#Unfinished: A Memoir

[anamon-book]

未完の女 リリアン・ヘルマン自伝 L・ヘルマン、稲葉明雄・本間千枝子＝訳 平凡社 装幀＝山口はるみ

#未完の女 リリアン・ヘルマン自伝 #未完の女 #Lillian Hellman #An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir #L・ヘルマン #リリアン・ヘルマン #稲葉明雄 #本間千枝子 #harumi yamaguchi #山口はるみ #anamon #古本屋あなもん #あなもん #book cover

[act-v]

Autumn Memoirs...

فلم اكن نصرا مظفرا قهرت به الموت

او مرثية قيثارية كمرثية ( اودنيس) التي كتبها (شيلي)

أكان هناك مخلوق غارق في الوحدة

بلغ من البؤس منتهاه مثلي؟

اكان الجميع منبذون مثلي؟

اهكذا يجب ان تكون الحياه؟

ثم تعلمت الكلمات

وكان معلمي في ذلك دواوينك للشعر الرومانسي

و من هوامشك المخطوطة بقلمك الرصاص

علمت انك تفضل (وردزورث) و الشعر الرومانسي القديم

لا عجب لما هجرتني

فلست معجزة من الشعر العتيق

ف انا لست الا تجسيد الحداثة

الم تعلم ماذا كنت تصنع؟

العصر الحديث

اتوهمت ان صنعته سيهتم بقييم (كيتس) او (وردذورس)

نحن رجال المحركات والحديد

نحن محركات وتربينات

ابلغت منك السذاجة اننا قد نري الخلود في في النرجس البري

#unfinished stories #Memoirs

[sassmill]

Hm. Don’t like that.

#reading an unfinished manuscript of a memoir of working in the theatre in the 1910s #this man (boy he was 16-18 years old when this happened this BOY) #was clearly taken advantage of by this prominent producer #it’s not written in a way that explicitly says it but it’s making me sick to my stomach #because it aligns with similar incidences #and one quick google search told me that said producer likely did the same thing with a number of boys/young men #and this is the 1900s-1910s #so #same shit different year #and the other thing is I know exactly what it was like #i remember this kind of shit happening #it happened to me #not in exactly the same way #but in all the ways that matter #and this my friends is why AEA is important #because guess what this memoir also includes the 1919 actors strike #past life #what do you do with a ba in theatre #museum musings

[kalavathiraj]

UNFINISHED is a memoir penned by Bollywood and International actor and philanthropist PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS. 

It's a chapter--a by-chapter detailed account of PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS's personal life starting from her childhood in an Army background, studying in the STATES all the way through her pageant days and winning the Ms. World crown to her struggles in becoming one of the LEADING BOLLYWOOD FEMALE ACTORS and then INTERNATIONAL FAME and how she found the love of her life and got married. Priyanka Chopra Jonas's narrative is candid and spontaneous like the ACTOR herself. Beginning from her childhood, the author provides a palpable sense of her army surroundings as a child. She uses the most straightforward words to describe a solid foundation provided by her parents who were doctors in the armed forces. 

Next, the author attempts to portray the GREATEST OPPORTUNITY presented to a very lucky few in a country of 1.2 billion people falling randomly into her lap because her brother wanted her to be shifted out of his room! She mentions that she was called out unceremoniously on many occasions at work by anonymous men who happened to make sexually provocative/ inappropriate remarks about the Actor's competence and supposed 'LOW PROFILE' position as a female actor in the starting ranks. 

I PERSONALLY ADMIRED the way she derives her inspiration from her father LATE DR. ASHOK CHOPRA and her magnetic and fortified mother MS. MADHU CHOPRA. No doubt, her struggles in the film industry present a very BRUTAL REALITY of MISOGNY and an ever prevailing SEXIST attitude towards women who wish to pursue a CAREER in this field for good. 

WHAT I THOUGHT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT was the flowy language used by the author which definitely gives away a lot about her spunky style, but it can also be distracting from the main plot that tends to be somber and contemplative for a feministic novel. 

UNFINISHED is a reminder for every woman to work hard and continue to inspire others around you no matter what takes you down.

