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ancientsstudies · 8 months

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I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.

ig credit: vintagesoul_reads.

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franzkafkalover · 1 year

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A morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.

#donna tartt #the secret history #richard papen #bunny corcoran #charles macaulay #camilla macaulay #henry winter #literature #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark academism #chaotic academia #classic academia #dorian gray #dakota warren

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happyheidi · 1 year

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black cats n bookstores

#cottagecore #light academia #light academia aesthetic #chaotic academia #love this type of city living #chaotic aesthetic #villagecore #village aesthetic #libraries #bookstores #city aesthetic #gray aesthetic #grey aesthetic #books #light academism #classic academia #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic

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celestesloveletters · 2 years

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the book worm urge to buy all the pretty classic covers of all the books you want.

#dark academia #dark academism #light academia #light acadamia aesthetic #the secret history #classic books #chaotic academia #the picture of dorian gray #bookblr #bookworm #I have a kindle so wtf am I talking about.#anyways #romantic academia #frankenstein #oscar wilde #poetry #writers and poets #writer things

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todayontumblr · 11 months

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Tuesday, June 13.

Dark Academia: it may be June, but we are here for it.

So. If you bullet journals, make lots of lists, love to debate, never wear bright colors, drink coffee 24/7, only listen to vinyl, like vintage watches and Oxford shoes, collect buttons, study the classics, thrift all of your clothes and books, enjoy studying in cafes, play the piano, are obsessed with Greek mythology, Penny Dreadful (2014-2016), use only black pens, procrastinate, read only LGBTQIA+ literature, spend free time in/around castles, enjoy calligraphy, hang around museums, like The Picture of Dorian Gray, appreciate shadowy classic Greek and Gothic architecture, and literary tragedy, existentialism, heartbreak, oppression, substance abuse, depression, and death, then have we got a treat for you. That's right, purveyors of all things dark-to-beige in the palette: it's #dark academia.

There are a wealth of dark academics across the dashboard, who we invite this Tuesday, June 13, to analyze, enjoy, and discourse the living sh*t out of #dark academia.

Ciao x

#today on tumblr #dark acadamia quotes #dark academism #dark academia #dark acamedia #dark acadamia aesthetic #oscar wilde #dorian gray #penny dreadful #cafes #coffee #gothic #oxford shoes #vintage watches

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reyvxntagesblog · 3 months

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Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

#poetry #dark academism #tumblrtextpost #light academic aesthetic #dead poets society #tumblrpost #poets on tumblr #light academia #autumn #literature #oscar wilde #the picture of dorian gray #romantic academia #romanticise your life #romanticism #chaotic acadmeia quotes #chaotic academic aesthetic #chaotic academia

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dolcexlatte · 1 year

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"Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic."

- Oscar Wilde

#oscar wilde #poetry #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #dark academia moodboard #dark academic aesthetic #dark acadamia quotes #dark academism #aesthetic #pinterest #pinterest aesthetic #moodboard #aesthetic moodboard #books #the picture of dorian gray #dark academia books #༉‧₊˚.⋆˚ made by dolcexlatte

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fromdarzaitoleeza · 1 year

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#Oscar wilde

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poppletonink · 1 year

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Dark Academia: An Inspired Reading Recommendations List

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Plays of Oscar Wilde

Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Enola Holmes Books by Nancy Springer

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Circe by Madeline Miller

Mythology by Edith Hamilton

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries by Arthur Conan Doyle

People Like Us by Dana Moyle

The Ivies by Alexa Donne

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

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zindagi-se-darte-ho · 5 months

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franz kafka, diaries of franz kafka // taylor swift, evermore // emily bronte, wuthering heights // ada limon, shelter: a love letter to trees // yusef komunyakaa, pleasure dome: new and collected poems // anne sexton, a self-portrait in letters // franz kafka, the blue octavo notebooks // robert frost, my november guest // albert camus, the plague // gbenga adeoba, a short essay on drowning // virginia woolf, the complete works // talin tahajian // e. m. forster, howards end // louise erdrich, the sentence // cynthia rylant, in november // virginia woolf, diaries // may sarton, recovering: a journal // franz kafka, diaries of franz kafka

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justastrugglinghotchocolate · 2 months

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10 things Henry Wotton does that scare and confuse me

Does not engage with Dorian’s antisemitism

To paraphrase MandaloreGaming, “[Henry] not being [antisemitic and/or] racist feels almost like a plot hole.”

In fact, Henry is the only one to treat Sybil’s manager like a human being.

“Lord Henry, upon the other hand, rather liked him. At least he declared he did, and insisted on shaking him by the hand and assuring him that he was proud to meet a man who had discovered a real genius and gone bankrupt over a poet.”

This isn’t even him being mocking, we have seen that Henry doesn’t mock in such an involved way—he prefers to talk shit afterwards (not counting Basil :( ).

