Lost Lit 101

Giving myself the humanities education they told me I didn't need.

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November Hopefuls! 🤞🏽 The Octavia Butler Book has been on my tbr for awhile, really hope to get to that one! × × × × × × × × × #bookstagram #bookish #bookreader #books #bookstagrammer #november #octaviabutler #sherlockholmes #bookclub #booklovers #bookcommunity #reading #readers #classics #classicliterature #vintagebooks #fallreads https://www.instagram.com/p/CkbTov8L0mK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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"𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍, 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢." - 𝙹𝚘𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚖 The book had me for for the first half or so then I started to lose interest around the time she began talking about the hippies in 60s San Francisco. I think of myself as a free spirit but I couldn't identify with the people she interviewed. They all seemed like spoiled kids who didn't want to deal with their parents rules. Despite all of that I enjoyed Didion’s prose and will read more of her work in the future. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #bookstagram #bookish #classicliterature #vintagebooks #literature #bookstagrammer #bookreview #joandidion #books #bookrecommendations #reading #readerlife #oldbooks #amreading #bookclub https://www.instagram.com/p/CkV-1MULbT9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The details are of the Red Barn Murder are fairly straightforward. A woman was killed and buried in a red barn by her lover. It’s the media coverage and the public obsession with it that made it history. In our modern life we’ve seen the trials of people like OJ Simpson, Scott Petersen, or Jodi Arias become huge media sensations. But in the 19th century this was still a new concept. The Red Barn murder and it’s resulting trial is the predecessor of the true crime media sensation we know today. Find out more in this week's newsletter! Link in bio to subscribe! × × × × × × × × × × × × #history #worldhistory #historybuff #historynerd #historynerds #historyfacts #historylover #historic #truecrime #crimehistory #britishhistory #redbarnmurder #murder #crime https://www.instagram.com/p/CkHbi0frly0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I was instgram jail for a bit but I've made it back! How are you doing in your reading goal for 2022? At the beginning September it wasn't looking good for me but I was able to get ahead of the curve. Now I am cruising through to my goal of 100 books. What was your reading goal this year? 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 📚 ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ #reading #readinggoals #books #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookish #currentlyreading #literature #bookgram #bookgoals #readers #readersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CjywnxNLhEh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Qυҽҽɳ Mαɾყ I • After the death of King Edward VI his eldest sister Mary was next in line for the throne. No one in protestant England wanted the catholic Mary as queen. The young king had taken steps before his death to ensure she would never rule but things didn't go as planned. Learn more about Queen Mary's ascension to the throne in this week's newsletter. Link in bio to subscribe! ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ #history #historylovers #historylover #historynerds #historynerd #historygeek #historybuff #europeanhistory #queenmary #queensofengland #britishhistory #womeninhistory #royalty #kingedward #16thcentury https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjn9ycUrt18/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎.” - 𝙴𝚍𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝙿𝚘𝚎, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 #bookstagram #books #classicliterature #poetry #edgarallanpoe #theraven #oldbooks #englishliterature #bookquotes #literature #poetryquotes #poem #poems #poets #bookstagrammer #bookish #bookreader https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjl3KV_rm-_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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BIG NEWS! Lost Lit 101 is now a weekly newsletter! Each week we will explore a person in history or a vintage book then wrap up with a quote from one of my favorite philosophers. This week's newsletter is about the impact of King Edward VI's life and death. Link is in bio to subscribe! ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ ⚜️ #historybuff #historic #history #historylover #historynerds #historynerd #historygeek #classicliterature #literature #englishliterature #vintagebooks #books #bookstagrammer #bookreview #bookrecommendations #reading #bookreader #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CjlRR0SLCW2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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British socialite, actress, and producer Lillie Langtry was born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton in Jersey in 1853. From a young age, she was regarded as great beauty. At 20 she married Edward Langtry an Irish landowner. Lillie had higher ambitions than being just Mrs. Langtry. She convinced Edward to move to London from the countryside. She attended high society functions and was regarded for her beauty and wit. Artists and photographers clamored to work with her. Her photos and paintings were highly celebrated and used as postcards. She became the mistress of the future King Edward VII when she met him at a dinner party in 1877. Their relationship lasted 3 years until she became pregnant by another man she was having an affair with. After giving birth to her daughter in 1881 Lillie went into stage acting at the suggestion of her close friend Oscar Wilde. She was a big box office draw, and only one year after her debut she started her own acting company. She took that company overseas to the US and had very popular tours there. In 1882 she became the face of Pears Soap, becoming the first celebrity to endorse a product. She made the US her new home and bought ranches in California that adjoined her lover at the time, Frederick Gebhard. She started a vineyard there that still produces wine today under the name Langtry Farms. In 1887 she became a US citizen and