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“If you have the ability to hate, you will hate Ethan Frome.” thinking about my high school friend who tried to explain the plot of ethan frome to me while sleep deprived and dissolved into hysterical laughter

“pit and the pendulum” slander thank god

NO SECTION DEDICATED TO VICTOR HUGO BUT FUCKING BEN JONSON GETS A SECTION? YOU HATE ME

you can tell i'm into the time periods i don't know so well because i have no funny quotes to post i'm just learning things

"Sade writes like the Ayn Rand of sexual violence." insane burn. jawdropping. i'd kill myself

"Rousseau is one of those artistes who rapturously extols the ennobling effect of manual labor, which he has never done, and is not offering to do."

no mention of diderot's softcore nun porn... sad

"To read Clarissa requires the patience God gave a sea sponge"

"[Samuel] Richardson was the opposite of a man's man. All his life, he preferred the company of women and the manners of women; he sincerely believed they were morally superior to men. Women loved Richardson back ... This love was platonic, but Richardson didn't mind..."

would estrogen have saved him. would estrogen have saved him

"It is hard not to enjoy Crusoe's steady mastery of his island" DOUBT! X TO DOUBT! IT WASN'T HARD AT ALL!