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Uh oh. We’re telling not showing.

Absolutely criminal that tom hayward doesn’t show up until page 243. The book has finally begun!

What you need to know is that this book is 3 parts.

Incidentally, parts 1 & 2 are Pride and Prejudice, which our author wasn’t aware already exists, so she took the liberty of recapping it. Albeit with the flimsy excuse of it being “from Mary’s perspective”. Unnecessary.

Part 3 is where, God willing, the story of Mary post-P&P will take place, which of course, is what this entire book is meant to be.

Only the greatest work of non fiction ever

This book is worth its weight in gold.

Actually, it’s not that heavy. But imagine it’s worth a lot of gold.

If something doesn’t happen soon, if there isn’t some unexpected twist, im going to lose my mind.

Edith, girl, I am lost in the sauce

House of Mirth walked so Gossip Girl could run. Or the other way around— not sure who inspired who.

I just keep rereading the first bit of the first section because its so good 🫨👍

Crying? Most definitely. Floodworks. In H Mart? Not quite.

If the Mondor-Eagen library thinks they’re getting this book within two weeks they have another thing coming because, to misquote that guy, this book is denser than a bowl of oatmeal.

That aside, the bit about the clocks was riveting. Time was not systematically measured, and then it was!

The rate at which i am reading this book (incredibly slowly) does in no way reflect how interesting it is (utterly fascinating).

This feels like what I imagine microdosing infinite jest in nonfiction form would be like. Or perhaps its just giving wider context for the world in which infinite jest is set.

Utterly fascinating.

I really fear I should have been an english major. Theres literally no reason I should find this book as riveting as I do. Alas

audiobooking exclusively during walks🚶‍♀️‍➡️🎧

This is one of those books which I would like to read a book about.

Tripped and fell in a small bookstore in New Hampshire and ended up having bought this. Crazy how that always happens. Anyways, I believe I’m enamored.

excellent, marvelous

Just had the ending of Anna Karenina spoiled by Mr Towles on page 296! For what reason????

We’re getting deep into the weeds regarding the foundations of fascism (its bad!) and the works of a filmmaker/nazi sympathizer.

New religion just dropped! God is a woman and her name is Susan Sontag.

Aka I finished the essay “The Third World of Women” and it was magnificent and incisive.

Its bleak and getting bleaker.

Just finished the first essay, The Double Standard of Aging, and Sontag is out here spitting absolute facts. Will be reading this essay, if not the entire book, annually because she literally doesn’t miss.

Audiobooking this, and so far I’ve hated and been disgusted by everything I’ve learned.