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  1. Inconsistancies on the part of Mr Crawley?

    Warning - spoilers!
    At the wedding at St Ewolds at the end of the book, the Archdeacon gently teases Mr Crawley for expecting resistance on his part to Mr Crawley's wish of leading the marriage...
  2. Dating the action in The Chronicles of Barsetshire

    The chronicles of Barsetshire were written in 1855, 1857, 1858, 1861, 1864 and 1867 yet it seems that the action was not always set in the year of writing. In The Warden, Eleanor Harding is 24 but in...
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    The Younger Lady Lufton

    In Framley Parsonage, Lucy Robarts marries Lord Lufton, becoming Lady Lufton. Lord Lufton's mother is still living therefore Trollope refers to the dowager as the elder Lady Lufton and Lucy as the...
  4. I loved this book! I would have a tradition where...

    I loved this book! I would have a tradition where I'd wake up at sunrise to read this book and eat chocolate. I found it more moving than Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and was glad it did not...
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    Nameless Monster

    For me, the fact that the monster remains nameless throughout the book is a touching proof of how unwanted he is. He does not even give himself a name, which shows his humility.
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    Mark Robarts' debt

    Despite Mark Robarts being the main character and his unpaid bill being the central plot, I thought that there was very little written about him after the bailiffs' half-finished inventory and Lord...
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    Miss Dunstable's Marriage

    Miss Dunstable is a most excellent charter deserving a husband worthy of her... And such a man would be difficult to come by. Dr Thorne is undoubtably suited to her yet I feel uneasy on the part of...
  8. She was the reason that Carton redeemed himself;...

    She was the reason that Carton redeemed himself; she brought her father out of the darkness into which he had fallen into during his imprisonment; to Darnay I suppose she was simply a loving wife, I...
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    Main character

    What interested me about this book is that there is no one central character, which is unusual. Which character would others call the main character? Is there one? For me, I would have said that Mr...
  10. Hard Times seemed more like a blunt social...

    Hard Times seemed more like a blunt social commentary than a social commentary in the form of a novel as many of his other books were.
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    Laurie's love for Amy didn't seem the real thing,...

    Laurie's love for Amy didn't seem the real thing, as it had done for Jo. It just felt wrong and as if it only happened because Amy needed to marry and Laurie needed to remain a character in the heart...
  12. Thread: Tom

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    I also found Tom Tulliver extremely irritating,...

    I also found Tom Tulliver extremely irritating, so much so that I could hardly understand why Maggie loved him so much. It would have been easy to respect his ability, but not to love his personality.
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    John Durbeyfield's heart condition

    We are told that John Durbeyfield's serious heart condition was 'fat round his heart' but what would be a modern day medical interpretation of this?
  14. Why does Mr Ablewhite destroy Rachel's letter?

    I never quite understood why Mr Ablewhite burns Rachel's assertion of his innocence. Does anyone have any suggestions?
  15. Thread: Next read

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    I've not read either The Black Robe or Queen of...

    I've not read either The Black Robe or Queen of Hearts. What would you say their merits are? I have read The Moonstone but did not enjoy it as much as either The Woman in White or Armadale because it...
  16. Thread: Next read

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    Armadale should definately be your next read....

    Armadale should definately be your next read. It's a little in the line of The Woman in White which I consider to be his best novel. Armadale is not only extremely exciting but the characters are all...
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    Character influencing circumstances

    In the introduction to this novel, Wilkie Collins stated that he wished to write a novel in which character influenced circumstances rather than circumstances influencing character, as he had done in...
  18. It seemed to me that at the beginning of the...

    It seemed to me that at the beginning of the novel Hardy was advocating Angel's views i.e. no religion but by the end was showing that Tess's misfortunes had been brought about by lack of religion. ...
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    The final line

    I loved this short story even though I'm not generally a fan of short stories but the last line continues to irritate me. I wish that there hadn't been that tie to life round the sofa, it was so out...
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    Favourite Gaskell longer novel and why

    Which is your favourite of Mrs Gaskell's longer works and why?
    These are the options:
    Mary Barton (1848)
    Cranford (1851)
    Ruth (1853)
    Biography of Charlotte Brontė (1857)
    North and South (1855)...
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    I think that one of her weakest moments was...

    I think that one of her weakest moments was turning home without seeing Mr Clare when she had walked 15 miles. She is strong in many other ways, however, and did not really have much guidance in the...
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    Can I add John Durbeyfield to the list of...

    Can I add John Durbeyfield to the list of villains? He seemed to care very little for Tess' well being, being merely concerned with his own social advancement. When his elaborate tombstone is...
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    Thoughts on Mr Gibson

    What did everybody else think of Mr Gibson? It seemed to me that Mrs Gaskell really liked this character and of course Molly and Cynthia adore him. However, I never came to like him. I didn't like...
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    Victorian seamstresses

    I'm doing some research on Victorian seamstresses and I was wondering if there any books on the subject which anyone would recommend?
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    It might as well have been filmed in black and...

    It might as well have been filmed in black and white there seemed to be only three colours - grey, green and yellow. Also, did they have to make Orlick look like a zombie? Who would ever employ a guy...
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