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sirgawin

Paul Hogarth illustrations for New Penguin Shakespeare (1980s)

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bebemoon

"whose name was writ in water", from john keats last poem | middaia silver engraved heart pendant .

blistexenthusiast

19th century lover's eye

moonlitfairytale

Natalie Wee, Least of all

simena

Marie Mathilde Fiebig

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Marie Mathilde Fiebig

girlinlondon

fromdarzaitoleeza

{Words by Anaïs Nin, from The Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 4 (1944-1947) / Cynthia Cruz from diagnosis,The glimmering room}

murderfathers

frokenfilm

omgthatartifact

Nautilus Cup

Germany (Breslau), late 16th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

weltenwellen

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

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Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic

queerhamlet

tiktokers who say classic lit is bad because its not relatable 1. thats not the fucking point 2. you've clearly never read twelfth night as a trans bisexual

mist-the-wannabe-linguist

you've clearly never read Frankenstein as a student

feathery-dickmuffins-deactivate

If you're fucked up enough a lot of classic lit suddenly becomes uncomfortably relatable tbh.

hiddenlookingglass

This is 100% true, but also: literature is a great way to engage with people you don't actually relate to, and practice feeling empathy for them anyway. I have never been in a battle, but I have cried over the Iliad multiple times because I was suddenly made very aware that every single war has people like Hector in it, who leave their families one day and just never come home to them. Please keep looking for things you find relatable in unexpected places - but not everything has to be relatable for it to be worthwhile.