I frequently dream about characters from novels that I've read instead of about myself.
Recently I read A Rose for the Crown, which is about Richard II and his mistress Kate. In the novel, they are each other's true love, but are parted due to his responsibilities of birth when he must make a marriage alliance.
In my dream, Kate and Richard and a bunch of the court were in Wisconsin across the street from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. It was a huge street, with these gigantic row house mansions (like in the Circle in Bath). Everyone went into the attic of one of these houses, when there was a huge flood. The water was getting higher and people were frantic to get out, so Kate and her courtiers swam around until they found a slide (which was under the water level, but you could see it because light was being let in). Her courtiers immediately plunged out, but Kate swam back to get Richard. They all escaped down the slide and he was so grateful that he took her back and held her while they dripped dry outside in the street.
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i wish my dreams were more literary... i think i dream of authors more than i do of actual characters. perhaps dreaming of books after/while reading them is a reflection of how much your engulfed in the story while ready, how thoroughly you intergrate the story into your unconscious... there is a character from one particular story that shows up in a couple of my dreams, this boy named "Bean" from a semi-children's series called Ender's Game. i havent had him infiltrate my dreams in a while but he used to always show up when things became complicated or took a suprising humourous turn.
Posted by virtual light | April 16, 2007 5:22 PM
Posted on April 16, 2007 17:22