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** The wildly condescending, cutesy treatment of the Chinese people and their culture (which was a thousand or so years older than Alcott's at that point). Rose, about to be introduced to a couple of merchants, specifically mentions being sure she'll laugh at 'their funny slanty eyes', and the otherwise unusually progressive Uncle Alec doesn't say a word. Specifically, newly-arrived teenager Fun See, nicknamed Mr. Tokio ([[ArtisticLicenseGeography ... UM]]), is described as a walking Literature/FuManchu cliché, and Rose refers to him as "a heathen Chinese". This does not, at least, seem to have been maliciously intended; by the sequel Fun has become engaged to Rose's ditzy comedy-relief friend Annabel, which is treated as a continuation of the merry joke. ("By Confucius! Isn't that a sweet prospect?!" Mac laughs when asked to picture Annabel setting up housekeeping in Canton.)
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** The wildly condescending, cutesy treatment of the Chinese people and their culture (which was a thousand or so years older than Alcott's at that point). Rose, about to be introduced to a couple of merchants, specifically mentions being sure she'll laugh at 'their funny slanty eyes', eyes'[[note]]'slanty' is removed from most modern editions[[/note]] and the otherwise unusually progressive Uncle Alec doesn't say a word. Specifically, newly-arrived teenager Fun See, nicknamed Mr. Tokio ([[ArtisticLicenseGeography ... UM]]), is described as a walking Literature/FuManchu cliché, and Rose refers to him as "a heathen Chinese". This does not, at least, seem to have been maliciously intended; by the sequel Fun has become engaged to Rose's ditzy comedy-relief friend Annabel, which is treated as a continuation of the merry joke. ("By Confucius! Isn't that a sweet prospect?!" Mac laughs when asked to picture Annabel setting up housekeeping in Canton.)
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** When Kitty looks up to Rose as a CoolBigSis, Rose notices that she's [[TheDitz not the smartest crayon]] and tells her to study and improve her mind. And Kitty does.
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** When Kitty looks up to Rose as a CoolBigSis, Rose notices that she's [[TheDitz not the smartest crayon]] brightest crayon in the box,]] and tells encourages her to study and improve her mind. And Kitty does.
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* HoYay: Rose and Phebe, her maid, "[[HaveAGayOldTime enjoying each other like a pair of lovers]]."
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* HoYay: Rose and Phebe, her maid, "[[HaveAGayOldTime enjoying enjoy each other like a pair of lovers]]."
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** Phebe [[spoiler: nursing Uncle Alec back to health, pretty much bringing him back from the doors of death ''and'' finally earning the approval of the aunts.]]
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** Phebe [[spoiler: nursing nurses the gravely ill Uncle Alec back to health, pretty much bringing him back from the doors of death ''and'' finally earning the approval of the aunts.]]
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** Not to mention the KissingCousins deal, where nobody bats an eyelid at the idea of Rose marrying any of her male paternal cousins. In fact, it's heavily encouraged by their aunts and uncles; there are several references to keeping Rose's inherited fortune 'in the family' (a common real-life rationale for these kinds of marriages at the time) and while Uncle Alec rejects this idea as mercenary, he does explicitly tell his brother Mac that the boy cousins are really the only ones he thinks are suitable for her.
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** Not to mention Then there's the whole KissingCousins deal, where nobody bats an eyelid at the idea of Rose marrying any of her male paternal cousins. In fact, it's heavily encouraged by their aunts and uncles; there are several references to keeping Rose's inherited fortune 'in the family' (a common real-life rationale for these kinds of marriages at the time) and while Uncle Alec rejects this idea as mercenary, he does explicitly tell his brother Mac that the boy cousins are really the only ones he thinks are suitable for her.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The subplot dealing with Charlie's alcoholism.
