#penguin english

[akosuaexe]

Currently reading - Frankenstein

[dedalvs]

Yer the lad that wrote "The Art of Language Invention" yeah??? Just got it recently and it's probably one of my favourite books on the subject I've ever read. Wanted to reach out and say thank you for writing it!!!

Yeah, that was me. Glad you're enjoying it! I had a lot of fun writing it—twice, given the extra chapter I was allowed to add. I'm still so grateful to my editor, Elda Rotor, who was the one that made the book proposal to me. For those who don't know, it's not as if I had the idea for a conlang book and went around pitching it. I wouldn't have known where to begin. Absolute non-starter. If it wasn't for Elda emailing me out of the blue The Art of Language Invention would never have existed. (Also, she's awesome. She's in charge of Penguin Classics, and just decided to do some regular non-fiction for a change. But like—Penguin Classics!!! To an English major, she's a rock star.)

[malachitebeck]

Sofia Falcone in Cent'anni (dir. Helen Shaver) | The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

[nejjcollectsbooks]

> The Woodlander by Thomas Hardy > Adam Bede by George Eliot > The Golden Treasury compiled by Francis Turner Palgrave > Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence > Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf > King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard

A book spread of all the Penguin Popular Classics I own. Their covers are always so romantic and they're made in a smaller size compared to a regular novel, so they'll always fit into any bag I own.

[wizardofsoup]

woah..

[haly-reads]

may 13, '23: penguin classics: yes!!!

[thefugitivesaint]

David Pelham, ''Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology''. 1975 Source

[amicus-noctis]

“The sea: I didn’t lose myself in it; I found myself in it.” — Albert Camus, Notebooks: 1942-1951

Photo via @ivorygate

[literatureaesthetic]

now that i'm practically done with my literature degree, i thought it could be fun to recommend some of my favourite texts that i studied!!

• metamorphosis - ovid

• interview with the vampire - anne rice

• the haunting of hill house - shirley jackson

• beloved - toni morrison

• the aeneid - virgil

• paradise lost - john milton

• the spanish tragedy - thomas kyd

• kindred - octavia e butler

[robertwaltons]

i love this website because every time i come on here i get shown a post that’s like “i just started reading frankenstein and it’s gay as fuck?” like buddy. you don’t even know how gay it is Going To Get

[atorturedpoetsquill]

...but nothing sensible has ever happened to me in all my life than what is happening now.

White Nights, Dostoyevsky

[signatureartsblug]

Helio: Why must you be an instigator...

Signa: LAW- PLEASE DON'T DO THIS-

I'm trying to study this style BUT DAMN IT'S KINDA HARD

[ray-the-sad-cat]

QUEER/LGBTQ CLASSIC LITERATURE 📖📚☕🌱🎧

I've been reading more classics/modern classics recently but sometimes I find it difficult to connect with the story, not just due to complex language but also because of the unrelatable subjects of many classics, especially due to the suppression of writers of colour, gender, sexuality, etc. however I have found focusing on queer literature has helped me relate to stories and themes much easier, below is a list of LGBTQ (mostly gay and lesbian) classics and modern classics. keep in mind I haven't read all of these and many may contain violent or uncomfortable themes.

1.the Perks of being a wallflower by Stephen chbosky

2.the secret history by Donna tartt

3.the picture of Dorian grey by Oscar Wilde

4. Sappho (any collection of her poetry)

5. Giovanni's room by James Baldwin

6.carmilla by Sheridan le fanu

7. a portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce

8. holding the man by timothy conigrave

9. Annie on my mind by Nancy garden

10. Maurice by e.m Forster

11. oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette winterson

12. ruby fruit by Rita mar brown

13. nightwood by djuna Barnes

14. confessions of a mask by Yukio Mishima

15. goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood

16.a single man by Christopher Isherwood

17. Christopher and his kind by Christopher Isherwood

18. breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman capok

18. Joseph and his friend by Bayard Taylor

19.imre: a memorandum by Edward irenaeus prime-stevenson

20. in the absence of men by Philippe besson

21. the moustache by Emmanual carrere

[sailorvenusxoxo]

Macbeth

Or, Hail David Tennant! He's the king of Scotland, right?

Currently reading Macbeth, barely to Act I, scene 3, but hey, uni's taking my time.

I had ordered it, in a desperate attempt at consolation, due to the fact I would not be able to see David Tennant perform it live. But, apparently, there will be a theater projection! Plus, I have seen on the site that there will be a captioned representation, so we hope it will be soon available! 🙌🏻

Either way, from the little I can read, I actually enjoy it! The old English is though, but entertaining. And for now, I definitely have my little favourite quotes, such as:

"they smack both of honour"

To which... Slay. That's the only word this quote inspires me. I just see myself using it everyday already. And, obviously, as a fan of the ninth Doctor, I adore:

"Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, and thrice again to make up nine"

Which sent me into a little spiral, to try and check if the ninth doctor did ressemble his third and sixth counter part (Do you get my weird reasoning...?), and spoiler alert... I see a ressemblance.

Though, if I were to compare the ninth doctor to classic doctors (may I just say I have only seen some best ofs, and no actual episodes, so it's not fully accurate), I'd compare him with three and five.

I have to say, I can't wait to see five. But anyway... Hail the king of Scotland!

[theagentace]

friendly reminder that they share the same voice actor

[m1ssnovember]

She loved me for the dangers I had passed,

And I loved her that she did pity them.