I blazed through Bleak House back in January, and while I thoroughly enjoyed it (I'm a fool for convoluted plots and way too many characters), there weren't really many deep questions or musings I had about it. So here's the lightning round of my thoughts:
1. I was expecting arcane legal jargon. I was not expecting spontaneous combustion.
2. John Jarndyce yeeting the food out of the carriage after Esther says she doesn't want it makes me laugh. What a moment to be extra.
3. I loved Mr. Guppy because he's such a tool; in my head, he's basically Jean-Ralphio from "Parks and Recreation."
4. I think I'm a Plantagenet Palliser, but I'm probably just a Mrs. Jellyby.
5. Frankly, someone should have beaten Harold Skimpole senseless years ago.
6. We need more gentlemen of deportment who take it upon themselves to show that deportment to the masses.
7. John Jarndyce:
"I'm the legal guardian for this teenage girl."
"I'm her employer now that she's an adult."
"I'm totally in love with her."
NO.
8. Fallen Woman Dies Because She's a Fallen Woman Disease strikes again.
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