Till Human Voices Wake Us

[poliphilo]

I've been finding recently that when I walk away from a work of fiction- a film or a book- its atmosphere briefly clings to me- so that I find myself having to remind myself that such and such an issue belongs to the characters I've left behind and not to me.  It's not unlike the adjustment one has to make on waking from a vivid dream.  I asked Ailz if she had ever had the same experience and she said, yes, all the time and for as long as she can remember. For me, though,  it's a novelty. 

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[red-girl-42.livejournal.com]

I just had to comment that the title of this post used to be the title of my LJ. The subtitle, of course, was, "and we drown."

In addition to what you're describing, I also tend to feel a sense of grief when I finish a book that I really enjoyed. It's done, and there is no more of it to read, and I will miss the characters, and I feel sad.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I can identify with that.

There are characters from fiction that become one's lifelong friends.

[(Anonymous)]

I identify with these feelings - most recently felt when I finished Wives and Daughters by Mrs Gsskell. I felt really sad to leave behind Molly and her sensible father!
jenny x

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The only thing I've read of Gaskell's is Cranford- and that was decades ago.

She was a Manchester writer BTW- but you probably already knew that :)