#Mary Renault

[marcheriest]

kottabos (commission for a dear friend)

[nvd94]

‘You must tell me when I say the Persian wrongly. Don’t be afraid to correct me, or I shall never learn.’

I said I had thought he would never love me. I did not beg him to take me with him wherever he was going; I did not think so far. I was like a traveler in the desert,who comes to water.

The persian Boy- Mary Renault

[elishanelsonfanacct]

i love you / i fear you / i need you

mary renault, the national, white oleander, maggie nelson, heathers: the musical, margaret atwood, nikita kadan, jenny holzer, margaret atwood, ida aplebroog, simone weil (tr. arthur wills), richard siken, unknown, unknown, angela carter, the sopranos, mary oliver

[bb-8]

The Charioteer unabridged 1988 audiobook, narrated by Davina Porter

I've finished recording the cassettes, cleaning up the audio, and stitching the whole thing together! I've had to split it into two parts (each around 7.5 hours).

The tape was corrupted in 2 places near the end of chapter 6 that I have cleaned up as best as possible, but if there are any other issues with the content or playing/downloading it, please let me know!

To download the audiobook directly, here is a link to a Google Drive folder containing both audio files.

And I've also uploaded it to the Internet Archive, just in case something happens to the Drive. You can find a link to it here.

[catilinas]

if you don’t have weird freudian shit going on with your scapegoatable heir what’s even the point

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

All tragedies deal with fated meetings; how else could there be a play? Fate deals its stroke; sorrow is purged, or turned to rejoicing; there is death, or triumph; there has been a meeting, and a change. No one will ever make a tragedy—and that is as well, for one could not bear it—whose grief is that the principals never met.

Mary Renault, The Mask of Apollo

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

English-language covers of Mary Renault's The Charioteer, first published in 1953.

[eldhuug]

My favourite book :-))

[jeannereames]

POLL about Hephaistion

Redoing the Hephaistion poll after several answers reminded me you all are children of the internet. 😊 There wasn’t an internet until I was in my 20s, and even online bulletin boards weren’t much of a thing until I could legally drink. So, I removed a bunch of novels that were getting no votes to add several new options. (Edit to add: the only reason I left my own is that it got 2 votes in the prior poll; I'm not that egotistical.) I’d forgotten about Horrible Histories, which has a big following.

If you’ve already voted, please vote again. I deleted the prior poll. If you choose an option that asks you to specify, I’d love it if you’d do so in tags or comments (I'm honestly very curious about public history). These are in chronological order. Kinda. Left off fanfic as most people go to it after developing a fascination, and the old Pothos site + forum, once huge, has seriously dwindled. If either fits you, put it in tags.

PLEASE REPOST for wider responses.

[dandelionfool]

doodling al'skander when i should be sleeping because i have not recovered from the effects of the persian boy

[nothatsmi]

Considering you too are a fan of two very good book series (aftg and trc) do you happen to have any recs?

Hi Thank you for your trust.

I wouldn't say I have a rec that's in the same vibe as these two but i DO have a book rec, I read this a few weeks ago and it's really really really good, now please welcome on stage

The charioteer, by Mary Renault

It's a queer 1953 novel with everything one needs (hospitalized soldiers, male nurses, pretentious and/or mentally unstable queer friends, poetry books, windy countryside, sailors).

I would make fanart of it if I had free time. Hopefully someday I will.

Anyway, go read the the book, its's 100% worth it.

[monti-moth]

I only make memes about mildly obscure queer fiction written prior to 1970, thanks

[abathtubinthecellar]

For the charioteer re-read of chapter 2, I want so share the book ‘Out of Bounds’ by Giles and Esmund Romilly. This really clarified some of the dynamics of public school to me through an interesting critical insider perspective

I’ve clipped some bits I found interesting below…

The first two bits on their really basic sex ed, and attitudes to attraction and romance

This on conformity and loyalty and the kinds of people the school produces

This section on corporal punishment, and the ceremony and acceptance around it:

[bb-8]

So I found the cassettes for the 1988 audiobook and made an impulse purchase! Would anyone be interested in me digitising these and uploading them?

[caffeineheroes]

Tolkien TAUGHT Mary Renault. He was a FAN. His favorite fanmail was from HER. [x]

I am still reeling from this information about two of the most influential authors of my youth and LIFE.

[aniitahhhah]

People need to talk more about this book i love it

we need a bigger fandom!!

sorry for my bad drawings its the best i could do at 12 am😭🙏