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Lucy is completely alone; she aches for somebody to see her and choose her. It’s so unfair. I don’t think I’ve ever read a more powerful depiction of what it is to be lonely. Forget lonely — isolated, feeling completely cut off from the world. It makes me ache to think of what Brontë herself must have experienced in Brussels, and throughout her life, to inspire this. God this book is good.
— Mar 06, 2026 07:52PM
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Vicky
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What made me cry was the parallels between Lucy receiving her first letter from Dr John and Paulina telling Lucy about her receiving HER first letter from Dr John. See Dr John is meant to be such a lovely philanthropist but he’s so… unfeeling about what’s right in front of him sometimes. I can’t believe the way he ignored Lucy FOR MONTHS after he met the Basompierres. But at the same time I can.
— Mar 10, 2026 01:01PM
