Well that's my 2023 TBR pile done! Thank you so much for this great list. I can't wait to spend time with a few old friends and make some new ones. And a video on building a classics library would be much appreciated!
My mom was great to provide me "must reads", one of which was The Earth Abides. I am reading it now, at 75 yrs old. It is an eerie pre-view of the Covid era altho written in the 1940's!
In high school we read The Woman in White; Rebecca; Silas Marner; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Great Expectations; ❤❤❤Then re-read them all as an adult and fell in love all over again. Thank u for ur channel.
For those of us who want to take this list along to the library! 12 classic books to read ( by Tristan and the classics) Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca Charles Dickens - Great Expectations Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird Raphael Sabatini - Captain Blood Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes/A Study in Scarlet Jerome K. Jerome - Three men in a boat Baroness Orczy - Scarlet Pimpernel Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey George Eliot - Silas Marner Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White P.G.Wodehouse - The world of Psmith Omnibus JL Carr - A month in the Country Huxley - Brave new world Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Christo
Good luck finding P G Wodehouse at your library. There is one in our large library system. I get all his off Amazon for my Kindle. He is an absolute hoot!
A Study in Scarlet blew me away. I’m an Anglophile but also a resident of the Great Basin Desert which I love. I was amazed to discover that much of this novel is set in my Wild West “stomping grounds.” It’s a detective novel, western and Mormon historical fiction.
I just finished 'A Month in the Country' based on your recommendation and it was an absolute treat. I don't think I can describe it better than you did. The last paragraph is one of the most touching things I've ever read.
I am so frustrated. I am unable to read books anymore but have loved reading all my life. My library has all the books but not as audiobooks. So now I’m frustrated. Thank you, Tristan, I love to hear you talking about books.
I am so glad you covered Wodehouse who is indeed a classic writer even if not in the traditional sense of what people think of when they consider classics. His wit is just unmatched! I’ve read most of Jeeves series and the Blandings series and watched the TV series numerous times and still going back to it. Hugh Laurie’s portrayal of Wooster is just special and of course Stephen Fry’s Jeeves! I had borrowed Pigs have wings (from the Blandings series .i think) instead of my college books and was reading it sitting in every corner of the college (because I couldn’t wait to finish it!) and was laughing till my belly ached (by myself!). Be warned if you try to read it when a class is going on, you’re sure to get caught.
I hated reading in school because of... school (which I hate to this day and I'm 34) But suddenly I found Captain Blood in my house and I played videogames about pirates a lot. So, I started to read. And I was blown away - I read all days for the week until I read all Captain Blood novels and I never ever experienced something like this. It was absolutely transcendental. Since that time I read books. But CB to this day is one of the best things I've ever read.
Rebecca is great book and film. I highly recommend the Alfred Hitchcock/ David O Selznick version from 1940, starring Laurence Olivier as Maxim and Joan Fontaine as the new wife. Black and white of course but looks a million dollars, the best Danvers I’ve seen. I like your take on the classics and the different types and styles for different levels and experience of them, it makes a lot more sense than someone just rattling off recommendations for Don Quixote, Crime & Punishment and other giant tomes. Reading is a process and a journey. I started by reading comics as a child and wasn’t a very good student at school, a bit of a handful, my teachers would say, but I always read and still do. Middlemarch or Anna Karenina is next, after my current read. It’s taken me 58 years to get to these, well worth the effort though. I still read thrillers, espionage, serial killer paperbacks too and enjoy them very much, but to me they are dinner, whereas the classics I read are my dessert.
I just started The Woman in Wite. Totally blown away by the beauty of the book and I am on page 64! An example: “Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.” So very true.
@@ellen823ful You’ll love it. Caution about reading the forward or preface. My old penguin edition’s forward contains a MAJOR spoiler. I blacked that part out so I could loan it out. I’ve read it four times & I rarely reread books. It’s that good.
Great list! Already in my stack to read: "A Study in Scarlet" and "Great Expectations". I've read "To Kill a Mockingbird" several times, but will reread. I've also read "Rebecca" quite a few times. Ordered just now: "Captain Blood" and "Three Men in a Boat." I've listened to "Woman in White" and didn't care for it - but I plan on reading it, regardless. The others that caught my attention: "Northanger Abbey," "Silas Marner" (I've only listened to this one) and "A Month in the Country." Thanks for re-introducing me to my love of reading - which was laid aside 39 years ago when I started having children. I'm flashing back to what life was like in early life when I had a book with me at all times. I'm happy to say that, thanks to you, I'm again reading constantly when not at work or in the kitchen: in the early morning, late into the night, and while in line at the bank and grocery stores. Audiobooks filled in a huge gap for me over the years and I'm grateful for them - but it's just not the same experience as lingering over the word.
im happy you included jane austen. most people think her stories are too romantic and cliche. I've read Northanger Abbey 4 times already (from when i started classics) and it never loses its charms
I agree, Men in particular seem to think she's too 'feminine' and 'dainty' - and usually they've never read her novels. I first studied Jane Austen's novels at University and in my opinion she is an extremely clever and perceptive novelist. 'Northanger Abbey is a gem and one of my other favourites is 'Pride and Prejudice'.
I’m in the middle of Don Quixote. Loving 🥰 it. I have to go slow because of the way Cervantes has written it. Lots of new vocabulary for me. I’m becoming emotionally involved now with the beloved “knight errant”. We touch on all the books of chivalry from the past. We look at the history of Spain 🇪🇸 🌎 at that time. Anyway…❤ and cheers 🥂 to the Knight of the Mournful Countenance! By the way one of my favorite songs is The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha. 🎤 singing it as I take my walks.
I found your channel a couple of weeks ago and have become hooked. I've always been a reader, but for the majority of my life it had been SF. I still enjoy some of the older SF, but I do not like the direction it's been going. So, I have been reading classics and your channel has filled a need for me. Thank you.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Your channel has inspired me! I only just discovered it in the last few months. 2023 will be the year of the classic for me! Thanks for the video!
So many of my favorites! I *love* Rebecca, A Study in Scarlet, To Kill A Mockingbird, Great Expectations, Three Men in a Boat, The Woman in White and while I have only read *Leave it to Psmith*,* I love Wodehouse. I do consider myself to be a Janeite and you're right - Northanger Abbey is at the bottom of my list. However, hearing you talk about it makes me want to give it another re-read! 📚 Now I just need to get to reading the other books from your wonderful list! 🤓 Thank you for this, Tristan! 👏🏻
Pleased that you approve of the list Lu. Of Austen's books you will probably be shocked to which one I rank in 6th place. Though they are all excellent and each deserves a place in the Canon.
