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does anyone want to form a john thorpe hate club?

reading through northanger abbey and i am utterly overcome by the distate i have for this man. not to say i don’t have thoughts on the other characters but another post should be dedicated to them. 

1. why is he talking incessantly about his gig. is this the regency equivalent of ‘man obsessed with his car’

2. “Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff... as for all the others, they are the stupidest things in creation.” bad news buddy. i can’t wait to tell you what kind of medium you are being described in! stop trying to put down your companion!

3. “her companion assur[ed] her that it was entirely owing to the peculiarly judicious manner in which he had then held the reins, and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip.” of course it is, john.

4. “Old Allen is as rich as a Jew—is not he?” and we have JEWISH STEREOTYPES?

5. now he is talking about drinking. and oxford. and drinking in oxford. and not making any sense. is there or is there not a lot of drinking. 

6. and now he contradicts himself on the curricle!

7. he’s talking about horses. he’s very materialistic, huh? 

8. “And then you know”—twisting himself about and forcing a foolish laugh—“I say, then you know, we may try the truth of this same old song.” you aren’t smooth, john. catherine why on earth are you putting up with him,,,,,