#book review #unfinished #priyanka chopra jonas #memoir #i love books #book reviews #books & libraries

[faustandfurious]

«Here’s the one book everyone should read before they die» *bites you* here’s one book written by an author with a specific viewpoint shaped by time and place and circumstances, here is another book written from the exact opposite viewpoint, here’s a war memoir, here’s a peace memoir, here’s the philosophical treatise which inspired the first author, here are dry facts, here are the human fates behind the dry facts, here’s a book that will not teach you kindness unless you’re already inclined towards kindness, here’s a book that will teach you nothing but small sorrows and vague melancholia, here’s the Northern Lights written on paper, here’s a marriage broken, here’s a marriage healed, here’s the case against marriage as an institution, here’s a poem you have to read at least five graeco-roman classics to understand, here’s the unfinished novel that could have been the greatest work of literature ever written if completed, here’s the history of the world as we know it, here’s the book telling you everything not mentioned in the history of the world as we know it, here’s the critique of teleological history, here are five thousand books you should read just to begin chipping away at the surface of human experience

#faust.doc

[valkyrietookme]

Library of Blessings (祝福のLibrary) english translation

Japanese lyrics used are at the very end. Feel free to let me know about any mistakes or ask any questions about the translation.

Bolded words in the English version represents the words that are written in the song lyrics that they pronounce as the word between dashes (-like this-)

English

God Bless! Life is Novel Letters scattered upon this world Like fragments -pieces- of a star People pick up and collect them, composing a part of a story As it changes within confines of time It is written penmanship -proof- of life Joy Mercy Sorrow, wrath Unsightly things too That beautiful melody -tune- Is here That well-known and celebrated tome -long novel- And that nameless one-line poem Are both equally a god’s publication Aah, extending in a helix Lining up in a bookcase, innumerable shelfbacks The Library of blessings Like tracing on the scale -sound- If you leaf through the pages The wind blowing across them Please may it… Forevermore -eternally- Good and evil are two sides of the same coin Will it be a comedy? Will it be a tragedy? With western ink -ink- that dissolves both love and sin Etch an opus -dream- that engulfs your ideals What do you wish for? What do you desire? Oh illusion of unsolicited remarks With ephemeral Warmth Strength and fragility… Place it upon, incomparable, sublime leaves of sound Let us captivate That way of life Now, from the heavens raining down What that parental fondness -agape- illuminates Is it only tales of success? Nay! That unfinished tale of an adventure -adventure- That upfront memoir Such things are also sacred Come, dearest live’s Poem -song-, resound, let them be gently offered The Library of blessings With a pure heart offer it To the future

Japanese

God Bless！ Life is Novel この世界に散らばる文字 まるで星の断片-かけら-のよう 人はそれを拾い集め　一篇の物語を綴る 移ろいゆく時の中で 記されし命の筆跡-プルーフ- 喜び 慈しみ mercy 悲しみ　怒り 醜くも 美しき旋律-しらべ-が 此処に かの名高き長篇-ロング・ノヴェル- 名も無き一行詩も 等しく神の書物 嗚呼　螺旋に連なる 書架に並ぶ　無数の背表紙 祝福のLibrary 音階-おと-を手繰るように 頁めくれば 吹き抜けてゆく風 どうか 永遠-とわ-に 善と悪は表裏一体 喜劇なのか 悲劇なのか 愛も罪も溶いた洋墨-インク-で 理想を込めた作品-ゆめ-を刻んで 何を願い　何を望む 問わず語りの幻影よ 儚き 温もりと 強さと　脆さ… 比類無き　気高き音の葉���　乗せて 生き様を 魅せよう 今　天より降り差す 慈愛-アガペ-が照らすのは 成功譚のみか？ 否！未完の冒険物語-アドベンチャー- 愚直なる回顧録 それもまた尊い さあ　愛おしい人生の 詩-うた-を奏で　そっと収めよう 祝福のLibrary 未来へと 捧げんと

#enstars #enstars translations #ensemble stars #entars valkyrie #my attempts at translation #song translations

[deadpresidents]

LYNDON B. JOHNSON •Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960 by Robert Dallek (BOOK | KINDLE) •Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973 by Robert Dallek (BOOK | KINDLE) •The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume I: The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II: Means of Ascent by Robert A. Caro (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III: Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume IV: The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