I just found your channel and I love it! I find it interesting the book you mentioned to possibly not use as an introduction to classic literature. Over the summer I decided to dive back into books. I used to be extremely bookish years ago, though not particularly drawn to classics, and I never realized how much I missed reading until I picked up, in June, “Middlemarch” which had been staring at me from my bookshelf for a long time. To be sure, though an unbelievable book (and definitely at the top of my favorites list having now read it) it’s challenging to pick up if you’re just starting to cut your teeth on classics or reading in general, and for all the reasons you mentioned. It’s a big book, beautifully written but verbose and at times I did find myself jumping back to the beginning of a paragraph to re-read, and from the perspective of social roles and expectations it was both fascinating and confusing at times. Overall, however, I found it easier to comprehend than I was expecting, and I broke the book down into its individual parts and read it as if I were reading the originally serialized novel. That is, I would read one part of “Middlemarch” and then read an entirely different book (one that bore no chance of being confused with George Eliot’s much larger tome), before returning for the next part of the book. This made the entire process of reading almost more enchanting to me, because as I would get to the end of whatever book I was reading between parts I would start to reflect on the story of “Middlemarch”. I would think about Mrs. Casaubon- what a lovely character she is!- and Will Ladislaw and Mr. Lydgate who I was not nearly as fond of in the beginning as I became, through his various trials, later in the book. This approach really had me looking forward to the next installment, rather than feeling exhausted which I think would have been very possible without breaking the novel up. I really re-discovered my love of reading with “Middlemarch” and the other books that I read as well, but there are few books that have transported me the way that “Middlemarch” did and few characters that I’ve cared about as much as I did so many of those that George Eliot penned here. I’m looking forward to reading more of her work (and re-reading “Middlemarch” at some point as well). I found her use of words to be so engaging and her ability to create complex, truly human characters fascinated me. Any suggestions for my next date with George Eliot? I’m so excited to explore her work! And to those considering “Middlemarch”, especially if you are (like me) rediscovering reading, take it slow, break up your reading of the book if that feels right to you, and enjoy it! It’s a fantastic experience!
I agree with you and am delighted that Eliot has reignited you love of reading. As for your next date with Eliot, may I suggest The Mill on the Floss?😀❤️
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Absolutely! I’ll be ordering it soon. I was hoping that would be the suggestion. I’ve felt drawn to that book in particular. Thank you! 😊
Thanks, Tristan! I'm so glad you included Three Men In a Boat. I just read that one for Victober and laughed all the way through it.That's the perfect book to start reading the classics!! You've sold me on Captain Blood and The Scarlet Pimpernel. And I'm ashamed to say I've never read PG Wodehouse. I know. I'm missing out and I really have no excuse.
3 men is so enjoyable that I want to read it every time I hear it mentioned. As for Wodehouse!!! He is the cream of the crop. Everybody should read at least one book by him. Let me know when you do, Mitzi.
I'm happy I found your channel. In another video you posted you taught iambic pentameter. I was amazed at how quickly you brought understanding to this dull mind in a way my professor in college was unable to do in 2 semesters of Shakespeare. That was 50 years ago. Thank you. for all your posts.
Thank you so much, Rick, for sharing this. It's such a shame when the brilliance of something isn't explained appropriately, or with a lack of lustre. Maybe, sometimes, the original love of literature wears off some professors as it becomes a 'job.' Whatever the case, I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, and that one of my videos was valuable to you.
I’m so happy to have come across your channel. I have gotten back into reading after a break and I want to read the classics. The passion and knowledge you have when you talk of these books is inspiring. I’m adding all these books to my TBR and am determined to read at least 5 this year.
This video just came up in my feed. It’s February 2024. I love your list. I’ve read almost all of the books on your list except the two comedies, A Month in the Country, and The Count of Monte Cristo. I have read Middlemarch and suggest another feel good book, Enchanted April. Oh, I forgot I haven’t read Captain Blood, but loved the movie so I will put it on my TBR. I very much enjoyed this introduction to your channel.
I was simply thrilled when you presented your list of books on this video, The only one I hadn't read yet was A Month in the Country (which I just ordered). I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos and taking notes. I laughed when you mentioned Three Men in a Boat. When the author mentioned that bit about the china being put on display and considered antiques, I had only to look at my Flow Blue pieces on display sitting atop my buffet and chuckle. Woodhouse got me with his characters conversing straight out of the 1920's. I've read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories even all of Agatha Christies. Persuasion is my favorite Austen novel (I think it's the letter that does it). I started the New Year off with my favorite book of all time Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham ( which I hadn't read but once about 50 years ago) and it is still my very favorite book. My second read this year was Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M Forster, now I'm working my way through Paradise Lost by Milton. Happy Reading and looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Thanks for this amazing comment, Diana. What a gorgeous list of works. I hope to read more Maugham this year. I love Forsters style. PG Wodehouse is maybe the greatest penman ever.
Thank you for your channel. It has gotten me back into reading. I'm now a voracious reader. I just finished reading To Kill A Mockingbird last month. LOVED it! My favorites are Silas Marner, A Tale of Two Cities, and James Michener's Centennial. Reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I've read several of Charles Dickens' books.
Oh thank you Carol, this was such a lovely comment to receive. So pleased that you have found your reading mojo again 😀 Mockingbird is beautifully done as a story.
Tristan, just want to say thank you for your videos. I don’t get to read much because I have work so much at the warehouse and sometimes I’m just too tired after. But you inspire me to keep on pushing and it makes me excited for the next time I can sit down and read something. You have a good energy man and you should know it makes a lot of peoples days just to see a new video from you. Anyways, I better get to reading some of these, ive heard so many good things about great expectations and I think I may try that next (I read David copperfield which was one of the best books ever made). I really want to check out northanger abbey too. Love the shoutout to to kill a mockingbird. We read that in high school and it was intensely moving. I still remember many lines from it despite not picking it up in well over a decade. Anyways happy New Years, greetings from Detroit, Michigan
this is the first time i have been recommended a classic novela with comedy genre. most booktoks usually recommend the complex genres. great video. i'll read the recommendations because most of the books were on my tbr list for quite a long time
Hello ! Thank you for your always cheery introduction :) . As always, you've presented us with a great selection of books. Thank you. Daphne Du Maurier is always a great place to start with classics.
I am very much like Jay and have recently pick up literature for the first time and am so grateful I came across this video! I love hearing about the books on your list which I haven’t read any! The first book I am going to read is “A month in the country”. Thank you for your great content!
so happy I stumbled across your video! I am working on my 2024 reading plan right now and will definitely add three men in a boat and quite a few of the rest of this list to my plans! SUBSCRIBED! I' read the Count of Monte Cristo this year - Awesome, rip snorting page turner , totally agree with your recommendation. I just read Tale of Two Cities and Christmas Carol , loved, so I'll add Great expectations to my 2024 list, I've read a BUNCH of woodhouse but not in a while and also Jane Austen. Great list!! I Adored Middlemarch so I'll add Solas Marner for this coming year.
I love this - it's so true that people just recc classics without thinking about people who're just getting into older stuff and can't just read middlemarch for fun yet. Such a good video.
Watched this. Decided to read Woman in White. You're right. Amazing. Took a month to read the first 120 pages, and 2 weeks to read the last 500. Couldn't put it down!
You have bitten me with the classics! There are not enough hours in my day to get to all the books you have recommended. Also, we saw two adaptations of “Rebecca” and loved them both!
