/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>stardust
>the stranger
>the jungle
>rumble fish
>outlander

Angela Carter- The Bloody Chamber

>>8531330
look up julie klassen

I personally like to read re imagined fairytales and fantasy. I cannot recommend Daughter of the Forest my Juliet Marillier enough, it's seriously my favorite book and it always puts me in a magical mindset.

>>8531330
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

>>8533049
Fuck you

>>8531330
I like re-reading things like Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice to put me into a classic lolita mindset, if that makes sense. I also am a huge fan of gothic fiction, which makes sense as a gothic lolita I guess. For me I've always felt that gothic lolita captures the essence of gothic literature in a way that western goth doesn't/probably isn't even trying to, so I love it.

For a magical feeling that works well with lolita while simultaneously being dark in tone, I'd recommend the works of Arthur Machen.

>the stranger

Are you talking about the book by Albert Camus or something else?

>>8536265
Yep. Albert camus

>>8533045
I don't really like the rest of the trilogy as much though. I find that with her trilogies that they tend to get lamer at the end

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

>>8533049
kek

The Last Unicorn is pretty good.

>>8531330
It's not a novel, but the movie Belle puts me in that classical mind

>>8533049
Jokes aside, I agree with this

ONLY BECAUSE people who have no idea what the book is about will try to lecture you about lolita

>>8536388
Never considered it in terms of lolita before, but I do love that book

>>8536588
And usually all they've ever seen is the film poster or stills

>>8533045
seconding Juliet Marillier, favourite author hands down, no contest. favs in descending order:

>Wildwood Dancing
>Cybele's Secret (sequel)
>Daughter of the Forest Trilogy
>Shadowfell trilogy

>>8536772
>no Bridei Chronicles
Anon pls

>>8531452
>post joke list

>No one has read the books, so don't get the joke.
Man, the Jungle was about the American meat packing industry

>>8533049
That's actually a pretty great book. It's just that most people read it too literally and don't look out for Nabokov's traps.

I'd say Portrait of Dorian Grey. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater if you're feeling fancy, or maybe Wilkie Collins stories? Or just any book written around 17th-19th centuries.

>>8531452
>the stranger
fuck i hated that book. i had to read it my senior year of high school

>>8538629
Would theatre count? I like reading plays as much as watching them. There's "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw (not the ending of My Fair Lady, thank you) and "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde.

Kind of a derail.

Am I the only person who absolutely HATED reading Wuthering Heights and Pride And Prejudice in high school? Everyone else in my classes loved it.

>Mother fucking Moby-Dick
>or
>The Whale
The book and art inspired by it have a really tough and exciting yet beautiful aesthetic. Spending long days in the sun on the ocean squishing whale oil has a different aesthetic. I loved the btssb starry moonlight night sirene jsks in terms of this, the navy colorway reminding me of the former, the pink colorway of the latter.
The book is pretty slow in the middleish area, I found I liked listening to the audiobook, so it was more like Ishmael himself was talking to you, not just you trying to follow his ramblings. The last chapters are really fun, though.
Now that we had the Scheherazade release, where are my angry whales at, AatP?

>>8538632
I had to read it in English and French, almost simultaneously, because both teachers decided to assign it that year.

Also:
>A Series of Unfortunate Events
>Fire and Hemlock
>Philip Pullman books in general
>Perfume
>Orlando
>Madame Bovary (if only to be self-deprecating)
>The Vampire Chronicles
>Edgar Allan Poe's short stories

>>8538711
>Tfw no one suggests Alice in Wonderland or Through the Looking glass

>>8536588
Yep. Plus imo, Lolita is actually a really good book.

>>8531452
>rumble fish
uh what

Any book with a fancy, non-picture cover with faux-gold inlay or some shit.

>Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

>>8538711
our teacher spent half the time we studied it comparing the original french text with the english. i mean poring over it letter by letter

>>8538796
That's the lowest of low hanging fruit.

