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Morr_BooksIs the Don Quixote reference supposed to mean that he is handsome? I feel like Matty's love life is just like Austen's Persuasion. Also, do we know who the narrator is? Did I miss that?12mo
BarkingMadRead@Morr_Books I don‘t believe we know who the narrator is, I don‘t recall anyone saying.12mo
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mcctrishI was wondering about the narrator too. I sort of laugh at the undercurrent running through the story - who is hiding between the clock and the door ?12mo
Bookwormjillk#AtLeastWeGotOranges I have no idea what this book is about and I keep mixing up the characters, but it‘s a hoot. Cows in flannel and sucking oranges behind a screen. What more could you want?12mo
Clare-DragonflyThis book is delightful! 😂 Does anyone know what the narrator was trying to do at the fabric store? She was looking for something to match a dress that needed a new breadth. I don‘t know what part of a dress would be a breadth unless it‘s all of the fabric, which makes no sense, because then what would she be matching? I tried to Google it but no one had an answer for my very normal historical fashion question 😂12mo
dabbeThe narrator reminds me of the narrator in REBECCA. We never get to know her first name, just Mrs. de Winter. Maybe this narrator is just there to be our eye-witness and nothing more. She hasn't really told us anything about herself except that she sews her father's shirts and that he didn't want her home (no idea why). And what about the relationship between Matilda and Mr. Holbrook and her crying at the end? Nice climatic ending, Gaskell!12mo
BarkingMadRead@dabbe maybe this one will roll over into the next one? Also, wondering if the narrator saying she wasn‘t wanted at home meant more that she wasn‘t needed at home and could stay longer? I‘m not sure12mo
dabbe@BarkingMadRead I think you're probably right. The narrator stated it as a fact of little concern, so maybe I was reading too much into it. Having two people die in chapter 2 has made me suspicious! 🤣12mo
Ruthiella@Clare-Dragonfly I wonder if she needs to let out a dress and doesn‘t have enough of a seam to do it? So she needs extra fabric to match to widen it?(edited) 12mo
Ruthiella@mcctrish 100% it‘s the maidservant‘s boyfriend hiding between the clock and the door!12mo
willaful@Clare-Dragonfly I feel like it means she needed to widen the dress? But I could be completely wrong.
I took wasn't wanted at home to be literal, but it could definitely mean the other. She does seem to do a lot of visiting though. I maybe get poor relation vibes?12mo
peanutnine@mcctrish@Ruthiella I love the idea of the maidservant hiding her boyfriend in odd places and acting like everyone else is crazy when they notice 😂12mo
mcctrish@peanutnine honestly there is so much going on here but most of it is told as an aside or just briefly mentioned and we have to read between the lines12mo
Clare-Dragonfly@Ruthiella@willaful That makes plenty of sense! Thank you! If one of the historical costuming YouTubers I follow ever does a call for literary questions, I will ask this 😆12mo
Clare-Dragonfly@peanutnine Yessss, I loved that too! After all, the terms of her employment say she can‘t have a boyfriend… so clearly she doesn‘t have a boyfriend. And then she‘s forced to leave? 💯 she got pregnant or at least married and went off to her own household.12mo
I took wasn't wanted at home to be literal, but it could definitely mean the other. She does seem to do a lot of visiting though. I maybe get poor relation vibes? 12mo