Ok, so the bonus book I read in under a week on my first go. I know most people aren't like that, but it pulled me in. I also read Jane Austin's works (not all of them), rather quickly. I know people like the Brontë sisters also, and I read them quickly as well. They were easy to get into I felt. I don't know if these are so much starters for the classics books, but I found them easy to lose myself in. You did have some new finds for me. So thanks so much.
Very clever list, thank you, and a great introduction. There's no reason readers shouldn't start with accessible texts instead of the heavies. I hope there are teachers who recommend your channel to their students.
What a great selection ! I’ve read and loved a few of them (Rebecca is one of my all time favorites, Monte Cristo WOW, Sherlock is fantastic…) so I’m really looking forward to reading those of the list I haven’t ! Having just finished Middlemarch last month, I am really tempted to dive into Silas Marner soon ! And yay to a video on how to build a classic library 😃 Thank you Tristan ! Take care !
Hi, new sub here! Can't believe I've never come upon your channel before. You've got me interested in digging out my old Sherlock Holmes books, and rereading some of them; also I'm definitely going to start Northanger Abbey and Rebecca!
This presentation made me so happy because all of the books you mentioned ( okay, 90%!) are SO BELOVED to me and am scampering immediately to the library for the two I haven’t yet read- Thank you!!! Trixie 💚💚❤️🐾🥰💛💛😍🧡💜
So many great books to read. Some are already on my shelves and lists. I’ve just recently bought A Month in the Country and I can’t wait to start reading 👍👍👍
I love that idea for a video about building your classics library. I own way too many books and would be curious to see if I have any blatant holes. I enjoyed this list video and though I have read/studied quite a few, there are some I haven’t gotten to yet. I think Austen and Trollope are great places to start with classic literature. I feel like they are very kind to their readers.
Hiya, great to see you here!!! You are spot on about Trollope. What a writer! I'm quite excited to do a library building video. You should do one too.😀
Tristan, I’ve just finished Captain Blood. I loved it. I would never have read this book without your recommendation - thank you, thank you, thank you. Brave New World next. Peter (Williams, not Blood).
I read Capt Blood when I was a young teen over 50 years ago. I still read sections today, it's so much fun. I also discovered the movie with Errol Flynn (I think his first starting role) around the same time. It's dated and corny but captured the spirit of the book and is wonderful.
Loved this list, I've read 6 of them. I read A Month in the Country earlier this year upon your recommendation and loved it. I know i will go back to it when I need something calming. Thank you!
I love this list!! I shared it on Instagram too encourage others to get back into classics. I can't wait to read more film this list that I haven't read yet. I've read a handful of these... The Count of MC, Rebecca, Northanger Abbey and I can't remember the rest. Lll
Oh you are wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing it. The Count of M C is something special don't you think? Any books that you would put on a list like this?
What Tristan said about putting several of George Elliot books in your pockets of you wish to drown made me 😂😂😂 However, I am now wary of taking Middlemarch and Anna Karenina with me to cross a stream ! Brick books is what I call them...good weapons that Agatha Christie could have used for one of her crime novels !
I work in a university library and checked to see if we had "Three Men in a Boat". We do and I am going to start reading it today. Thanks for the recommendation.
Tristen !! How wonderful to see you again! I thought you had to do other stuff and sent us off to the library to find a Snark !!! Absolutely wonderful to have you back!! I was so pleased to find that the only book I had not read on your list was Scarlet Pimpernel. I do own it and I will find it again and put it on the top of the TBR pile. I absolutely agree with you and your choices. My least favorite was Women in White (I know, what is wrong with me LOL) !! Currently I am filling one of my literary holes and that is Greek and Roman Mythology. WOW has that been fun, I find myself gasping and my jaw dropping all the time with those Titans !! So great to see you ! I will make sure to follow!!! Lee
Hey Lee! Fabulous to see your comments again. I shall put your opinion of the Woman in White down to a high fever.😀 Greek literature is a particular blank spot for me too. One I hope to address soon enough. Keep well my friend.
Yeeeeees…exactly what I was looking for to help me start my Classics journey! I will say I have read Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles” and loved it. Throughout his story I found myself saying such things as “Wait, what?” “But how?” “How’d I miss that!?”. Quite remarkable and I’m looking forward to reading “A Study in Scarlet”. I’m truly looking forward to reading all these. Thank you!
I love your videos and your pleasant manner. I can't wait to read some of your suggestions from this list. I also have lost a lot of books that I have loaned to people. It is a strange phenomenon that many decent and good people don't feel the need to return books. I have stopped lending now except to my very best friends.
This really made me smile. Its so true that the people who abscond with ones books are otherwise upstanding citizens. Thanks for taking the time to comment Michajeru.😃
The most impactful book I read a young man was Faulkner's "As I lay dying" for that, I consider it is the most underrated masterpiece on literature. And Wilkie Collins? WOW, I do not know how many times I read The Moonstone and The Woman in white. What a Storyteller.
Thank you Tristan! I already read some of the books you mention, others are in my TBR, others are new to me. I think the next book I shall read will be Rebecca! Have a nice day and thanks for your wonderful and useful videos!
Oh yes Tristen, building a classic library would make a great video. I've been compiling your lists of classics to read and I must say there is quite a bit of crossover. A definitive list for a library would be fantastic. Next -how many classics would be enough to start ? 50- 100 ? No matter what the number, Please compile it. Thank you. Stef
ua-cam.com/video/odJpIQxmJ2o/v-deo.htmlsi=JGXLSqiBMNFhyV7_ Here's the video, Stefano. I hope that you enjoy it. It may not be what you are expecting, though. 😀👍😅
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Thank you Tristan. That was a wonderful video. Helped me realize that I have already (albeit unconsciously) been doing some of the points you mentioned. Like for human condition/character, I love Dickens (just finished Bleak House) and Beckett. So grateful to you. I am East of Eden away from finishing all of Steinbeck.
The Count of Monte Cristo is the greatest novel of all time! You make me want to reread A Month in the Country, your description is perfect. Frankenstein would be a good addition to this list.
After watching your video, I got myself a copy of Great Expectations by Chiltern. Waiting for it to be delivered. Thank you for the great insights into classics and your unique charisma 🙂
I second your recommendation of "Three Men in a Boat", it is such an hilarious book! I hardly ever see it talked about anywhere else, so I'm glad that you are as fond of it as I am (though its sequel is certainly much weaker)!
Brilliant video! I consider myself as a beginner classic reader so this list is really helpful. I only read three from the list. Rebecca remind me of Jane Eyre (I am not obsessed with Jane Eyre 😂). I also read Great Expectations and To kill a Mockingbird I am planning to read Woman in white and the count of Montecristo and hopefully read some others from this list next year. I agree with you about Middlemarch, the more I hear people talk about it the more I am intimated. I would take your advice and read Silas minor first and maybe another one or two of her works before attempting Middlemarch. A building classic library video would be great. Thanks for this video ☺️
Oh I'm so pleased that this is useful to you. Really excited to know what you think of Woman in White and the Count of Monte Cristo. Middlemarch is among the greats but could be considered slow going by many.
Well it appears that "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" was finally in one of your lists! Bravo. By the way, there were 13 books in your 12 book list. Thanks again for sharing. Love your channel and just subbed it.
