Monica Descalzi
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Jane Austen fan, Shakespeare lover. Literature, history, art, and nature.
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Pinned
If I can stop one Heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching,
Or cool one Pain,
Or help one fainting Robin
Unto his Nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
#EmilyDickinson
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching,
Or cool one Pain,
Or help one fainting Robin
Unto his Nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
#EmilyDickinson
Mrs Bennet was really in a most pitiable state. The very mention of anything concerning the match threw her into an agony of ill-humour, and wherever she went she was sure of hearing it talked of.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
February 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Mrs Bennet was really in a most pitiable state. The very mention of anything concerning the match threw her into an agony of ill-humour, and wherever she went she was sure of hearing it talked of.
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night
And his affections dark as Erebus:
Let no such man be trusted.
MV 5.1
#ShakespeareSunday
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night
And his affections dark as Erebus:
Let no such man be trusted.
MV 5.1
#ShakespeareSunday
February 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night
And his affections dark as Erebus:
Let no such man be trusted.
MV 5.1
#ShakespeareSunday
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night
And his affections dark as Erebus:
Let no such man be trusted.
MV 5.1
#ShakespeareSunday
February 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
February 15, 2026 at 12:41 AM
February 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
February 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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February 15, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
TN 1.1
#ShakespeareSunday
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
TN 1.1
#ShakespeareSunday
February 15, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
TN 1.1
#ShakespeareSunday
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
TN 1.1
#ShakespeareSunday
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
February 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
For this was on Seynt Valentynes day,
Whan every foul cometh there to chese his make,
Of every kynde that men thynke may.
#Chaucer, The Parliament of Fowls
Whan every foul cometh there to chese his make,
Of every kynde that men thynke may.
#Chaucer, The Parliament of Fowls
February 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
For this was on Seynt Valentynes day,
Whan every foul cometh there to chese his make,
Of every kynde that men thynke may.
#Chaucer, The Parliament of Fowls
Whan every foul cometh there to chese his make,
Of every kynde that men thynke may.
#Chaucer, The Parliament of Fowls
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
H 4.5
#Shakespeare #ValentinesDay
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
H 4.5
#Shakespeare #ValentinesDay
February 14, 2026 at 1:22 AM
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
H 4.5
#Shakespeare #ValentinesDay
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
H 4.5
#Shakespeare #ValentinesDay
He was too happy, however, to need much attention; and, luckily for the others, the business of love-making relieved them from a great deal of his company.
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 AM
He was too happy, however, to need much attention; and, luckily for the others, the business of love-making relieved them from a great deal of his company.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
Mr Collins returned most punctually on the Monday fortnight, but his reception at Longbourn was not quite so gracious as it had been on his first introduction.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Mr Collins returned most punctually on the Monday fortnight, but his reception at Longbourn was not quite so gracious as it had been on his first introduction.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
But as no such delicacy restrained her mother, an hour seldom passed in which she did not talk of Bingley, express her impatience for his arrival, or even require Jane to confess that if he did not come back, she should think herself very ill used.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
February 12, 2026 at 12:28 AM
But as no such delicacy restrained her mother, an hour seldom passed in which she did not talk of Bingley, express her impatience for his arrival, or even require Jane to confess that if he did not come back, she should think herself very ill used.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
As for Jane, her anxiety under this suspence was, of course, more painful than Elizabeth's; but whatever she felt she was desirous of concealing, and between herself and Elizabeth, therefore, the subject was never alluded to.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
As for Jane, her anxiety under this suspence was, of course, more painful than Elizabeth's; but whatever she felt she was desirous of concealing, and between herself and Elizabeth, therefore, the subject was never alluded to.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
The united efforts of his two unfeeling sisters and of his overpowering friend, assisted by the attractions of Miss Darcy and the amusements of London, might be too much, she feared, for the strength of his attachment.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The united efforts of his two unfeeling sisters and of his overpowering friend, assisted by the attractions of Miss Darcy and the amusements of London, might be too much, she feared, for the strength of his attachment.
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Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
Even Elizabeth began to fear -- not that Bingley was indifferent -- but that his sisters would be successful in keeping him away.
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
February 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Even Elizabeth began to fear -- not that Bingley was indifferent -- but that his sisters would be successful in keeping him away.
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice
Jane Austen
It was, after all, mourning jewellery and not a fashion statement.
#CharlotteBrontë's bracelet
#EmilyBrontë #AnneBrontë
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#CharlotteBrontë's bracelet
#EmilyBrontë #AnneBrontë
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The Wuthering Heights Bracelet
I’m sure you’ve noticed that there’s a new ‘Wuthering Heights’ film coming out next week (a still from it is featured at the head of this post)? Its adverts are as ubiquitous on billboards as they …
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February 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
It was, after all, mourning jewellery and not a fashion statement.
#CharlotteBrontë's bracelet
#EmilyBrontë #AnneBrontë
@nickholland.bsky.social
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#CharlotteBrontë's bracelet
#EmilyBrontë #AnneBrontë
@nickholland.bsky.social
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I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
S 130
#ShakespeareSunday
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
S 130
#ShakespeareSunday
February 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
S 130
#ShakespeareSunday
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
S 130
#ShakespeareSunday
February 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM