#1800s novels

[hero-i-am-not]

I adore Charlotte Brontë's writing... This page is just too beautiful <3

[questionableadvice]

~ Advice to Young Men and (Incidentally) to Young Women, in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life, by William Cobbett, 1829

Put that novel down right now, young lady! You've stopped trying to look pretty and you need to go brew some beer

[forsythiaproductions]

This is the entire premise of the game. Hugo's "unintentionally" gay thoughts are the sole reason why this game exists.

We had to make it JUST so he can figure it out.

Please figure it out 💀

Of Sense and Soul: A Queer Victorian Romance Game 💌 Follow our Kickstarter (Launching July 12th!) Play our demo | Get our newsletter

[thepastisalreadywritten]

TODAY IN HISTORY

22 November 1963

John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

Lee Harvey Oswald, a former Marine, was charged with the murder — shooting from the Texas School Book Depository.

Oswald was then killed two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby.

The Warren Commission concluded in 1964 that Oswald acted alone, but this sparked skepticism and numerous alternative theories about the day arose.

The new administration has promised to release the classified files regarding the assassination, so potentially we’ll know the true story very soon.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy 

(29 May 1917 – 22 November 1963)

22 November 1963

C.S. Lewis passed away at the age of 64 from kidney failure.

He was a scholar at Oxford and Cambridge, known for writing the Chronicles of Narnia and other Christian apologetics.

His death happened on the exact same day as John F. Kennedy's assassination, so he did not receive the attention he deserved.

His works were an incredible blend of imagination and theology, and remain influential in literature and religious thought to this day.

Clive Staples Lewis FBA 

(29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) 

22 November 1963

It turns out that this was an extremely dark day in history in 1963.

Not only did John F. Kennedy's assassination and C.S. Lewis's passing occur, but Aldous Huxley also died at age 69 in Los Angeles from laryngeal cancer.

He’s best known for his 1932 novel Brave New World, which is a dystopian vision of the future.

Aldous Leonard Huxley 

(26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963)

22 November 1718

The notorious pirate Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach, died in a battle off North Carolina's Ocracoke Island.

He fought Lieutenant Robert Maynard in a sea battle and suffered multiple wounds before being killed and beheaded.

Blackbeard's death was a huge victory against piracy in the Atlantic.

He was the embodiment of the Golden Age of Piracy, and remains one of the most iconic and well-known pirates today.

Edward Teach 

(or Thatch; c. 1680 – 22 November 1718)

[daguerreotyping]

Daguerreotype of a promising young gentleman very talented at brooding, c. 1850s

[mermaidsirennikita]

Please know that as much as I love the insane men Gaelen Foley writes, I may love the insane women she writes more

[lucid9158]

………..oh

Hm. Well. I read 600 chapters before… I can survive 800…

Right? Right

[nichiperi]

Illustrations for the fanfic I'm working on.

[larmegliamori]

Ways English can be improved as a language:

• Dropping the mandatory subject;

• Allowing run-on sentences.

That's it, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

[nickysfacts]

Remember to always help those left suffering by the ones sadly led a stray by capitalist and greedy intentions.🖋

🕯️🍇💀

[obamasleftkidney]

CLUE #1

“A mother’s girl. It is no doubt she knows.” The detective added.

If this is your first time seeing my post; I'm writing a novel which will be released soon. I refuse to tell you the plot, the characters, the tropes, nor the premise. I only ask for your follow + I write my followers names down in a little pretty notebook. I will drop little clues and quotes and paragraphs. Ominous little hints. And the first follower to guess the plot receives a free signed copy of the novel once it's published.

Do follow me and find out, for if this ended up on your page, this novel has everything you like. I might disappoint, but how do you know for sure I will?

If you're interested, follow me, and go read my posts. Season 1 of the novel games had been a great success, and I'm looking forward to your avid participation, dear readers, in season 2. The book of concern in Season 1 has been published and is available on all platforms as well as in E-book form. Clues have already been dropped for Season 2. Best of Luck!

[questionableadvice]

~ Popular Amusements, by Rev. J. T. Crane, 1869

Rev. Crane goes on to tell us how novel reading leads to day-dreaming, "excitement of the passions" and leaves a person "unfit for real life". At one point he even compares it to an opium addiction.

Unfortunately for the Rev. Jonathan Townley Crane, professional disapprover of fiction, his son Stephen Crane grew up to write "The Red Badge of Courage" which is now considered one of the great American novels. Life can be ironic that way.

[echoes-lighthouse]

Been reading a lot of Les Mis fics recently and I keep being like ‘god I should self insert in this group’ and then I remember that any self insert character I made would just be Courfeyrac with a different haircut and I’m like ‘oh. right, yeah.’

[zahrabookz]

°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ My Puzzle Piece (A Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton Fanfic Now Completed) °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

[daguerreotyping]

Ambrotype of a Union soldier with a manly chin dimple and a missing button, c. 1860s

[toadlessgirl]

20 Names More Common in the Regency Era than any of the Bridgerton Girls' Names

Araminta

Asenath

Brittania

Cherry

Christmas

Cleopatra

Dorcas

Dove

Easter

Etheldred

Happy

Keren-happuch

Mehetabel

Peace

Petronella

Philadelphia

Seabright

Urania

Virtue

Zilpah