field and fountain, moor and mountain (yuletide recs v.2)

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Alice in Wonderland
Ravens and Writing Desks by Meltha
Alice visits Wonderland one last time in this dark and creepy story full of evocative nightmare imagery.

Anne of Green Gables
Second-Best Roses by kannaophelia
Oh, this is so poignant and sweet and full of longing, and any girl who's ever had a best friend whose best friend was someone else will understand it, and well, there's even more than that, to it, as well. Stella watches Anne, and wishes...

The Princess Bride
Buttercup's Baby by raindroproses
This story manages to capture the breezy tone of the book and movie while nodding toward the darker undercurrents they gloss over. It's a clever, fun read, but oh, poor Inigo.

Romeo & Juliet
Waste Our Lights in Vain by nifra_idril
There is a door inside Mercutio, in the shape of Romeo. It blows with the wind; open and shut, open and shut. Lovely, haunting fic with some evocative language and imagery. I've always thought Romeo was a tool, and this fic does not dispel that. *g*

The Secret Garden
Letters Home by penknife
Colin and Dickon during the war, taking comfort in each other as Colin thinks about the future and what it may mean when the get back home. Wistful and true to the book.

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