RICHARD NIXON •Being Nixon: A Man Divided by Evan Thomas (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon by Richard Nixon (BOOK | KINDLE) •President Nixon: Alone in the White House by Richard Reeves (BOOK | KINDLE) •The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House by H.R. Haldeman (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Nixon, Volume 1: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 by Stephen E. Ambrose (BOOK | KINDLE) •Nixon, Volume 2: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962-1972 by Stephen E. Ambrose (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Nixon, Volume 3: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990 by Stephen E. Ambrose (BOOK | KINDLE) •Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man by Garry Wills (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Final Days by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

GERALD FORD •An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations With Gerald R. Ford by Thomas M. DeFrank (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •When the Center Held: Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency by Donald Rumsfeld (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •31 Days: Gerald Ford, the Nixon Pardon, and a Government in Crisis by Barry Werth (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life by James Cannon (BOOK | KINDLE)

JIMMY CARTER •His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life by Jonathan Alter (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •White House Diary by Jimmy Carter (BOOK | AUDIO) •President Carter: The White House Years by Stuart E. Eizenstat (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House by Douglas Brinkley (BOOK | AUDIO)

[kaxenart]

This has been in an unfinished state since October 2021.

From the memoirs of Elzear Blaze

When we traveled alone in Germany, a police officer never failed to come greet us at our inn to ask us to write our full names in his notebook. One day we were eating when the policeman arrived and everyone went through the usual formality. When my turn came, I read with surprise the odd Christian name which the man next to me had written -he called himself Monsieur Topinambour Duval (or Dubreuil or Dufour-it makes no difference). "That is undoubtedly a joke you; you've played on the police officer," I said to him. "No, monsieur." "But didn't you call yourself Topinambour?" "Why not?" "I have never known a saint of that name." "Well, it's not the name of a saint; it's the name of a plant* that is more useful than all the saints in the calendar." "Ah, I understand. You were doubtlessly baptized in the year of grace 1793." ** "Monsieur, I have never been baptized." "My sincerest compliments." An employee of the rations service joined in our conversation. He claimed that the republican calendar was much more sensible, that it was better to call oneself cabbage, carrot, and turnip than Georges, Pierre, or Polycarpe. That the peasant very well understood those first names with which he had frequent business every day, while the second set was unintelligible to him All the stories about saints were only falsehood, vague tales, and silly things, while by contrast, using the names of vegetables was a clear and practical idea. "For my part," he said, "in 1793 I discarded my name of Bernard and I have taken that of Betterave."*** "Why rave," an old Hussar officer responded.****

*Jerusalem Artichoke ** The French Revolutionary (or Republican) calendar was adopted in November 1793. The names of the months were changed and saint's days abolished. ***Sugar beet. ****"Bette" is "beet" and "Rave" can be either "turnip" or "radish To have a vegetative name, "bette" would have sufficed.

#napoleonic shitpost #napoleonic #napoleonic era #napoleonic wars #bright colors #eyestrain #gif

[sitp-recs]

Hi Liv! Do you or your followers have any recs for drarry fics set several years after the war, with an older Draco and Harry, but not established relationship? Thanks so much!

Hello anon! Of course, I hope you enjoy these:

Night Changes by @writcraft (E, 10k)

Draco and Harry have spent years dancing around one another, but Potter’s straight and married. Until one day he isn’t.

More Than That by joosetta (E, 11k)

This is a story about two 52 year old men who refuse to age gracefully.

The Weight of a Wanting Heart by Femme (E, 12k)

After nearly two decades hidden away in the Wiltshire countryside, Draco Malfoy’s surprised to see a familiar face come into his local.

Reading Malfoy by Femme (M, 15k)

After thirteen years of hiding himself away in Muggle London, Draco Malfoy shows up again in the wizarding world--with a wickedly amusing memoir in hand. Harry doesn't want to read it. Really. He doesn't.

Vortex by @xanthippe74 (T, 20k)

Who would want a soulmate who was a schoolyard bully, a Death Eater, and a convicted felon? Certainly not Harry Potter. And Draco is determined to take this secret to the grave.

Unfinished Business by cupiscent (E, 20k)

Ten years after the War ends, Harry and Draco still haven't got their act together. But maybe it's not too late.

