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This is a terrible translation

For once the female protagonist has a decent choice among the men vying for her love in a Hardy novel and YET she prefers the misogynistic older bald spot guy. Elfride dpmo!

Stephen, suppose that I and this man Knight of yours were both drowning, and you could only save one of us——’
‘Yes—the stupid old proposition—which would I save?’ lmao teenagers have always been the same. Elfie is killing me in this scene XD

Finally divorcing her useless af husband yayy!! Only took her like forever but yayy nevertheless

"He liked being told that he resembled Alain Delon." good fucking lord. NEED THAT!

Ch 11: Atp I'm really not sure how Nana's imminent downfall will begin. If what happened to the mare Nana, is a foreshadowing of sorts then now is very much the time she should go up in flames. But the count is so besotted and weak and even beside him she has no lack of lovers and suitors, so I am at a loss to understand what could go wrong, like immediately

Ch 10: She reverted to childish pastimes, covered Bijou with kisses from morning to night, killed time with stupid pursuits, waiting, but only ever for a man, to whom she submitted with weary complaisance. And in the middle of that self-abandonment, her only concern was the way she looked.
Quite scathing. Nana can't get satisfaction from love or money alone and they won't be coming in a pair together.

Ch 9: "I bet you a hundred louis that all those people laughing tonight, I’ll have them worshipping the ground I tread on! Yes, I’ll show your Paris what a fine lady I am!"

Ch 8: Nana is so inflammable, hypocritical, childish and mercurial. She's the darling of a world made just for someone like her. Also all of Nana's lovers are irrelevant so that's nice.

Ch 7:. I think something that I do find surprising in this ocean of characters is that there's not a single person worth rooting or caring for. Nana comes the closest but even she's below the mark. They are all stupid and immoral do stupid and immoral things. A very good critique of society though.

Ch 6: men are such animals. So a short break to the countryside and then back to Paris again.

Ch 5: And now the interminable backstage chaos and the beginning of what is set up to be the greatest love affair of Nana. Men and denizens of this theater know no morals.

Ch 4: The atmosphere of Nana is chaotic and gossipy. It's so chaotic in fact that it drowns Nana completely sometimes making her leave, sometimes physically sitting glumly in her bed saying "I won't be insulted", sometimes making her abandon her reason, welcoming guests with peals of laughter even though she doesn't remember inviting them.

*Ch 3 read*

An upper class drawing room scene. I love how they are always so alike. There's a certain comfort in that ^^

Ch 1: Well yeah after that performance, I'd say she's quite intriguing

Ch 2: And now a little of what she's actually like as a person. She's interesting to say the least

reading one chapter of nana each day! This has been on my tbr for long enough so yeah I'm finally ready I think

Yes, I am reading the Chinese version of this because the English translation does not exist so I have to manually translate every word and it's certainly a process. But the good thing is that it reminds me of the first book in which Chueh-hui is also reading a book in its source material by looking up every word in a dictionary. I like the poetic semblance for sure ^^

actually this is pretty fucking great. it's so knowledgeable for one. and other than the forced English translation of some Japanese objects such as koto and samisen, (which is unnecessary imo. Saying they are stringed musical instruments is fine) I am really enjoying reading this.

This is dry afff

Ch 28 was really good! There's hope yet!! (Though slim)

almost 50% done and the story just won't pick up. This might be the first Henry James I end up disliking....

Can't say that I like Christina Light enough to read about her twice but what choice do I have 🤷‍♀️

re-reading jane eyre yet again (aka doing my fav annual tradition)!!

"They say that we spend all our time at home,
And live safe lives, while they go out to battle.
What fools they are! I’d rather stand three times
Behind a shield, than bear a child once!"

Medea encapsulates the female experience so well

baby let the games begin!!

"But really, at the end of the day, what human didn’t like Taylor Swift, car karaoke, or tea with honey and preferably boba?" *nodding because facts*

the fmc is not funny! there. i said it

as far as first person pov's go, teenage boy pov has to be the worst one.

not the "portrait of a lady" spoiler 😭

I'm in awe of how every single short story in this is extremely beautiful