filed for divorce from Edward Langtry. Her relationship with Gebhard eventually dissolved but her love of horse racing that he had introduced to her remained. She continued in the business of buying and training race horses until 1919 when she sold her home and horse racing interests and moved to Monaco. Having retired from the stage in 1917 and married Hugo Gerald de Bathe in 1899 Lillie spent the remaining years of her life in Monaco as Lady de Bathe. Hugo was 18 years her junior and their marriage didn’t appear to be a love match. The two rarely saw each other except for social events. She died in 1929 from pneumonia at the age of 76. https://www.instagram.com/p/CifHKefLh_v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Greta Garbo in Queen Christina, 1933. One day I'll do something longer about Queen Christina of Sweden. She was a queer woman and leading a country in the 17th century. And Greta Garbo!?! She was so glamorous!! One of my favorites 🥀 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 #history #historynerd #historic #historybuff #historyfacts #sweden #queens #historylovers #gretagarbo #historynerds #classicmovies #classicmoviestars #goldenera #queen https://www.instagram.com/p/CiclXIZLW-_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Queen Elizabeth II has died and her son Charles is now King Charles III. From what I’ve gleaned from the media surrounding the royal family, the people aren’t gassed about having Charles as their new sovereign. It’s interesting as his predecessors Charles I and II both had tumultuous reigns. King Charles I believed in the divine right of kings and wanted to rule without parliament. Many opposed his policies especially the raising of taxes without parliamentary consent. They considered his actions to be those of a tyrant. The Protestant country thought his views on religion were too Catholic leaning and when he married a Catholic woman this furthered the mistrust. All of this culminated in a civil war between Charles and Parliament. Charles refused to accept the demands for a constitutional monarchy. He was convicted of high treason and executed in January 1649. King Charles II went into exile when his father was executed. There was a royalist coup 8 years later causing Parliament to arrange for the return of Charles II in 1660. Things were going well for Charles’ reign until he attempted to introduce religious freedom with the 1672 Royal Declaration of Indulgence. Parliament thought it gave Catholics too much freedom. In the end, he was forced to withdraw it in order to get the money he needed to go to war with the Dutch again after his defeat 13 years earlier. It was pretty much a done deal that his brother James would inherit the throne. But James was a Catholic and this ignited anti-Catholic hysteria. After a plot was discovered that some in parliament wanted to assassinate Charles and his brother he dissolved parliament and ruled on his own until his death. It is rumored that on his deathbed he converted to Catholicism. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiarQSFgwkt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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◇ Queen Elizabeth II ◇ ~~~~ 1926-2022 ~~~~~ A woman who made history. ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ #history #worldhistory #historybuff #historynerd #queensofengland #queenelizabethii #windsor #englishhistory #queens #historylovers #historyfacts #historylover #historygeek https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSFwq2O61o/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Merle Oberon as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII, 1933. • Oberon spent her entire career trying to pass as white when she was biracial. The Sri Lankan woman who she employed as a maid was actually her mother. The thing I enjoyed the most about Oberon was her unique look. I wish she could have been herself and still have her acting career. 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 #history #historynerd #historybuff #anneboleyn #tudorhistory #classicmovies #classicmoviestars #passing #henryviii #actress #actor #movies #moviehistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CiPsf2rrpHT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Not my best month for reading. In order to reach my reading goal for this year I need to read 8 books per month. Favorite book this month was The Wisdom of Insecurity. An honorable mention goes to A Study in Scarlet since it was my first time reading Arthur Conan Doyle, excited to explore more of the Sherlock Holmes books! ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ #bookstagram #bookish #classicliterature #vintagebooks #literature #englishliterature #bookquotes #books #bookstagrammer #bookreview #bookrecommendations #reading #readerlife #classics #classicnovels #novels https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch-WcrPArN5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Today is We Love Memoirs Day so I thought I'd share one of my favorites. God Is a Black Woman is theologian, and social psychologist Christena Cleveland's personal journey to dismantle of the white male God. She does this by going on a trek across Europe to find ancient shrines to the black Madonna statues and connect to the Sacred Black Feminine. She introduces the idea of a black female God that black women can pray to for strength and liberation. 🖤 Until I read I hadn't known about the Black Madonna's in Europe. I had some knowledge of the Divine Feminine but had never thought of her being a black woman. I found Cleveland's determination inspiring. She talks a lot about her career as a theologian writing for Christian magazines and organizations and their censorship of her articles about racial injustice. As social psychologist she also employed to help companies with their diversity training and the absurdities she was forced trying to teach people how to not be racist. And finally she talks about her journey out of a toxic relationship with the "god" she'd been raised to believe in. I loved this book and would recommend to anyone curious about how they relate to their god. