Poppycock Is My Province

Old enough to be reading fairy tales again. Great lover of tea, all things fantasy and music.

[janeintraining]

*Extremely Nerdy Literature Post*

Maybe if I read more Thomas Hardy instead of Jane Austen I might have realistic expectations of men.

[pennyofthewild]

Pride and Prejudice fic recommendation!

I absolutely ADORE The Miss Bennets Set Forth by SwordSwallower17 on fanfiction.net. Three words: excellent character development.

Austenheads (is that a term?) who are interested: read Miss de Bourgh in Bath first.

You will not be disappointed.

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Probably the best Austen fiction I've ever read. It's hard to find ones that resemble the novel, but also has a tone that's unique to the author's! Totally recommend

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@thefolkblog: Are you proud of yourself?

[meladoodle]

my granddad just called me to tell me how big his cauliflowers are growing and it was so cute theyre “TWICE as big as the ones you get in the shop”

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i told my granddad this post has 3,500 notes and he said ‘who are they? do i know them?’ he wanted me to list everyone and see if he knew anyone

[auburngal]

If you don’t reblog cauliflower granddad, then you’re just a mean person.

[terpsikeraunos]

insults i learned from wuthering heights

he’s such a cobweb, a pinch would annihilate him

cockatrice

I’d rather be hugged by a snake

by chance, you’ve managed tolerably

pitiful changeling

it is not poisoned, though I prepared it

don’t degrade yourself into an abject reptile

thou saucy witch

[thefolkblog]

@a-bananarysituation thought you might appreciate this, thou saucy witch :P :“)

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@thefolkblog, you thought wrong; how dare you call me a saucy witch, I’ll dash yer teeth down your throat!

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[calanthesfeuillemort]

Exceprts from David Punter's lecture on the Gothic

I stumbled across these on Youtube and thought they were worth sharing:

The Origins of the Gothic

Terror and Horror in Gothic Fiction

Gothic Settings

The Sublime in Gothic Fiction

Transgressions in Gothic Fiction

Forbidden Knowledge in Gothic Fiction

Life and Death in Gothic Fiction

Hero-villains in Gothic Fiction

The Satanic

The Vampire

The Past and Inheritance in Gothic Fiction

Class in Gothic Fiction

Revenge

Gothic Women

A complete playlist can be found here.  (According to the numbering on the playlist, there was originally a fifteenth video, but it seems to have been removed from YouTube.)

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Lamguage thefolkblog

[feanorian]

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The Pre Raphaelite’s

1. Millais - Ophelia

2. Waterhouse - The Lady of Shalott

3. Hughes - Midsummer eve

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thefolkblog: Do not mess with the banana queen! :p

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"I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days—three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain. "

- John Keats thefolkblog