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"this is in no way an exaggeration but i am obsessed with george eliot’s particular brand of realism. the way her characters speak just feels so incredibly authentic and real— i freaking LOVEEE her style! the story itself is a little dry— it feels like a parable—but that makes it easy to follow" — Mar 13, 2026 10:29PM
"this is in no way an exaggeration but i am obsessed with george eliot’s particular brand of realism. the way her characters speak just feels so incredibly authentic and real— i freaking LOVEEE her style! the story itself is a little dry— it feels like a parable—but that makes it easy to follow" — Mar 13, 2026 10:29PM
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"okay so virginia woolf just sent me into a spiral because every literary "era" is defined by something that a group of authors do differently compared to those who have come before and it takes a group of people to defy convention to create a new hallmark of literature and that's truly so real and so cool and so inspiring #iloveessays" — Apr 12, 2025 12:22AM
"okay so virginia woolf just sent me into a spiral because every literary "era" is defined by something that a group of authors do differently compared to those who have come before and it takes a group of people to defy convention to create a new hallmark of literature and that's truly so real and so cool and so inspiring #iloveessays" — Apr 12, 2025 12:22AM
“The quality of owning freezes you forever in "I," and cuts you off forever from the "we.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Diggers
― Diggers
“Every heart has its own skeletons.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
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