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❋ ~ • Textual parallels || Fallen Angel Painting (1847) - Alexandre Cabanel || Ophelia Painting (1851–52) - Sir John Everett Millais || Revenge of The Sith (2005) - Dir. George Lucas • ~ ❋
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can it PLEASE be fall again
#books & libraries#empathy#english literature#literature#quotes#life quotes#quotations#dark academia moodboard#bookblr#letters#american literature#literary quotes#classic literature#classical literature#literary fiction#dark academia#dark aesthetic#moodboard#dark acadamia aesthetic#dark acamedia#dark acadamia quotes#I can't help but think about candles#wax play#the way the wax would drip down or over body#thunderstorm#stormy weather#gothic victorian home#satin and lace#lace and ribbons#lace nightgowns
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I really like this russian edition of classic books. Letting famous artists do the covers in YA style was such a simple but clever decision. According to the recent study the number of teenage readers increased, possibly thanks to these covers. I own traditional classics with blank covers but if I ever see one of these in the wild, it’ll probably make me go feral.
Here are some of my favs:

Dracula (art by Renibet)

2.Jane Eyre (art by Ulunii)

3. Little women (art by чаки чаки)

4. The Idiot (the hedgehog-omg-) (art by Xinshi)

5. Pride and Prejudice (art by Cactusute)

6. War and Peace (art by Xinshi)

7. Wuthering Heights (art by Renibet)

8. The Great Gatsby (art by NIKEL)

9. Frankenstein (art by Iren Horrors)

10. Crime and Punishment (art by REDwood)

11. Anna Karenina (art by Ulunii)

12. The Cherry Orchard (art by lewisite)

13. The Master and Margarita (art by Renibet)
#they also have an art on the back and inside#and they list the translator on the cover#which is also important#classical literature#classic literature#booklr#mikhail bulgakov#the master and margarita#anton chekhov#the cherry orchard#anna karenina#leo tolstoy#war and peace#fyodor dostoevsky#crime and punishment#mary shelley#mary shelly's frankenstein#frankenstein#francis scott fitzgerald#the great gatsby#wuthering heights#emily bronte#charlotte bronte#jane eyre#jane austen#pride and prejudice#the idiot#dracula#bram stoker#little women
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- Sylvia Plath
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I finished the book a little bit ago, but I wasn’t in a good mood to write. In any case, damn, Yozo’s a crappy husband. That was one of my main takeaways, to not follow in his footsteps. I also wrote something in my annotations about how he might think that humanity is equivalent to purity. From what I understand, he especially started thinking of himself as less than a person after the trauma that occurred in his childhood. He then marries Yoshiko — which is still gross to me, by the way — who he views as someone very pure. He also said that he started feeling human around her. That all kind of went to hell when she fell victim to what I’ve inferred to be the same trauma he went through as a kid, but I could be wrong. And that’s when he starts wondering if trust is a sin and whatnot. I said that it shouldn’t count as sin, but it could definitely be dangerous. Right, and then at the very end of the third notebook, I think everything kind of came full circle in the worst possible way (which I’ll avoid talking about due to potentially triggering topics for others). The epilogue interested me, considering the lady at the bar called Yozo “an angel.” There was a comment in the translator’s note that said something about how Yozo was so preoccupied with the bad things about him that he never saw the love he either gave or could’ve given, something like that. Honestly, I failed to notice this myself. Maybe that because I related to his misery? Or maybe it’s because throughout the notebooks, we see through his eyes. Overall, the whole book was pretty damn interesting.
#no longer human#classical literature#annotating books#philosophy#osdd system#introject#fictive#dissociative system#masquerade system
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Time is like grains of sand slipping through our fingers — the one thing in life we cannot bargain with; each lost moment gone forever. Yet I alone wander its hidden paths, reclaiming what others surrender.
—A lady and her quill, The Almanac of a Lost Time Traveler.
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#poetry#poets on tumblr#writers and poets#melancholic#soul#literature#classical literature#poems and poetry#writers on tumblr#dark academia#writer and poets#poems on tumblr#poetsandwriters#poems and quotes#poetic#poem#book and libraries#book quotes#books and reading#dark acamedia#dark acadamia aesthetic#literature academia#literary quotes#chaotic academia#light academia#book aesthetic#philosophy#writeblr#writing
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mircalla millarca carmilla
[ID: black and white digital fanart of carmilla from the novel by sheridan le fanu. wearing an 1860s style nightgown with her wavy hair loose, she stares steadily at the viewer. her eyes are red and her face, the front of her gown, and hands are all stained with blood. end ID]
#i forgor to add the ID again 😭#long time no art bc of uni. but i finished carmilla and i loveddd it. toxic yuri ‼️#carmilla#carmilla 1872#classical literature#gothic literature#gothic#vampire#wlw vampire#wlw#yuri#digital art#artists on tumblr#decaysart
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#aesthetic#inspiring quotes#life quotes#cottagecore#love quotes#quotes#inspirational quotes#spilled ink#spilled poetry#book quotes#forest aesthetic#nature aesthetic#grunge aesthetic#aestethic#white aesthetic#good vibes#vibes#grungy aesthetic#dark grunge#soft grunge#grunge#cottage core#heart core#love core#classical literature#words words words#spilled words#self worth#words#spirituality
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ok these are rlly good points i love this actually
I guess the reason more characters who were morally corrupt or unstable were portrayed as ugly or weird looking a while ago was because it was what the audience expected; if the person is bad, it should be obvious at first sight, correct?
Then again as prev said it really depends on the character. if the physical appearance doesn't really matter, that's all well and good. If it adds to their development, then you'd probably need it as a part of the plot, but it isn't them in their entirety. I guess it's something people recognized more as time progressed, which is why they take more liberties in character designs nowadays.
also off topic but i love how you said and i quote "Whether he is 'handsome' or 'ugly', he's a tragic, questionable and pathetic man, I love him" bc that's literally me to any character
I find it very interesting how designs and casting for classic literature characters have evolved from the earlier adaptations to the modern ones we see today.
A lot of that is definitely the target audience and how media has influenced how we see the characters.
However looking at actors and designs from 20th century retellings and comparing them to 2010’s tv shows, it just.
idk i feel like its kinda silly and fascinating to see how distanced we’ve come from the original text but not necessarily in a bad way
I mean just look:


