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Have His Carcase: Chapters 4-6
I remembered about this last night as I was drifting off to sleep, so I apologize for it being a day late!
Edit: I am terribly embarrassed to realize that my brain read the X's in the Roman numerals in the chapters as V's, and this summary is actually chapters 9, 10 and 11.
So I am adding in summaries of the proper chapters.
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Have His Carcase Recaps: Chps 1 - 3
Last time on talking_piffle: Lord Peter solved the case, Harriet Vane was proved innocent, and our hero failed to get the girl. Then followed a book set in rural Scotland, focussed on painting and railway timetables, and inexplicably omitting Miss Vane.
Eighteen months later (although the heroine has actually got younger)...
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Have His Carcase
The proposed schedule is as follows:
30 August 2010: chapters 1 to 3 - nineveh_uk
06 September 2010: chapters 4 to 6 - miss_eponine
13 September 2010: chapters 7 to 9 - soniag
20 September 2010: chapters 10 to 12 - nineveh_uk
27 September 2010: chapters 13 to 15 - colonial_abroad
04 October 2010: chapters 16 to 18 - miss_eponine
11 October 2010: chapters 19 to 21 - zwoelfchen
18 October 2010: chapters 22 to 24 - holdouttrout
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Strong Poison - 20-23 - the end of the book!
Strong Poison - chapters 20-23
WHERE WE LEFT OFF: Miss Climpson KICKS BUM and defrauds old ladies. Peter mopes.
Summary
Mr Pond: WOMEN ARE SO SILLY. *Takes letter from Miss Booth and Mrs Wrayburn’s will to Mr Urquhart*
Miss Murchison: *TOTALLY ACCIDENTALLY FORGETS TO KNOCK AND SEES MR URQUHART LURKING SUSPICIOUSLY BY THE WALL OF HIS OFFICE* ( Read more... ) -
Strong Poison - 9-12
Strong Poison - chapters 9-12
WHERE WE LEFT OFF: THE POLICE HAVE FOUND SOMETHING making Peter dance and his ex-girlfriend mope. What a professional and unbiased detective he is in this case.
Summary
Bunter: Good day, ladies.
Mrs Pettican (cook) and Hannah Westlock (maid): ♥ ♥ ♥ Crumpets?
Me: BUNTER ♥ ♥ ♥ :D
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ginamak and I are both enjoying doing the reaction posts, even if they are a lot of work, but if you think you'd like to have a go for some of Strong Poison (and onwards), here's the first sign up!
We don't expect anyone to go through and attribute every quote (ginamak is weird like that!) but we do want a summary of what's gone on and a list of quotes and any ( Read more... ) -
Strong Poison ch1-4
Welcome to the first weekly recap in talking_piffle! I ramble a bit, but hopefully I covered the pertinent stuff and am vaguely entertaining. If there’s something you want to discuss about these four chapters that I didn’t, have at it in the comments.
This isn’t a standard format or anything like that - it’s just the way I wrote it that seemed to make sense to ( Read more... )