review! I remember I really enjoyed it. ❤️ 2mo
LeahBergen Nice review! I really found myself invested in these families. 2mo
Tamra @Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I just noticed the blurb in Litsy is wrong, re: year of setting. It was published in 1948, but it‘s set between the wars. At first I thought I‘d read the whole novel wrong. 😆 2mo
CarolynM Glad you enjoyed💕 1mo
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Cathythoughts
The shuttle | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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I really enjoyed this story and I loved all the drama.

“ And the Shuttle in the hand of Fate , through every hour of every day, and through the slow, deep breathing of all the silent nights, weaves to and fro - to and fro - drawing with it the threads of human life and thought which strengthen its web: and trace the figures of its yet vague and uncompleted design. “
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LeahBergen I‘m thoroughly enjoying it, too! 2mo
Tamra 😊 I really devoured it. It had a taste of Wharton & Hawthorne & E. Bronte. ❤️ 2mo
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen It‘s so engaging 👍🏻❤️ 2mo
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Cathythoughts @Tamra Yes ! I agree 👍🏻❤️ 2mo
andrew61 I have just finished it and was definitely pulled along by the plot with a feeling a dread as Nigel returned and an inevitable confrontation with Betty loomed. An interesting view on the development of American largesse and I will have to do some back reading on frances hodgson burnett but definitely another very enjoyable read in the persephone catalogue that I would never otherwise have picked up. 2mo
Tamra By the way, envious of those beautiful flowers! 2mo
Cathythoughts @andrew61 I felt that dread about Nigel returning too… I would never have picked it up either only for our PersehoneClub 👍🏻 1mo
Cathythoughts @Tamra Thankyou ! Spring is happening here 😁🩷 1mo
CarolynM I‘m about half way through and looking forward to the drama everyone‘s been talking about😆 1mo
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