Survival of the Species by @romaine2424 (E, 46k)

Draco approaches Harry on the 9 ¾ platform, after their sons have boarded the Hogwarts Express, and invites him over for tea. The discussion they have leads them on an adventure that neither could have expected.

(We'll Call This Fixer-Upper) Home by @phdmama (E, 52k)

Draco Malfoy hasn’t set foot on English soil in ten years. After the war, he fled to America, where he found himself in a community, and healed himself through following his heart into music.

Meet Me at Midnight by @the-starryknight (T, 57k)

Harry was beginning to wonder if he’d ever make anything again when Malfoy stormed through the door of Harry’s furniture shop. Now Harry’s got an impossible Ministry commission to finish, and even less energy than ever to deal with his elusive muse.

I Am Not Who I Became by mab_di (E, 93k)

Draco left England after the trials and has travelled the world meeting wizards and Muggles from different cultures and with vastly different relationships to magic, each other, and the natural world. Now he's a fisherman in Finland on commercial vessels.

A Sword Laid Aside by @korlaena (E, 128k)

When Draco’s cover is blown during a deep undercover operation and the Ministry is compromised, Ron takes Draco to the only safe place he can think of—Potter.

When Times are Dire by @aibidil (E, 130k)

Magical Britain is screwed, and it's once again up to Harry to save it. This time, by marrying Draco Malfoy.

This Ain't the Garden of Eden by @romaine2424 (E, 131k)

In 2020, Hit Wizard Harry is starting to enjoy his life. He’s divorced, and no longer Head Auror. His biggest project these days is trying to remodel 12 Grimmauld Place for him and the kids.

By the Grace by lettered (T, 140k)

Harry is an Auror instructor. Malfoy wants to be an Auror.

Turn by Saras_Girl (E, 306k)

One good turn always deserves another. Apparently.

#asks #anon #drarry reclist #older drarry

[heartj4yn0]

let's go for a walk.

Inspired by an instagram edit i randomly found while scrolling and thought it was cute! It made me feel safe. It made me feel like i was home (mark) and it made me feel like i was him <3 #delusionalczennie haha

You've been reminding Mark to toss the piled rubbish out, but because he's a careless person, of course, he forgot until today. The front door made a beeping sound when he did so. His shadow suddenly appeared over you as you were preoccupied with the television. halting your performance to take notice of his shadow. 

He asked you, "Babe, should we go for a walk?" with excitement. You only responded by humming. He repeated, "Do you want to go for a walk?" Knowing full well that you were preoccupied with who knows what. 

It was a cold wintery day, so you knew you needed to put on those clunky boots and your long padded jacket; you're usually cold. Mark zips up your unzipped jacket, giving you the appearance of a penguin. 

"You ready, babe?" he asks, taking your hand in his and making sure to turn off all lights except the fairy lights so it's not too dark when you guys get home. As soon as you entered the lobby, he informed you that it would be freezing outside. 

You said, leaping up and down, squeezing his gloveless hand, "Dude, it's so cold!" You didn't realize how cold it would be outside because you worked from home today and drank hot chocolate with marshmallows by the fireplace you both finally put together (actually, none of us did, the fireplace people put it together, we don't have the skills, sorry).

"Oiiiiii, it's cold babeeeeeee!!!" and Mark's never-ending "it's cold" and yet you're both still cold, refusing to go back home and warm up with hot chocolate and a hot pack.  

"Wowowow," the cheetah-like man said as you twirled about, attempting to raise your body temperature. As a result of the cold, he made some strange noises. I mean, he requested a walk. During the winter. That's exactly what you get. 

 When the wind blows, Mark immediately zips up his jacket and doesn't want the cold wind to penetrate under his light jacket. He props the camera on selfie mode, trying to take pictures of both of you when the wind ends up making an appearance aka your hair flying to places which wasn't the aesthetic you were going for but we get the gist. you've taken a mental note to print them and frame them as memoirs of the cold weather.

