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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

The cat?

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't the mad woman in the attic a Mr Rochester thing?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Isn't digging up the corpse to hug them a Faulkner thing?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

How I feel when I recognize 2/3 references to legendary 19th century romance literature:

[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I’m on the Darcy wagon - hard.