>We Have Always Lived in the Castle
>The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson, both super awesome female centric gothic-esque stories, the first title in my opinion being the better of the two.

>>8531452
>the stranger
Such a fantastic read, I was sad when it was over.

>>8533049
>Lolita
This too is also a fantastic read, if anything for the way in which Nabokov weaves his words, his metaphors and allusions, it is pure poetry.

>Titus Groan
I'm spamming this thread but seriously, read Titus Groan, it's exactly what you're looking for. It's a poetic satire against monarchy, it's like you have to get a running start to read the sentences alone, you will need a dictionary to understand half the words being used, but it's so worth it, it's so so worth it. The imagery so intricately described is beyond belief.

>>8539076
The funny thing is it was written in the same year as 1984, after ww2, and it just completely veers off in a different direction altogether making no notice of the current political climate.

I know some books that would suit a more Gothic lolita aesthetic

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Maedeleine by Bernard Taylor
The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein
Leave Her to Heaven by Ben Ames William
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Affinity by Sarah Waters
My Sweet Audrina by V.C Andrews
The Bad Seed by William March
Laughter in the Dark by Vladmie Nabokov
This House is Haunted by John Boyne
Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock is a satire in the style of an epic and it's about 18th century culture. It kinda reminds me of the beginning scenes of Kamikaze Girls where Momoko says what Rococo France was like.

Also there's an illustrated version by Aubrey Beardsley and the outfits and hair are fly as fuck
>tfw would murder for an aubrey beardsley print

>>8531458
I came in to post this as an answer

>>8538671
I like both those books but I didn't have to read them for school.
Reading stuff for school always ruined it for me. Pages of mundane "which character said this line?" questions and similar bullshit would make you hate anything. Fuck high school.

It actually took me two tries to read Pride and Prejudice. Watching a movie of it first helped me get familiar with the style of humor and the setting, so reading the book after was like getting more background and detail and I enjoyed it a lot.
I can see why someone would dislike Wuthering Heights though, Heathcliffe is a real asshole.

Anyone here have a goodreads with some of these suggestions? Would love to see them together so I can go down the list!

>>8538546
You beat me to it, anon. Nothing gets me in the mood like rat dropping sludge

>>8538671
I feel you, anon. I am currently "reading" Pride and Prejudice. I say that because I read it whenever I can be bothered to, but I'm not enjoying it at all. I thought I would because it seems like something I'd like, but I just don't take to any of the characters, and it's very slow. I'll try watching the movie, like >>8539529
said.

>>8539109
>The Moth Diaries
I second this. It was a pretty light read. I think I actually liked this better than the book it's based on, Carmillia.

But maybe that's because I'm just not good with 1800s prose

>>8539529
>>8541217
>Watching the movie
>Not watching the superior Colin Firth version

You're all plebs

>>8541338
Agree with all of this. That is the only acceptable version.

>>8531452
Don't forget Chew On This.

I haven't read it yet but Emily is another book about a lolita by Novala Takemoto.

>>8531330
the Great and Terrible Beauty trilogy by Libba Bray is set in Victorian times and is really neat.
>>8538973
Also great!
Stardust actually is really wonderful and so is The Graveyard Book and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Hell, I just love all of Gaimans stuff.

>>8541352
Right? Colin Firth is the only Mr. Darcy I'll accept.

Her writing is a little too flowery for some people, but, if you can handle a little over-indulgence, Anne Rice's vampire novels are pure decadence. It's like reading a romantic painting... If that makes sense? She doesn't get too bogged down in nostalgia or archaic affectations which makes for a pretty easy and pleasurable read. She kind of grew into a crazy grandma, so I can't offer much insight into her recent stuff, but the vampire stuff is solid post-modern lit.

I'd like to contribute Daddy Long Legs! Its my second favorite book after Jane Eyre.
>>8538671
I've only seen a film of Wuthering Heights and it seems a little unhealthy. I couldn't really get through Pride and Prejudice but maybe one day.
>>8538709
I got exactly halfway. Am I really missing out?

