Just read ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ on Qucee. Seriously. G.G.’s note at the start… that was wild. Like, a smack in the face. Someone gave me this recommendation, my auntie Nomusa, no less! She usually reads gardening magazines. This whole thing feels… deliberately unsettling. It’s not about ‘morals’ or a proper plot. Just… floatin’ down a river with a kid and a slave. stays with you about all the things we don't say. Heavy. #classiclit #marktwain #reading

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The Story of Blue Beard by Charles Perrault

This is a letter octavo book hand foiled in silver, gold, and red. The story & images all came from Project Gutenberg. Typeset created by me. Cover design by me.

I will be selling these at The Obscure Distillery’s Summer Solstice Night Market in Los Angeles on June 16th. Come by and check it out!

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"It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine."

— Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935)

#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

"The laughs, which had started well, faded like a bugle call in a distant wood."

— Carry On, Jeeves (1925)

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"She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season."

— The Mating Season (1949)

#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

"He looked like a sheep with a secret sorrow."

— The Code of the Woosters (1938)

#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit

Sometimes we all need to be reminded of obvious shit.

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