#classiclit — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #classiclit, aggregated by home.social.
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Honestly, I think we are both emerging from our own personal Château d'Ifs.
#literature #reading #classiclit #countofmontecristo #bookish
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Just read ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ on Qucee. Seriously. G.G.’s note at the start… that was wild. Like, a smack in the face. Someone gave me this recommendation, my auntie Nomusa, no less! She usually reads gardening magazines. This whole thing feels… deliberately unsettling. It’s not about ‘morals’ or a proper plot. Just… floatin’ down a river with a kid and a slave. stays with you about all the things we don't say. Heavy. #classiclit #marktwain #reading
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"It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine."
— Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935)
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"She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season."
— The Mating Season (1949)
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Sometimes we all need to be reminded of obvious shit.
#meme #memes #shitpost #suntzu #artofwar #classicliterature #classiclit #literature #books #twitter #bluesky #socialmedia #whatever #screenshot
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Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner ★★★★☆
Two timelines, one quietly devastating story. Stegner tested my patience across 500 pages, then rewarded it with a spectacular ending. This Pulitzer winner might just be his most enduring.#Books #BookReview #LiteraryFiction #AmericanLiterature #ClassicLit
https://books.robertbreen.com/2025/11/03/angle-of-repose-by-wallace-stegner/
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Ah, Ralph Waldo Emerson — what a treasure. His wisdom is simple to understand, yet difficult to practice. Trust your own thoughts. Be yourself. Be present. 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡h𝑒𝑟 𝐸𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 ★★★★★
https://books.robertbreen.com/2025/10/22/self-reliance-and-other-essays-by-ralph-waldo-emerson/
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In case you’re looking for something wonderful and hilarious to watch today: National Theatre has made The Importance of Being Earnest available on Youtube and it’s utterly delightful. Oscar Wilde’s humor still shines so brightly a century later ♥️ #theatre #classiclit
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If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?
"Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"
#Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books https://grrlscientist.medium.com/about-those-3-star-books-that-are-considered-to-be-great-literature-4a9c1119b563
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If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?
"Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"
#Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books https://grrlscientist.medium.com/about-those-3-star-books-that-are-considered-to-be-great-literature-4a9c1119b563
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If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?
"Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"
#Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books https://grrlscientist.medium.com/about-those-3-star-books-that-are-considered-to-be-great-literature-4a9c1119b563
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It's one of the most famous plays in the world. ❤️🗡️ But who is the author?
Put your knowledge to the test! A, B, C, or D? Tell us your answer below! 👇
#LiteratureTrivia #ClassicLit #WhoWroteIt #Shakespeare #QuizTime #Learning #Playwright #5SecondDaily
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After about 6 weeks off, @chapterbychapter returns tomorrow with a serialization of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley.
As I've said before*, she doesn't get enough credit for her impact on science fiction. Odd that a story written by a young woman (published at 20) would be overlooked 🤔
Anyway, follow chapter bot to get a chapter a day, Victorian-Netflix style.
#literature #classiclit #PublicDomain #frankenstein
*said before here, for example: https://infosec.exchange/@Bfordham/115242312083360242
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I just finished N⁰ 73 of Penguin Little Black Classics as my first of the set to read. I love the story of Icarus. Scylla cutting off Nisus' purple tress to give to Minos has a certain fantasticism to it that's not often seen in contemporary lit. This was a breeze of a read at 56 pages and I'd recommend it to anyone facing a reading slump or just wanting a casual introduction to Ovid.
#penguinclassics #ovid #literature #shortreads #classiclit @bookstodon
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I just acquired the Penguin Little Black Classics Boxed set. It's truly beautiful. I'm planing to read one or two of these a week and will be making a lot of posts about these in the near future.
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This part really stuck with me while doing an immersive read of Paradise Lost tonight.
@bookstodon @reading #classiclit #ClassicLiterature #fiction #johnmilton #literature
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Please help us make the Wizard of Oz fully accessible to all children. I play the Cowardly Lion.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/richard-rieman/the-accessible-wonderful-wizard-of-oz
#Accessibility #A11Y #Bookstodon #Books #AudioBooks #ClassicLit #Literature #Blind #AudioDescription -
Don Quixote on the universal experience of finding yourself facing an unbalanced encounter.
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Latest read, Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter (the 7 Voyages of Sindbad), translated by NJ Dawood (1954), from Tales from the Thousand and One Nights; shipwrecks, an island-sized whale, the Roc, giants, winged men & more.
Classic, of course.
244 of #400FantasyStories
#Books #Fables #ClassicLit
