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oh my god

sarah waters :handshake emoji: julian fellowes
writing characters that, in response to there being miraculously good british weather on the day of an event that is imperative to the plot, exclaim that God is either a socialist or a monarchist, respectively

pov nancy has had every single situationship under the moon at this point, but i LOVE her with florence. they are so real when they're in the other's company

incredible commentary on how hierarchies of any kind within society will ultimately serve to humiliate and dehumanise others. when nan is in diana's company, nobody cares if she is a lesbian, or someone with masculine proclivities. all they care about is how they can find some other way to control her (and even zena). this is crazy, but so real

so very interesting re. how nancy is infantilised and objectified at once

i want to psychoanalyse nan bro

NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I GASPED AT A BOOK IN THE WAY I GASPED AT THE PAGE 10 SECONDS AGO

SPOILERS BELOW

WHAT DO YOU MEAN KITTY AND WALTER HAVE BEEN HITTING IT THIS WHOLE TIME BRO. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED. WHAT. AND IN NAN AND KITTY'S BED. OH MY GOD. THE COMPHET DISEASE RAVAGED KITTY BUTLER BRO

this is so incredibly GOOD. hello!!!! hello!!!!!!!

HERE WE GO OMG IM SO EXCITEDDDD

oh lily...

mr rosedale, you're wrong about lily. what she likes is not the luxury and opulence of high society; what she likes is to revel in what was idealised by her mother in her childhood, and to live as if she has not a care in the world. she is after the blissful ignorance that accompanies a sheltered, wealthy existence.

i am obsessed with lily bart. i want to psychoanalyse her soooo bad

so much is happening i'm starting to understand why my twitter mutuals called this "the book of avoidable tragedy"

"banishing the phantom of his dead beauty by the beams of her living grace" EDITH WHARTON YOU HAVE NEVER FAILED ME !!!!!!!!

"a lady of obscure origin and indomitable social ambitions" it's okay you can say bertha russell

man it's hard to be a woman

this might be my new favourite wharton. it is so cleverly and tightly written!! i'm obsessed!!!!

"in this crowded selfish world of pleasure"... oh, edith wharton. you have never failed me

i forgot how much i loved reading YA novels

i find it so interesting how eliot has depicted children as redemptive figures who bring adults back to the light/back to christ/back to godliness

reading this after reading carol gave me the craziest whiplash

im so sad