Thanks so much. I adore Great Expectations. I have dine a review of it in an older video in which I sport an aggressively short hair cut, if I remember correctly. 😅
As to shoudl you do a How to build a library, YES YES YES Yes! I am just clearing out my bookshelves and thinking of how I iwll use it in the futre. I would LOVe a series of videos about building a library. For me, it would have to be a library that aims to help we readers to progress from zero .. i have just come off a career with a lot of technical reading, and only recently realized I have forgotten how to read novels! Also, my mother actually tried to pay me to read the classics (i was 9 and not interested)… but NOW I want to read them for ME. So this library should be designed as one might design a program for building their reading prowess.
I would have fret if my no. 1 favorite book wasn't there. But lo and behold! He saved the best for last. Thank you for including The Count of Monte Cristo. It's one brilliant, brilliant book!
I ' ve read A Month in the Country-discovered on my own, the sent my brother, an artist- maybe 20 years ago. I loved it! You described it just so; beautifully. I Love Woman in White, finally read it some years of ago, sent daughter. Just saw it the recent BBC video 2 wks ago. The sensational I love too is Ainseorth' s Old Saint Paul's! Wow! That kept me up, tho begins to beggar reality toward end. Still so Wonderful, set in the Great Fire epoch. We read age 14 and 13 in HS 58 yrs ago Rebecca and Great EXPECTATIONS. Yes, so Great! I own 3 Men in a Boat recc' d by EN Professor from London, years ago. Yet to conclude. Gerard Depardieu was excellent as the Count in the film. Yes,bread some of the book. The Woman in White is So gripping, as you said. Sorry for any who've missed the wonderful 3 young residents familiarity and like Austen Papa, a hypochondriac to his ward and all, the old querulous Uncle?
The book that most intrigues me is _The Count of Monte Cristo,_ since my favorite television series is _The Prisoner_ (1967), which has “escape” as a major theme, while my favorite book is _The Great Gatsby,_ which deals with a man who reinvents himself.
Very much enjoyed this video. I have read several of the books and will add the others to my list. I just read The Count of Monte Cristo this past Spring. I was wondering if you had read The Black Count by Tom Reiss. It won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2013. I thought it was a brilliant account of Alexandre Dumas’ father. He was actually the source of many of the escapades that Dumas writes about. I read it when it came out and still it took me a while to get around to the novel. But, I was glad to have the background info when I did. I highly recommend it!
I started reading the Woman in White and I agree, I can’t put it down. I stay up way too late reading one more chapter. Thank you for these great suggestions. I have read quite a few, and agree they belong on this list. I am adding Three Men in a Boat, because who doesn’t need a good laugh these days! Love your channel and the excitement over a good book!
I just found you Tristan! It's a pleasure to listen to you. I haven't read Wodehouse, but I'm sold. And yes, I would love a video about building a classics library. Thank you for teaching me!
Hello, Martha. It's a delight to make your acquaintance! And thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment. i truly appreciate it. Just so you know, I have now posted a video on building a classic library. hope that you enjoy it.😀
Brilliant video! I consider myself as a beginner classic reader so this list is really helpful. I only read three from the list. Rebecca remind me of Jane Eyre (I am not obsessed with Jane Eyre 😂). I also read Great Expectations and To kill a Mockingbird I am planning to read Woman in white and the count of Montecristo and hopefully read some others from this list next year. I agree with you about Middlemarch, the more I hear people talk about it the more I am intimated. I would take your advice and read Silas minor first and maybe another one or two of her works before attempting Middlemarch. Thanks for this video ☺️
Loved that video. Mrs Danvers is one of the most impacful characters for me. Still scared of her! Love Dickens. Each novel is a world in itself. I read Jerome K. Jerome when I was a teen... really want to reread it now! And Woodhouse is a genius!
Thanks Karine. I first read Jerome K Jerome in my teens too. It was one of the only books I read multiple times. Like Wodehouse, it's not just the stories, it's the turn of phrase which is so delightful. That's why they are always funny on a reread.
Reacting to your 10 classic books from different genres: P.G. Wodehouse has been my favorite writer for 20 years. I love Jeeves and Wooster but the Mulliner stories totally knock me out.
I would recommend a tale of two cities as a good place to start with Dickens. And then I read Oliver twist before I read Great expectations. And I was glad I did it that way.
I was definetly inspired to buy and read Huxleys Brave new World now that I've gained insight a bit about the plot. Recently i bought Dumas Count of Monte Christo, its a big one :D I got the English Oxford pocket version, a good tip to read bit by bit while reading other books because the sheer size of the novel is a bit intimidating. Thanks for another great video. Always a joy to take part and listen.
Well that's my 2023 TBR pile done! Thank you so much for this great list. I can't wait to spend time with a few old friends and make some new ones. And a video on building a classics library would be much appreciated!
Splendid! I wish you the greatest enjoyment in your reading. And I will do that library video soon.
+1 Thank you!
My mom was great to provide me "must reads", one of which was The Earth Abides. I am reading it now, at 75 yrs old.
It is an eerie pre-view of the Covid era altho written in the 1940's!
So I just discovered your channel YESterDaY and now I want to read every single book you talk about. 😂
How true!! Tristan’s enthusiasm is contagious! His vocabulary and talent for story-telling is enviable!!
In high school we read The Woman in White; Rebecca; Silas Marner; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Great Expectations; ❤❤❤Then re-read them all as an adult and fell in love all over again. Thank u for ur channel.
Merle Oberon and Leslie Howard did a marvelous rendition of The Scarlet Pimpernel😃
For those of us who want to take this list along to the library!
12 classic books to read ( by Tristan and the classics)
Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Raphael Sabatini - Captain Blood
Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes/A Study in Scarlet
Jerome K. Jerome - Three men in a boat
Baroness Orczy - Scarlet Pimpernel
Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey
George Eliot - Silas Marner
Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White
P.G.Wodehouse - The world of Psmith Omnibus
JL Carr - A month in the Country
Huxley - Brave new world
Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Christo
Thank you for collating the list 😀👍
Yes,thank you.
Good luck finding P G Wodehouse at your library. There is one in our large library system. I get all his off Amazon for my Kindle. He is an absolute hoot!
A Study in Scarlet blew me away. I’m an Anglophile but also a resident of the Great Basin Desert which I love. I was amazed to discover that much of this novel is set in my Wild West “stomping grounds.” It’s a detective novel, western and Mormon historical fiction.
Hey man, your subscriber count has more than tripled since this video came out a year ago! Can’t wait to see it grow even more
I just yesterday finished THE WOMAN IN WHITE. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it and you are right I did sit up reading it at night.
I just finished 'A Month in the Country' based on your recommendation and it was an absolute treat. I don't think I can describe it better than you did. The last paragraph is one of the most touching things I've ever read.
I am so frustrated. I am unable to read books anymore but have loved reading all my life. My library has all the books but not as audiobooks. So now I’m frustrated. Thank you, Tristan, I love to hear you talking about books.
