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“Human nature is so well-disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.”

Emma, Jane Austen

My thoughts & annotations from chapters 21-30

This section bogged me down ngl. Because Emma is a romance novel, there’s not a ton of action in the sense that the points moving the plot forward aren’t as ‘in your face’ as a fantasy story. As someone who tends to drift toward fantasy and more action-heavy novels, it’s hard to adjust to something so subtle, light and slow. It’s less about Austen’s actual writing and more about my personal preference in genre. This is why I don’t typically pick up romance books. However, I do still enjoy Emma way more than I ever expected.

(p.s. I got super behind on posting, so this will be the final 10-chapter set. The next will cover 31-55)

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I'm reading Emma by Jane Austen right now and OMG THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD. Like it feels like a perfect mix between romance and a gossip session.

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Currently reading: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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"yeah i annotate my books" and it's just putting tabs on the gayest bits of the book

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I'm sorry but I love vintage lesbians so much idgaf that you think media is oversaturated by lesbian period dramas I for one think we need MORE lesbian period dramas- 1950s lesbians, 20s flapper girl lesbians, post war lesbians, Victorian lesbians, rriot girl lesbians, butch perfomers in gay bars lesbians I WANT

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@lgbtqcreators​ event 08 — new years idols

but i like you this way. i like you impure and scrappy and formidable. i like the evelyn hugo who sees the world for what it is and then goes out there and wrestles what she wants out of it. so, you know, put whatever label you want on it, just don’t change. that would be the real tragedy.

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There were so many wants inside him that he doubted there was room for blood in his body.

— Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves

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Jane Austen really woke up for 10 months and chose to make art

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No because pride and prejudice isn't "I changed myself for you so you would love me back." It's "your blatant rejection and disdain for me made me realize things about myself no one had ever been bold enough to tell me so I sat down and evaluated all my behavior patterns and why they came about and came to the realization myself that I had to work on myself. Also I don't expect you to love me now that I'm a work in progress, so I'm just going to do nice things for you because I don't like seeing you hurt." No wonder P&P fans refuse to settle.

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@lgbtqcreators creator bingo: color @pscentral event 18: adaptations ↳ PRIDE & PREJUDICE + book covers

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reminder to worldbuilders: don't get caught up in things that aren't important to the story you're writing, like plot and characters! instead, try to focus on what readers actually care about: detailed plate tectonics

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love

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Virginia Woolf in a letter to Vanessa Bell c. June 1926

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Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

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At my core I need to shut the hell up and read a short novel that changes me forever

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In that phase where I've just devoured a book in one sitting and now everything's gone blurry...

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It can drive you insane, thinking of all the other lives we don't live.

— Matt Haig, The Midnight Library