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Evening Dress, House of Worth 1898-1900

#the night circus #celia bowen #erin morgenstern #marco alisdair #now this is exactly the kind of thing I imagine for Celia #Dec 2023

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happy birthday, @enviies !

you think, as you walk away from le cirque des rêves and into the creeping dawn, that you felt more awake within the confines of the circus. you are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream.

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#Ethan barris my king #but there are no wrong answers here tbh #the night circus #erin morgenstern #polls #celia bowen #marco alisdair #feb 2023

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Alice + Olivia Fall 2023

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“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.” ― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus.

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When Isobel stops tempering the circus, she describes the sound she hears as similar to the squealing brakes of a train before realizing it’s Poppet screaming. This is such a fascinating description to be because it harkens back to Tara as well as the circus train, which, up until this point, has been moving seamlessly and quietly without anyone really noticing or questioning, and now it’s being brought to a screeching halt.

#celia bowen #erin morgenstern #marco alisdair #the night circus #feb 2023 #night circus reread 2023

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Celia’s initials are CNB, according to the handkerchief that Isobel has with the hat. Do we ever learn her middle name? I can’t quite remember.

#celia bowen #erin morgenstern #marco alisdair #the night circus #feb 2023 #night circus reread 2023

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I love the idea that “most people seek their fortunes early in the evening.” It’s such a small little line that adds so much ambience- are people more or less likely to believe what they hear as the night goes on, and which is more preferable?

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I’m starting to realize how much I love Ethan Barris as a character. Truly a king of minding his own business and being involved while not interfering. He really just wants to do his architecture stuff and hang out with all his new friends and isn’t phased by any circus shenanigans

#celia bowen #erin morgenstern #marco alisdair #the night circus #feb 2023 #night circus reread 2023 #Ethan barris

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Names and naming in this book are super interesting; Celia is automatically tied to her father (for better or worse) through her surname, Marco has to choose a name for himself after being raised without his father figure ever saying it to him, and when we first meet Isobel it’s implied that she lies about her name, both to escape her past and to embrace the present/future. And then there’s Poppet and Widget, whose nicknames are given to them by the circus family almost immediately.

#celia bowen #erin morgenstern #marco alisdair #the night circus #Feb 2023 #night circus reread 2023

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Yeah I really adore the sections describing how Celia and Marco’s training varies so greatly, it really sets up their characters and how they interact with the circus and each other quite well

#celia bowen #erin morgenstern #marco alisdair #the night circus #Feb 2023 #night circus reread 2023

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Magic Lessons

The implication that Marco starts by reading and copying things from books that he doesn’t understand yet implies that either Alexander told him to do so, without explaining why (which tracks), Marco just *feels* that this is important (which lends credence to the “inherent aptitude” point of view), or he’s just copying everything and doesn’t know why (also scans).

#celia bowen #erin morgenstern #marco alisdair #the night circus #Feb 2023 #night circus reread 2023

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Part 1: Primordium

From the beginning of the book, Morgenstern pairs a Thiessen quote with an Oscar Wilde quote. This mix of an in-book character with a real historical figure establishes the blurring between life inside and outside the circus, and draws the reader in by drawing a connection between a name they recognize (Wilde) and a name they don’t (Thiessen).

Very cool very cool

#celia bowen #erin morgenstern #marco alisdair #the night circus #Feb 2023 #night circus reread 2023

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Doing my annual Night Circus reread and gonna be putting some thoughts here as I go, for funsies! Let’s see what catches my eye this time around

#celia bowen #erin morgenstern #marco alisdair #the night circus #Feb 2023 #night circus reread 2023

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THE NIGHT CIRCUS — erin morgenstern

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.