Chapter 4: Matty visits Mr Holbrook #wefoundthepeas #andalsomorecows #idratherhavecowsonmybook #holbrookseemskindofdull #offtoparishegoes #whichobviouslykillshim #poormatty #butatleastmarthacanhaveafollower #nomorehidinginshadows #icanteven #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade
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Ruthiella I love how the unnamed narrator just shoveled the peas in….Is this the vegetable on the Penguin hardbound classic edition! 😂 Also how wonderful that Miss Mattie allows Martha to “walk out” with a young man now. It‘s rather poignant. (edited) 2y
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella she‘s not messing around! Yes! This is the veggie on my cover. So random! 🫛 2y
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BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I‘m glad she learned from her past! Poor Matty! 2y
Morr_Books I'm afraid what the fate may be of Martha's new young man based on every other man mentioned in this book so far. 2y
BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books right?!? It doesn‘t bode well 🤣 2y
peanutnine @Morr_Books 🤣 I was thinking the same thing! #noboysallowed...tolive 2y
Bookwormjillk @Morr_Books I think he should be safe because he‘s not a gentleman. #AnotherOneBitesTheDust 2y
BarkingMadRead @peanutnine 🤣🤣🤣 @Bookwormjillk good point!!! 2y
TheAromaofBooks I've started noting how many deaths there are in each chapter so we can get a final death count at the end 😂 #fourinfourchaptersseemslikeahighaverage 2y
mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks I‘m starting to think this book should be in the gothic category AND who has company over and retires to the smoking parlour alone? I predict a bad end for any and all gentleman callers whether or not they are “gentleman” #sticktotheshadows 2y
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks @peanutnine all y‘all giving me a run for the money on my hashtag game 🤣🤣 #imsoproud (edited) 2y
eeclayton #CranfordDeadpool I'll go with Martha's boyfriend, too. He may not be a gentleman, but is supposed to be a good guy, so. 2y
BarkingMadRead @eeclayton I‘m cackling #deadpool 🤣🤣🤣 2y
dabbe @TheAromaofBooks At the rate we're going, there will be more deaths in this book than in a Shakespearean tragedy! 🤣 And it's like we just start getting to know a character, then BAM. You dead. I'm going to try not to care about anyone until they make it through the chapter. (edited) 2y
dabbe @BarkingMadRead #youhaveinspiredus 💙💚💙 2y
Clare-Dragonfly The peas!!! If anyone else wondered about Aminè and the ghoul, I found the story: https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lang1k1/tale31.htm 2y
Clare-Dragonfly @TheAromaofBooks Thanks for keeping track! I was not expecting him to die. I will never get attached to a man again. Unlike Martha. Love how she had her “follower” ready and one of his points of recommendation is that he‘s 6‘1”! 2y
Vansa Finally catching up.I thought this was an incredibly beautifully written chapter-captures an entire sweep of changing social mores, a thwarted romance, class prejudices in one short chapter. Something entire books don't do as well. I teared up at the end-I wish Matty's changing attitudes didn't have to come with such a cost to her. And still women soldier on. 1y
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