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In 1814, Austen had sisters Maria Rushworth and Julia Betram run away with their respective lovers, the same year in which step-sisters Mary Godwin and Claire Clairmont ran away with Percy Bysshe Shelley. Might have finally found the Austen-Shelley link I've long sought.

Truly, why the hell do some readers hate Fanny? Fanny is not the problem here, the problem is she's surrounded by infuriating morons. #fannyhatersdni

I'm actually getting cross with the people who've been telling me for years that Fanny Price is inspid and weak and annoying. Like, guys, I think she's a teenager with low self-esteem who's been abused and neglected into being a people pleaser. If you think she's unrelatable, must be nice to have never been bullied like that, I guess? No Austen heroine suffered more, she's my sweet daft girl and she's trying.

Oh my god I should read this whenever I get annoyed about my living situation or employment or relationship status because literally at least I have basic human rights aa a woman in 2026.

There are at least two too many crewmembers in this story. At least give me a description or clue how to distinguish them. The scifi/international names don't help. Half of them I have no idea what sex they are. Is that a deliberate choice bc Murderbot doesn't care about sex/gender? It's just not a useful way to write a big cast. Otherwise very happy. I love autistic tv watcher cyborg.

AN OLD LADY OF 58 😨😨😨

Like getting stuck at a function with your facebook addicted boomer aunts

Greenblatt's suggestion that the modern world of capitalism is the fulfillment of the devil's pact wherein even a poor scholar can use algorithms to attain imported fresh fruit out of season is crazy. Easily 15 years since I last read/watched Doctor Faustus but yes, that's exactly it, it's predicting the future, it's Clarke's third law in action.