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I probably shouldn’t read this during the winter, but it is beautifully written and cozy at the same time as being lonely and painful. It definitely has some style parallels to I Capture the Castle. Just add 10x more angst to Cassandra Mortmain and stir in some gothic elements a la Daphne du Maurier. TBD if my winter self can handle this.

“What has that to do with Miss Brooke’s marrying him? She does not do it for my amusement.”

“He has got no red blood in his body,” said Sir James.

“No. somebody put a drop under a magnifying glass, and it was all semicolons and parentheses,” said Mrs.Cadwallader.

Came for the great English novel, stayed for the fantastic Victorian insults.