I love the yellow wallpaper and have told so many people about it. Truly worried me, in a good way. Please keep them coming michael. Blessings from chicago hon❤😂🎉
Brilliant! I was getting ready to write in the comments "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler" and then you got to your last entry. I've also read Numbers in the Dark and Invisible Cities by him and those are quite good too.
😁I think that story would actually make a very good horror if it were told from the point of view of Mercedes and not Edmond Dantes. (Keep that in mind when/if you read it😉)
I just now, this moment, realized the version of Count of Monte Cristo I read (and loved) as a teenager was actually a heavily abridged version (about 500 pages). So lo and behold, it turns out I haven't actually read the book that I've often described as one of my favorites!
I'm delighted to have found you courtesy of the magical UA-cam algorithm. I subscribed! I love The Yellow Wallpaper and have been planning to read The Count of Monte Cristo one of these days. The other two were not on my radar but they are now. Thanks!
I’ve read The Yellow Wallpaper, which I very much enjoyed; but the other three all have been on my “I want to read this but am still reading other stuff” list. Don’t know why I keep doing that.
Love the Yellow Wallpaper, read it a long time ago. Count Monte Cristo has been on my tbr for about 100 years now.😂 The Winter journey was just mentioned in Drawing Blood, Kinda weird huh. You need to do a part 2! xx
You explained The Yellow Wallpaper beautifully. That ending,creepy. Have you ever read The Beckoning Fair One by Oliver Onions? There's a line in that story that gives me the shivers everytime.
Christine, I went to Goodreads and looked up the author and found this novella. You might want to edit your comment as to the spelling of the Title of this novella. It is called, The Beckoning Fair One. After reading what it is about I have put it in my October must read! So glad I read your comment.
Sadly I've not read any of the classics you mention but made a mental note to investigate. Classic I remember reading are The Pickwick Papers, The Trial, The Sun Also Rises, Anna Karenina, Catcher in the Rye, The Fountainhead, lots of Norman Mailer (An American Dream & Harlot's Ghost are favorites), several Tennessee Williams' plays, and many of Chekhov's short stories which taught me the very important Chekhov's gun lesson. As much as I've liked them, or in Salinger's case disliked, I preferred From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming), The Way Some People Die (Ross Macdonald), My Gun Is Quick (Mickey Spillane), The Great Hunt (Robert Jordan), The Ninja (Eric Van Lustbader---it's hard to hold your breath for 500 pages) and, most recently, Mick Herron's eight Slow Horses novels, devoured in two weeks. I own and intend to read Crime & Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, but have not to date.
Winter’s Night : It's at the library and I have a hold on FICTIONS. I'm currently reading I Who Have Never Known Men (Jacqueline Harpman) and The Inhabited Island (Arkady /Boris Strugatsky).
Enjoyed The Yellow Wall-Paper a great deal. Alas, the Calvino novel proved somehow impregnable to me - it repulsed my every attempt to get "into it". The Stars' Tennis Balls by Stephen Fry is an interesting take on The Count of Monte Cristo, but I must read the original. Finally, I must thank you for turning me onto Daphne Du Maurier -- I'm loving her writing.
@@Michael_Wertenberg I've been savouring her short stories (The Birds anthology). Next up will be Rebecca... So not a favourite as yet, but judging by her short stories, she's a wonderful writer.
I am just wrapping up my reading of Jose Rizal's _Noli Me Tangere_ , and I never even thought of it as, what you describe as 'agenda-driven' literature, but good grief does that description fit. Afraid it beats Yellow Wallpaper by about four years, and you are right, I cannot think of many earlier examples than that. Maybe Uncle Tom's Cabin? Anyway, I will probably have to steal your excellent insight for my review.
😁I think there's at least one word in every video that a viewer has to correct me on. I looked it up, so I should be good now😁Thanks (By the way, it's 'pedantic' not 'pedentic'🤪
I’ll give you the like but I refuse to subscribe. Since I already am. Count of Monte Cristo is so cool! It’s got enough story for all those pages. A fave. The Yellow Wall-Paper is great, with as much anger as calmly presented as Shirley Jackson. Umberto Eco in Postscript to the Name of the Rose: “I wanted a blind man who guarded a library (it seemed a good narrative idea to me), and library plus blind man can only equal Borges, also because debts must be paid.” The first chapter of If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler may be the truest and funniest thing ever written about book buying.
I am absolutely thrilled that you included The Yellow Wallpaper in this list.
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I love the yellow wallpaper and have told so many people about it. Truly worried me, in a good way. Please keep them coming michael. Blessings from chicago hon❤😂🎉
Thank you, Susan!😊
Brilliant! I was getting ready to write in the comments "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler" and then you got to your last entry. I've also read Numbers in the Dark and Invisible Cities by him and those are quite good too.
😁Great minds... I've heard many good things about Invisible Cities. I should really read it. Thanks for the reminder!
You’ve sold me on Count whenever I eventually branch into more genres outside of horror 😅
😁I think that story would actually make a very good horror if it were told from the point of view of Mercedes and not Edmond Dantes. (Keep that in mind when/if you read it😉)
I just now, this moment, realized the version of Count of Monte Cristo I read (and loved) as a teenager was actually a heavily abridged version (about 500 pages). So lo and behold, it turns out I haven't actually read the book that I've often described as one of my favorites!
I suspect it could benefit from some abridging. But at least, reading your favourite book for the 1st time, you get to have that experience twice!
I'm delighted to have found you courtesy of the magical UA-cam algorithm. I subscribed! I love The Yellow Wallpaper and have been planning to read The Count of Monte Cristo one of these days. The other two were not on my radar but they are now. Thanks!
😁Love the YT algorithm. If you get around to reading them, please let me know what you think.