“It’s cold, it’s so cold~~~” he was vlogging and twirling around at the same time, it was your tradition vlogging these little moments then compiling them to be posted to your private youtube channel where your family members and friends could enjoy your chaotic yet calm daily lives. (the camera shaked more than your booty// bye im sorry)

After an hour in the cold, you decided it was time to go home because baby cheetah (mark) was tired and sleepy and hungry. You chuckled looking at his tired expression but you were glad he asked you out. No matter how cold it was, you’re always warm with him <3 

—ahhhh i'm back!!!!!!!!!! the fact that i have so many unfinished drafts is making me sad T.T but it's okay, good things take time!!! and i've been super busy :(!!!

love, erin <3

#nct fluff #nct imagines #nct 127 fluff #nct x reader #nct scenarios #nct dream #nct 127 #mark lee #mark fluff #nct mark imagines #mkl #nct dream fluff #nct dream imagines #nct dream x reader #nct 127 imagines #nct 127 scenarios #nct 127 fanfic #mark fanfic #nct fanfic #nct dream mark fluff #nct dream mark #nct

[explosionshark]

top 5 horror book recommendations? it's spooky season and i need to get my read on...

Hell yeah! Gonna break this down a little. First an obligatory rehash of books I always recommend for this, these are like all-time faves for me

Wounds/North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud - can't choose between these two, so they're tied for my favorite single author short story collection. Nathan Ballingrud is one of my favorite writers of all time

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado - a very very close second for my favorite single-author short story collection. Machado is a beautiful writer and finding an author writing such powerful horror from a queer woman's perspective was world changing for me.

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson - COME ON!!!! You might have already read this but consider reading it again! Absolute classic.

The Cipher by Kathe Koja - dark, fucked up meditation on art and addiction and toxic relationships. I think about this book all the time. A guy finds a weird hole in his apartment basement and then everything goes wrong (first slowly and then very very quickly)

Red X by David Demchuk - talked about this a lot before too but I really do love it. Fictional story inspired by real life serial killings that took place in Toronto's gay village over decades. The author inserts essays throughout the book that makes it part memoir as well. A supernatural story about real queer trauma.

--

Okay with that out of the way, here's some recommendations for stuff I think would be fun for Halloween specifically

Echoes edited by Ellen Datlow - OKAY CHEATING I ALSO RECOMMEND THIS ALL THE TIME BUT IT'S A PERFECT OCTOBER BOOK!!! Fuck-off huge ghost story anthology. Huge range of tones, pretty diverse group of contributing authors, it's my all-time favorite anthology.

Slewfoot by BROM - this one's got major autumn vibes. It's a story of a woman in Puritan New England who's accused of witchcraft. It's also a story about the devil. Kind of. The print version has really amazing paintings by the author, but I've heard this is also good in audio.

Come Closer by Sara Gran - this is a great little novella. Possession story that really packs a punch. I can't really say much more than that, but it's not a huge time investment and I think it's really worthwhile.

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu - if you can, get the version edited by Carmen Maria Machado (she adds in some great footnotes and it has some neat art too). This is a classic and also quite a brisk read. The original lesbian vampire story.

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - here's a new release for you! I always watch a ton of horror movies in October, and if you're anything like me maybe you'll want to read a horror novel about horror movies. This story follows a female film editor in 90s Mexico and her washed up actor friend as they help a retired filmmaker complete his famously unfinished last film, which he had been making with a former Nazi occultist before strange misfortunes and the occultist's mysterious disappearance forced production to shut down.

Okay that was double the amount of recommendations requested so I'm stopping here. Haha don't look in the tags don't worry about it there's nothing there you're crazy

#ALSO YOU SHOULD READ THE LAST DAYS OF JACK SPARKS BY JASON ARNOPP. GREAT ON AUDIO #ALSO THE HELLBOUND HEART BY CLIVE BARKER WHICH IS THE NOVELLA HELLRAISER WAS BASED ON #ALSO RING SHOUT BY P DJELI CLARK WHICH IS ABOUT BIRTH OF A NATION AND THE KKK BEING LITERAL DEMONS #ALSO THE BALLARD OF BLACK TOM BY VICTOR LAVALLE WHICH IS A BLACK RETELLING OF THE HORROR AT RED HOOK #ALSO THE RETURN BY RACHEL HARRISON WHICH IS A BOOK ABOUT FEMALE FRIENDSHIP BUT ALSO LIKE. COMING BACK WRONG #ALSO HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE BY GRADY HENDRIX WHICH WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH BUT ALSO WILL MAKE YOU HATE PUPPETS #ALSO THE GOOD HOUSE BY TANANARIVE DUE WHICH IS A HAUNTED HOUSE STORY ABOUT BREAKING CYCLES OF GENERATIONAL TRAUMA #ALSO NIGHT OF THE MANNEQUINS BY STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES WHICH IS A FUN AND SHORT NOVELLA ABOUT A HORROR BUFF TEEN VS. WELL. THE MANNEQUINS. #book recs