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #bookstagram #books #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookreader #welovememoirsday #memoir #memoirs #divinefeminine #divinefeminineenergy #theology #bookish #reading #readersofinstagram #readersofig #bookreviews #bookreviewsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7IDXoLLdb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Favorite Line: “ʙᴜᴛ ɪꜰ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄɪᴛɪᴢᴇɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ɴᴏ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ ꜱᴀᴛɪꜱꜰᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏᴜʟ’ꜱ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ, ʜᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ, ɪɴ ʙʀɪɴɢɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀᴛʜ ᴍᴀɴ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴍɪꜱᴛᴀᴋᴇ?” As a society, one of our fundamental needs is to feel secure. Secure in our lives, in our jobs, in our relationships, our beliefs, and to know that things will stay that way. But being alive is to experience change. Wanting security is the same as wanting things to never change. But life is change and so you resist life and that’s what’s making people unhappy. The more you try to find security, the less secure you’ll feel. Religion is man’s way of “making sense” of the world around him and his place in it. Religion is giving life meaning by relating it to an unchanging, fixed God. But life is in constant flux and it’s impossible to put it into religion’s box. 🌎 If you want to be protected from the changes of life, that is being secure, then you want to be separate from life. So what do we do? Well according to Watts we go with it. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.” Plunge into life knowing that what’s happening will change. We are playing life’s game, and we have little control over what happens so try not to be too consumed by a future that’s just a mirage. ☁️ Ultimately, being a human and aware of the absurdity of the world makes life extra hard so try to be as present as possible. That’s my takeaway from The Wisdom of Insecurity. I really enjoyed this book a lot and found it to be incredibly relevant to today’s society although it was originally published in 1951. I guess life hasn’t changed that much in the last 70-ish years. I will admit there were moments when I was very confused but thankful for youtube and other reviews to help me make sense of those especially perplexing chapters. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 #bookreview #bookreviews #bookreviewsofinstagram #books #quotes #bookquotes #booklover #bookstagram #bookish #reading #vintagebooks #classics #existential #existentialism #classicliterature #philosophy #literature #lightacademia #readersofinstagram #readersofig #alanwatts https://www.instagram.com/p/Chmf7dWL0PT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Born on Christmas day, 1745 in the French Caribbean, Joseph was the son of a slave and her white master. Unprecedented for the time Joseph’s father Georges de Bologne Saint-Georges claimed his son and sent him to France to be educated. At the age of 13, Joseph was enrolled in the Royal Academy of Fencing. Four years later he was being called the best fencer in Europe. Unable to believe a black man could be the best at anything, fencing master Alexander Picard challenged Joseph and was soundly beaten. Joseph graduated from the Royal Academy and gained the title “chevalier” which means knight. 💮 Two years after his graduation he surprised a Paris audience by being a part of François-Joseph Gossec’s orchestra Les Concert des Amateurs. Four years after that he became its conductor. In a time span of eight years, Joseph would write several violin concertos, operas, and symphonies and gained his nickname The Black Mozart. He was a favorite of Queen Marie-Antionette and would play his violin for her at Versailles. 💮 Although he’d been known by the royalty, Joseph sided with the revolutionaries and joined the volunteer revolutionary army in 1791. He quickly earned the rank of Colonel and lead the first black battalion in Europe. Two years later he was arrested for being a suspected sympathizer of the monarchy. In a stroke of luck, he was spared execution and was released. He spent the rest of his life in a small town outside of Paris where he directed small orchestras and played his violin. He died at the age of 53. 💮 I’d heard of the Black Mozart but didn’t know the details of his life. I find it fascinating that a mixed-race man, the son of a slave, could live such a life in 18th century France. I suspect that a lot of French people at the time had little to no contact with black people unless they were slaves. I can imagine their surprise when Joseph showed himself to not only be talented but exceptional. #blackexcellence #history #historyfacts #blackhistory #historybuff #europeanhistory #blackmozart #classicalmusic #frenchrevolution #marieantoinette #versailles #lightacademia #lightacademiaaesthetic #frenchhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/ChCbf8YA5K8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Oliver Twist is the story of an orphan born in a workhouse in early 1800s England. He’s born into horrid circumstances where orphans are treated terribly. He’s sold into an apprenticeship but is forced to run away. He ends up in London where he gets involved with a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Through a series of unfortunate events, the true identity of Oliver Twist is called into question, and it becomes clear he isn’t your average orphan. ✨️ This is the first book by Dickens that I’ve read. I enjoyed how sardonic Dickens was in his takes on society at the time. He criticized how the poor were treated and how the people in charge couldn’t care less about the well-being of the children in their care. His use of personification in his writing pulled you into the moment. There were scenes where he described how desperate Oliver’s situation was so well that you couldn’t help but feel the heartbreak he felt. ✨️ What I disliked about the book are things that are common in other books of the time. There were sentences that were too wordy, scenes that didn’t push the plot forward, and the introduction of new characters near the end of the book. As a modern reader these are all things that I am not used to. Although I enjoyed Dickens style mostly, I don’t know if I’ll pick up another one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 (at Books Books Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgwYjbtgO0c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=