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Adore the annotations in those damn Penguin Classics books. Like yes, enrich me with contextual knowledge on the back page I would have no way of knowing prior! Did you know a "Jonah" was someone who was bad luck? Or the entire Brontë sister lore? So many fun, whimsical facts!

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they will obliterate that bitch

#dracula #johnathan harker #mina harker #The couple

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OH, ok I know its old news at this point, but I will never get over Maisie Johnson in Mrs. Dalloway, because she is LITERALLY superfluous to everything but carries the meaning of the book on her shoulders. She rolls up for maybe two paragraphs, asks for directions, thinks about her future in London, and then another older woman looks at her and goes "Damn. My life sucks, wish I was young" and again, literally about two paragraphs to this entire interaction, but Its so emblematic of A. Clarrisa's struggle and acceptance with growing older and the nature of change, and B. How everyone has their own complex life going on, and how it's hard to appreciate or understand someone else's view. I think the fact that we do only see Maisie and Carrie (The old woman) for this brief snippet lends to that even more - Is this their story? No, Its Clarrisa's, but Clarrisa's is not complete without showing everyone else's story, even the people she doesn't even know!

#mrs. dalloway #maisie johnson #carrie dempster #classical literature

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My Formal Introduction,

Hey there! I'm @dandelionette-9, and I'm making this blog to do just what my description says - live blog about the classic literature I've been reading, and share my thoughts, feelings, and blorbo opinions! I've discovered a real passion for the classics of late, and wanting to really understand and appreciate them, I'm hoping this blog will be a way for me to reflect on the writing, and engage with anyone else willing!

I'm still figuring things out logistically, like If I should have a concurrent list of all the books I've read, so there may be more than a few revisions going forward, but we'll keep it casual! Right now at least, Ive finished Mrs. Dalloway (what got me started on this nonsense) and am about halfway through Wuthering Heights

I think that covers it all - until next time!

Yours sincerely, and I do hope you shall accept me to your homestead once more,

classics-by-night

#classical literature #new blog #reading #just me screwing around