[sumiresuzunori]

"Hey dealer lady, don't forget our bet." XChara confidently smirked as he held his cards tightly. "If I win this round, you're going to tell me everything." "Just call me Lilith, lucky boy. I did bet a lot on you after all." The dealer just smiled - a smile so vicious and cunning like a veteran gambler. "Well, if you're so confident…why don't you show me your cards?"

[ Underverse Discord Art Contest Submission]

I figured that no one really gave this a thought before, so I drew XChara and XFrisk gambling at an extravagant casino! Titled "Before Showdown", this artwork depicted the moment XChara go all in for a game of poker, ready to earn the chance of a lifetime while his brother and Core Frisk anticipated in excitement!

1st pic - Finished 2nd pic - BG 3rd pic - Sketch (on paper)

About my OC (for those who wanted to know): Impulsive and reckless, Lilith is the last fallen human from an unnamed & unfinished AU where the Underground is a massive casino. After being abandoned by its creator, she was rescued and brought to the Omega Timeline by Dream, and built this casino as a memoir to her AU. As the sole owner of the Casino Royale, she often blend in and join the fun as a ordinary dealer. Though she doesn't hold exceptional magic or extraordinary strength, her soul - the Soul of Fortune - gave her the ability to see people's luck as well as their chance of success, a befitting power manifested for a natural-born gambler.

Bonus:

Background

Sketch

And a little oneshot (it's not done though, but I just wanted to share anyway)

#fanart #underverse #xtale #xchara #xfrisk #my artwork #art contest #contest entry

[anotherhumaninthisworld]

Did desmoulins had any kind of connection with robespierre after he was arrested and during his imprisonment? And danton also did robespierre had any contact with any of them during that time?

Bonus question:

Was desmoulins aware of what robespierre decided on his faith with his partner danton?

For Desmoulins and Robespierre meeting after the arrest of the former there exists one anecdote, and it first appeared in the memoirs of Charlotte Robespierre (1834). I would however declare myself sceptical regarding the authenticity of the story, mainly because it contradicts the confirmed actions of both Desmoulins and especially Robespierre around the same period. I’ve already talked about this at length here, so you can check that out if you want more details.

We have no evidence for Robespierre meeting Danton after the latter’s imprisonment. There does however exist a bunch of anecdotes regarding the two meeting in the weeks right before the arrest, I’ve already compiled all I could lay my hands on here. How many of them actually happened I will leave unsaid…

As for the question if Desmoulins was aware of the role Robespierre played in deciding his fate, that is pretty much confirmed by what he wrote to his wife on April 1, one day after the arrest:

If it was Pitt or Couburg who treated me so harchly, but my colleagues! But Robespierre, who has signed the order for my imprisonment!

I assume it’s most likely Camille was shown the arrest warrant by the guards who came to escort him to the Luxembourg prison and spotted Robespierre’s signature on it.

It would however appear like Camille was unaware of the extent Robespierre was actually involved in the affair. It’s unlikely he knew that Robespierre was the one who had prepared notes for Saint-Just to use for his indictment of the dantonists (I’m not actually sure if anyone outside the Committee of Public Safety knew of the existence of these notes until their publication in 1841). In fact, two pieces actually seem to suggest Camille undermined Robespierre’s involvement. The first is in a post scriptum note added to the first letter he wrote to his wife after his arrest, where he reported the following:

I’m writing to Robespierre, he will respond to you without a doubt.

The second clue is in Camille’s defence, written around the same time in his prison cell, where he attacks several members of the Committee of Public Safety and Committee of General Security but spares Robespierre from any, at one point even accusing David of being a false friend of the latter. Both these texts suggest Camille was still counting on Robespierre and perhaps hoping he could get him out the situation.

