It's so great to see people get into classic literature. Not because of any snobbish reasons, but because it's awsome when people discover genuine joy and love in something that is seen as intimidating. There often still is such a bs elitist mindset when it comes to classics that makes people believe that they're "not smart enough" for them or that classics are all simply boring and pretentious, and it keeps so many people from stories they might enjoy. I always love it when people take the jump and end up loving what they're reading. ❤ I love your collection, may it continue growing! ☺
Agreed! I actually started reading more classics because of her genuine enjoyment of classics. Usually people that read classic make is so pompous way ("it criticised society in such a manner...") that it does not make classics about reading a good book and genuinely enjoy it.
@@jessicajessica4392it’s possible to still enjoy and analyze the text and discuss the commentary on what it’s doing while having fun reading the book! it’s strange that people separate the two as if two things can’t happen at once.
@@witchreads You can 100% do both, some of my favourite books are classics that are enjoyed because of their commentary on life and society, but many classic reviewers do not focus on their genuine enjoyment. When talking about classics, Bella is genuinely excited about those books and genuinely enjoys them and expresses them, rather than focusing on how "brainy" a book is. it makes classics less intimidating even big ones. She also admits that she did not understand some parts/where she struggled.
@@jessicajessica4392why is that pompous? can't we have genuine conversations anymore instead of sounding like a broken machine with no opinion of their own like "i enjoy this" "i enjoyed that" 🫠
I love the Arden editions of Shakespeare for reading. They have notes at the bottom of each page to help with the language and they are so accessible! We used them in college English Lit
I’ll be reading Count of Montecristo next year. I am SO looking forward to it. I’ll be here commenting when I do! You got me wanting to read war and peace, crime and punishment and especially Rilke.
I am so happy you enjoyed the Count of Monte Cristo! Every time you mention it in your videos my heart does a happy dance. Dumas is my one of my favourite authors, his book The Three Musketeers shaped me as a person. If you enjoy epic tales of friendship, found families, intrigues and adventures I would 100% recommend it. Also, it is kind of a series (after the Three musketeers, there is 20 years later and after that one there is 10 years later also called the Vicomte of Bragelonne), but each book concludes the story it is telling and the continuations are really a way to spend more time with the characters.
this video is basically Bella admiring her own tabs and annotations for an hour and ten minutes LMAO seriously tho i wanted to thank you for communicating your love for classics to us, i started my own journey this year with the picture of dorian grey and it's all thanks to you
“It becomes more than a book when you leave a part of yourself inside it“ 🥺🥹❤ Also I’m currently reading The Count of Monte Christo so this video came at the perfect time Bella!!💙
Absolutely LOVED this video!!! I have Frankenstein on my tbr for the end of the year and you just made me even more excited to pick it up! The love you have for Classics is contagious!
I've always enjoyed Classics and Gothic Lit but this last spooky season I really feel back in love with it. In particular, I loved Jane Eyre and Rebecca. I just got that same beautiful edition of Anna Karenina and plan on reading it via audio next month. December is going to be a fun reading month because I have eleven holiday-themed books on my TBR, two of which are Classics that have become tradition every year - A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker.
I discovered ur channel when you posted your count of monti cristo blog and i've been here since❤ so proud of u and how far u have become with your classics🥺🤍
so excited for this! whenever I read classics or look at them in bookstores, I always have to think of you! (Especially the count of monte cristo 😮💨💗) I know I’m going to be putting more classics on my tbr after watching this 🤭🫶
It’s the way I bought every classic you didn’t like it before your reviews because I though you were going to love them🤡 amazing video as always, your copies are STUNNING 🤌🏻
Now I'm actually reading "Jane Eyre" and going to see a play instalment based on the book. I'm excited to finish the novel. P. S. Love your annotations!
if you love Jane Eyre like I did I would also recommend the witchy re-telling Salt & Broom by Susan Fisher... least I think that's the name and spelling (I'm outside right now and can't see it). It really added to the story!
I bought War and Peace and the unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath because of you and I still didn't read both. 😂😭 tried my hand at War and Peace but stopped, still don't have the courage to try again but I definitely will.
loved the video, i hope to read as many classics as you someday! i HAVE read the count of monte cristo because of your vlog and i'll be rereading it soon because i havent stopped thinking about it for a year (i have problems ik)!! edmond dantes is just...unforgettable and i miss him 😩 ALSO: idk if i just saw wrong but please be careful with your boyfriends copy of pride and prejudice, i cant tell if thats water damage or book mold but it looks like it has some spots on the spine 😭i learned the hard way that book mold can spread to other books (still traumatized)
You seem to really enjoy existential novels. I would like to recommend to you At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell. It is a nonfiction book about existential philosophy, it also features information about some of the books you already read and liked (nausea, the woman destroyed). It's really interesting, you learn so much about the authors and the things that influenced them and it is somehow so well written that it is surprisingly hard to put down.
