hedefendsher

Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 8: holy heck, so much happened in this chapter! #henrygetsbetter #mrsBgivingoffLCDvibes #lecturinghimaboutruth #hedefendsher #forlikefiveseconds #heasksmomtosendruthaway #coward #sneaksawayimmediately #mrsBsendsruthanastyletterwithapayoff #ruthrunsafterthecarriage #totalmeltdown #thedeformedmanfindsher #justasshesabouttodosomethingdrastic #hesavesherfromherself #amitheonlyoneworriedthatsheleftthatmoneybehind 🤷🏻‍♀️ #whew #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk That 5 seconds of defending her was more than I thought she was going to get. Yes very worried about the money. 6mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I thought the money may have been for the bill at the Inn? His behavior is unforgivable. 6mo

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IndoorDame 🙋🏻‍♀️ Having major anxiety about the money! 6mo

AllDebooks Urgh, he's so awful. Sending Mummy in to clean up his mess, no doubt, again!! 6mo

mcctrish @IndoorDame I totally said “take the money with you dumbass” in a Jennifer Coolidge voice 6mo

IndoorDame @mcctrish I was doing the horror movie thing, but substituting “don‘t go into the dark creepy basement!” for take the money!/go back and see if the money is still there!” She may have no experience with men, but she has some experience with poverty already, so she it‘s not naïveté that keeps her from realizing how close she is to slipping into abject poverty and what that is. I‘ve decided to blame this character flaw on her being a teenager. 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly Mrs. B is so awful!! She is absolutely determined to see Ruth as bad and Henry as totally innocent, even though Henry tells her straight-up that it‘s his fault (which is far better than I expected of him). I‘m sure Gaskell is just using her to show the prevailing attitude of the time but I can still hate her 😡😡😡 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly I‘m not worried about the money—it‘s in her own room and I‘m pretty sure the landlady and her servants are honest, good people. I‘ve been wrong before though 😂 And I love the “deformed man” saving Ruth by needing help himself—just like when Clarence jumps in the river in It‘s a Wonderful Life! 6mo

willaful LOL, I'm glad I'm not the only one freaking about the money. The people in this book are very good at justifying their own terrible behavior, so I just see it being taken. 6mo

mcctrish @willaful I totally think it could be taken to cover Ruth‘s extra expenses or Mrs B could be charged enough to cover all of it #inaperfectworld and Ruth will have a small sum to start just above the gutter. Ruth is a bit too Blanche Dubois for me (although women can‘t actually do anything for themselves so of course they have to depend on the kindness of men/strangers #somuchforasisterhood ) 6mo

currentlyreadinginCO things really took a turn here 😳😳😳 6mo

Ruthiella OMG Please keep the money Ruth! I remember Tess also being stupid/too proud/too timid to go to Angel‘s family once they were married. 6mo

Aimeesue Excellent pic of the awful Mrs. B! That‘s her all over. 6mo

jewright Good grief this chapter made me so angry. The double standard is awful. 6mo

willaful @mcctrish She's a lot, lot younger than Blanche. 6mo

julieclair There was so much going on I. This chapter that I never even thought about the money! 😂 6mo

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