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It's fascinating: this is what a book-club book making the buzz in Victorian times looks like... and, well, it's admirably consistent with what they look like now! This is the Yesteryear of its time (well, I have not read Yesteryear but seeing the reviews, I think that's an apt comparison, otherwise just swap for the last season's equivalent).
— Nov 03, 2026 12:21PM
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Leilin
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Why am I reading this? Good question.
It's author was maybe the closest equivalent to a Victorian influencer as we could get - thanks Claudia, of the Spinter's Library (YT), for sending me on that rabbit hole
I've been thinking about what "lit slop" is. There's the Monte Cristo kind (another of my current reads, still famous and beloved) and then there's this (one of the first best-sellers, entirely forgotten)
— Oct 27, 2026 04:01PM
It's author was maybe the closest equivalent to a Victorian influencer as we could get - thanks Claudia, of the Spinter's Library (YT), for sending me on that rabbit hole
I've been thinking about what "lit slop" is. There's the Monte Cristo kind (another of my current reads, still famous and beloved) and then there's this (one of the first best-sellers, entirely forgotten)