Hi there! First time commenting, but thoroughly enjoying your videos! They put me in such a good mood, thank you for sharing them and promoting love for reading! And the Danmei novels!! I'm excited for that video! Chiming in just to say, I love Paradise Lost! Yes, it's in verses but it's very understandable and some passages are so incredibly beautiful, the images it evokes so visceral, and of course, a Lucifer that's a romantic anti-hero way before the concept was even created. I highly recommend, it's to this day one of my all time favorite classics. Along with Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, if you are looking for more classics to put on your TBR and something else that's written in verses. Keep up the good work, and I hope whatever you're going through with your health issues will be resolved, I really do. Thank you for your content.
Stop the world Bella uploaded a new video! Also Bella if you see this you're my fav youtuber love you💕 also how do you make your tabs so even throughout the book?
Omg you read war and peace?🤣 Pride and Prejudice was my first classic and Crime & Punishment is currently my third classic. The annotations in the beginning are so satisfying. Okay so maybe I should read the unabridged journals before the bell jar.
I got a question for you. Have you ever read anything from avina st graves? she's not a classist and she's a romance writer (kinda inching on the dark side of romance ahaha) but like you should try out her book "scorpion" Its been almost a good year and a half since I watched you so I don't know much of what you like to read but I'm reading that currently and the only thing I can say is, even tho it's fast paced and kind of alot of emotion in just 200+ pages but it's such an unique idea-the FMC being the bodyguard for MMC? now that's new. I hope you check it out and hope hope HOPE u like it. Its okay if it's not your taste cause ofc all of us have different tastes but just wanted to recommend that!!🙌
I love that Frankenstein edition Unrelated but have you seen the kdrama love in the big city? It’s bl and inspired by sex and the city. I loved it and wanted to recommend it to you. Love from PR
Penguin Classic editions have the 1818 version of Frankenstein, so if you want another copy you can justify it by saying the text is different than your other editions 💁🏻♀
the annotation tabs on display is literally a DREAM of mine. To imagine how much time you’ve spent on them 😭💗
Same here
It's so great to see people get into classic literature. Not because of any snobbish reasons, but because it's awsome when people discover genuine joy and love in something that is seen as intimidating. There often still is such a bs elitist mindset when it comes to classics that makes people believe that they're "not smart enough" for them or that classics are all simply boring and pretentious, and it keeps so many people from stories they might enjoy. I always love it when people take the jump and end up loving what they're reading. ❤
I love your collection, may it continue growing! ☺
Agreed! I actually started reading more classics because of her genuine enjoyment of classics. Usually people that read classic make is so pompous way ("it criticised society in such a manner...") that it does not make classics about reading a good book and genuinely enjoy it.
@@jessicajessica4392it’s possible to still enjoy and analyze the text and discuss the commentary on what it’s doing while having fun reading the book! it’s strange that people separate the two as if two things can’t happen at once.
@@witchreads You can 100% do both, some of my favourite books are classics that are enjoyed because of their commentary on life and society, but many classic reviewers do not focus on their genuine enjoyment. When talking about classics, Bella is genuinely excited about those books and genuinely enjoys them and expresses them, rather than focusing on how "brainy" a book is. it makes classics less intimidating even big ones. She also admits that she did not understand some parts/where she struggled.
@@jessicajessica4392why is that pompous? can't we have genuine conversations anymore instead of sounding like a broken machine with no opinion of their own like "i enjoy this" "i enjoyed that" 🫠
I would love to watch an in depth manga tour also! ❤
the amount of classics i gave a chance bc of your vids is life-changing 💗 you'll always be an iconnnn bella !!
also YESSSS to that persuasion reread! i did the same this year and it's still my fav austen novel
You should start a fable bookclub🥺🥺
Girl i can't stress enough.. Whenever I am need of something soothing to watch you post... ❤❤❤ Hope you are happy and feeling good!!
You too 🥹💖
I’m also excited for the annotation video and the Les Mis vlog!
And hour and 10 mins video??? Thank you queen for saving my mental health yet another week 💞
12:11 “when have i ever had so little to say?” LMAO i adore youuuu
The emoji stickers and memes inside the books is actually too iconic this is what literature is all about
I love the Arden editions of Shakespeare for reading. They have notes at the bottom of each page to help with the language and they are so accessible! We used them in college English Lit
I’ll be reading Count of Montecristo next year. I am SO looking forward to it. I’ll be here commenting when I do! You got me wanting to read war and peace, crime and punishment and especially Rilke.
whenever u do the pink promise at the end I also hold my pinky up to the screen, it's so cute 💗
just finished Mount Cristo and I love it so much
I am so happy you enjoyed the Count of Monte Cristo! Every time you mention it in your videos my heart does a happy dance. Dumas is my one of my favourite authors, his book The Three Musketeers shaped me as a person. If you enjoy epic tales of friendship, found families, intrigues and adventures I would 100% recommend it. Also, it is kind of a series (after the Three musketeers, there is 20 years later and after that one there is 10 years later also called the Vicomte of Bragelonne), but each book concludes the story it is telling and the continuations are really a way to spend more time with the characters.
this video is basically Bella admiring her own tabs and annotations for an hour and ten minutes LMAO seriously tho i wanted to thank you for communicating your love for classics to us, i started my own journey this year with the picture of dorian grey and it's all thanks to you
yay! no hay mejor forma de empezar mi sábado que con uno de tus videos 💗🫶🏻
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I would never write in my books but I do like seeing how it looks when people do it so this is perfect for me😂
You literally inspire me to read classics! I was afraid of them for the longest time but I love them now!
