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lord piffler whiffley

she/her. self indulgent blog for my book-related memes and Thoughts. featured books will mostly be by dead English people (i have a type)

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Hijacking This Because I'm Obsessed With How The Whole First Chapter Of The Hobbit Is Basically Describing

Hijacking this because I'm obsessed with how the whole first chapter of The Hobbit is basically describing how gay Bilbo is but also Tolkien (the catholic hetero Wife Guy) gives off such Zero Gaydar vibes that like... I'm not always convinced he even knew what he was saying.

I'm reading about the Victorian Aesthetic movement and I was violently reminded of...

...Sherlock Holmes's 'rose monologue' from The Naval Treaty, HI HELLO CAN ANYONE HEAR ME

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6 months ago

You westerners will let me create 10 million Ukrainian refugees and still think you’ve avoided an escalation.

— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) September 28, 2024

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9 months ago

if I had a nickel for every time Harriet Vane had to awkwardly comfort a heartbroken middle-aged woman who was sobbing on her shoulder over much younger man, while trying to soothingly fix said woman's makeup, while also trying to hide how Deeply Uncomfortable she (Harriet) is, I would have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

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Dorothy L. Sayers harriet vane have his carcase one of harriet's character flaws is that she can be pretty judgy towards other women especially when it comes to displays of emotion and inferior fashion sense and we do see that side of her in these scenes along with her unselfish kindness because she's a wonderfully written real human person who is very kind and very imperfect busman's honeymoon

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9 months ago

Just T H White Casually Altering My Brain Chemistry Three Times In Three Totally Different Ways

just T H White casually altering my brain chemistry three times in three totally different ways

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was anyone else fundamentally Changed by reading this book as a kid or was it just me formative literature these three bits in particular t h white the once and future king the sword in the stone the ill-made knight arthuriana Sir Kay robin hood guenevere

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7 months ago

me as a tween: oohhh wizard Howl

*eight years later*

me: AAHHH Sir Percy Blakeney!!!!

*eight years later*

me: LORD. PETER. WIMSEY.

....

me: ...guys i think i have a Type

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howl's moving castle the scarlet pimpernel Lord Peter Wimsey

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6 months ago

Well! Last Monday evening, when we were down at Denver, we got a wire from Peter, which coolly said, "If you really want to see me married, try St. Cross Church, Oxford, to-morrow at two."

guys, the calender has lined up!! Tomorrow is Tuesday, the 8th of October, aka Lord Peter and Harriet's wedding day (and 89th anniversary). this is your chance to read Busman's Honeymoon in real time! (aside from the Dowager's diary, unfortunately)

If you do keep track of the days in Busman's Honeymoon, it's a bit unsettling how quickly it all happens, because SO MUCH happens. Tomorrow they will be married in Oxford; and the mystery (of which they are as yet blissfully unaware) will be solved on Friday. On Saturday, they will arrive at the Dower House in the small hours of the morning, and on Sunday Peter will read the lesson in church...

(Yes, in spite of all their mutual angst about the Peter's potential failure, he solves this one in forty-eight hours.)

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Lord Peter Wimsey harriet vane Dorothy L. Sayers busman's honeymoon also greatest wedding announcement/invitaiton ever i think we all of us have a Helen or two in our lives

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