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Complete Poems and Plays,: 1909-1950 | T S Eliot

🩵 I love how my bestie and I fall into our old rhythms so easily.
🩵 Went thrifting with my bestie and scored The Complete Poems and Plays of TS Eliot for $2
🩵 GOOD TROUBLE
🩵 I'm so grateful for the litsy community. Y'all are so supportive and smart and amazing!
🩵 I'm grateful to myself this week for recognizing my limits AND taking steps to make sure I take time to rest. It's hard for me, and I'm proud of myself.
#5joysfriday @debinhawaii

ChaoticMissAdventures Resting is so hard. I went back to my therapist last month to have her help me. In this climate? Who is able?!? I hope you are successful in your steps to rest. 1d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝 Take good care of yourself 🙏🏼💝. 1d

Aims42 Such great joys!! 💛🧡🩷 1d

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kspenmoll So so glad you are working on taking care of you- stopping & resting & refreshing is so important! I have always had Friday after work as my rest night- shut out the world, read, reflect. The I could/can face whatever the weekend brought/brings. 1d

MemoirsForMe ❤️❤️❤️ 1d

Amiable 💙🩵💙 1d

lil1inblue @ChaoticMissAdventures Right?!?! It's madness. 1d

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 🫂🩵 1d

lil1inblue @Aims42 Thanks! 🥰 1d

lil1inblue @kspenmoll Thank you! Your Friday night sounds like a brilliant plan. I may need to borrow that idea! 🥰🥰🥰 1d

lil1inblue @MemoirsForMe @Amiable 🩵🥰🩵 1d

dabbe What a F🤩B list! 💙🩵💙 23h

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nanuska_153

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays | Oscar Wilde

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A nice collection of Oscar Wilde's plays. The Importance of being Earnest is so funny, I laughed out loud more than once, the concept of Bunburying absolutely brilliant.Lady Windermere's fan was probably my favourite, less funny but the characters have a bit more flesh. Some characters and dialogues of A woman of no importance reminded me a bit too much of The Picture of Dorian Gray and felt like a re-read at times, but I really enjoyed the plot⬇️

nanuska_153 I liked An Ideal Husband although I found the resolution of the problems a bit forced, I read afterwards that Wilde struggled to find a solution for it and I think it shows. Salome was my least favourite, but I find Biblical themes and language exhausting, so it was never going to be for me. Really enjoyed all the plays overall, I will revisit them in the future, you just don't get tired of Wilde's intelligent dialogues. 3d

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LitsyEvents

A Midsummer-night's Dream | William Shakespeare

Repost for @LunaKay

Hey Littens,

I hope the motivation to read some classics is not affected by the heat (at least over here in Germany it is very, very hot). 🥵🌴

For the 3rd quarter, we'll tackle some stage writing!

Grab some lemonade, enjoy and tag me in your posts!☀️🏖

#classicschallenge2025

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Lunakay

A Midsummer-night's Dream | William Shakespeare

Hey Littens,

I hope the motivation to read some classics is not affected by the heat (at least over here in Germany it is very, very hot). 🥵🌴

For the 3rd quarter, we'll tackle some stage writing!

Grab some lemonade, enjoy and tag me in your posts!☀️🏖

(It's so hot, I asked the AI to design a cool pic for us😂)#classicschallenge2025

Lunakay @LitsyEvents @Dilara @TheSpineView @BarbaraJean @AnishaInkspill @LapReader @AvidReader25 @BookBelle84 @Kristy_K 5d

Dilara Great! That should help me make some room on my TBR shelf...

(It's very hot in France too 🔥) 5d

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Pip2

Death of a Salesman (School & Library) | Arthur Miller

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Definitely displays what life can be when someone is not in tune with what is important in life. It‘s not about how much you make, or the prestige that one has, it‘s not about what others think about you, it‘s about close relationships with the people you love and fulfilling quality time and memories with them. Call off, turn off the television, go to the beach, and read a good book. Don‘t dwell on the past and enjoy the present.

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LiseWorks

Picnic | William Inge

#JuneSpecials Picnic. When I looked up songs that deal with picnic, thus song was included. I don't see it, but since Led Zeppelin is the best group ever! I'll take their word for it. Ha! Dwyer Mak'er @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love them! 2w

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2w

Eggs 🤩🥳🤩 2w

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Mattsbookaday

Elizabeth Rex | Timothy Findley, Paul Thompson

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Elizabeth Rex, by Timothy Findley (2000 🇨🇦)
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Premise: On the night before her lover is put to death on her orders, a restless Queen Elizabeth I spends time with William Shakespeare‘s troupe and gets into a battle of wits about the performance of gender with a man who has spent his whole career in drag.

