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“A novel is just a story that hasn’t yet discovered a way to be brief.”

— George Saunders

Posted in Quote on June 30, 2017 by Fio. Leave a comment
Stuart Townsend

You’re So Vain

Damn, Dorian is a fox. What a body! What a face! And not a single wrinkle. Wait…what’s that in the attic? Quick! Swipe left! #OscarWilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Posted in 19th Century, Horror and tagged classics, don't look in the attic, forever young, Irish, Oscar Wilde on June 30, 2017 by Fio. Leave a comment
Camuccini's Assassination of Julius Caesar

With Friends Like These…

Et tu & tu & tu? Sorry, Jules! Declare yourself dictator 4eva & togas are sure 2 get all bunched up. Cass said beware the Ides! #Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

Posted in 16th Century, Plays, Shakespeare and tagged Historical Plays, Ides of March, Maybe listen next time?, Shakespeare, the Bard on June 28, 2017 by Fio. Leave a comment
sigrid_undset

Scandinavian Scandal

Norwegian Catholic gal has premarital sex, raises 7 boys, joins a convent, and—warning! spoiler alert!—dies of the plague. #SigridUndset

Posted in 20th Century, Epic, Zillion Pages and tagged KD, Scandanavian, Undset on June 23, 2017 by Fio. Leave a comment
typing

No Huffing, No Puffing

Hard at work on chapter three.

(via gifmovie.tumblr.com)

Posted in Etc., Existential and tagged gif, I am writing, piglet, typing, working on June 23, 2017 by Fio. 1 Comment
Washington Square

Hang on Sloper, Sloper Hang on

Sweet, plain Cathy Sloper has a rich heel dad & ne’er-do-well suitor. She just wants 2 be loved. You can’t always get what you want. #HJames

Posted in 19th Century and tagged Bad Dads, Henry James, NYC on June 22, 2017 by Fio. Leave a comment
war_and_peace

From Russia, With Love

5 fancy Russian families living during Napoleon Invasion. Lots of drinking, dancing, politicking, fighting, courting & cavorting. #Tolstoy

Posted in 19th Century, Epic, Zillion Pages and tagged Natasha, Pierre, Russia, Tolstoy on June 20, 2017 by Fio. 4 Comments
manson girls

Where the Girls Are

The Summer of Love? For lonely Evie, it was more like the Summer of Teen Angst, Grungy Hippies, Moldy Grapes, and (Maybe!) Murder. #TheGirls

The Girls

Posted in 21st Century and tagged awesome debut, bestsellers, Emma Cline, Fact as Fiction, faux Manson, girls, love and hate, murder, Susan Atkins, teen angst on June 20, 2017 by Fio. Leave a comment
Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart

No Laughing Matter

Foxy social climber Lily Bart wants to wed a millionaire. Alas, hobnobbing with Richie Rich & company brings her only heartbreak. #Wharton

House of Mirth

Posted in 20th Century and tagged 20th Century, Edith Wharton, NYC on June 19, 2017 by Fio. 1 Comment
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Shelfie of the day

Hello, monkey.

Posted in Etc. and tagged Books, Literature, Monkey, Shelfie on June 18, 2017 by Fio. Leave a comment
Metamorphosis

A farewell to (six) arms

Good son Gregor bugs out, climbs walls, skips work, gives family the creeps. Sadly, they are happy when he curls up in a ball & dies. #Kafka

Posted in 20th Century, Existential and tagged Arthropod, Buggy, Kafka, Samsa on June 18, 2017 by Fio. 1 Comment
ulysses

Happy Bloomsday

Commence Bloomsday: Another day in Dublin. Leopold quests with his faux son Stephen as Boylan woos his wife Molly. Will she? Yes. #Joyce

monroe_ulysses

 

Posted in 20th Century and tagged Dublin, Guinness for Strength, James Joyce on June 16, 2017 by Fio. Leave a comment
nausea

Queasy does it

Things are very bad for Antoine. You make him sick—so do rocks & stuff. Life is revolting. WTF. He’ll just exist until he doesn’t. #Sartre

Posted in 20th Century, Existential and tagged Dramamine, Malaise, Sartre on May 8, 2017 by Fio. 1 Comment
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Boys gone wild

It’s anarchy 4 UK boys whose plane crashes on island. They soon trade short pants 4 war paint & discover the beast within. #LordoftheFlies

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Posted in 20th Century and tagged Boys, Deus ex machina, William Golding on May 6, 2017 by Fio. Leave a comment
Lego Hamlet

Alas, poor Yorick!

Leg’o that skull already, Prince.

Posted in 17th Century, Etc., Shakespeare and tagged Bard, Hamlet, Lego, Shakespeare, Skull, Yorick on May 3, 2017 by Fio. 1 Comment
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