Notorious Classic Lit Nerd

I also talk about history a lot so prepare for that.

[attemptedvictorian]

oh no who let heathcliff get the shovel again

[terramythos]

Idk if I was wrongfully thrown into solitary confinement to die and met a weird monk in the cell next to mine who taught me Everything and died and then against all odds i escaped prison and found a hidden treasure making me wealthy beyond my wildest dreams I would probably also do all that

[depsidase]

[falloutnewnobody]

i'll never forgive a certain genre of person for fostering this common conception that dostoeyvsky's works are all these horribly depressing, hard to read novels because that man's writing is funny as hell and reads like a long distance friend telling you about a local drama on facetime at 2am

[reemillustrated]

snoopy reads the brothers karamazov!

[rockthrowingbutch]

[schmergo]

Jane Eyre still captures what it’s like to be a weird angry little girl (which isn’t something you grow out of being, you just get better at hiding it) better than anything I’ve ever read

[attemptedvictorian]

I want to talk about that veil-ripping scene in Jane Eyre. Jane, knowing nothing about Bertha, watching as an unknown and frightening figure rips her wedding veil in half (when she was already nervous about her wedding), and goes up close to Jane, until she passes out.

That’s terrifying. Moving past the fact that Bertha is obviously mentally unstable and very violent, the fact that she’s seeing this figure in the DARK do this silently is so unbelievably scary. And Jane is like “oh I’ll just tell Edward” just to make her own mind at ease but when she tells Rochester it makes him noticeably uncomfortable because no one knows how that situation would have gone down. Like he’s dealt with Bertha for years so he’s used to her behavior but Jane has no clue she even exists and honestly if I was her I would pass out too.

[purple-confusion]

Happy ides of march 2026 I bring you Julius Caesar weighted pincushion for consideration

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

benedick’s love confession is so funny. beatrice actively sobbing her eyes out because her best friend and cousin just publicly got disowned by her father, slandered by everyone she knows, her life is presumably ruined forever now because of some insane guy’s claim that she cheated on him which is just obviously not true but no one will believe her and no one will believe beatrice and there is literally nothing beatrice can say to make it better and AS SHE IS CRYING benedick is like heyyy btw…im in love with you. isn’t that crazy haha

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

beatrice: i can’t believe my cousin’s life is ruined forever

benedick:

[silvergifs]

[academic-vampire]

I wish Hollywood would stay far, far away from classic literature

[skarabrae-stone]

[gabe-dasha]

I love how in almost every adaptation of "The Count of Monte Cristo" the Abbe's last words are something like "Remember, do not let vengance consume you. Promise me you won't seek revenge. Justice is served by God" or smth like this, while in the book, the literal source material, he just goes "Find the treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Get the money" and then dies.

This book is so unhinged, I can't even. It's pure chaos. Don't let anyone ever convince you that it's sophisticated classic literature. Dumas loved drama, schemes, adventures and dumb ironic humor.

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

all war and peace characters know is be unhappily married, gossip, look at sky, and speak french

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

and also die

[attemptedvictorian]

Heathcliff being erased as a person of color in this new movie reminds me of the same thing happening to Edmond Dantes and Mercedes Hererra in the Count of Monte Cristo in every adaptation.

[byjove]

doing standup comedy but I get on stage and it’s all fairly niche jokes about the extended Arthurian mythos. 13th century french scribe is the only guy in the audience laughing and he’s slapping his knees and blue in the face with laughter