I am so glad you covered Wodehouse who is indeed a classic writer even if not in the traditional sense of what people think of when they consider classics. His wit is just unmatched!
I’ve read most of Jeeves series and the Blandings series and watched the TV series numerous times and still going back to it. Hugh Laurie’s portrayal of Wooster is just special and of course Stephen Fry’s Jeeves! I had borrowed Pigs have wings (from the Blandings series .i think) instead of my college books and was reading it sitting in every corner of the college (because I couldn’t wait to finish it!) and was laughing till my belly ached (by myself!). Be warned if you try to read it when a class is going on, you’re sure to get caught.
I hated reading in school because of... school (which I hate to this day and I'm 34) But suddenly I found Captain Blood in my house and I played videogames about pirates a lot. So, I started to read. And I was blown away - I read all days for the week until I read all Captain Blood novels and I never ever experienced something like this. It was absolutely transcendental.
Since that time I read books. But CB to this day is one of the best things I've ever read.
This is a fabulous anecdote, Alexander! Captain Blood is so good. Have you read anything else by Sabatini?
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 yeah, some. The Sea Hawk to be precise. And I'm planning to read more of his.
Rebecca is great book and film. I highly recommend the Alfred Hitchcock/ David O Selznick version from 1940, starring Laurence Olivier as Maxim and Joan Fontaine as the new wife. Black and white of course but looks a million dollars, the best Danvers I’ve seen. I like your take on the classics and the different types and styles for different levels and experience of them, it makes a lot more sense than someone just rattling off recommendations for Don Quixote, Crime & Punishment and other giant tomes. Reading is a process and a journey. I started by reading comics as a child and wasn’t a very good student at school, a bit of a handful, my teachers would say, but I always read and still do. Middlemarch or Anna Karenina is next, after my current read. It’s taken me 58 years to get to these, well worth the effort though. I still read thrillers, espionage, serial killer paperbacks too and enjoy them very much, but to me they are dinner, whereas the classics I read are my dessert.
I just started The Woman in Wite. Totally blown away by the beauty of the book and I am on page 64! An example: “Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.” So very true.
Exactly.
I’m gonna get this book 📕
One of my all time favorite books.
A great book - a mystery, a romance, a thriller all in one.
@@ellen823ful You’ll love it. Caution about reading the forward or preface. My old penguin edition’s forward contains a MAJOR spoiler. I blacked that part out so I could loan it out. I’ve read it four times & I rarely reread books. It’s that good.
Great list! Already in my stack to read: "A Study in Scarlet" and "Great Expectations". I've read "To Kill a Mockingbird" several times, but will reread. I've also read "Rebecca" quite a few times. Ordered just now: "Captain Blood" and "Three Men in a Boat." I've listened to "Woman in White" and didn't care for it - but I plan on reading it, regardless. The others that caught my attention: "Northanger Abbey," "Silas Marner" (I've only listened to this one) and "A Month in the Country." Thanks for re-introducing me to my love of reading - which was laid aside 39 years ago when I started having children. I'm flashing back to what life was like in early life when I had a book with me at all times. I'm happy to say that, thanks to you, I'm again reading constantly when not at work or in the kitchen: in the early morning, late into the night, and while in line at the bank and grocery stores. Audiobooks filled in a huge gap for me over the years and I'm grateful for them - but it's just not the same experience as lingering over the word.
im happy you included jane austen. most people think her stories are too romantic and cliche. I've read Northanger Abbey 4 times already (from when i started classics) and it never loses its charms
I agree, Men in particular seem to think she's too 'feminine' and 'dainty' - and usually they've never read her novels. I first studied Jane Austen's novels at University and in my opinion she is an extremely clever and perceptive novelist. 'Northanger Abbey is a gem and one of my other favourites is 'Pride and Prejudice'.
Jane Austin's books are I think overrated. Except Emma and Sense and sensibility
I’m in the middle of Don Quixote. Loving 🥰 it. I have to go slow because of the way Cervantes has written it. Lots of new vocabulary for me. I’m becoming emotionally involved now with the beloved “knight errant”. We touch on all the books of chivalry from the past. We look at the history of Spain 🇪🇸 🌎 at that time. Anyway…❤ and cheers 🥂 to the Knight of the Mournful Countenance! By the way one of my favorite songs is The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha. 🎤 singing it as I take my walks.
Part two of the book is the real pay off. Part one is an overture to the real stuff, part two.
I found your channel a couple of weeks ago and have become hooked. I've always been a reader, but for the majority of my life it had been SF. I still enjoy some of the older SF, but I do not like the direction it's been going. So, I have been reading classics and your channel has filled a need for me. Thank you.
Thank you! I have never read Captain Blood, 3 Men in a Boat, or A Month in the Country. Will do!
Yes! We need a video for building a classic library
OK Gwyndon. I'm quite excited about the prospect of that video.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Your channel has inspired me! I only just discovered it in the last few months. 2023 will be the year of the classic for me! Thanks for the video!
@@Gwyndon That's so good to hear Gwyndon. Looking forward to hearing about your adventure in Classics.
Indeed we do!
Yes please Tristan!
So many of my favorites! I *love* Rebecca, A Study in Scarlet, To Kill A Mockingbird, Great Expectations, Three Men in a Boat, The Woman in White and while I have only read *Leave it to Psmith*,* I love Wodehouse. I do consider myself to be a Janeite and you're right - Northanger Abbey is at the bottom of my list. However, hearing you talk about it makes me want to give it another re-read! 📚 Now I just need to get to reading the other books from your wonderful list! 🤓 Thank you for this, Tristan! 👏🏻
Pleased that you approve of the list Lu. Of Austen's books you will probably be shocked to which one I rank in 6th place. Though they are all excellent and each deserves a place in the Canon.
You are a fantastic story teller. So inspiring, so exciting 😊
I just found your channel and I love it!
I find it interesting the book you mentioned to possibly not use as an introduction to classic literature. Over the summer I decided to dive back into books. I used to be extremely bookish years ago, though not particularly drawn to classics, and I never realized how much I missed reading until I picked up, in June, “Middlemarch” which had been staring at me from my bookshelf for a long time.
To be sure, though an unbelievable book (and definitely at the top of my favorites list having now read it) it’s challenging to pick up if you’re just starting to cut your teeth on classics or reading in general, and for all the reasons you mentioned. It’s a big book, beautifully written but verbose and at times I did find myself jumping back to the beginning of a paragraph to re-read, and from the perspective of social roles and expectations it was both fascinating and confusing at times. Overall, however, I found it easier to comprehend than I was expecting, and I broke the book down into its individual parts and read it as if I were reading the originally serialized novel. That is, I would read one part of “Middlemarch” and then read an entirely different book (one that bore no chance of being confused with George Eliot’s much larger tome), before returning for the next part of the book. This made the entire process of reading almost more enchanting to me, because as I would get to the end of whatever book I was reading between parts I would start to reflect on the story of “Middlemarch”. I would think about Mrs. Casaubon- what a lovely character she is!- and Will Ladislaw and Mr. Lydgate who I was not nearly as fond of in the beginning as I became, through his various trials, later in the book. This approach really had me looking forward to the next installment, rather than feeling exhausted which I think would have been very possible without breaking the novel up.
