_Bertie, mid-crisis, seeking some form of moral support:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have a feeling that Fate is against me."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have a feeling that Fate is against me."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
_Bertie, mid-crisis, seeking some form of moral support:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have a feeling that Fate is against me."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have a feeling that Fate is against me."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
#tooearlyforcherries' third and final POV MC, Eugi, reporting for duty! She's our beloathed Underground Man. Base by Luciferaza. #characterdesign #costumedesign #ocposting #indieVN #indiegame #visualnovel #myoc #classiclit #horrorgame #indiehorror #solodev #horrorgamedev
October 27, 2026 at 11:31 PM
#tooearlyforcherries' third and final POV MC, Eugi, reporting for duty! She's our beloathed Underground Man. Base by Luciferaza. #characterdesign #costumedesign #ocposting #indieVN #indiegame #visualnovel #myoc #classiclit #horrorgame #indiehorror #solodev #horrorgamedev
_Bertie, on his family's pioneering contribution to nutritional science:_
"My Uncle George discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought."
— Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"My Uncle George discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought."
— Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
_Bertie, on his family's pioneering contribution to nutritional science:_
"My Uncle George discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought."
— Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"My Uncle George discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought."
— Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"He looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say 'when'."
— Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
"He looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say 'when'."
— Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
#tooearlyforcherries' second POV MC, Percy Blakeney, is done as well! His route is unlocked once you finish Peyton's. Base by Luciferaza. #characterdesign #costumedesign #ocposting #indieVN #indiegame #visualnovel #myoc #classiclit #horrorgame #indiehorror #solodev #horrorgamedev
October 26, 2026 at 10:37 PM
#tooearlyforcherries' second POV MC, Percy Blakeney, is done as well! His route is unlocked once you finish Peyton's. Base by Luciferaza. #characterdesign #costumedesign #ocposting #indieVN #indiegame #visualnovel #myoc #classiclit #horrorgame #indiehorror #solodev #horrorgamedev
_Bertie, after yet another last-minute deliverance:_
**Bertie:** "You know, Jeeves, you're a genius."
— Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "You know, Jeeves, you're a genius."
— Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 28, 2026 at 1:49 PM
_Bertie, after yet another last-minute deliverance:_
**Bertie:** "You know, Jeeves, you're a genius."
— Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "You know, Jeeves, you're a genius."
— Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
My design for miss Peyton Farquhar in ##tooearlyforcherries, our first POV MC! She's one of 3 genderbent classic lit characters. Base by Luciferaza. #characterdesign #costumedesign #ocposting #indieVN #indiegame #visualnovel #myoc #classiclit #horrorgame #indiehorror #solodev #horrorgamedev
October 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
My design for miss Peyton Farquhar in ##tooearlyforcherries, our first POV MC! She's one of 3 genderbent classic lit characters. Base by Luciferaza. #characterdesign #costumedesign #ocposting #indieVN #indiegame #visualnovel #myoc #classiclit #horrorgame #indiehorror #solodev #horrorgamedev
We'll start with Edgar Allan Poe. His poem "Dreamland," published in June 1844, features the word "Eidolon," meaning "apparition."
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
On a black throne reigns upright...
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#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
On a black throne reigns upright...
(2 of 2)
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
October 26, 2026 at 10:22 AM
We'll start with Edgar Allan Poe. His poem "Dreamland," published in June 1844, features the word "Eidolon," meaning "apparition."
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
On a black throne reigns upright...
(2 of 2)
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
On a black throne reigns upright...
(2 of 2)
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
"It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine."
— Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 26, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine."
— Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
The world's definitive vampire. Dracula by Bram Storker, available now. link.amazon/B0emMrUn6
#halloween #dracula #classiclit
#halloween #dracula #classiclit
October 24, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The world's definitive vampire. Dracula by Bram Storker, available now. link.amazon/B0emMrUn6
#halloween #dracula #classiclit
#halloween #dracula #classiclit
_Wodehouse, asked to describe his writing process:_
"I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit."
— Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Performing Flea (1953)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit."
— Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Performing Flea (1953)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 25, 2026 at 7:28 PM
_Wodehouse, asked to describe his writing process:_
"I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit."
— Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Performing Flea (1953)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit."
— Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Performing Flea (1953)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 26, 2026 at 1:53 PM
"She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"He moved through the crowd with the easy grace of a carthorse making its way through a field of standing corn."
— Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 24, 2026 at 11:50 AM
"He moved through the crowd with the easy grace of a carthorse making its way through a field of standing corn."
— Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
Hello! In honor of Halloween, we'll be looking at some of the favorite words of classic horror authors. Think of this as "scary words from scary writers."
Our source for definitions is the Twelfth Edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
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#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
Our source for definitions is the Twelfth Edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
(1 of 2)
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
October 26, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Hello! In honor of Halloween, we'll be looking at some of the favorite words of classic horror authors. Think of this as "scary words from scary writers."
