#frenchlit

[oguzsche]

Bu nedenle hiç umudum yok

[dvstgatherer]

[neutral-goblin-academia]

Madame Bovary Wallpapers

[wealhtheowshall]

Only the old lady remained aloof, saying little and sipping her chamomile tea as if it were the blood of her enemies.

Stephen Vincent Benét: The Curfew Tolls

[sonicscw]

Actually today is a Voltaire day for me. 

[in france, everyone has read candide. but as a result, no one really cares about this book. i had to study it again this year with some other voltaire tales and turns out, i find it highly underrated. read candide]

[awaywardplantagenet]

In Javert in Disarray, Hugo does a really good job of illustrating Javert's internal struggle that eventually leads to him conceding that no, the law is not perfect and that he cannot live with this realization. What's hilarious to me, however, is that rather than immediately pitching himself off the bridge, he goes first to the local police station and writes up a list of EVERYTHING he thinks is wrong with the police system and sends it to his department head and THEN goes and pitches himself of a bridge. This man goes from believing the law is perfect to listing out every single thing wrong with it in less than half an hour. Dude really is all or nothing.

[alexandrian-archives]

Hogwarts Library Hello everyone! I apologize that I had said wayyyyy back in August that I would post everyday but I figured that I was not at my desk very often and also that my desk was often a mess, if I am to be completely honest. That being said, it is now the new school year and I am officially a university student! While it is not the experience that I wanted to have, I am still very excited for my classes. I have, thankfully, managed to choose full-year courses! I have five courses this year: - Elementary Classical Greek - Approaches to French Literature: An Introduction (a second year course! More on that later if you want to know why I, a first year, am in a second year course) - The Roots of Western Civilization: Ancient World - History of Astronomy And - Imperialism and Nationalism in Modern Asia Now surprisingly, almost all these courses somehow, not chose for this reason by me, are kind of intertwined in a way. In History of Astronomy, we will learn about astronomical discoveries in the Hellenistic period, same with Roots of Western Civilization. Needless to say, I am VERY excited for this school year. I have started to use Notion and honestly, it's such a great tool. It is definitely going to help me stay on top of everything! If anyone wants, I can go into more detail in a story highlight. Comment below if you want to see my Notion setup! So basically, in the pictures you will see a sneak peek of the individual class main pages and 3 out of 5 classes also have books in them. That is because History of Astronomy does not require textbooks and my Imperialism and Nationalism in Modern Asia course only starts tomorrow (we started school on Wednesday last week which is why I wanted to start posting regularly this week because I will have actual content to post now) and I do not know if there is a book the professor requires us to buy as the syllabus has not been posted yet. Either way, I am very excited and hope all of you are doing well. Until next time! Love, Esme of the Scholarly Archives

[buzzbookstore]

Illustration from the “Notre-Dame de Paris” 8th edition I posted a couple weeks ago [Leather, 1836]. Uncredited artist as far as I can tell but a very compelling vision of Quasimodo. I guess I’m kind of on a Hugo kick today. Available now in the eBay shop (aka “Full Inventory”). #notredamedeparis #thehunchbackofnotredame #victorhugo #rarebooks #illustratededition #manyleatherboundbooks #frenchlit #classicliterature #bookcollecting #booknerd #bookporn #bibliophile https://www.instagram.com/p/CHi48Bsh0AA/?igshid=1pu7n9bhhbaar