Illustration From The Two Brothers For Grimm's Fairy Tales By Elenore Abbott (1920)

My December reads. The Woman in White has been attempted many times, but I'm determined to finish it this time around. Feeling powerful and capable now that I've discovered audiobooks.

Illustrations from Stories from Hans Christian Andersen by Edmund Dulac (1911)

"O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,"

And that dialogue about the Minotaur still haunts me…

The Awakening Of The Poet, Gabriel Ferrier (1899)

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The Bath of Venus (1898-1904, oil on canvas) | Charles Shannon

A Self-Portrait’, of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1847

The snow Queen by Artuš Scheiner (1863 – 1938)

April's harvest. Not much, but honest work.

Beware of Pity was an easy, effortless winner. What an amazing book, and a great introduction to Zweig. It inspired me immensely—I have pages and pages worth of notes and quotes, and I'm so very excited to read more.

Possession can easily count as two separate works, and, therefore, was twice as taxing to read. It was alright, really, and the author was brilliant for coming up with so much "lore," but it was simply not my cup of tea. Where people see great romance, I see a self-centered man whose actions are destructive to the point of ruining lives. I understand that humans are flawed, I do! But I don't like a story full of bad actions and worse consequences of those extremely flawed beings to be presented on a plate with gold rims and called something it's not.

I have the most to say about Daisy Miller, but, perhaps I'll save it for later—a long thinkpiece, likely. It's a short story, but I just adored it. I love love love a tragedy, and it really scratched all the right spots. It's a very thought-provoking piece; it had me thinking and pondering on its meaning for days.

O Caledonia was recommended to me by positively everyone, and glazed from every angle, so I will just say that I went into it with expectations raised a bit too high. It's good for what it is, but I can't call it a revolutionary work. It's a cute coming-of-age story with a great setting that I, personally, couldn't relate to, but I know many people did and will.