Thank you for the suggestions!
You're welcome😊And thank you for watching🙂
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I’ve read The Yellow Wallpaper, which I very much enjoyed; but the other three all have been on my “I want to read this but am still reading other stuff” list. Don’t know why I keep doing that.
😁Hey, I have a list like that, too!
Love the Yellow Wallpaper, read it a long time ago. Count Monte Cristo has been on my tbr for about 100 years now.😂 The Winter journey was just mentioned in Drawing Blood, Kinda weird huh. You need to do a part 2! xx
😁I need to read Drawing Blood. I'll race you? You w/ Monte Cristo, me w/ Drawing Blood, winner takes all
@@Michael_Wertenberg 🤔😬👍
Somehow I think you have an 800 page or so advantage over me tho..🤔😕
@@angelwalker979 Yes, but I have an aversion to commitments, so it kind of evens out.
@@Michael_Wertenberg 😂😏
You explained The Yellow Wallpaper beautifully. That ending,creepy. Have you ever read The Beckoning Fair One by Oliver Onions? There's a line in that story that gives me the shivers everytime.
I had never heard of The Beconking Fair One! It's on my radar now. Thank you😁
@@Michael_Wertenberg You're very welcome.
Christine, I went to Goodreads and looked up the author and found this novella. You might want to edit your comment as to the spelling of the Title of this novella. It is called, The Beckoning Fair One. After reading what it is about I have put it in my October must read! So glad I read your comment.
@@dyanstoutenburg9974Oops. Sorry about that. Hope you enjoy it.
Sadly I've not read any of the classics you mention but made a mental note to investigate. Classic I remember reading are The Pickwick Papers, The Trial, The Sun Also Rises, Anna Karenina, Catcher in the Rye, The Fountainhead, lots of Norman Mailer (An American Dream & Harlot's Ghost are favorites), several Tennessee Williams' plays, and many of Chekhov's short stories which taught me the very important Chekhov's gun lesson. As much as I've liked them, or in Salinger's case disliked, I preferred From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming), The Way Some People Die (Ross Macdonald), My Gun Is Quick (Mickey Spillane), The Great Hunt (Robert Jordan), The Ninja (Eric Van Lustbader---it's hard to hold your breath for 500 pages) and, most recently, Mick Herron's eight Slow Horses novels, devoured in two weeks. I own and intend to read Crime & Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, but have not to date.
Those are great recommendations! Thank you. I need to read E. V. Lustbader. The Ninja is now on my radar, thanks!
Winter’s Night : It's at the library and I have a hold on FICTIONS.
I'm currently reading I Who Have Never Known Men (Jacqueline Harpman) and The Inhabited Island (Arkady /Boris Strugatsky).
You are going to love Fictions! I Who Have Never Known Men has been on my TBR for too long! Thanks for the reminder
The only one I have read is the Count of Monte Cristo which was excellent. The rest are food for thought. Best wishes.
Thank you😁
Enjoyed The Yellow Wall-Paper a great deal. Alas, the Calvino novel proved somehow impregnable to me - it repulsed my every attempt to get "into it".
The Stars' Tennis Balls by Stephen Fry is an interesting take on The Count of Monte Cristo, but I must read the original.
Finally, I must thank you for turning me onto Daphne Du Maurier -- I'm loving her writing.
Hi Brent. I'm very glad to hear that😁Do you have a favourite Du Maurier yet?
@@Michael_Wertenberg I've been savouring her short stories (The Birds anthology). Next up will be Rebecca... So not a favourite as yet, but judging by her short stories, she's a wonderful writer.
@@Michael_Wertenberg Michael, have you read any Robert Aickman? If you enjoy the slightly stranger Du Maurier, you might enjoy his weird fiction.
@@BrentDavis75 I'm only just hearing about him now. I had a look on Goodreads. Thanks for the recommendation!😀
I am just wrapping up my reading of Jose Rizal's _Noli Me Tangere_ , and I never even thought of it as, what you describe as 'agenda-driven' literature, but good grief does that description fit. Afraid it beats Yellow Wallpaper by about four years, and you are right, I cannot think of many earlier examples than that. Maybe Uncle Tom's Cabin? Anyway, I will probably have to steal your excellent insight for my review.
Nice. Thank you for the insight. Much appreciated😁
Im always intimidated by Count of Monte Cristo-I need to just bite the bullet and read it.
I can definitely appreciate that. I'm the same with Lonesome Dove (which everyone says is a masterpiece). I'll be biting my own bullet, too, shortly🙂
@@Michael_Wertenberg I’m in the minority with Lonesome Dove (didn’t love it) 😬
Interesting list! I've only read the Dumas. Would I be too pedentic if I corrected your pronounciation of pathos?
😁I think there's at least one word in every video that a viewer has to correct me on. I looked it up, so I should be good now😁Thanks (By the way, it's 'pedantic' not 'pedentic'🤪
@@Michael_Wertenberg Typos don't count! (But I deserved that!) (But you seem the type that would want to know.) 😀
@@ericneff9908 Exactly😁
Oops.. the word was horrified me, not worried me. Dang it.😂
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I’ll give you the like but I refuse to subscribe. Since I already am.
Count of Monte Cristo is so cool! It’s got enough story for all those pages. A fave.
The Yellow Wall-Paper is great, with as much anger as calmly presented as Shirley Jackson.
Umberto Eco in Postscript to the Name of the Rose: “I wanted a blind man who guarded a library (it seemed a good narrative idea to me), and library plus blind man can only equal Borges, also because debts must be paid.”
The first chapter of If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler may be the truest and funniest thing ever written about book buying.
The Name of the Rose! That's an extraordinary book, too! And thanks for subscribing, by the way😁