notarealclare

Ch 3: I don‘t think I have the right guy, so let‘s pretend this is Dr Gibson 🤣 #alookintomollysfam #mamadiedwhenmollywas3 #dockeptapprentices #misseyrebabysits #bettyteaseseyre #mollyputsbettyinherplace #hashtagbrigade

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Bklover Sigh. I was just loving Dad until he told Ms Eyre not to teach Molly TOO much. We wouldn‘t want her well-read, would we? 2d

BarkingMadRead @Bklover definitely a character flaw 2d

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Bklover Oh, and I do feel a bit sorry for Betty. She‘s had Molly for a long time. 2d

Bookwormjillk I was liking Dad until the whole Molly doesn't need to know how to read thing. Seems like Ms Eyre will do it anyway though. 2d

Cuilin I know Betty cares for Molly but to make fun of Ms Eyre in front of Molly is so unkind. Gibson must be making bank paying for three servants and a governess for his daughter!! (edited) 2d

AllDebooks Please add me to the taglist. I'll play catch-up tonight. Hope you're recovering well @BarkingMadRead 💓 2d

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks thank you, I am!! Added you! 2d

willaful Yeah, dad definitely fell in my esteem. But I guess if he was perfect there wouldn't be a story, right? Assuming he's going to be a right numpty and marry NotClare.

I was reminded of the mom in Lark Rise. I guess discouraged intellectual curiosity was a common theme for women writers.

The prose was pretty amusing in this chapter. I liked the allusion to “echo answers.“ 2d

mcctrish Same @Bookwormjillk daddio lost significant rizz factor with that statement #nevermetaneyreididntlike and oh my gosh @willaful you might be on to something with dad marrying #notarealclare 😫 2d

dabbe @Bklover @BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk @Cuilin @Alldebooks @willaful @mcctrish 🎯🩵🎯 with all of your comments! I also love that Molly's “governess“ is named “Eyre“. Wonder if that's in homage to Bronte's JANE EYRE? 🤔

I wish the dad didn't have those thoughts regarding his daughter's education. It truly did suck to be a woman in the 1800s. 2d

mcctrish @dabbe there‘s only one Eyre!!! 2d

ElizaMarie Ugh - I was all #TeamDaddy until the reading comment. But I love that Molly is still gonna learn :) I am really liking our little Miss Molly. 2d

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish rizz 😂 you‘re making me want to re-write this in Gen Z no cap 2d

mcctrish As we should @Bookwormjillk 2d

Clare-Dragonfly Molly reminds me of Maggie in The Mill on the Floss with wanting to learn! Thankfully she has a Miss Eyre to help her and no Tom to get in the way. 2d

Lcsmcat @dabbe It could be. There‘s about 20 years between publication dates. I‘d like to think it was one author supporting another. 1d

dabbe @mcctrish 🤣🎯🩵🎯🤣 1d

dabbe @Lcsmcat IKR? 🎯🩵🎯 1d

quietjenn @dabbe @lcsmcat I'm pretty sure it is. They were friends and she wrote a biography of Charlotte. 1d

quietjenn I am momentarily willing to give Dad a pass on the limited education, because I think he just doesn't want her to grow up too fast. But my grace won't extend if he makes a terrible marriage choice. 1d

Lcsmcat @quietjenn Interesting! 1d

dabbe @quietjenn #duh! I misremembered that! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1d

dabbe @quietjenn 🎯🩵🎯 1d

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead ❤️ that's great to hear. X 14h

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Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

Ch 2: #mollygoestotheparty #boooooring #wandersofftothegardens #starving #tired #naptime #clarefindsher #bringsfood #whichclareeats #takesherforanap #FORGETSHER #wtfclare #mollyjustwantstogohome #butno #sleepover #unwanted #paradesmollyaround #rescuedbypapa #whoreturnsthenextdaytogivethanks #whichclaresoreadilyaccepts 🙄 #hashtagbrigade

Librarybelle I felt so bad for Molly! And, Clare making it sound like it‘s all Molly‘s fault! Molly‘s a kid, who is relying on strangers to help her out. Glad Papa came to the rescue! 3d

Ruthiella I have a bad feeling about this former Miss Clare! 😬 3d

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Cuilin @Ruthiella I second this suspicion!! 🤨 3d

Cuilin @Librarybelle Agreed. I love the relationship she has with her father. 3d

Bookwormjillk Here we go 3d

Clare-Dragonfly I am extremely disappointed in this Clare! Though I suppose she isn‘t a real Clare, since I figured out halfway through this chapter that it‘s her maiden name, not her first name 🤣 3d

Lcsmcat I‘m definitely on Team Dad. Poor little Molly! 3d

mcctrish Clare is a train wreck #notarealclare hence forth 3d

willaful @Clare-Dragonfly She is definitely not worthy of the name! 3d

rubyslippersreads @Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish My middle name is Claire, and I completely reject this awful woman. 😂 #notarealclare 3d

ElizaMarie I love the daddy-daughter-ness of it all! He is such a sweet man - Ugh #DoesHeDieSoon ? 3d

mcctrish @ElizaMarie EG is not to be trusted with men #shekillsthemwillynilly 3d

Clare-Dragonfly I would also like to mention that the lord dude sucks. I shuddered with childhood recognition at her description of the man who takes hold of a joke and won‘t let it go, and keeps pointing it at a baffled child who can‘t escape. 3d

Bklover @ElizaMarie @mcctrish you are probably right. Dad is my favorite character, so they will surely kill him off, leaving poor Molly an orphan! 2d

quietjenn Clare and the other ladies made me *so* mad. Not only to act like everything is Molly's fault but to be like, ""Oh, you can just stay all night, aren't you lucky?" ? 1d

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