Our source for definitions is the Twelfth Edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
(1 of 2)
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
Our source for definitions is the Twelfth Edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
(1 of 2)
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
Our "scary word" for today is from H. P. Lovecraft. It's "eldritch," meaning "strange or unnatural, especially in a way that inspires fear."
If you haven't read HPL, start here: www.hplovecraft.com/writings/tex...
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
If you haven't read HPL, start here: www.hplovecraft.com/writings/tex...
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
"The Call of Cthulhu" by H. P. Lovecraft
'The Call of Cthulhu' by H. P. Lovecraft
www.hplovecraft.com
October 27, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Our "scary word" for today is from H. P. Lovecraft. It's "eldritch," meaning "strange or unnatural, especially in a way that inspires fear."
If you haven't read HPL, start here: www.hplovecraft.com/writings/tex...
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
If you haven't read HPL, start here: www.hplovecraft.com/writings/tex...
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
**Bertie**
"Aunt Agatha is not a woman who is lightly thwarted."
— The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Aunt Agatha is not a woman who is lightly thwarted."
— The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 22, 2026 at 8:26 PM
**Bertie**
"Aunt Agatha is not a woman who is lightly thwarted."
— The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Aunt Agatha is not a woman who is lightly thwarted."
— The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
Our "scary word" for today is from M. R. James. It's "preceptory," meaning "a subordinate house or community of the Knights Templars."
See "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad," from "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" (1904):
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8486
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
See "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad," from "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" (1904):
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8486
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James. Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.
www.gutenberg.org
October 28, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Our "scary word" for today is from M. R. James. It's "preceptory," meaning "a subordinate house or community of the Knights Templars."
See "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad," from "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" (1904):
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8486
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
See "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad," from "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" (1904):
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8486
#ClassicLit #EarlyModernEnglish
_On whether sartorial standards may be relaxed during a crisis:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what do ties matter at a time like this?"
— The Code of the Woosters (1938)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what do ties matter at a time like this?"
— The Code of the Woosters (1938)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 21, 2026 at 12:42 PM
_On whether sartorial standards may be relaxed during a crisis:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what do ties matter at a time like this?"
— The Code of the Woosters (1938)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what do ties matter at a time like this?"
— The Code of the Woosters (1938)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
Bertie, surveying the wreckage of his latest scheme:
"I could see that Fate had been getting the short end of it from the start and was in no mood to make allowances for human frailty."
— Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"I could see that Fate had been getting the short end of it from the start and was in no mood to make allowances for human frailty."
— Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 23, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Bertie, surveying the wreckage of his latest scheme:
"I could see that Fate had been getting the short end of it from the start and was in no mood to make allowances for human frailty."
— Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"I could see that Fate had been getting the short end of it from the start and was in no mood to make allowances for human frailty."
— Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_Bertie, emerging unscathed from yet another entanglement:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what would I do without you?"
— Thank You, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what would I do without you?"
— Thank You, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
_Bertie, emerging unscathed from yet another entanglement:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what would I do without you?"
— Thank You, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what would I do without you?"
— Thank You, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"She entered the room in the manner of one who has just received a nasty letter from the income-tax authorities."
— Jeeves in the Offing (1960)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Jeeves in the Offing (1960)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 19, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"She entered the room in the manner of one who has just received a nasty letter from the income-tax authorities."
— Jeeves in the Offing (1960)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Jeeves in the Offing (1960)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie**
"Tuppy Glossop is the sort of chap who, given a delicate situation, can be relied upon to select the most injurious course of action available and pursue it with enthusiasm."
— Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Tuppy Glossop is the sort of chap who, given a delicate situation, can be relied upon to select the most injurious course of action available and pursue it with enthusiasm."
— Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
**Bertie**
"Tuppy Glossop is the sort of chap who, given a delicate situation, can be relied upon to select the most injurious course of action available and pursue it with enthusiasm."
— Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Tuppy Glossop is the sort of chap who, given a delicate situation, can be relied upon to select the most injurious course of action available and pursue it with enthusiasm."
— Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"He sprang to his feet with the agility of a man of sixty-five who has been stung by a wasp."
— Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"He sprang to his feet with the agility of a man of sixty-five who has been stung by a wasp."
— Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_Bertie, passing on the sum total of his uncle's worldly wisdom:_
"Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache."
— Bertie, Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache."
— Bertie, Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 20, 2026 at 12:31 PM
_Bertie, passing on the sum total of his uncle's worldly wisdom:_
"Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache."
— Bertie, Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache."
— Bertie, Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"She sagged. Not much, but perceptibly — like a leaky tyre."
— Thank You, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Thank You, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
October 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
"She sagged. Not much, but perceptibly — like a leaky tyre."
— Thank You, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— Thank You, Jeeves (1934)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit