never related to authors being like "childhood is such a blessed innocent time", catch me with that jane eyre shit like "such dread as children only can feel" and "I then sat with my doll on my knee til the fire got low, glancing round occasionally to make sure nothing worse than myself haunted the shadowy room"
"I never wish to be easily defined. I'd rather float over other people's minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person."
can we also have a quiet moment for Adam from Frankenstein?
Like, I understand that his actions are irrevocably immoral and cruel, but at the same time was it not cruel for him to constantly witness love and devotion, only for him to be hit and hurt and shunned when he begged for that same love? That since he could not have love, he would have fear and hate, and then went to exact his revenge on the one person, the ONE person, he thought would understand him and possibly love him, only for that person to prove his inner thoughts of "I AM a monster," by reacting with the same horror and fear of when he was created?
The fact that when that person, who then dedicated his life to hunting this creature after Adam murdered his dearest ones, died, the creature mourned over his loss and felt regret???? The way that he felt the deep cut and disgustingness of his actions, but could not change them??
Sherlock Holmes is trending on Tumblr?!!!! That means it's the perfect time for a reminder that this is starting soon:
Regular emails from your friend Dr John Watson about the adventures of his eccentric detective roommate.
Inspired by Mark Kirkland’s excellent Dracula Daily, Letters from Watson will let you read through the entirety of the Sherlock Holmes short stories over the course of one year via bitesize emails.
Emails will begin January 1st 2023, the date when all Sherlock Holmes stories will be in the public domain in the US for the first time! (Well... ok between you and me if you sign up before that date you'll get a few little extra treats in your inbox over December 2022.)
Tiny pet peeve of mine is when people attribute a quote that is taken from dialogue simply to the author themselves, without indicating that a character said it, because there’s a massive difference.
Many times characters say something that directly contradicts the author’s own beliefs, and I would be rolling in my grave if anyone created the implication that I myself was the one to say some of the things I’ve written characters saying.
Inspired by Dracula Daily and other classic literature substacks, this newsletter will deliver Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1845 epistolary novel (and his debut novel!) Poor Folk in real-time to your email inbox!
Considered by some critics to be a major work of Russian socialist literature, the novel is written in the form of letters between two cousins and deals with the lives of rich vs poor people and other issues of poverty and class differences.
The newsletter will start on the 8th of April and run until the 30th of September with each email sent to you on the corresponding date of each letter. You can subcribe now with the link below if you're interested or head to the "about" page to learn more about this project!
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I originally listed Anthony Trollope but cut him in favor of Oscar Wilde for reasons (Wilde is better, imo). So, if your favorite 19th Century English Lit author isn't listed, you can yell at me in the comments, or reblogs, or through an ask.