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She wanted her life to be like her books; she wanted to be a heroine. She picked out all the sugar-plums in the historian's pages: Anne Boleyn and Mary Queen of Scots, Joan of Arc and Marie Antoinette and Charlotte Corday. Were all her long day-dreams about Marie Antoinette to come to nothing? Were none of the wonderful things that happen to women ever to happen to her?

Mary Elizabeth Braddon, The Doctor's Wife (1864)

#'wonderful things that happen to women'#isabel...sweet isabel...how far into those history books did you actually get?#this is like princess di saying she wanted to marry a prince so she could be like anne boleyn and guinevere#or jenna on 30 rock: 'be like janis - show some self-control!'#the doctor's wife#mary elizabeth braddon#literature
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Anonymous asked:

Hi! I read Madame Bovary because of you and I liked it so much 🙂 I resonated with Emma's frivolous side 🛍Do you know other similar books? Thank you!

sallyjaygorce answered:

I'm so glad I inspired you to read Madame Bovary! I think it's the only novel I've ever read where every word, every comma, every dash is perfect. I'm semi-fluent in French and I'm trying to get to 100% JUST so I can read it in the original and really get inside the text of the book as Flaubert intended. I've read six (maybe seven) different translations and I am still unsatisfied, especially since Flaubert was known for his obsession with le mot juste. ANYWAY! Some other books like Madame Bovary: - Anna Karenina, obviously - Effi Briest - Lady Chatterley's Lover - Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District  - King, Queen, Knave just to see how Nabokov inverts the story - L'Adultera. It's basically Anna Karenina fanfic with a happier ending and I LIVE for it. And if you REALLY want double the fun, I highly recommend Francis Steegmuller's Flaubert and Madame Bovary for a special treat! Edit: @fancyemmabovary recc'd The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and La nouvelle espérance by Anna de Noailles, both of which I foolishly forgot to add but am here to say OUI to! Both excellent. Haven't read Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace yet due to hearing mixed reviews but I am intrigued! Thank you, darling! And I forgot Chopin's The Awakening, probably because I hate it. Double edit: I forgot The Female Quixote! Arabella starts off Emma-esque with her love of French romances but then things take a hilarious turn, which is v. refreshing. Double double edit: INDIANA GODDAMMIT. George Sand, my beloved!

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Oh no. I left off Return of the Native. Deleting my account because I'm pure trash. My favorite book by my favorite author! And I FORGOT it!

#i forgot SO MANY
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EMMA, JANE AUSTEN I will promise to call you once by your Christian name. I do not say when, but perhaps you may guess where;—in the building in which N. takes M. for better, for worse.

#i tried to stick to the vibe of the book and i KNOW the first gif is obviously inaccurate#but at the same time#can you name a literary heroine more likely to wear that lingerie than emma woodhouse?#emma bovary would want to#but emma woodhouse can actually afford it 💅🏻#emma#jane austen#literature#bookedit#*
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Godiva Six-Piece Truffle Flight

#we just received a first edition of mein kampf at work and SOMEHOW it has fallen to me to sell it#reader i am unkampf#it's sitting on my dining room table and i went downstairs today to take notes on the condition#and i was eating cookie dough from whole foods the whole time and i was like oh what a shame if this was to be ruined#*pops more cookie dough*#it's a great comfort to me that he spent the weekend in the home of a jew though#a good joke#just desserts
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DOUSHENKA BY EVA IBBOTSON He saw her sitting opposite him in the morning, cupping her bowl of coffee; saw her running towards him in the evening in an apron too big for her. He felt her hand creep from her muff into his pocket as they walked the snowy streets to buy their Christmas tree; dusted the pollen off her nose after he had brought her the first king-cups. By the gay and gilded fountains of Peterhof they bandied preposterous names for their unborn child. At night, in their bed, he told her that he loved her more than life itself.

#once upon a time eva ibbotson broke my heart in ten pages or less#and i would let her do it again#eva ibbotson#literature#bookedit#*
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Marie Antoinette went to extremes in the matter of extravagance and self-decoration, and lost her head because of it. But across the years she stands for an example of daintiness and luxury and pretty things. Look back over the pages of history and see how the loveliness of women has always spurred men—and nations—on to great achievement! Try to think of some woman who made a place for herself in world history, who swayed hearts and empires! These women wanted to choose their destinies—to be successful competitors in the great game of life.

Zelda Fitzgerald, “Paint And Powder” (The Smart Set, May 1929)

#gotta love how the message of this article is essentially 'even ugly women can be successful if they put mascara on'#oh zelly#the last sentence has me dying to put this in my anne tag#but alas i have abused my anne tag enough this month#zelda fitzgerald#literature