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I love when an author isn’t afraid to play devils advocate. The social commentary is so well rounded and thought provoking 🫶

I’m really thrown off by the pacing after coming straight from a book that was over four times as long…. but other than that, I’m loving it

Goshhhhhhh. I didn’t like Henry in the 2004 BBC miniseries but he is soooooo much worse in the book. Insufferable 🚨

At one point, Gaskell describes a woman’s marriage to the love of her life as “her affliction and downfall” simply because she’s poor and that might be the most melodramatic thing a Victorian woman has ever penned.

I feel as if I’m cheating on The Count of Monte Cristo by even thinking about picking up another book 😭