Says a ton of misogynistic shit, but never takes a misogynistic action

You would expect a guy as supposedly misogynistic as Henry to be offended and insult every woman who argues against him, but he just talks with them and genuinely takes them seriously. He tries to convince them of his ideas, but if they don’t believe him, he doesn’t push it.

Implied to have close relationships with sister and his aunt.

Gwendolyn is the only sibling that is named and that is because she is the only one he makes a point to hang out with.

Same with Aunt Agatha.

Is possibly implied to have gotten at least a bit annoyed with Dorian sleeping with Gwendolyn (his sister). *this is based off the way Dorian reacts after Basil brings it up. Considering that entire moment was added in the 1891 ver, it’s certainly interesting, but nothing definitive, so take this with a grain of salt!

Has a decent relationship with his wife

Based on the fact Victoria was able to divorce him at all, he respected her enough to not put up a legal fight (divorce in England was difficult as fuck because women essentially became property to their husbands. They didn’t own anything and couldn’t even bring up a case without a man doing so. The fact Victoria was able to do so and the fact no other family members are mentioned, implies he brought the case to court for her, thus making the divorce process much easier than it ever would have been)

Always involves the women who enter discussions with him.

He never once objects to them out nor insults them or makes them feel inferior or otherwise unwelcome. Constantly, he cheekily, but genuinely, suggests that the women he speaks with should have their own ‘fun’ regardless of the scandal involved. Recall that Victorian society characterized women as only valuable as wives and less than human. Henry is actively inviting women to be just as bad as men, thus seeing them at the same level as men.

More so, in chapter 17, his banter with the duchess is not done so mockingly. Like his early conversations with Basil, Henry entertains and elaborates on her ideas, never once dismissing her. Even when he points out things she’s gotten wrong in his perspective, he does so playfully, which we actually haven’t seen him do with anyone except for Basil.

The entire scene with the Duchess of Monmouth in chapter 18.

Henry is strangely gentle and compassionate with her in a way we have never seen him be with anyone (even Dorian!). He is genuine with her in a way that is comforting, he compliments her, makes her laugh, and, weirdly, warns her not to enter a scandal.

Owns a parrot.

Is pretty accurate on the importance of youth in society

Ever since the 1960s, youth culture has absolutely dominated social norms

The concept of teenagers and childhood were created because companies realized they could sell shit to you.

Is constantly criticizing marriage because of how it limits relationships between the men and women involved.

This is novel because marriage was an expectation of Victorian Society, especially for someone in Henry’s class. The fact he actively despises it and recommends against it would be one of the many many things that would paint him as amoral to everyone else.

“the one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.”

“there are other and more interesting bonds between men and women. I will certainly encourage them.”

Disclaimer: this is headcanon: Would probably say, “I’m going to live forever” and immediately get hit by a bus.

I don’t have evidence for this, it just feels right.

Bibliography because I reference historical shit and hbomberguy has reawakened the fear of accidentally plagiarizing i have had since i was six (but i am not doing this in some college style, because ewww)

MandaloreGaming: Anonymous Agony: An Extra Edgy Adventure Game

Shanspeare: Life Doesn’t End in Your 20s: The Myth of the Teenage Dream (for the childhood part)

Mary Lyndon Shanley: Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England, 1850-1895 (for the divorce part)

#this is mostly based on my interpretation #feel free to make your own list of shit henry does that are weird #the irony that if you pay attention to his rants he starts sounding like an academic liberal #hmm #anyways check out that book by mary lyndon shanley it's very interesting.#the picture of dorian gray #henry wotton #basil hallward #dorian gray #victoria wotton #lists #just for fun :)#long post #i literally have done three long deep dive posts that focus on henry wtf has happened to me?

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happyheidi · 1 year

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#cottagecore #light academia aesthetic #grey aesthetic #gray aesthetic #gray academia #kittens #light academism #messy moodboard #chaotic academia #chaotic aesthetic #dark academia architecture #nature #naturecore #animals

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thewildetyme · 2 years

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“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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poetryofmuses · 6 months

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People are like "live in the moment" "stop taking so many pictures" but how else do I paint these pictures in my memory when my mind is so elusive? How do you expect me to remember the tiny details if I haven't captured them and saved them somewhere close to my heart where I can look back and smile? How do I find happiness when these moments are mere memories that are half forgotten when my days feel despondent? How else do I make something permanent when it longs to be fleeting?

#literature #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #darcy #dorian gray #jane austen #aesthetic poetry #dark academia aesthetic #light academia #art journal #books #academic #dark romance #camera #photos #memories #love

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cosmowes · 2 months

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chloepiphany · 8 months

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[The Picture of Gray by Oscar Wilde / Rêverie dans l'atelier by Émile-Louis Foubert]

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