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“One change terrified her as if it had been a sin; it was a violent shock of repulsion from her departed husband, who had had hidden thoughts, perhaps perverting everything she said and did. Then again she was conscious of another change which made her tremulous; it was a sudden strange yearning of heart towards Will Ladislaw…” ahh the 19th century passion has been simmering on low for 500 pages but look out!!
— Jan 03, 2026 05:09PM
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Ian
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Marriage 1: guy dies but he sucked. Yay
Marriage 2: poor communication leading toward resentment and stonewalling. John Gottman, help!
Couple 3: those two you just want to openly speak their feelings so they can be together…but they can’t because it’s England where feelings are a terrible bother.
Triangle 1: girl feels tied to guy who needs to grow up. Older guy #2 is better but who will win!? We will see.
— Jan 11, 2026 02:57PM
Marriage 2: poor communication leading toward resentment and stonewalling. John Gottman, help!
Couple 3: those two you just want to openly speak their feelings so they can be together…but they can’t because it’s England where feelings are a terrible bother.
Triangle 1: girl feels tied to guy who needs to grow up. Older guy #2 is better but who will win!? We will see.
Ian
is on page 547 of 880
Awesome line
“If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful for us; for no age is so apt as youth to think its emotions, partings, and resolves are the last of their kind. Each crisis seems final, simply because it is new.”
— Jan 04, 2026 02:28PM
“If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful for us; for no age is so apt as youth to think its emotions, partings, and resolves are the last of their kind. Each crisis seems final, simply because it is new.”
Ian
is on page 547 of 880
Communication is a hot topic in marriage and dating these days; as it turns out, 19th-century English people struggled in this area too.
— Jan 04, 2026 02:17PM
Ian
is on page 517 of 880
“Men outlive their love, but they do not outlive the consequences of their own recklessness.”
— Jan 04, 2026 10:49AM