Review: This is probably my favourite play-as-literature thus far. Cont.

Mattsbookaday The premise is great, the dialogue sharp (and often funny), and the exploration of power, gender, and love utterly fascinating. The scenes among the two ‘queens‘ and Shakespeare are absolutely where this shines; the rest felt mostly inconsequential, but was far from dragging the play down. 3w

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dabbe

Macbeth | William Shakespeare

#haikuhive
#haikuaday

Ghost guest at banquet.
Only Macbeth sees Banquo.
Crown weighs heavy now.

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Reggie, vivastory, Eggs, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, TheSpineView, CBee, Jari-chan, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

TheSpineView Shakespeare!! I'm loving it! ❤️❤️❤️ 3w

JenlovesJT47 Nice and eerie, very atmospheric! 🖤🐝💛 3w

lil1inblue Love this! Chef's kiss! 😘 👌 3w

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Itchyfeetreader This is so fun. Love it! 3w

Jari-chan Uh, spooky!! 3w

dabbe @TheSpineView @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @Itchyfeetreader @Jari-chan This is my favorite play of Shakespeare's (and his shortest! 🤣) TY! 🖤🐝🖤 3w

AnnCrystal Yikes! 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📜🐝💝. 3w

dabbe @AnnCrystal #indeedy! 🖤🐝🖤 3w

BooksandCoffee4Me Love your literary haikus! 💛💛💛 3w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me TY! 🖤🐝🖤 3w

julieclair Oooohhhh…. love this. And great art, too! 🖤🐝🖤 3w

Eggs Wonderful! I am going to try a haiku review next!! 3w

dabbe @julieclair I wish I could claim the art! 🖤🐝🖤 3w

dabbe @Eggs Can't wait! 🖤🐝🖤 3w

bellabella So true. So cool.❤ 3w

dabbe @bellabella TY! 🖤🐝🖤 3w

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ErikasMindfulShelf

The Crucible | Arthur Miller

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Read The Crucible to get ready to watch John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway.

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dabbe

The Crucible | Arthur Miller

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

#thecrucible

Nooses whisper as
the girls' lies waft through Salem––
truth burning in flames.

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Reggie, vivastory, Eggs, jdiehr, TheSpineView, CBee, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

JenlovesJT47 Ooh this is creepy! 💛🐝🖤 1mo

AnnCrystal Chilling 🥺🐝👍🏼⭐🐝💝. 1mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal One of my favorite plays that I ever taught! 🖤🐝🖤 1mo

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Eggs Oooo this is chilling 😱🥶 1mo

JenlovesJT47 I have an ancestor who was tried as a witch but she got off. 😬 1mo

dabbe @Eggs I was in a creepy mood today! 🩶🖤🩶 1mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 In the Salem Witch Trials? W😱WZA! 😱😱 1mo

JenlovesJT47 I don‘t remember if it was Salem but that‘s crazy! Every time I read up/watch anything about the witch trials it seems like a made up story. I just can‘t believe people are that cruel and ignorant. 1mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🆒🎭👍🏼💝. 1mo

AnnCrystal Wow, that's incredible family history! @JenlovesJT47 have you seen Witch Hunt (2021)? It was slow but good and incredibly terrifying. Can't even watch it right now because, well, because of this chaotic world we call reality. 1mo

TheSpineView Wow! 💛🐝💛 1mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🎯🩵🎯 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐝🖤 1mo

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🐝🖤 1mo

JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal I haven‘t seen it but I‘ll add it to my list! Have you read the Practical Magic series? One of the books is set during the witch trials and it is so good. Actually they‘re all great imo! 1mo

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 🥳🎬💝. I've only seen the 1998 movie (I believe it's from one of the books). I've heard the books are really good and even more magical ☺️👍🏼💝. 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 Is that the movie with Bullock and Kidman in the 90s? I loved it if it is. And I only read the first book in the series. More for the TBR! 🤩 1mo

JenlovesJT47 Yes that‘s the one! The movie is good but the books are amazing 😻 1mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe @JenlovesJT47 been years since I've seen the movie...but I really liked it. Adding these books to my TBR too. Thanks JenlovesJT47 🥳📚💝. 1mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal Cool beans! Time to read some more! 🤩 1mo

julieclair Oh my goodness, this is so atmospheric! I remember visiting Salem when I was about 9 or 10 years old. They re-enacted a witch trial and hung the witch at the end. It made quite an impact on my young self. Even then, I felt the supreme injustice of it. 4w

dabbe @julieclair TY! I would have loved to have seen that! I have always been fascinated by the witch trials--way back to when I was about the same age! No wonder I love Halloween. But, you're absolutely right--the absolute horrendous injustice of it all. 4w

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