I really re-discovered my love of reading with “Middlemarch” and the other books that I read as well, but there are few books that have transported me the way that “Middlemarch” did and few characters that I’ve cared about as much as I did so many of those that George Eliot penned here. I’m looking forward to reading more of her work (and re-reading “Middlemarch” at some point as well). I found her use of words to be so engaging and her ability to create complex, truly human characters fascinated me.
Any suggestions for my next date with George Eliot? I’m so excited to explore her work! And to those considering “Middlemarch”, especially if you are (like me) rediscovering reading, take it slow, break up your reading of the book if that feels right to you, and enjoy it! It’s a fantastic experience!
I agree with you and am delighted that Eliot has reignited you love of reading. As for your next date with Eliot, may I suggest The Mill on the Floss?😀❤️
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Absolutely! I’ll be ordering it soon. I was hoping that would be the suggestion. I’ve felt drawn to that book in particular. Thank you! 😊
I love your channel. You've made me appreciate classics. I read three men on a boat last year. It's hands down the funniest book I've read.
So happy to see you recommending "Three men in a boat", it's great fun.
Thanks, Tristan! I'm so glad you included Three Men In a Boat. I just read that one for Victober and laughed all the way through it.That's the perfect book to start reading the classics!!
You've sold me on Captain Blood and The Scarlet Pimpernel. And I'm ashamed to say I've never read PG Wodehouse. I know. I'm missing out and I really have no excuse.
3 men is so enjoyable that I want to read it every time I hear it mentioned.
As for Wodehouse!!! He is the cream of the crop. Everybody should read at least one book by him. Let me know when you do, Mitzi.
Better late than never!
I'm happy I found your channel. In another video you posted you taught iambic pentameter. I was amazed at how quickly you brought understanding to this dull mind in a way my professor in college was unable to do in 2 semesters of Shakespeare. That was 50 years ago. Thank you. for all your posts.
Thank you so much, Rick, for sharing this. It's such a shame when the brilliance of something isn't explained appropriately, or with a lack of lustre. Maybe, sometimes, the original love of literature wears off some professors as it becomes a 'job.'
Whatever the case, I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, and that one of my videos was valuable to you.
I’m so happy to have come across your channel. I have gotten back into reading after a break and I want to read the classics. The passion and knowledge you have when you talk of these books is inspiring. I’m adding all these books to my TBR and am determined to read at least 5 this year.
Hi, Joanna, it's so nice to make your acquaintance. I'm pleased that you enjoyed the video and I wish you as much delight in reading them as I had.😀
You’re a master story teller! I added so many books to my audible wish list!
This video just came up in my feed. It’s February 2024. I love your list. I’ve read almost all of the books on your list except the two comedies, A Month in the Country, and The Count of Monte Cristo. I have read Middlemarch and suggest another feel good book, Enchanted April. Oh, I forgot I haven’t read Captain Blood, but loved the movie so I will put it on my TBR. I very much enjoyed this introduction to your channel.
Yes, I agree with you about "The Woman in White." It's a spectacularly entertaining novel. So is "The Moonstone." "Armadale" is awfully good too.
All of these are great choices! A superb TBr. Have read about four - upward and onward. 😃
I was simply thrilled when you presented your list of books on this video, The only one I hadn't read yet was A Month in the Country (which I just ordered). I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos and taking notes. I laughed when you mentioned Three Men in a Boat. When the author mentioned that bit about the china being put on display and considered antiques, I had only to look at my Flow Blue pieces on display sitting atop my buffet and chuckle. Woodhouse got me with his characters conversing straight out of the 1920's. I've read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories even all of Agatha Christies. Persuasion is my favorite Austen novel (I think it's the letter that does it). I started the New Year off with my favorite book of all time Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham ( which I hadn't read but once about 50 years ago) and it is still my very favorite book. My second read this year was Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M Forster, now I'm working my way through Paradise Lost by Milton. Happy Reading and looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Thanks for this amazing comment, Diana. What a gorgeous list of works. I hope to read more Maugham this year. I love Forsters style. PG Wodehouse is maybe the greatest penman ever.
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Thank you for your channel. It has gotten me back into reading. I'm now a voracious reader. I just finished reading To Kill A Mockingbird last month. LOVED it! My favorites are Silas Marner, A Tale of Two Cities, and James Michener's Centennial. Reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I've read several of Charles Dickens' books.
Oh thank you Carol, this was such a lovely comment to receive. So pleased that you have found your reading mojo again 😀 Mockingbird is beautifully done as a story.
This guy really makes me want to read a classic. I think I’m going to the library tomorrow.
Very true words about " Great expectations"!
Tristan, just want to say thank you for your videos. I don’t get to read much because I have work so much at the warehouse and sometimes I’m just too tired after. But you inspire me to keep on pushing and it makes me excited for the next time I can sit down and read something. You have a good energy man and you should know it makes a lot of peoples days just to see a new video from you. Anyways, I better get to reading some of these, ive heard so many good things about great expectations and I think I may try that next (I read David copperfield which was one of the best books ever made). I really want to check out northanger abbey too. Love the shoutout to to kill a mockingbird. We read that in high school and it was intensely moving. I still remember many lines from it despite not picking it up in well over a decade. Anyways happy New Years, greetings from Detroit, Michigan
this is the first time i have been recommended a classic novela with comedy genre. most booktoks usually recommend the complex genres. great video. i'll read the recommendations because most of the books were on my tbr list for quite a long time
Captain Blood and the Scarlet Pimpernel. I need to read these.
Hello ! Thank you for your always cheery introduction :) . As always, you've presented us with a great selection of books. Thank you. Daphne Du Maurier is always a great place to start with classics.
Pleased you enjoyed it Christina 😀 You are right, there is hardly a better author to start with than du Maurier.
I am very much like Jay and have recently pick up literature for the first time and am so grateful I came across this video! I love hearing about the books on your list which I haven’t read any! The first book I am going to read is “A month in the country”. Thank you for your great content!
so happy I stumbled across your video! I am working on my 2024 reading plan right now and will definitely add three men in a boat and quite a few of the rest of this list to my plans! SUBSCRIBED! I' read the Count of Monte Cristo this year - Awesome, rip snorting page turner , totally agree with your recommendation. I just read Tale of Two Cities and Christmas Carol , loved, so I'll add Great expectations to my 2024 list, I've read a BUNCH of woodhouse but not in a while and also Jane Austen. Great list!! I Adored Middlemarch so I'll add Solas Marner for this coming year.
Best recommendation list for classics I've seen! Thank you!!
That's so kind of you to say, Lupana. Thank you! 😊
I love this - it's so true that people just recc classics without thinking about people who're just getting into older stuff and can't just read middlemarch for fun yet. Such a good video.
Watched this. Decided to read Woman in White. You're right. Amazing. Took a month to read the first 120 pages, and 2 weeks to read the last 500. Couldn't put it down!
I’m so glad I found your channel, been reading a lot this past week
Hi Tristan, I loved your video! I am going to read SILAS MARNER and a GREAT EXPECTATIONS. I will comment on soon❤❤❤
Is this guy great or what!Enthusiast is an understatement..
