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I admit I bought this because of the Discourse and the Drama, but so far I’m really enjoying it as a book in itself. Lindy West is a really striking and thoughtful writer (occasional 2010 blog-isms aside).

Lydgate is kind of like the Timothée Chalamet of Middlemarch

Making my way through, slowly but surely. Wilkerson’s rich prose and astounding wealth of detail seems to call for it.

Agnes Grey is such a hater, it’s kind of unintentionally hilarious. In the space of 3 pages she describes her charges as “barbarously ignorant, indocile, careless, and irrational,” “boisterous, unruly, unprincipled, untaught, unreachable,” and “pettish, cowardly, capricious, selfish” respectively. Like damn girl, tell us how you really feel!

Ready to wrap this thing up!

Rounding in on the last 100 pages. Things are going downhill for poor Cromwell.

Things are heating up!

Enjoying this so far. There’s a real sense of eeriness and unease, and also sadness. The family dynamics are sketched out well.

Bit tawdry, but I knew it would be when I picked it up

I’m enjoying the book a lot, though I have to say O’Farrell’s decision to never refer to Shakespeare by name feels a little contrived. It’s not going to ruin the immersion of the book if we know his name is Will!