A Christmas Carol's Ebenezer Scrooge (2009, 2022)


Edward Hyde (1931, 2015)


Sherlock Holmes (1939, 2022)
like idek dude
I guess we decided they needed to drink the yassification juice after a couple of decades and i kinda love it yet at the same time question mark ???
edit: also someone mentioned that TGS isn't a show and i sincerely apologize for not putting that in here my brain was lagging bad but i meant to refer to different types of media and it ended up looking out of place ;-;
anyways i just hope yall get my point lmao
#i like the thoughts yall are giving me keep it coming (pls)#i need something to distract me from finals#classical literature#a christmas carol#jekyll and hyde#dr jekyll and mr hyde#sherlock holmes#the phantom of the opera#poto#scrooge 2022#the glass scientists#tgs#enola holmes#erik the phantom#erik poto#ebenezer scrooge#edward hyde#tgs hyde#rathbone holmes#mindless rantings
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I accept your absence, my love, but my soul cannot fathom a world without you. That is my confession.
#quotes#poetry#literature#writing#original#words#love#prose#franz kafka#albert camus#fyodor dostoevsky#quoteoftheday#poem#sad quotes#poems on tumblr#quote#life quotes#thoughts#lit#classic books#sad thoughts#friedrich neitzsche#monologue#books#classical literature#mental health#writers and poets#book quote#beautiful quote#original poem
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"If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is grass in the beginning." - Vincent Van Gogh
Painting: "Wheatfield with a Reaper" by Vincent van Gogh
#vincent van gogh#starry night#art history#oil on canvas#painting#expressionism#artblr#quotes#book quote#quotations#words#literature#lit#booklover#classical literature#classics#albert camus#booklr#books#books & libraries#book quotes#bookblr#reading#books and reading#bookworm#bookish#fragments#excerpts#letters#biblophile
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i miss autumn
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#booklr#books#literature#writing#writeblr#poem#poetry#poets on tumblr#spilled ink#love#jane austen#literary quotes#classics#classic#classical literature#feelings#dark academia#dark aesthetic#light academia#academia#language#spilled writing#spilled poetry#spilled words#spilled thoughts#words words words#words#bookblr#books and reading#reading
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—Donna Tartt, The Secret History
#dark academia#chaotic academia#dark acadamia aesthetic#art#dark academia moodboard#literature#poetry#writers on tumblr#classical literature#creative writing#the secret history#books and coffee#booklr#books and reading#light academia#light acadamia aesthetic#light academia moodboard#the greek class#henry winter#bunny corcoran#richard papen#charles macaulay#camila macaulay#julian morrow#francis abernathy#donna tartt
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