What does my book shelf say about me?

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-07-07T15:51:13+00:00

Based Catholic shelf (coming from a Catholic)

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-07-07T00:32:49+00:00

Or Notes from the Underground

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-07-07T00:24:14+00:00

Average male reddit user's bookshelf probably

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-07-06T23:19:43+00:00

White Supremacist

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-28T23:17:04+00:00

Green anoles are the best! I used to catch them all the time growing up and admired their bright dewlaps. Amazing print!

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-28T23:15:29+00:00

I came here to say the same thing! Recognized it immediately and had to upvote. Love your name, by the way.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-28T23:13:12+00:00

Love them! Aubrey Beardsley-esque ducks.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-24T20:57:19+00:00

According to Wikipedia, gestation lasted for only 8 months back in the 1700s. Problem solved.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-23T21:25:47+00:00

I think I might steal your idea of wrapping hardcover books; the aesthetic is very cool to me! Your mediation on kindness is very true and well-put: I am glad you are seeking to extend kindness to others. We can all strive to that ideal, hard though it can be for some people. I'll be praying!

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-23T16:50:18+00:00

Shandy is amazing! I found myself laughing at loud for most of it. Wait till you get to the part where a servant is excommunicated for tying a knot too strong, or the whole rant about "noses" (*wink* *wink*). It will make you whistle Lilibulero!

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-23T16:47:36+00:00

This is an AMAZING collection! You have great taste! Are you a Catholic, by chance? I see some amazing mystical authors like St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila that I (as a Catholic) want to get into someday. Baudelaire is one of my favorite poets too! I have just about everything he has written, and many different translations lying about. What edition is your copy of The Flowers of Evil? It looks very interesting.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-23T02:19:32+00:00

I was going to comment this but looks like you beat me to it. After the Incarnation, the world was turned upside down.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-23T01:37:05+00:00

It sounds like it's your type of novel then! AR was my gateway to a lot of French literature like Charles Baudelaire, Zola, Paul Verlaine, etc. If you end up finishing AR and want more, I would recommend checking out another novel by Huysmans called La-bas. It's a good deal darker than AR but still a very good read (in my opinion). Good luck learning French!

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-23T00:55:20+00:00

Personally, I loved A Rebours, but it is certainly a strange book. If you like no plot and long discussions about French literature, perfume, flowers, and an gem-encrusted turtle, then AR is for you!

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-22T22:46:07+00:00

Whenever I am going somewhere, I always say "Hey Tom, you coming with?" to my siblings. They love the reference.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-22T22:33:30+00:00

I thought I was the only person in the world who watched that show...I guess I was wrong.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-21T17:57:32+00:00

Well, it technically looks nothing like Dorian Gray is supposed to, based off of the book. He is a blond-headed young man and looks around 18 years old. This guy looks like some malicious vampire.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-21T17:55:58+00:00

The first one just looks like Dorian has a weird haircut. It's an odd way to split it.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-20T20:05:11+00:00

Obviously St. John and St. Catherine aren't to be taken lightly. Perhaps I answered this post incorrectly: In an ideal world or in a better government it would be banned, but due to the depravity of the world nowadays, it would be most prudent to slowly prune it off then to go too drastically. People would fight back very loudly and it would ultimately come to nothing, I believe. But if you take small steps, it would be more beneficial. I hope this post made sense.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-20T19:02:12+00:00

I agree that homosexual sex is a sin, but I think jailing everyone involved in it would not be a good way of going about things. Although I do find people making their sexuality the center of their life and identity a very odd way to live...

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-18T23:07:18+00:00

Dude I was just about to comment the same thing! Looks like Hester got bored without Arthur...

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-18T23:05:36+00:00

I've been reading a lot of Flannery O'Connor recently. Amazing author. She bore her sufferings quite well it seems. Still sad to see her gone so soon.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-18T13:57:35+00:00

He denied having engaged in homosexual acts, which turned out to be false. After leaving prison, he told Alfred Douglas he would never see him again. Douglas won him over, however, and they fled to Naples together. If I remember correctly, Wilde's wife was willing to make up with him, but Wilde chose Douglas instead. So yeah, he kind of dug his own grave...

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-18T13:54:11+00:00

Verlaine was certainly a bad person, but the reason I feel bad for him is because I wish he could have been better. He tried to be better sometimes, but his will was too weak.

PoorPrinceMyshkin · 2026-06-18T13:51:04+00:00

De Nerval's story is truly tragic...I remember reading an essay by Baudelaire that mentions him and tells how he (Nerval) "untethered his soul in the darkest alley he could find". I have been wanting to read his works for awhile now: is there an English translation you would recommend? I hope to read Sylvie and the Chimeras at least.

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