Lucile Desmoulins (who we might assume held the same view as her husband on the issue) too seems to have pictured Robespierre as having been forced into condemning Camille by his coworkers (Saint-Just in particular), rather than as the mastermind behind the operation. This is proven through an unfinished letter she wrote Robespierre somewhere between Camille’s arrest on March 31 and her own on April 4:

…As far from the insensibility of your Saint-Just as from his base jealousies, [Camille] recoiled in front if the idea of accusing a college comrade, a companion in arms. […] Robespierre, can you really complete the fatal projects which the vile souls that surround you no doubt have inspired you to? […] Had I been Saint-Just’s wife I would tell him this: the sake of Camille is yours, it’s the sake of all the friends of Robespierre! […] [Camille] was without a doubt slandered near you, Robespierre, for you cannot believe him guilty.

#I wonder if that lucile letter might actually be the origin of the ”innocent robespierre was forced into killing camille by Evil saint-just #bc it’s not like robespierre was a grown adult who could make his own choices… #robespierre #desmoulins #danton #maximilen robespierre #lucile desmoulins #camille desmoulins #georges danton #camille was sort of right about david tho… #ask #frev #french revolution

[normanbased]

I've seen things about Anthony perkins being queer? Is that true or just rumors?

True - Mr Winecoff's shitty biography complicates the details on his conversion therapy and the circumstances of his marriage, and, considering those circumstances, its a controversial topic to split hairs on his exact sexuality. Pretty much all those who were close to Tony including his friends, co-stars, exes, and even his own kids have acknowledged that Tony was gay.

You will get into arguments with people if you refer to him as bisexual, and personally I don't like to refer to him as such, but ultimately we'll never know - a) because he's dead and we can't ask, and b) his unfinished memoirs either aren't publicly available or were auctioned/destroyed after the estate sale, so any information he would have offered up isn't accessible now. Plus, considering how private he was about all this, I don't really know if it's up to us to speculate. You'll only ever see me refer to him as a gay man.

Honestly, the only good source I can recommend is Ronald Bergan's book, but there are one or two decent documentaries out there that include some tangential information about him while talking about other things like queer horror.

#ask #but no yeah you won't catch me referring to him as bisexual for a litany of reasons #but ive made posts about this before

[empirearchives]

“Napoleon was not just a part of history, he was also a historian. . . He was never just a general, a first consul, an emperor, but continuously a writer. . . He was certainly the greatest writer of the age in terms of sheer quantity: his works run to around fifty volumes. Many have written as much, but few can lay claim to such a diverse oeuvre, comprising not just histories, letters, memoirs, articles, proclamations, orders, and bulletins, but also short stories, a novel (unfinished), Socratic dialogues, and a Rousseauist discours. How, one may wonder, did he manage to fit it all in?”

— Andrew Martin, The Mask of the Prophet: Napoleon, Borges, Verne

#Andrew Martin #Napoleon #napoleon bonaparte #Jules Verne #Borges #Jorge Luis Borges #Martin #quote #quotes #quote about Napoleon #quotes about napoleon #Napoleonic #napoleonic era #french revolution #frev #France #french history

[bhumeeee]

DID THE ROSEMARY DIE?

It's 30 years from now

A distant breeze invades the tranquility

Just as she sits down at the chair

It's the remembrance of

Unfulfilled vows

.

Old and grey with a cup of tea

Maybe stories of the past scream to be free-

When the little kids giggle and run

She goes back to her childhood hometown

Reminisces the sweet tricks she played

But flinches at the thought

Of those childhood bruises,

Bruises that made her want to escape

Away from the world she was trapped

When the child in her wanted to breathe

The monsters of responsibilities she was asked to feed

.

Just as she takes another sip

She notices the two lovers by the lake

They are the brewing flowers,

A reminder of her demised youth

Aide-memoir of her unfinished tale;

She takes a route back to her youthful days

All pretty and shine in those eyes

When all the happiness meant a touch of being from her loverman,

Wandering butterfly phase when

All looked colourful and bright

Even she trusted in a delusional story

Of the eternal and the divine

.

Now as the grandfather clock ticks by

She notices the sun sinking with a sigh,

The days of brightness have come to an end

With the melancholic red now it's time

For a goodbye;

It's the onset of a night sky

And all that awaits is the quiet serenity

To sleep through for another lifetime

-B.D

#writeblr #my writing #spilled ink #writing