>>8541598
I've read Interview with a Vampire and the Vampire Lestat. The latter makes me panic over mortality hardcore.

Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin. Underrated 19th century vampire riverboat novel.

Also some classics that I do not think were mentioned:

The Princess Bride
Jane Eyre
Little Women
David Copperfield
Great Expectations

>>8541634
also:

Sandman, the graphic novel series. If you read anything, read the volumes The Doll's House and A Game of You. Especially A Game of You.

Anything Oscar Wilde.
Anything Maupassant.

>>8531458
There's also the movie The Company of Wolves that is based off of one of her short stories.

The Book of Lost Things
The Gates

by John Connelly

>>8541666
>Maupaussant
MYNEGRO.JPG

Howls moving castle trilogy

>>8541666
Seconding this!
But if you want short stories I feel Gift of the Magi is really good, p. romantic. And Saki if you want more sassy 1900's writing.

>The Portrait Of Dorian Grey

>being gothic
>not reading Sandman

pick one.

there is not much i would not do for a Sandman print.

>>8541598
nothing says lolita fashion like a vampire slurping up menstrual blood

>>8546406
gonna coord this with the new AatP print tbh

>>8541598
I used to be a hardcore Anne Rice reader but I recently bought the Prince Lestat, the newest book, and had to force myself to get half-way through chapter one before I just couldn't read anymore.

I don't know what changed but while I can eagerly re-read the Vampire Armand (my favorite) or any of the others (aside from Memnoch the Devil which was terrible) this one I can't even force myself to finish reading and I managed that with Memnoch even though I can't stand that one.

I know manga books aren't technically the books that were supposed to be discussed but..

>>8546426
basically once she dropped the vampire books and started writing the vampires into the witch books, they became awful. She literally brought Claudia back so she could try to kill Louis, it made no sense for her character, just shit. Shit shit shit on you Anne Rice.

>>8541479
Seconding Gaiman so hard. Also, Heidi, Black Beauty, Little Women and Secret Garden.

I don't think it was said, I recently reread A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It's a children's novel but I kept imagining her dressed in lolita.

>>8538711
Seconding reading and watching Perfume, sooo good, and the visuals in the movie are fantastic.

>>8539421
AATP has a Beardsley inspired Alice print. Goes for pretty expensive though

Lolita poetry:
Slyvia Plath (Ariel &etc)
Stephane Mallarme (Dice &etc)
Arthur Rimbaud (A Season In Hell + Illuminations)

Lolita books:
Fitch - White Oleander
Atwood - Bluebeard's egg & other short stories
Meyer - Lunar sequence
Kristin Cash - Graceling

I prefer non-fiction though, currently reading one called Snobbery (Epstein) which is rather perfect for lolita

While I hardly think it fits, I have been getting into older adventures and finally started an anthology of Juels Verne.
My normal taste is monster filled:
>Vampire Hunter D
>Dracula
>Jurassic Park
>Tolkien
There is nothing quite like losing yourself in a good science fiction or horror fantasy. Something that inacts a feeling of dread, disgust or nightmares, like most of Crichtons works. I don't have the spine for Stephen King, but I hope to work my way into it.

>>8531330
I've had the misfortune to come across Lolita in fanfiction. It happens a lot more in Twilight fan fic for some reason


Fandom: Inuyasha/Twilight
“Lolita fashion was her favorite, She was wearing a burgundy dress that went to her knees, but a part of it was white where the burgundy part split open showing off the white lace. It was simple but pretty. She liked it.(pic on my face-book account. I will post the link on profile. I am bad at making this description) Her hair was down, but she had to thick locks of hair over her shoulders that curled until halfway up. The rest of her hair was strait.”

>>8549097
http://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search%5Bquery%5D=lolita+fashion

>>8549097
>strait
kek

>>8546446
>Talking about lolita manga
>Not mention Mitsukazu Mihara first
For shame