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Literary history that happened on 12 July

"Circe" by Beatrice Offor (1911).

Orpheus and Eurydice, Edward Poynter, 1862

i heard the music of true forgiveness filling the theater, conferring on all who sat there, perfect absolution. god was singing through this little man to all the world, unstoppable, making my defeat more bitter with every passing bar.

amadeus, nineteen-eight four — dir. miloš forman.

Lucretia, 1664 (detail) Rembrandt.

juliane marie, queen of denmark and norway and princess of brunswick-wolfenbüttel-bevern

vigilius eriksen, 1776

Jan Van Eyck c. 1434

Arnolfini Wedding (detail)

Woman in art: Portrait details, by John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)

Giveaway Contest: To celebrate 2020, we’re giving away twenty paperback classics featuring Truman Capote, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, John Steinbeck, Agatha Christie, and others! Won’t this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on February 29, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, we’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck!

some pics of my current afternoon reading; catching up on Fitzgerald this time!! ✨