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Le comte de Monte Cristo.

Illustration pour un manuel de 5ème. (BELIN Education).

#le comte de monte cristo #the count of monte cristo #alexandre dumas

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Mina and Jonathan thinking of one another.

#bram stocker's dracula #dracula #jonathan harker #mina murray #mina harker #well THANKS NOW I AM SAD

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Edmond tells Faria what happened to him and the man goes ‘oh honey’ and proceeds to hold his hand and make him realise how rotten almost everyone around him really was.

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Edmond Dantes: …And I have given up trying to make sense of any of that, because all I can come up with is that I have been forsaken in every way possible!

Abbé Faria:

#alexandre dumas #the count of monte cristo #edmond dantes #abbe faria #crack but also text

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Anne Elliot was living in an aristocratic world of stagnation, where everyone does things the way they've always been done. Then she had to leave that life and discovered a new, changing world, where you're not just defined by your family or your good looks but by your character and actions, and her stale, meaningless life gained color and worth and purpose. The old life is dying, but that's a good thing, because it means a new, better life can begin. That's true for both Anne Elliot and all of England--they need to let go of the old ways and embrace change so they can truly live.

That's an astonishing message to find in an author's last book. Not that Austen was very old, but people tend to be attached to the world of their youth, yet there's not a hint of lament for the lost old world in Persuasion. She saw the world changing and was excited by the new opportunities. It wasn't death, it was a chance for each individual to find a new life, and it makes me wish Austen could have had the chance to see it.

#persuasion #jane austen

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#sir arthur conan doyle #the adventures of sherlock holmes #sherlock holmes #james moriarty

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The Suitors: marry one of us!

Penelope: no

The Suitors: you must marry one of us!

Penelope: no

The Suitors: you cannot say no, you need a husband!

Penelope: I have a husband!

The Suitors: for the love of-a new husband!

Penelope: well, would this new husband not need to bring me gifts to court me before getting to marry me? You have spent so many years drinking my wine and eating my food in my house and yet I have not received a single gift! Are you The Suitors or The Freeloaders?

The Suitors:

Penelope: twenty years, people. Twenty years.

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Edit: it is actually four years (thanks for telling me, I read the Odyssey in middle school/high school and some things are kind of blurry) which is a tiny bit more reasonable. A really really tiny bit more reasonable.

#homeric epics #the odyssey #penelope #the suitors #Odysseus #I proci

Atena for the whole Odyssey: YOU get a makeover! YOU get a makeover! YOU get a makeover! YOU get a-

#homeric epics #the odyssey #athena #penelope #laertes #Odysseus #crack but also text #seriously count how many times she does it #for her special boy and his family this and more

The Suitors: marry one of us!

Penelope: no

The Suitors: you must marry one of us!

Penelope: no

The Suitors: you cannot say no, you need a husband!

Penelope: I have a husband!

The Suitors: for the love of-a new husband!

Penelope: well, would this new husband not need to bring me gifts to court me before getting to marry me? You have spent so many years drinking my wine and eating my food in my house and yet I have not received a single gift! Are you The Suitors or The Freeloaders?

The Suitors:

Penelope: twenty years, people. Twenty years.

#homeric epics #the odyssey #Penelope #the suitors #I proci #should I mention that she openly says that she hopes they all die before this passage?

Movie directors: we are doing a color-blind casting for this movie!

Movie directors: only for the supporting characters, though! The main leads always end up being white for some reason!

Movie Directors: also, for some reason, the characters that end up being not-white are always put in situations filled with Unfortunate Implications!

Movie Directors: we are so progressive! Let’s pat ourselves in the back!

#and I sigh #this is about the odyssey btw #but also a lot of other things #like Wuthering heights

What Elizabeth says:

Elizabeth Bennet: I like going to this specific place at this specific time to wander around a bit-I am telling you so that you get the message and start avoid this specific place when I am walking, since coming out and asking you to get out of my way would be extremely rude.

What Mr Darcy hears:

Elizabeth Bennet: *twirling her hair* if you want to meet and walk together in a Regency proto-version of a date you just have to come at this specific place at this specific time! You will find me! I am telling you so that you get the message and start putting the moves on me, since coming out and telling you that I am interested would be extremely forward!

#jane austen #pride and prejudice #elizabeth bennet #fitzwilliam darcy #crack but also text

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Andrea Cavalcanti: *Charm Mode: ON* how could your previous fiancé ignore such a beauty like you? Rest assured I will not repeat his mistakes.

