“Oh, the Brontës made tiny, adorable books as children, what a whimsically elfin set of juvenilia, hooray for the enchanting teeny-weeny Brontës. What a wee, fetching pursuit for precocious children, these improbably-sized books made with fairies’ wings and baby angel stitches.”
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WELL, THE BRONTËS’ JUVENILIA CAN SUCK IT:
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“This is one of a collection of twelve giant books made in 1715 by a priest in New Spain (as in Spanish colonial Mexico), currently being preserved by the library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Nearly a meter long, made with animal skin, wood and leather caps containing scripts for religious ceremonies in convents during the colonial era, they were found by a graphic documents restorer, Tania Estrada, who tracked down the books which were donated to various libraries in Mexico in 1915.”
1. The Brontës didn’t even write twelve regular-sized books in their entire LIVES
2. Giant books are cooler than tiny books
3. Look at how big that book is
4. You could probably fit four actual Brontës in that giant book. They could all die of tuberculosis in there
5. The Brontës can suck it
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I want giant book versions of some of the books in my collection! Then I could definitely feel like I was inside the story.
*sits inside book* i’m really a part of this now
I now want to go curl up *in* a good book.
I would when I get home but I fear I would crack the spines terribly. 🙁
Guuuuuuuuuys I saw an Audubon Double Elephant folio close up recently and it is the MOST giant and the MOST beautiful and the MOST full of birds.
Did he just squash them in there, like in an herbarium? They must be using a LOT of mercury to keep them from being et.
So I’m dealing with the kind of morning sickness that covers approximately 22 hours of the day, so this made me first laugh and then gag. Bless you.
A+ use of “et,” would thumbs-up again.
“Praise Him with well-sounding cymbalsbbbbbbbbbb”
-Psalmb 150
That “big” bible is for tiny babies. You want big, you want the Waynai Bible! 43 inches tall! 34 inches at the spine! 1,094 pounds! EIGHT THOUSAND PAGES OF DIVINELY INSPIRED MADNESS!!!
Yo I’mma let you finish, but the Klencke Atlas is one of the biggest books of all time!
The Brontës are the best, and anyone else can suck it.
Exhibit A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NKXNThJ610&f…
Exhibit B: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=202
Brontësaurus! OMG, that is the best!
when i was in new york last month, the morgan library had an exhibit of miniatures from the 1500s, and i spent pretty much the entire time clutching my face in horror/amazement.
NO I MISSED SOMETHING AMAZING
i need to see this
Hoping this leads to a Pressed Faerie variant with squashed Brontes inside.
“Squashed Brontes”….HEE! Served with a leek tart and pumpkin custard, of course.
But are there tiny horses in their tiny books?
But are there tiny horses in their tiny books?
Yeah, there must not have been a whole lot for them to do. One can only spend so much time wandering around the moors.
And the weather wasn’t too cooperative either, I bet.
I want giant books. I don’t care if they’re ancient calfskin or beat-up old teacher editions of Kindergarten read-alouds. I just want them.
And a giant bookcase.
And giant bookends.
And a giant cat to lounge in front of me stopping me from being able to see the giant words in my giant books.
Why even write a book if you’re gonna make it small? Where can I buy a 5×5 yard copy of Texts From Jane Eyre??
Why even write a book if you're gonna make it small? Where can I buy a 5×5 yard copy of Texts From Jane Eyre??
She’s like Indiana Jones but for big books hiding in Mexican libraries!
I like how the letters are super big, too. Probably so it can be read from the nosebleed seats. There’s like 12 lines per page. This is my kind of book.
At the same time, I find an awed affection for the Brontës’ tiny books that make me feel like a giant among the little people. And, because a good friend is one who makes you feel better about yourself, I am moved to buck the tide and award my laurel crown to the underdogs, Charlotte and Branwell, in this mortal combat of bookery.
Maybe, but if you had the Klencke Atlas you could climb into the map like Mary Poppins climbing into some street art.