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rubyslippersreadsWouldn‘t Bradshaw giving Ruth something as personal as a dress be considered extremely improper? Maybe if Mrs. Bradshaw had given it to her, or Mr. & Mrs., or even as a gift from the two little girls (not Jemima, though!) 😏(edited) 3mo
mcctrishBradshaw is absolutely the most pompous self interested patronizing ass in the history of literature 🤯 he wants to buy a dress for Ruth because her best realty isn‘t and it would be totally okay if she told everybody that he treated her@rubyslippersreads no, because he‘s a righteous prick so no one could think that 🙄3mo
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AllDebooksNot a fan of Bradshaw and his manipulations3mo
Clare-DragonflyI don‘t like Bradshaw, but he‘s not that awful—he just wants the whole world to see him as rich and generous!@rubyslippersreads He already gave her fabric and the Bensons persuaded her to accept it—I‘m pretty sure that‘s what the gift would be this time as well, silk fabric, and she can make it into a dress herself.3mo
Clare-DragonflyAlso, I‘m now worried that F is going to propose to Ruth and either she‘ll accept and go down Tess‘s road, or tell him why she can‘t accept him and be thrown out of her job. There‘s no winning for poor Ruth!3mo
willafulGetting a Mr. Knightly/Emma vibe here, though neither of them is nearly as interesting. And inviting Ruth definitely backfired. 🙄
I wonder what a “red-hot Valentine“ consisted of in Gaskell's time. 😂3mo
rubyslippersreads@Clare-Dragonfly@mcctrish You‘re right; he‘s set himself up as being completely righteous and beyond contempt. 😠3mo
RuthiellaHonestly I find Jemima a breath of fresh air in her temper Ruth is just too GOOD. I know Gaskell had her reasons, but for this modern reader, she‘s a little too perfect.3mo
julieclairThe deeper we get into this book, the sadder I‘m becoming. Ruth is so good, and she just seems trapped by her past (most of which was beyond her control). I hope@willaful is right and we get a Knightly/Emma ending.3mo
rubyslippersreads@Ruthiella I agree with you about Jemima. Ruth is sweet, but such a goody-two-shoes, she seems almost one-dimensional.3mo
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I wonder what a “red-hot Valentine“ consisted of in Gaskell's time. 😂 3mo