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I'm starting to see the theme of this book- how wealth corrupts people.

Holy plot twist, Batman! That just struck me like lightning. This book just got 1000x more exciting. Things are starting to make sense. Charles, I'm sorry I doubted you. My god. The plot just went from 'meh' to 'Oh my god!' Before, I was pushing myself to keep reading, but now, Mr. Dickens just launched me into the stratosphere! Thank you to Katie from Books & Things on YouTube for your passion for this book!

A kiss for the boofer lady 😭

"Come up and be dead!"

*Chills*

Okay, you have my attention, Charles

Fledgeby and Georgiana being so nervous around each other that they won't look at each other or speak to each other in spite of the Lammle's best efforts is cute and hilarious

It's amazing to read that people also pulled petals off of flowers in sequence to figure out if something would happen in the 1800s... I wonder how long people have been doing that

*spoilers*

Levin and Kitty's conversation with the chalk is so sweet. I'm so glad things have started to work out between them.

'I have nothing to forget or forgive, I never ceased to love you.' 😭

The nature writing in this book is beautiful. Levin's farm and estate, the wildlife, trees, fields, ponds, grasses, and the description of farm work itself is all meditative. Tolstoy's writing is definitely better here than in War & Peace. Conceiving of such an expensive social story as this and writing it so beautifully shows how good he is. I care about all the main characters, they feel like real people.

This book is a breath of fresh air compared to War & Peace. Tolstoy's writing has room to breathe without his constantly having to write about the wars in 1805 and 1812 in exhausting detail. I feel like I'm finally seeing what a remarkable writer he is. Don't get me wrong, there was good writing in War & Peace, good scenes... this is just better.

Holy heck. THAT'S how you start the final book in a series.