Earnestness
Quiet and considerate men and women of discretion.
Heard melodies are sweet, but &c &c. That said: Joanna Newsom, Will Oldham, Vetiver, Fairport Convention, Grizzly Bear, Traditional Folk Melodies, Silver Jews, Smog, Holopaw, Espers, Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops, Six Organs of Admittance, Sufjan Stevens
DUNGEON MAJESTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The House of Mirth (Wharton), Lamia (Keats), Seven Gothic Tales (Dinesen), The Magic Mountain (Mann), Orley Farm (Trollope)
John Keats