“The world of Gothic fiction resembles nothing so much as the hall of mirrors in an amusement park horror house. Lost in a labyrinth, the victim is confronted at every turn with variations on one endlessly reduplicated image. That the image is in some way his or her own makes the comparison particularly apt, for the essential quality of the haunted mind is an inability to see anything but itself. What T. S. Eliot called “the awful privacy of the insane mind” results from the sick ego’s tendency to expand its circumference to encompass the world. In this Gothic vision, egotism and anxiety expand the self to monstrous proportions, sucking everything into one vortex of horror, until there is no division between the me and the not–me. In Radcliffe’s and Lewis’s prisons there is at least the possibility of escape, but this prison offers its solitary inmate no walls to get beyond.”
—Eugenia C. Delamotte,Perils of the Night: A Feminist Study of Nineteenth-Century Gothic, 1990.
running around in my bathrobe at 1 am desperately trying to find that one assignment that’s due tomorrow makes me feel like the crazy wife in the attic in the best way possible
I just want to wander a thorn-covered castle by candlelight, write you love letters as a storm thunders outside, and drink red wine as I read poetry by the fire.
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This is What Manner of Man (working title), a queer vampire romance novel about a naive young priest sent to a remote island to exorcise the demons that are allegedly tormenting the villagers — but what happens when the priest begins to suspect his host, the mysterious, nocturnal lord of the local manor, may have invited him another reason entirely? And what happens when the supposedly celibate priest finds he cannot resist his host’s powerful charms?
I’ve been so into Dracula Daily I’ve begun work on a serial vampire novel of my own. The first chapter will go out January 2023!
My design for Justine Moritz from the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley ♥
It was very interesting researching what working women wore in the 18th century and I ended up having so much fun designing her! :) (And then redesigning her a few dozen times too!! XD )
My design(s) for Elizabeth Lavenza from Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” ❤️
In the 1818 version she is described as having dark auburn hair and hazel eyes and in the 1831 revised version she is described with golden hair and blue eyes, so I thought I’d draw both :)
Also I tried to dress her authentically so I hope you’re proud of me because 1780s to 1790s women’s fashion is very confusing XD
My own take on a design for Victor Frankenstein from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
(Specifically this is meant to be Victor around the time he was studying at the university of Ingolstadt.)
I feel I should specify this is based almost exclusively on his character in the book, so not an AU and also not drawn for any other reason than to try and appease my slightly obsessing mind XD
This isn’t necessarily his finalised design, but for this little project I thought it would be fun to share my character designs with you all as I draw them :)
I have also drawn designs for some of the other characters already, so expect more Frankenstein drawings in the near future my dears ♥
I live in the UK, and it’s been raining every day this week. If you’re anything like me, you’ll enjoy these atmospheric books to read while you’re curled up in your warm bed, it’s dark outside, and the rain and wind are tapping against your window. (ig: @allie.writes)
