#edward byron

[unamazing-sheep21]

The many uses of a Byronic Hero

chair ( Jane & Edward - Jane Eyre)

Pillow ( Christine & Erik - Phantom of the Opera)

Car ( Catherine & Heathcliff - Wuthering Heights)

Water dispenser ( Edith & Thomas - Crimson Peak)

[burningvelvet]

Part 3 of PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ROMANTICS, A TUMBLR HISTORY EXHIBIT: photos i've collected of people related to the english writers of the romantic period and/or who were part of the byron-shelley circle.

Edward John Trelawny (above: a photo of him as an elder compared to a portrait of him as a young man). A key member of the circle, celebrity/adventurer/writer, friend and biographer of Byron and Shelley. Outlived everyone. Proposed to both Mary Shelley and Claire Clairmont and remained in touch with them their whole lives. Really interesting person but also a chronic liar, making it difficult to tell which parts of his life stories are fact or fiction. He is buried next to Shelley (who is buried next to Keats); Trelawny bought the cemetery plot when Shelley died decades prior and later offered it to Mary Shelley who declined it. The last two portraits below were done by Joseph Severn, the artist who was friends with Keats, did most of his portraits, & took care of him as he was dying in Rome. I don't think Trelawny ever met Keats.

Jane Williams Hogg (née Cleveland). She was married to an abusive man named John Edward Johnson who she left for Edward Ellecker Williams, who was the father of her first two children and a friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley's cousin Thomas Medwin. The family then lived in the same household with the Shelley family (Mary, Percy, and their children) in Italy. Percy dedicated some of his last poems to Jane. After Percy and Edward died together in a boating accident she lived with Mary before partnering with Shelley's best friend from college Thomas Jefferson Hogg who she had two children with.

I think the similarity between her younger portrait (1822, age 24) & her photograph (date unknown, but she died in 1884 & seems like she could be in her 80s in the photo) are very striking; you can clearly see the nose, eyes, hair, and mouth are exactly the same, only older.

She also knew George Eliot and William Michael Rossetti; I mentioned the Rossettis in my last post. I wonder if she ever discussed Shelley's connection to John Polidori with them; I don't believe she ever met John Polidori, but maybe the Shelleys would have mentioned him to her.

Thomas Medwin, another key player of the Shelley-Byron circle in Italy. Cousin of Percy Bysshe Shelley and friend/biographer of Shelley and Byron.

Wilhelm Charles Gaulis Clairmont, the nephew of Clara Mary Jane Clairmont aka Claire Clairmont. Wilhelm was the son of her half-brother Charles Gaulis Clairmont.

[the-dust-jacket]

Congratulations to all of the 2024 American Indian Youth Literature Award honorees! These are the Medalists and Honor books in the YA category.

[justarandomgirly]

I really loved this sequence

[weirdlookindog]

Boris Karloff, Arthur Byron, David Manners, and Edward Van Sloan in The Mummy (1932)

[adobongsiopao]

Toby Stephens as Gilbert Markham from "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (1996 version) and Mr. Rochester from "Jane Eyre" (2006 version).

[cinematic-literature]

Il segno del comando S01E03

Book title: Byron and His World (1968) by Derek Parker

[music-wrestling-nascar-fan]

So as a Swiftie and NASCAR fan what Taylor Swift song do you associate with these drivers retired or active? Dale Earnhardt Jr. Carl Edwards Kevin Harvick Jeff Gordon Jimmie Johnson Ryan Blaney William Byron Alex Bowman Chase Elliott Denny Hamlin Kasey Kahne Kyle Busch Martin Truex Jr

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[honeyjars-sims]

1.23 Closing Time

Joey: Ok, ladies. I know there have been a lot of rumors floating around about the future of Club Velour so it’s time I was honest with you.

Michael [pink dress]: It’s about time!

Byron [red and black dress]: Is this place shutting down or not?

Joey: I’m sorry to say that it is. We’re losing more patrons than we’re gaining right now. I just can’t justify the cost anymore. Doors are closing at the end of the month.

Byron: Great, just great!

Javon [black and purple jacket]: My rent just went up. This is my only job. What am I gonna do now?

Joey: I accepted a position at Roy G. Biv’s. You’re all welcome to audition for a spot there.

David: Audition? 

Michael: Really? After all this time?

Joey: I’m sorry, girls. Now that Drag Superstar is gaining more viewers, drag queens are a dime a dozen in Del Sol. There’s only a couple of spots available.

Byron: Michael and I have been here for almost 20 years. I say we should get the spots based on that alone. 

Javon: Just because you’ve been here since the dark ages doesn’t mean people are gonna pay to see you! The people want something fresh and exciting, like me.

Byron: If that’s the case, then why did we lose customers after you started?

Javon: Well, they're not sticking around for that $20 shake-and-go you have flopped on your head!

Joey: Like I said, you can ALL audition. Give me a call if you want to set something up. I have things to do. I don’t have time for all of this bickering.

[Joey leaves]

David: I knew it!

Javon: At least you have a full-time job. Some of us rely on drag as our only income.

David: For now. The LGBT center has been struggling lately.

Byron: Do you think you and Solomon will move to Del Sol? Tom and I have been discussing it, and this place closing might be the push we need.

David: I don’t know. We’ll probably hold out until we have no choice.

Michael: You should at least have a backup plan. Conifer Station isn’t what it used to be. Pretty soon you’ll be the only gays in the village.

David: I hope it doesn’t get to that point, but you’re right, there’s no harm in planning.

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[unamazing-sheep21]

Ask Byronic Heroes : Is your girl neurodivergent?

Edward Rochester ( Jane Eyre)

Heathcliff ( Wuthering Heights)

Erik ( Phantom of the Opera)

Thomas Sharpe ( Crimson Peak)

Dorian Gray

[burningvelvet]

hey romantics! i just uploaded a new fanfic to my ao3 series lake geneva university, a world where our favorite insane poets are all students together. i sandwiched it between two existing works in the series, and the first chapter is a re-upload that was initially part of the second work, only fans.

here's the new work: A Bet by unravelingdreams

here's a link to the full series for those of you who are uninitiated: Lake Geneva University by unravelingdreams

[theemptyspacehelmet]

There’s untapped potential for a “Morpheus was the inspiration for Mr. Rochester” headcanon that this fandom needs to dicuss in-depth

[justarandomgirly]

Red white and royal blue (2023)

[rantingandramblingsblog]

Just Quentin Collins. 😍

P.s. Dark Shadows is the superior pop vampire saga. 😤😂

[catboyrescue]

rereading sense and sensibility and just marveling at how absolutely ruthless jane austen could be sometimes. aspirational.

"Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition."

like wow okay