Kk Lily’s Vintage Magic

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T𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝. 𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢; 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔. 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠.

𝙴𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚜 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚎

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Pride and Prejudice

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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Who else loves Jane Austen?

Who else would love to live in a world in which they could write letters, drink tea, ad go for walks with Jane Austen?

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Dark Academia Christmas Novels

1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

2. Greenglass House by Kate Milford

3. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

4. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

5. The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories edited by Tara Moore

6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

7. P.S Your Cat is Dead by James Kirkwood

8. The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson

9. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie

10. The Night before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol

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nancy drew places:

waverly academy

[writingdotcoffee]

Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done.

Austin Kleon (via writingdotcoffee)

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Best Dark Academia Characters: Novel Editon

1. Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye

2. Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles

3. Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter Series

4. Alice in Alice in Wonderland

5. Emmy in The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane

6. Ophelia in Hamlet

7. Hugo Cabret in The Invention of Hugo Cabret

8. Todd Anderson in Dead Poets Society (The Novel)

9. Anthony Lockwood in The Screaming Staircase

10. Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre

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A Dark Academia Setting

Create the following setting to feel like a dark academic:

1. Wear a cozy sweater, plaid pants, a plaid coat, a black beret, and pair of  Dr. Martens boots. (And a mask!) 

2. Brew some coffee and pour it in a reusable cup

3. Walk to your local library

4. Find a few of your favorite dark academic novels, like Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, etc.

5. Find a few of your favorite poetry collections, like ones by Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, etc.

6. Find a cozy corner in the library, preferably by a window

7. Sip your coffee, read your book, and enjoy the day, my darling!

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Dark Academic Novels

1. The Secret History by Donna Tartt

2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

3. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

4. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

5. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

7. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 

8. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

9. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

10. The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel

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It's a beautiful day to stay indoors and read Pride and Prejudice

Kk’s Vintage Magic 

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Would you like a cup of tea this morning, my love? 💕

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@bibliophilicwitch Tomes and Tea: English Breakfast tea, pumpkin donut, the Graveyard Book :)

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“You have the Devil’s own luck, boy, falling into the compost. ’Tain’t the end of the world.” A scene from chapter 4 - The Graveyard Book.

Yes it is heavily inspired by Jessie Wong, but thanks to her i kinda know how to paint grass now lol

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This is how a Dark Academic packs a suitcase 🖤

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Best scene in Pride and Prejudice 💕

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And someone does catch her eye!

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Best movie ever