georgeisapig

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 29-30: war is one big party, until it isn‘t #georgeisapig #beckyisatemptress #pooramelia #crawleyissurprisinglysweet #thewaractuallystarts #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Cuilin Anyone else starting to like Rawden? Jos is a joke, Dobbin a bore, George is disgusting, Amelia insipid, and Becky is trouble. I love it!!!! 1y

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin for sure! 1y

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Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I agree with you on all of that! 1y

mcctrish @Cuilin #teamrawdon but I don‘t think Dobbin isn‘t a bore, he‘s just honest and true. George the pig owes everything to him and doesn‘t deserve him. I need Amelia to grow a spine and Becky needs to take it down a notch #toobadjoscantgotowar 1y

dabbe I'm also amazed at how these people can live so high and mightily when they don't have much $. The amount of debt they've accrued is unfathomable to me, yet they go on drinking, gambling, and partying! Though I seem to recall my rowdier days in college where I could get by on a night of partying with just a few bucks. #shhh 🤫 1y

willaful @dabbe it's so stressful to me! But apparently once you're in the right circles, even now, you can get away with a lot. For a time, at any rate.

Can someone explain the extremely pissed off General to me? I didn't have a clue about what was happening in that whole scene. Perhaps I read it too late at night. 1y

BarkingMadRead @willaful he was crushing on Becky and she was flirting with George 1y

eeclayton @Cuilin @mcctrish I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to dislike Amelia. I kind of feel sorry for her, but can't really empathize with her. It's interesting how useless she is as George's wife even though she's been raised to fill that role. 1y

mcctrish @eeclayton I‘m wondering how much of her pathetic-ness is her budding awareness that her husband is a pig ? 🤣 1y

dabbe @willaful Lordy, ain't that the truth! 🤣 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead And no wonder! That girl flirts with every male she comes in contact with! And basically taking George way right from under her nose--the same George that insulted her! What's with these people? 🤣 1y

dabbe @eeclayton Amelia is the epitome of a wall-🥀. 1y

willaful @BarkingMadRead Thanks, it went right over my head somehow. 1y

Daisey @Cuilin Great summary of the characters. I really want to like Dobbin because I see his integrity, but I also want him to actually be helpful. 1y

Cuilin @Daisey @eeclayton @mcctrish I maybe a bit harsh on Dobbin, his heart is in the right place. I just question his judgment, being so loyal to George? I‘m hoping his.character arc includes severing ties with G. 1y

Cuilin @mcctrish I think so, Amelia‘s developing awareness of her husband‘s character is so numbing causing her apathy. 1y

TheAromaofBooks I've definitely developed a soft spot for Rawden. I love that he seems completely aware of the fact that his wife is kind of a terrible person but he just admires the heck out of her smarts 😂 1y

eeclayton @Cuilin @mcctrish that's a great point, but also, she has zero coping strategies. All her life, everything has been mapped out for her, to the point of who to fall in love with. She could've had a nice life if everything had gone according to plan, but she hasn't been prepared to deal with unexpected situations. 1y

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton yes! That‘s so true! Like she thought if she didn‘t get to marry him she would actually die. Girl. No. 1y

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks absolutely 💯 1y

Cuilin @eeclayton @BarkingMadRead the Sedleys should get a refund from Pinkerton Academy, terrible finishing school. 😆 1y

mcctrish @Cuilin 🤣🤣 apparently there are 2 tracks and Amelia needed some of the courses Becky took 1y

Cuilin @mcctrish yes!! 😂🤣😂 1y

eeclayton @Cuilin @mcctrish 😂😂😂 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 17-18: today‘s photo is the elephant for sale 🐘 #anothercliffhanger #butfirst #beckywatchesdobbinbuyapiano #hesendsittopooremmy #georgeisapig 🐷 #hedoesntdeserveemmy #dobbindefendsher #hefearsemmyisdying #thatcliffhangerthough #runemmyrun #hedoesntdeserveyou #haveimentionedhedoesntderserveyou #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

AnnR Poor Dobbin. Maybe he is actually the hero of the story. 1y

Cuilin Papa Osbourne is not going to happy! 1y

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BarkingMadRead @Ann_Reads he certainly is at the moment #nogooddeedgoesunpunished 1y

TheBookHippie Poor thing …. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin neither will George when reality sets in! 1y

mcctrish @Ann_Reads #dobbinismyhero #georgesucks papa osbourne is such an a-hole that I‘d be thrilled about George going behind his back with Amelia if only #georgewasntapig 1y

dabbe George is worse than Cecil from A ROOM WITH A VIEW--if that is even possible. 🤬 #teamdobbinandemmy 1y

willaful @mctrish Word!

I thought the psychology in these chapters was really well drawn. Cognitive dissonance 100+ years before it was defined. 1y

Bookwormjillk These chapters are like blah blah blah Napoleon blah then bam! 1y

Bookwormjillk Was the elephant picture of Jos? I was confused. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I feel like it was hinted but never said that it was Jos 1y

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I‘m going to assume it was Jos then 🤣 1y

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead true, though methinks he‘ll find distractions. 🙄 1y

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 1y

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🤣😳😅 1y

TheAromaofBooks I'm so scared Amelia is going to throw herself away on jerk-face George!!! But Becky is living the exact life I thought she would - she's got her man completely wrapped around her finger! 😂 1y

rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks But I‘m sure she‘s kicking herself that she didn‘t hold out for his father. 😂 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 14-15: #what #just #happened #drama #georgeisapig 🐷 #beckyisscammingeveryone #poorladycrawleydies #soobviouslypittproposestobecky #but #shes #married #already #WUT 🤯 #icantevenrightnow #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

IndoorDame #biggestcliffhangerever 🤯🤯🤯 1y

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I legit squealed 1y

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TheBookHippie #WHATISGOINGON 🫣🤯 1y

IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead gasped over here. But I do my CAD reading in the morning and am always trying not to wake the neighboring apartments with yelling and book throwing. Frequent struggle! 1y

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame 😂 1y

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame 🤣🤣🤣🤣 me at Panera every week 🤣🤣🤣🤣 1y

Daisey I absolutely had a moment when I listened to this! I barely managed to stop myself from getting ahead. 1y

Bookwormjillk D__d 🍌👖. I was settling in for a good harangue about gambling and then Becky drops that little bombshell. 1y

Bookwormjillk @IndoorDame 🤣🤣🤣 1y

mcctrish This was an INSANE 2 chapters!!! First off, George is garbage!! It was bad enough his sisters were mean to Amelia, now his dad says she‘s isn‘t good enough for him AND he‘s a self absorbed douchebag?! 🤬🤬 then as soon as I realize Mrs Pitt is in her deathbed I‘m thinking #dearlordnottheoldmanproposingmarriage and then he does?! 🤯 but Becky is already married? Is this for real?! 1y

TheAromaofBooks I was mind blown!!!! I actually think Becky would have done great as Sir Pitt's wife - she would have ruled the roost, bossed him around, and made sure she inherited everything when he died 😂 But WHAT EVEN!!! I was not expecting that plot twist!!!! 1y

dabbe Becky being married is one of the best cliffhangers ever! Didn't Thackeray publish this as a serial? What would we have done back then if we had to wait a WHOLE MONTH for the next installment? #gobsmacked I also loved how Becky took down good ol' George. She put the “sarc“ in sarcastic! 🤣 1y

AnnR @Dabbe That's a great point about it being published as a serial. The zingers Thackery sticks in some 'chapters' would definitely bring reader(s) back for more. They must have felt impatient waiting for the next installment but it also sounds fun. 1y

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