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@wmst287 I'm doing okay, buried in work until the end of course :/

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@ElijahPacheco19 @wmst287 As many others have said, the "heart" of her character is still the same virtuous one she began with, but she's clearly grown over the course of the novel.

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@wmst287 Missed class because I had to get bloodwork done, but other than that I'm doing alright. I hope you've slept better!

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@wmst287 Traditionally, nightingales represent some variety of love or passion. At other times it indicates loss or death, but the meaning certainly varies circumstantially . Here, with Adeline, I feel it could well be a little bit of both.

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@wmst287 I didn't like him. He struck me as one of the worst "libertine" archetype characters we've read so far. The kidnapping was just over the top

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@wmst287 A fever dream hellscape in many ways, but we're all still alive so I'll call it a win

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@wmst287 It would be funny if it wasn't so mortifying for Evelina!

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@wmst287 @ElijahPacheco19 @cma2418 The private correspondence between two unmarried individuals is considered improper and possibly even scandalous, hence why Mr. Villars reacts so strongly to it.

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@cma2418 @wmst287 Mr. Villars is a genuinely nice person, and his guiding hand in the novel has helped me get a sense of what is and is not acceptable for the time period.

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@wmst287 Sorry for being late! Evelina finally received correspondence from Orville, though it was in a socially unacceptable manner. Do you think Lord Orville was wrong to contact Evelina in this way?

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@meaghan7891 @HannahWMST287 @wmst287 Mr. Villars was honestly a better parent than I expected. Oftentimes, a story set in this period would have a wicked mother or father figure, but the absence of this made for a more interesting story.

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@HannahWMST287 @wmst287 I wouldn't call it a necessity, but it definitely adds context to the novel that wouldn't exist otherwise. In lieu of traditional narration, though, I actually can't imagine Evelina writing letters that would operate as well as letters from multiple authors.

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@wmst287 I'm managing to stay caught up, which is a genuine shock to me😂 I'll admit there's a lot of pages to read, but I'm actually enjoying the story quite a bit more than I thought I would.

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@Ben_WMST @wmst287 I've always been a fan of the epistolary format, it gives the characters more humanity than they otherwise would have.

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@ElijahPacheco19 @wmst287 I know the synopsis of the story on wikipedia, for example, claims D'Elmont is "a rake who becomes reformed over the course of the novel," but I find it hard to believe that his old habits simply vanished.

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@BrightGreen359 @wmst287 I know a lot of people have said it, but yes absolutely for the myriad reasons here and likely many more.

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@CranLily @wmst287 Ooo, what's the cat's name gonna be?

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@Alia_8_ @wmst287 As far as intentionally unlikeable characters go, he's alright. In many ways, he's kind of cliché, but that was a lot of this genre when this was written.

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@wmst287 Honestly? I'm a complete mess right now, but... I'm alive at least so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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@meaghan7891 @wmst287 I feel like you can't have one without the other. She's desired as a possession *because* she's an erotic figure; a woman's worth in the story is based on her attractiveness but also as a symbol of power.