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 8mo

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!!!! 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin for sure! 8mo

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Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I agree with you on all of that! 8mo

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 8mo

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 🤫 8mo

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. 8mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful he was crushing on Becky and she was flirting with George 8mo

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. 8mo

mcctrish @eeclayton I‘m wondering how much of her pathetic-ness is her budding awareness that her husband is a pig ? 🤣 8mo

dabbe @willaful Lordy, ain't that the truth! 🤣 8mo

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? 🤣 8mo

dabbe @eeclayton Amelia is the epitome of a wall-🥀. 8mo

willaful @BarkingMadRead Thanks, it went right over my head somehow. 8mo

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. 8mo

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. 8mo

Cuilin @mcctrish I think so, Amelia‘s developing awareness of her husband‘s character is so numbing causing her apathy. 8mo

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 😂 8mo

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. 8mo

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton yes! That‘s so true! Like she thought if she didn‘t get to marry him she would actually die. Girl. No. 8mo

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks absolutely 💯 8mo

Cuilin @eeclayton @BarkingMadRead the Sedleys should get a refund from Pinkerton Academy, terrible finishing school. 😆 8mo

mcctrish @Cuilin 🤣🤣 apparently there are 2 tracks and Amelia needed some of the courses Becky took 8mo

Cuilin @mcctrish yes!! 😂🤣😂 8mo

eeclayton @Cuilin @mcctrish 😂😂😂 8mo

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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. 9mo

Cuilin Papa Osbourne is not going to happy! 9mo

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BarkingMadRead @Ann_Reads he certainly is at the moment #nogooddeedgoesunpunished 9mo

TheBookHippie Poor thing …. 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin neither will George when reality sets in! 9mo

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 9mo

dabbe George is worse than Cecil from A ROOM WITH A VIEW--if that is even possible. 🤬 #teamdobbinandemmy 9mo

willaful @mctrish Word!

I thought the psychology in these chapters was really well drawn. Cognitive dissonance 100+ years before it was defined. 9mo

Bookwormjillk These chapters are like blah blah blah Napoleon blah then bam! 9mo

Bookwormjillk Was the elephant picture of Jos? I was confused. 9mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I feel like it was hinted but never said that it was Jos 9mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I‘m going to assume it was Jos then 🤣 9mo

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead true, though methinks he‘ll find distractions. 🙄 9mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 9mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🤣😳😅 9mo

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! 😂 9mo

rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks But I‘m sure she‘s kicking herself that she didn‘t hold out for his father. 😂 9mo

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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 🤯🤯🤯 9mo

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I legit squealed 9mo

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TheBookHippie #WHATISGOINGON 🫣🤯 9mo

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! 9mo

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame 😂 9mo

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame 🤣🤣🤣🤣 me at Panera every week 🤣🤣🤣🤣 9mo

Daisey I absolutely had a moment when I listened to this! I barely managed to stop myself from getting ahead. 9mo

Bookwormjillk D__d 🍌👖. I was settling in for a good harangue about gambling and then Becky drops that little bombshell. 9mo

Bookwormjillk @IndoorDame 🤣🤣🤣 9mo

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?! 9mo

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!!!! 9mo

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! 🤣 9mo

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. 9mo

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