So informative, enthusiastic. Rebecca is the first one from the list that I have started this week!
You have bitten me with the classics! There are not enough hours in my day to get to all the books you have recommended. Also, we saw two adaptations of “Rebecca” and loved them both!
Ok, so the bonus book I read in under a week on my first go. I know most people aren't like that, but it pulled me in.
I also read Jane Austin's works (not all of them), rather quickly. I know people like the Brontë sisters also, and I read them quickly as well. They were easy to get into I felt.
I don't know if these are so much starters for the classics books, but I found them easy to lose myself in. You did have some new finds for me. So thanks so much.
Very clever list, thank you, and a great introduction. There's no reason readers shouldn't start with accessible texts instead of the heavies. I hope there are teachers who recommend your channel to their students.
What a great selection ! I’ve read and loved a few of them (Rebecca is one of my all time favorites, Monte Cristo WOW, Sherlock is fantastic…) so I’m really looking forward to reading those of the list I haven’t ! Having just finished Middlemarch last month, I am really tempted to dive into Silas Marner soon ! And yay to a video on how to build a classic library 😃 Thank you Tristan ! Take care !
I really enjoyed Silas Marner. I agree with you about Sherlock and Count of MC
Thank man great list. I'm going to use a few of these as palate cleansers from my main reading.
Pleased to be of assistance 😀 Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Hi, new sub here! Can't believe I've never come upon your channel before. You've got me interested in digging out my old Sherlock Holmes books, and rereading some of them; also I'm definitely going to start Northanger Abbey and Rebecca!
This presentation made me so happy because all of the books you mentioned ( okay, 90%!) are SO BELOVED to me and am scampering immediately to the library for the two I haven’t yet read-
Thank you!!!
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So many great books to read. Some are already on my shelves and lists. I’ve just recently bought A Month in the Country and I can’t wait to start reading 👍👍👍
This is great. I am going to share it with my homeschool group, many parents are looking for ways to introduce the classics to their students.
I love the idea of building a library.
I have read most of the books on your list but I had never heard of Captain Blood.
I love that idea for a video about building your classics library. I own way too many books and would be curious to see if I have any blatant holes. I enjoyed this list video and though I have read/studied quite a few, there are some I haven’t gotten to yet. I think Austen and Trollope are great places to start with classic literature. I feel like they are very kind to their readers.
Hiya, great to see you here!!! You are spot on about Trollope. What a writer! I'm quite excited to do a library building video. You should do one too.😀
Great choices and interesting introductions--makes me want to reread the ones I know and start on the others!
Tristan, I’ve just finished Captain Blood. I loved it. I would never have read this book without your recommendation - thank you, thank you, thank you. Brave New World next. Peter (Williams, not Blood).
I read Capt Blood when I was a young teen over 50 years ago. I still read sections today, it's so much fun. I also discovered the movie with Errol Flynn (I think his first starting role) around the same time. It's dated and corny but captured the spirit of the book and is wonderful.
Loved this list, I've read 6 of them. I read A Month in the Country earlier this year upon your recommendation and loved it. I know i will go back to it when I need something calming. Thank you!
I am currently reading Three Men in A Boat, and it is indeed laugh out loud funny. Thank you so much for the recommendation Tristan!
I love this list!! I shared it on Instagram too encourage others to get back into classics. I can't wait to read more film this list that I haven't read yet.
I've read a handful of these... The Count of MC, Rebecca, Northanger Abbey and I can't remember the rest. Lll
Oh you are wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing it.
The Count of M C is something special don't you think?
Any books that you would put on a list like this?
Your channel has grown so much! Love it and love your content :)
What Tristan said about putting several of George Elliot books in your pockets of you wish to drown made me 😂😂😂
However, I am now wary of taking Middlemarch and Anna Karenina with me to cross a stream !
Brick books is what I call them...good weapons that Agatha Christie could have used for one of her crime novels !
I work in a university library and checked to see if we had "Three Men in a Boat". We do and I am going to start reading it today. Thanks for the recommendation.
I hope you like it. My daughter has just started reading it and is sat in the corner chuckling away.
Tristen !! How wonderful to see you again! I thought you had to do other stuff and sent us off to the library to find a Snark !!! Absolutely wonderful to have you back!! I was so pleased to find that the only book I had not read on your list was Scarlet Pimpernel. I do own it and I will find it again and put it on the top of the TBR pile. I absolutely agree with you and your choices. My least favorite was Women in White (I know, what is wrong with me LOL) !! Currently I am filling one of my literary holes and that is Greek and Roman Mythology. WOW has that been fun, I find myself gasping and my jaw dropping all the time with those Titans !!
So great to see you ! I will make sure to follow!!! Lee
Hey Lee! Fabulous to see your comments again. I shall put your opinion of the Woman in White down to a high fever.😀
Greek literature is a particular blank spot for me too. One I hope to address soon enough.
Keep well my friend.
Yeeeeees…exactly what I was looking for to help me start my Classics journey! I will say I have read Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles” and loved it. Throughout his story I found myself saying such things as “Wait, what?” “But how?” “How’d I miss that!?”. Quite remarkable and I’m looking forward to reading “A Study in Scarlet”. I’m truly looking forward to reading all these. Thank you!
Yes, yes, yes to the Classic library video!
Great. I am quite excited about the prospect of doing that video.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Looking forward to it!
New to the channel. Love it!
I have also just begun, the woman in white. Thoroughly enjoying it so far. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love your videos and your pleasant manner. I can't wait to read some of your suggestions from this list. I also have lost a lot of books that I have loaned to people. It is a strange phenomenon that many decent and good people don't feel the need to return books. I have stopped lending now except to my very best friends.
This really made me smile. Its so true that the people who abscond with ones books are otherwise upstanding citizens.
Thanks for taking the time to comment Michajeru.😃
Absolutely the same story with me! I lost a lot of my favourite books this way.😢
The most impactful book I read a young man was Faulkner's "As I lay dying" for that, I consider it is the most underrated masterpiece on literature. And Wilkie Collins? WOW, I do not know how many times I read The Moonstone and The Woman in white. What a Storyteller.
Thank you Tristan! I already read some of the books you mention, others are in my TBR, others are new to me. I think the next book I shall read will be Rebecca! Have a nice day and thanks for your wonderful and useful videos!
Hi Laura, great to hear from you. I hope that you love Rebecca. Its a recommendation I'm confident of.
Oh yes Tristen, building a classic library would make a great video. I've been compiling your lists of classics to read and I must say there is quite a bit of crossover. A definitive list for a library would be fantastic. Next -how many classics would be enough to start ? 50- 100 ? No matter what the number, Please compile it. Thank you. Stef
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Here's the video, Stefano. I hope that you enjoy it. It may not be what you are expecting, though. 😀👍😅
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Thank you Tristan. That was a wonderful video. Helped me realize that I have already (albeit unconsciously) been doing some of the points you mentioned. Like for human condition/character, I love Dickens (just finished Bleak House) and Beckett. So grateful to you. I am East of Eden away from finishing all of Steinbeck.
