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Elizabeth is on page 116 of 476

“‘That is American,’ she said, ‘the habit of comparing every stick and stone and breathing thing to some literary parallel’” (116).

A young woman on her first visit to England.

— Jan 11, 2026 06:09PM

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Elizabeth is on page 349 of 476

— 12 hours, 5 min ago

Elizabeth is on page 312 of 476

Chapter 16 has a conversation like watching an expert fencing match. It’s impossible to see who will get the upper hand. 👀

— 12 hours, 37 min ago

Elizabeth is on page 291 of 476

— Jan 15, 2026 04:19PM

Elizabeth is on page 276 of 476

Transplanting is a good metaphor for this book. Page 276 with Betty’s speech.

— Jan 15, 2026 04:06PM

Elizabeth is on page 272 of 476

G Selden returns in dramatic fashion! 😂

— Jan 15, 2026 04:01PM

Elizabeth is on page 253 of 476

— Jan 14, 2026 06:09PM

Elizabeth is on page 249 of 476

Chapter 14 is hilarious! Lord Mount Dunstan happens to meet an American young man outside his park gate and invites him to lunch.

“He was markedly unlike an English youth of his class…he was at his ease to quite an amazing degree…He found indeed a gleeful point in the joke of the incongruousness of his own presence amid such surroundings” (249).

The differences in slang and idiom are so funny.

— Jan 14, 2026 06:04PM

Elizabeth is on page 220 of 476

— Jan 13, 2026 07:11PM

Elizabeth is on page 173 of 476

Chapter 9 was rather splendid!

— Jan 12, 2026 06:17PM

Elizabeth is on page 132 of 476

“Disorder filled her with a sort of impatience which was akin to physical distress” (132).

— Jan 12, 2026 05:43PM