#oscarwilde

“E havia algo de sagrado naquele silêncio — como se o som das páginas virando pudesse despertar fantasmas antigos.”

Entre o som da chuva e o cheiro de livros velhos, o mundo parece suspenso. É o instante em que o tempo desacelera, e tudo o que resta é a melancolia bela de existir e pensar.

(Ignore the 14th manga of Moriarty the Patriot I have down there lmao I'm collecting the manga)

I got some short stories :) I've never really given Fyodor Dostoyevsky a try and was really interesting in reading some of his works. I would've gotten Crime and Punishment but I was a bit scared I wouldn't like his style (and um I kind of have like loads of books I should be reading) so yeah. I've read some of Poe's poems but never his stories so giving The Tell-Tale Heart a try!

I'm trying to read every single one of Oscar Wilde's works by the end of 2026 (which I am now realising will be very difficult since I started in early April but hey I'm trying my best) So far I have read The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest and will be reading Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast this evening.

I was wondering if anyone had any other recommendations from these three authors? I'm sure it's obvious I love Oscar Wilde. I do also enjoy The Count of Monte Cristo, The Odyssey, The Iliad and The Aeneid :) (and uh the Les Miserables musical but that's quite different (I assume since most musicals stray a bit from their adaptation and also it's a huge book and the musical is 2 hours long so) from the original novel but uh I think it's worth mentioning).

Poetry, plays, short stories, long stories, etc are all OK.

Emily Dickinson – I’d love for the Doctor to have a poetry-off with her. Plus, I think she’d be pretty blasé about the inevitable macabre elements of whatever story involves her.

Joan of Arc – I don’t want her visions to be explained; I want them to remain mysterious, yet still inexplicably help whatever extraterrestrial crisis has caused her path to cross with the comic hobo.

Edgar Allan Poe – For the same reason as Emily: bonus points if the Doctor’s two hearts inspire The Tell-Tale Heart in some way.

Oscar Wilde – I specifically want Fifteen to meet him so they can have a flamboyant gay-off. The banter would be dazzling, and the outfits even more so. Also, the Doctor quoting The Importance of Being Earnest in the middle of a crisis is non-negotiable. If we got Shakespearean Tennant quoting Shakespeare, we absolutely deserve this.