Classic Book Addict

I just find classic literature extremely fun.

[weltenwellen]

Anais Nin, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1939-1947

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

Gabriela Mistral, tr. by Langston Hughes, from Selected Poems; “Quietness,”

[xshayarsha]

“his dark woodland eyes.”

— Oscar Wilde, from A House of Pomegranates; The Young King.

[classicbookaddict]

About “Lady Chatterley’s lover”, by D.H. Lawrence

When I was fifteen and I started reading classics for fun, I found this book. I read some random chapters and I actually liked it, but the sex scenes scared me a bit (oh, those stupids prejudices I used to have!) so I had to put it down and wait until I felt ready to read it again. 8 years later I picked the book at a bookstore and decided to buy it and see how I can handle all what I couldn't back then. And it was sooooo disappointing...

The sex scenes weren't a problem, they actually were just a part of the book. But I don't know why this time I just didn't enjoyed any part of the book. It was almost torturing.

The writing was generally good, the characters were annoying most of the time (back then I used to liked Lady Chatterley and even Clifford, but now I just couldn't take them) and at some points the plot was so boring. I was half way through the book waiting to get caught by something (anything, whatever it was!) but I was almost finishing and all my expectations were on the floor. I even used to talk to my friend about how the characters were doing just to find cheer to keep reading (and after finishing the book I even called him to tell him how disappointed I was).

I only found interesting two characters: Sir Malcolm and Constance's lovers. One was the coolest dad (a dad like that in a time like that was the real deal) and the other was the coldest lover (dude, he was so into I-don't-care-you're-a-lady-I-just-wanna-have-sex-with-you-then-leave-cause-I-like-my-lonely-life).

[listentothestories]

@gracebelle

[bookishgr]

All you need is love, coffee and a great book.

[hawwkss]

Me: When you get older, you just never find the time to read books anymore.

Me: *finds time to read a 200k fanfiction in the span of two days.*

[classicbookaddict]

Una vida en el cine, Alberto Masferrer.

[coral]

We loved with a love that was more than love.

Edgar Allan Poe

[thelovejournals]

His dark eyes took me in, and I wondered what they would look like if he fell in love.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon (via wordsnquotes)

[taylorswiftdaily]

mood

[elisabethdarcys]

jane austen novels [3/6] » northanger abbey

the person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid

[prospects]

[elvensoul]

Sapphina Aswyn

[pre-raphaelisme]

Britomart by the Sea by Walter Crane, 1900

[denibeec]

Para estar… para estar <3

[tutiriquelme]

Prometo besar cada lunar que hace lugar en tu cuerpo, Perder la cuenta y comenzar de nuevo.

(via tutiriquelme)