#classic literature

[clottedscream]

um. she haunt on my hill til i house?

finished reading the entire back half of the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson in one sitting overnight instead of sleeping and it had an interesting effect on my brane. thangkfully i thimk im still norgmal though

[image ID: a digital illustration of the character Eleanor Vance from The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, depicted as a pale skinned woman with wild, twisting brown hair colored red by the off-cast light of a bright scarlet sweater. She is depicted in two figures, both ascending a pitch-black iron spiral staircase. The foreground is cloaked by oak leaves and acorns, which dangle upwards as though upside down, and in the background there’s a faint impression of an upside-down tree. Both figures of Eleanor have their heads angled to stare straight at the viewer with almost inhumanly wide eyes- her mouth isn’t visible on either figure. The leftmost figure is near the top of the stairs, climbing with her back mostly turned, while the right hand figure is just peeking up from around the curve at the bottom. The right hand eleanor holds a brandy snifter with one pinky extended- the left hand eleanor holds a white teacup adorned on the inside with scarlet stars. the coloring is chaotic and sketchy, with lots of hatching and scribbled lines giving it an erratic feeling. With the way the foliage hangs upside down around eleanor, it almost gives the impression that she’s walking down along the underside of the staircase, descending rather than ascending. END ID]

[peacefulandcozy]

ig credit: laurasreadingtime

[darkacademiaarchivist]

i LOVE re:Dracula so much and I am already apologising in advance for the person I will become when the Carmilla adaptation comes out!!

[deadlypoetacademia]

I don't know about soulmates but I just wish everyone had that one person in their lives in front of whom they can be vulnerable. In front of whom, they never have to fake their emotions, they never have to think before speaking, never have that fear of being judged. Just to yap about random things, to have that comfortable silence with, I wish everyone had someone and no one feels alone.

[robindaysart]

Literatober ✶ The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Literatober was my personal event for october back in 2023, in which I made 6 fanarts of some of my favorite classic books!

The portraits I made to use~ But I'm not even close to Basil's level...

[androgynarcissus]

fanart of @20kmemesunderthesea 's 20000 leagues dating sim

[berlinbrw]

[magicrainbowkitties]

Ok I have never fuckin done this and it is absolutely NOT the shit I usually post (I have not abandoned you my Batman buddies but hyperfixations are not voluntary XD)

But BABES. You need to put aside a few hours and READ THIS GODDAMN FIC, and

GO IN BLIND.

It is fucking TRANSCENDENT. It doesn't look like much but I need you to TRUST ME.

It is a Poolverine (Deadpool/Worst Wolverine) alternating POV.

However they are NOT KIDDING with the Derealization tag, if you deal with shit like that in an intense way this fic may not be safe for you. That is all I will tell you, that is all you need to know going in.

Everyone else, READ THIS FUCKIN FIC. I don't care if you don't particularly care about Deadpool and Wolverine (characters or movie), that's how good it is.

Replies to this post will be a spoiler zone, enter at thine own risk.

Please keep reblogs spoiler-free.

READ VOID. READ IT NOW.

[saranilssonbooks]

[cozy-brew]

the books are perfect :)

Source

[our-red-string-of-fate-jm]

[xtheredwitchx]

“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.”

— Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Bronte

[queeringclassiclit]

Hercule Poirot

from the Poirot series by Agatha Christie

[xxrrisxx]

Your only problem, perhaps, is that you scream without letting yourself cry.

Friedrich Nietzsche

[deviika]

Lee Krasner // Franz Kafka

[wedarkacademia]