The Count of Monte Cristo is the greatest novel of all time! You make me want to reread A Month in the Country, your description is perfect. Frankenstein would be a good addition to this list.
The Count I'd a ripping read. I do love A Month In The Country.
After watching your video, I got myself a copy of Great Expectations by Chiltern. Waiting for it to be delivered.
Thank you for the great insights into classics and your unique charisma 🙂
I second your recommendation of "Three Men in a Boat", it is such an hilarious book! I hardly ever see it talked about anywhere else, so I'm glad that you are as fond of it as I am (though its sequel is certainly much weaker)!
Brilliant video! I consider myself as a beginner classic reader so this list is really helpful. I only read three from the list. Rebecca remind me of Jane Eyre (I am not obsessed with Jane Eyre 😂). I also read Great Expectations and To kill a Mockingbird
I am planning to read Woman in white and the count of Montecristo and hopefully read some others from this list next year.
I agree with you about Middlemarch, the more I hear people talk about it the more I am intimated. I would take your advice and read Silas minor first and maybe another one or two of her works before attempting Middlemarch.
A building classic library video would be great.
Thanks for this video ☺️
Oh I'm so pleased that this is useful to you. Really excited to know what you think of Woman in White and the Count of Monte Cristo.
Middlemarch is among the greats but could be considered slow going by many.
Well it appears that "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" was finally in one of your lists! Bravo. By the way, there were 13 books in your 12 book list. Thanks again for sharing. Love your channel and just subbed it.
Thanks so much. I adore Great Expectations. I have dine a review of it in an older video in which I sport an aggressively short hair cut, if I remember correctly. 😅
I re-read "Great Expectations" once a year because I love it and it introduced me to Charles Dickens at the age of fourteen .
As to shoudl you do a
How to build a library, YES YES YES Yes! I am just clearing out my bookshelves and thinking of how I iwll use it in the futre. I would LOVe a series of videos about building a library. For me, it would have to be a library that aims to help we readers to progress from zero .. i have just come off a career with a lot of technical reading, and only recently realized I have forgotten how to read novels! Also, my mother actually tried to pay me to read the classics (i was 9 and not interested)… but NOW I want to read them for ME. So this library should be designed as one might design a program for building their reading prowess.
I already have Brave New World on the shelf! Read it in high school and just had to get it! I'll be adding it to my list of rereads :D
I would have fret if my no. 1 favorite book wasn't there. But lo and behold! He saved the best for last. Thank you for including The Count of Monte Cristo. It's one brilliant, brilliant book!
I ' ve read A Month in the Country-discovered on my own, the sent my brother, an artist- maybe 20 years ago. I loved it! You described it just so; beautifully. I Love Woman in White, finally read it some years of ago, sent daughter. Just saw it the recent BBC video 2 wks ago. The sensational I love too is Ainseorth' s Old Saint Paul's! Wow! That kept me up, tho begins to beggar reality toward end. Still so Wonderful, set in the Great Fire epoch. We read age 14 and 13 in HS 58 yrs ago Rebecca and Great EXPECTATIONS. Yes, so Great! I own 3 Men in a Boat recc' d by EN Professor from London, years ago. Yet to conclude. Gerard Depardieu was excellent as the Count in the film. Yes,bread some of the book. The Woman in White is So gripping, as you said. Sorry for any who've missed the wonderful 3 young residents familiarity and like Austen Papa, a hypochondriac to his ward and all, the old querulous Uncle?
It's one of my favourite books.
The book that most intrigues me is _The Count of Monte Cristo,_ since my favorite television series is _The Prisoner_ (1967), which has “escape” as a major theme, while my favorite book is _The Great Gatsby,_ which deals with a man who reinvents himself.
I thoroughly enjoy reading Gatsby. The Count of M is just a whole new level of brilliant. 😀
Anthony Andrews is the lovely chap playing The Pimpernel. The 1934 film with Leslie Howard is also worth your time.
Very much enjoyed this video. I have read several of the books and will add the others to my list. I just read The Count of Monte Cristo this past Spring. I was wondering if you had read The Black Count by Tom Reiss. It won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2013. I thought it was a brilliant account of Alexandre Dumas’ father. He was actually the source of many of the escapades that Dumas writes about. I read it when it came out and still it took me a while to get around to the novel. But, I was glad to have the background info when I did. I highly recommend it!
That's amazing, Sherrie. I haven't heard of that book at all. I'm going to look it up. Thank you.
Have read Rebecca a few times.. I so agree that it’s a wonderful book!
I started reading the Woman in White and I agree, I can’t put it down. I stay up way too late reading one more chapter. Thank you for these great suggestions. I have read quite a few, and agree they belong on this list. I am adding Three Men in a Boat, because who doesn’t need a good laugh these days!
Love your channel and the excitement over a good book!
I just found you Tristan! It's a pleasure to listen to you. I haven't read Wodehouse, but I'm sold. And yes, I would love a video about building a classics library. Thank you for teaching me!
Hello, Martha. It's a delight to make your acquaintance! And thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment. i truly appreciate it.
Just so you know, I have now posted a video on building a classic library. hope that you enjoy it.😀
Brilliant video! I consider myself as a beginner classic reader so this list is really helpful. I only read three from the list. Rebecca remind me of Jane Eyre (I am not obsessed with Jane Eyre 😂). I also read Great Expectations and To kill a Mockingbird
I am planning to read Woman in white and the count of Montecristo and hopefully read some others from this list next year.
I agree with you about Middlemarch, the more I hear people talk about it the more I am intimated. I would take your advice and read Silas minor first and maybe another one or two of her works before attempting Middlemarch.
Thanks for this video ☺️
I agree with you about Northanger Abbey. Most have never heard of it.
Loved that video. Mrs Danvers is one of the most impacful characters for me. Still scared of her! Love Dickens. Each novel is a world in itself. I read Jerome K. Jerome when I was a teen... really want to reread it now! And Woodhouse is a genius!
Thanks Karine. I first read Jerome K Jerome in my teens too. It was one of the only books I read multiple times. Like Wodehouse, it's not just the stories, it's the turn of phrase which is so delightful. That's why they are always funny on a reread.
Reacting to your 10 classic books from different genres: P.G. Wodehouse has been my favorite writer for 20 years. I love Jeeves and Wooster but the Mulliner stories totally knock me out.
I read the Count of Monte Cristo and absolutely loved it. It did take a while though. 🙂
It I'd a long walk, but the final view is worth it.😀
This was great. He’s so charismatic!
I would recommend a tale of two cities as a good place to start with Dickens. And then I read Oliver twist before I read Great expectations. And I was glad I did it that way.
I was definetly inspired to buy and read Huxleys Brave new World now that I've gained insight a bit about the plot. Recently i bought Dumas Count of Monte Christo, its a big one :D I got the English Oxford pocket version, a good tip to read bit by bit while reading other books because the sheer size of the novel is a bit intimidating. Thanks for another great video. Always a joy to take part and listen.
That's great. I hope that you enjoy the Count, its one of my favourite stories.