Eugenie Danglars: mistakes? My good sir, I welcomed and encouraged his negligence-I ask you to take him as example.

#alexandre dumas #the count of monte cristo #andrea cavalcanti #eugenie danglars #albert de morcerf #crack but also text

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This is your reminder today that Irene Adler in the original Conan Doyle story is literally not a criminal. She never commits a crime.

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Nor is she a seductress in any kind of negative or manipulative sense - she has a mutual relationship with a powerful man who then breaks up with her, and afterwards she keeps protection against him in the form of evidence that the relationship existed. She HAS blackmail material, she even waves it at him threateningly because he treated her like shit, but she never even uses it.

Irene Adler is not a thief, femme fatale, or blackmailer. She's just a cool lady that wants to be left alone.

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@delphi-star You do recall correctly!! She does not give a shit about that man! She's happily married! She tipped him for being a witness at her wedding!

If your Sherlock Holmes adaptation has a character whose identifying qualities are that she is a seductive criminal in love with Holmes, you have created a character that is basically the literal opposite of Irene Adler and you should name her something else.

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She's also -- and I cannot stress this enough -- from New Jersey. IMO this is the single most important detail missing from all the adaptations -- IRENE ADLER IS FROM NEW JERSEY.

Please just once in my life I would like to see this adapted faithfully it would be the funniest fucking thing ever.

#sherlock holmes #irene adler #I did not remember Irene Adler is from New Jersey?????

Accidentally leading a woman on to the point where she and her family expect you to propose:

Frederick Wentworth 🤝 Nat Blake

#jane austen #persuasion #frederick wentworth #louisa may alcott #jo’s boys #Nat blake #crack but also text #nat’s case was a lot less clean than wentworth

Josie Brooke: I am going to be a great actress, so what can I do to make The Great Actress Miss Cameron (TM) take me under her wing? She must notice me first-could I persuade someone to throw me over her villa? Oh, maybe I should drown in front of her! Wait, what if I were to help her in her hour of need? What if she were to drown in from of me? Or maybe we should go swim where she is and then immediately retreat, so that she will be impressed by us respecting her privacy and then she will call to thank us for being so considerate-

Bess Laurence: Josie, Dad knows her and he promised that the occasion to talk to her will come, even without resorting to your shenanigans-

Miss Cameron: *from afar* could someone please help me find my bracelet? I dropped it in the water and I cannot see it-could you kids over there bring a stick?

Josie Brooke: *sprinting* a stick? I AM DIVING IN! DO NOT FEAR, I AM COMING TO THE RESCUE!

Bess Laurence:

#louisa may alcott #little women #jo’s boys #josie brooke #Bess Laurence #miss Cameron #crack but also text #Josie has a lot of fun interactions with everyone in this book #some of the best are with her cousin teddy #she is the most like jo of the new generation

Margaret Brooke: Daisy should not go around making foolish promises at such a young age! It is way too early for her to think of marriage!

Josephine Bhaer: *smiling* you were around the same age when you were writing “Margaret Brooke née March” on your journal-

Margaret Brooke: but I was different! And John was different! He was a man with a job, not a kid with a dream!

#louisa may alcott #little women #jo’s boys #meg march #john brooke #daisy brooke #jo march #Nat blake #crack but also text #I should add that Jo is actually on board with Meg here because Nat is not manly enough for her niece #seriously that’s the text #and it is not like jo doesn’t love Nat! it’s one of her kids and she loves him!#but she still has reservations about him and Daisy #and Nat DOES have a lot of growing up to do mind you #but the fact that he does get more mature and still keeps his softness it’s great

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Sauron: *sweating* this beast is wiping the floor with everything I throw at him! Well, I always said that you have to do things yourself! Let’s see how he fares against me as the biggest, fiercest wolf that ever wolfed!

Huan:

#jrr tolkien #the silmarillion #huan the silmarillion #sauron #crack but also text #and THEN he transform back to his normal form and HUAN STILL DESTROYS HIM

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#maybe. Mayyyyybe. the trailer of S&S is not so bad?#I am a bit weirded out by what I suppose is Brandon dragging out Willoughby #but you know what I will allow it he deserves it #and also Elinor sounds a lot more spirited than she actually is #and the HAIR #but I will take what I can #even if the references to 2005! p&p are a LOT

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