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“But Heathcliff, if I dare you now, will you venture? If you do, I'll keep you. I'll not lie there by myself; they may bury me twelve feet deep, and throw the church down over me; but I won't rest till you are with me...I never will!“

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Wuthering Heights | Emily Bront

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My first time reading this, I was under the impression this was a romance 💀 , I was really surprised how much I disliked everyone, I really hated Heathcliff, he was so UNRELENTING. Great ending, great gothic tale of revenge. I‘m happy about Cathy and Hareton. I want to watch an adaptation now but there are so many, what‘s the best adaptation? Grateful for any suggestions!🖤

Balibee146 I haven't read this book in probably 30 years...Long overdue for a re read. I tend to like TV adaptations as th longer format gives the story room to play out. There's one from 2009 with Tom Hardy which I'm sure I enjoyed ta the time. 1mo

Balibee146 Arghhh typos lol 🤦 1mo

Balibee146 Oh and I do love the oldest movie with Laurence Olivier clunky by modern standards but special 1mo

reading_rainbow @Balibee146 Tom Hardy!? Thank you I will look and see if it‘s to stream anywhere! 1mo

Tamra One of my favorites!! 1mo

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Puffin in Bloom Collection | Various

"But as it is, you must not let your fancy run away with you. You have sense, and we all expect you to use it." - Chapter 26

#Pemberlittens of course I bought another copy of Pride and Prejudice this year. I've had my eye this Puffin in Bloom edition but waited for my Birthday to buy. ?

#JaneInJuneJulyAndAlways
@Curiouser_and_curiouser
@Graciouswarriorprincess

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 5mo

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Eggs

Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition | Walt Whitman

#Grassy

#SummerSouls

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Eggs @AnnCrystal 🤗🥰😍 5mo

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JazzFeathers

Bram Stoker's Dracula | Bram Stoker

Substack tells me they will soon start to read Dracula in chronological order again.

1. It can't be a year already 😳
2. I should try again 😁

So, let's try!

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dabbe

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#FunWithSherlock
@Cuilin

Finally, here is a link for some word puzzles for today's story (with answer keys) if anyone is interested. 🤩

Here's the link: https://bit.ly/4b45Gkp

kelli7990 Thank you 7mo

dabbe @kelli7990 💜🧡💜 7mo

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dabbe

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

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Librarybelle I think this one was well constructed, had a sinister feel, and was a good overall mystery. 7mo

IndoorDame I loved it!!!!! But can you train snakes? And assuming you can, aren‘t there easier, less dangerous, ways to kill pesky family members or their unwanted fiancée‘s? 7mo

CrystalE02 I loved it!!!! I found it very interesting. 7mo

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Daisey This is one of my favorites of the short stories. 7mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Good question! I know people do the cobra-dancing thing, but I don't know that the cobras are truly trained (since quite a few get bitten and even die in the process)--plus, snakes aren't mammals, and milk is like poison to them. 7mo

dabbe I'm willing to suspend my disbelief for an excellent detective story, however, if you have time for dying words, Julia, maybe you should avoid metaphors: “Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled band!“ is nice and all, but in that same amount of time you could have said, “I was bitten by a damn snake! Here's the wound!“ Roylott would then have been in jail long ago. Just sayin'. 😀 I know--it might have been too quick to totally see. 😂 7mo

IndoorDame @dabbe you‘re so right! That was especially cryptic for last words 😂😂😂 7mo

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. 7mo

CogsOfEncouragement A snake behaving this way is pretty crazy, but I suppose if an author invents a snake, an author can decide how it behaves and what it needs to survive. lol
I enjoyed this entertaining short story. 7mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement That sounds like a great game, too: Invent-a-Snake! 🤩 7mo

Aimeesue Look, ACD, I‘ve HAD a pet snake and Jeffery did NOT drink milk. He was cute when he drank out of his water bowl though. He was not about to obey commands either. Maybe I could‘ve left him a trail of crickets leading up to my intended victim, I guess. Even then, it‘d be iffy. And he wouldn‘t have come back, that‘s for sure. 🐍 7mo

dabbe @Aimeesue 🤩🐍🤩 #jeffery #perfectsnakename 7mo

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dabbe

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

IndoorDame Sherlock was WRONG! I mean only for a second, and mostly to teach us a lesson about jumping to conclusions, but still, for a second there he was WRONG! This guy is good! 7mo

Librarybelle I was going to say the same thing, @IndoorDame ! 7mo

CrystalE02 I agree with @IndoorDame 7mo

dabbe And not only is Roylott a match intellectually, but physically as well. I think Holmes is a bit intimidated by Roylott (even though his words are witty, and he hides it well)--proven by the fact that he has to bend the poker back to show he's equal to Roylott in physicality as well as mental abilities. 7mo

CogsOfEncouragement Roylott gets away with the first murder for years. Roylott isn't so secure in his genius when Holmes is brought in to the mix though. He tries to physically intimidate him, but that just makes him more of a suspect. I was impressed by the poker being bent, but then Holmes straightened it and I realized it wasn't the brag Roylott thought it was. 7mo

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