The Belletrist Archive: Archive

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Nov 22nd

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Nov 22nd

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In the Moated Grange...or rather Escaping It

Dear ladies and gentlemen of tumblr, I wrote the following note in August of this year and have intended to post it ever since. I apologize for the delay. In the interim life swept me up for a while and I was too overwhelmed to—what’s the verb I’m looking for?—tumbl. That doesn’t mean I stopped caring about this account though, I have missed the interesting conversations that occur here. I’m back...

Nov 20th

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Jul 27th

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Consulting dragon

thebritishteapot: Oh god I had to do it, I love Cumbersmaug (and I had never drawn a dragon before) Hahahha! Instead of a wink and a tongue click it can be a wink and a little jet of flame!

Jul 27th

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jay-z-r-us: tumblr is great because I know the plotline of at least fifteen different tv series without ever having seen an episode But when I come cross a post about show that I want to watch and still be surprised by…I have to squint & scroll really fact in case there are spoilers.

Jul 27th

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Jul 27th

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Jul 20th

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Jul 20th

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Jul 20th

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Fictional Characters: For All Time

anglofile: spicyshimmy: how is it possible to love fictional characters this much and also have people always been this way? like, did queen elizabeth lie in bed late sometimes thinking ‘VERILY I CANNOT EVEN FOR MERCUTIO HATH SLAIN ME WITH FEELS’ was caesar like ‘ET TU ODYSSEUS’ sometimes i wonder If the claim that Queen Elizabeth I personally requested that Shakespeare write a play...

Jul 17th

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Jul 10th

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Jul 10th

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Jul 10th

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Jul 5th

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Jul 2nd

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Jul 2nd

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Jul 2nd

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Jul 2nd

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Jul 2nd

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Jul 2nd

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Jul 2nd

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Kitty, a fair but frozen maid:... →

silvestria: thebelletristarchive replied to your post: Having thoughts about an original story idea that never got off the ground. Oh my…I am so very excited to hear about this story! How long it takes for you to finish a draft & edit it doesn’t matter, because I will be delighted to read it Silvestria! Awww bless you! :) It may well be several years… UC needs to be finished or at...

Jun 27th

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Jun 27th

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Jun 25th

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Jun 25th

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What we read →

emmadelosnardos: eccecorinna answered your question: Brainy types… Currently reading some things on spiritualism, and post-WW1 Britain. good stuff. Spiritualism! Does this have to do with ACD? roane72 answered your question: Brainy types… I… suddenly feel less brainy, because I’m not reading anything to educate myself right now. Or, pretty much ever, really. Oh, Roane! I...

Jun 22nd

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Jun 19th

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FFNet restrictions →

silvestria: There’s a rumour going around currently that FFNet is deleting M rated fanfictions with no notice at random. Personally, I see no reason to fly into a massive panic because this seems very unlikely and I’ve just heard on the grapevine that someone has heard that someone else knew someone who got… Reblogging because I think quite a few of my followers write fanfiction and...

Jun 8th

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Jun 5th

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I hear bagpipes outside my window.

curiiouser: WHAT. Edit: So, I looked out the window and I saw absolutely nothing, but I’m 100% certain that I distinctly heard bagpipes right below my window or at least somewhere out on the streets. My mother isn’t even watching the television downstairs, so… what does this mean? I like bagpipes, so I am rather envious that you can hear them. A Celtic ghost is a possibility, although I doubt...

Jun 2nd

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Cross out what you’ve already read. Six is the... →

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Harry Potter series - JK Rowling To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee The Bible - Council of Nicea Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Little Women - Louisa M Alcott Tess of the...

Jun 1st

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May 31st

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Sherlock Fanfiction Blogs

I’ve blogged a lot about BBC Sherlock, writing, literature, and fanfiction; however, I have found very few fanfiction stories to be enthralling. Most of them just do not match the series upon which they are based or have other factors which I dislike. One exception which I recently found are the blogs textneversent and waitingat221b. These two blogs present parallel stories from the view...

May 24th

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May 23rd

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May 23rd

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“I think he’s basically - he didn’t start this way. He’s brilliant, he was...”

– Benedict Cumberbatch, when asked about his character Sherlock Holmes. (x)

May 23rd

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Sherlock Timeline of Series 1 and 2 (condensed... →

lyrical-sky: Sherlock Timeline of Series 1 and 2 (approx. 18-24 months) Here is the timeline of Series 1 and 2 (based on entries from John’s blog, screen captions from the episodes, and various screenshots of dates on mobile phones, newspaper articles, etc. from Series 1 and 2): * Now that more information is available, I’m currently working on a much longer and more comprehensive edition of...

May 23rd

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