#mark beauregard

[woundedwizard]

i wonder if the whale weekly crew (and other moby dick enjoyers) are aware of “the whale: a love story” by mark beauregard

it’s a novelisation/dramatization of the relationship/interactions of melville with nathaniel hawthorne while he was writing moby dick. the majority of the letters that were depicted are actual letters exchanged between the two writers (the only exception being the horniest one (to me)).

it’s a really good read, even if you haven’t read moby dick (like i did when i read this book)

[readingteabooks]

The Whale: A Love Story by Mark Beauregard

As soon as I learned about this book I knew I needed to read it. This is historical fiction, somewhat speculative, about the relationship between Herman Melville (Moby Dick) and Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter). You see, they exchanged some pretty spicy letters by 1850s standards and there’s been speculation that they were perhaps more than friends.

This is gay fanfiction about famed authors Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Incredibly well researched and historically accurate gay fanfiction. And I’m living for it.

The story is adorably sweet and somewhat melancholic and hilarious in it’s anachronism. The delight I feel watching Melville pine and swoon like a romance novel heroine for pages on end is boundless. But it’s also bittersweet. Because this isn’t truly fanfiction, where everyone gets a happy ending, but historical fiction. Our two heroes don’t get to live happily ever after, because that’s not what happened in real life.

Beauregard has definitely done his research. He’s dug through archives and lifted from the actual letters written between Melville, Hawthorne, and their close friends to build an accurate-as-possible picture of their relationship. We’ll never know what truly passed between these two men, but this feels like a realistic portrayal.

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Fiction Set in 19th Century America The Best Bad Thing by Karina Carrasco The Whale by Mark Beauregard Frog Music by Emma Donoghue Bittersweet by Nevada Barr Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller

[universitybookstore]

Regardless of what may be your own personal views of Melville and Hawthorne, they are two indisputable titans of American letters. The two met at a picnic in 1850, and a friendship formed between them. This relationship is the heart of Mark Beauregard’s novel, The Whale: A Love Story, now in paperback from Penguin Books.

[msculper]

The Whale by Mark Beauregard

... one sometimes must sail with the wind and sometimes against it, but the important thing is to keep your sails full ...

[thatwritererinoriordan]

7 Covers in 7 Days - Day 1

Rules: Each day, I will post the cover of a book I love and nominate someone new to start the challenge.

Tagging: @tastelessbiromanticscribbler

[thatwritererinoriordan]

Herman pressed his sweating forehead against the cold glass and felt as if he were on fire. This fever of longing is not love, he thought, it is the opposite of love. It is the separation from love that burns like the fires of hell.

[thatwritererinoriordan]

I can has The Whale: A Love Story?