“It becomes more than a book when you leave a part of yourself inside it“ 🥺🥹❤
Also I’m currently reading The Count of Monte Christo so this video came at the perfect time Bella!!💙
Bella this is literally the most perfect video ever
I love Dickens! And Alexander Dumas is phenomenal!
Love love loveeee when u randomly speaks spanish mid sentence>< idk why it makes me the video seems like we are close friends just having a chat ❤
The way you keep introducing me to classics! I love your collection! ❤
Wait have you not read Wuthering Heights? 👀
I really enjoyed North and South and I love the mini series!!
i got SO excited when i opened youtube and saw your video😭🩷
I hope you enjoyed! 💖
I'm so in love with your classics collection 😍 This video gave me so much serotonin 😌
Yes!! I needed to hear your voice before my exam tomorrow!! 😭😭😭
Good luck on your exam!!! I’m sending you all the good vibes!! 💫✨
Absolutely LOVED this video!!! I have Frankenstein on my tbr for the end of the year and you just made me even more excited to pick it up! The love you have for Classics is contagious!
I've always enjoyed Classics and Gothic Lit but this last spooky season I really feel back in love with it. In particular, I loved Jane Eyre and Rebecca. I just got that same beautiful edition of Anna Karenina and plan on reading it via audio next month. December is going to be a fun reading month because I have eleven holiday-themed books on my TBR, two of which are Classics that have become tradition every year - A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker.
14:22 i’m crying, that’s so special and true 🥹
your reviews of classics make me want to read them
You inspired me to start reading classics ❤
I read Les Mis this year and it was an amazing journey!! I am looking forward to watch your reading vlog about this piece of art!! 💞💞🙏🏻🙏🏻
as an english lit major, for shakespeare try macbeth (my fav tbh) and the merchant of venice!
I need that edition of Anna Karenina wow! Love that novel
These hour long videos...❤. Love them😊
I discovered ur channel when you posted your count of monti cristo blog and i've been here since❤ so proud of u and how far u have become with your classics🥺🤍
i wanna know how you tab so prettily and the systemmmmm, it's so pleasing to look at how none of them are too near or far away from each other
Now we need a top ten classics!
i aspire to have this many classics (also just books in general). also i hope you have the bestest day
Im currently reading Les mis, and it's so good. Im at the napoleon wars, so it's been slow, but I do enjoy it.
Nice look at your classics! It's nice hearing what you think about them. A reread of Persuasion sounds nice too.
I’m gonna start getting into classics next year, loved seeing your annotations ❤
Good luck with your classics journey!📚✨
I love Vincent Van Gogh and I want to read his letters!
so excited for this! whenever I read classics or look at them in bookstores, I always have to think of you! (Especially the count of monte cristo 😮💨💗) I know I’m going to be putting more classics on my tbr after watching this 🤭🫶
i was the whole time only waiting for the war and peace mention. that joke never gets old jjhaddajhas
Finally a classic tour 💞🥹 gracias bella!!!!!!
siempre 🥹💖🫶
This video is so warm and beautiful, thank you for sharing with us Bella. I hope you always find joy in this space and in your life 💞
It’s the way I bought every classic you didn’t like it before your reviews because I though you were going to love them🤡 amazing video as always, your copies are STUNNING 🤌🏻
I love the earrings ! Where did you get them please?
the queen has done it again👑
the melted Dalí clock can be purchased online.. I found it on Amazon. I've always loved that clock!
Now I'm actually reading "Jane Eyre" and going to see a play instalment based on the book. I'm excited to finish the novel. P. S. Love your annotations!
if you love Jane Eyre like I did I would also recommend the witchy re-telling Salt & Broom by Susan Fisher... least I think that's the name and spelling (I'm outside right now and can't see it). It really added to the story!
I bought War and Peace and the unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath because of you and I still didn't read both. 😂😭 tried my hand at War and Peace but stopped, still don't have the courage to try again but I definitely will.
loved the video, i hope to read as many classics as you someday! i HAVE read the count of monte cristo because of your vlog and i'll be rereading it soon because i havent stopped thinking about it for a year (i have problems ik)!! edmond dantes is just...unforgettable and i miss him 😩
ALSO: idk if i just saw wrong but please be careful with your boyfriends copy of pride and prejudice, i cant tell if thats water damage or book mold but it looks like it has some spots on the spine 😭i learned the hard way that book mold can spread to other books (still traumatized)
hi hi ! i'm so happy that i got so many book reccs from watching this video
Beautiful and amazing I totally love it it’s so amazing ❤❤❤
Loved this bookshelf tour ❤
You seem to really enjoy existential novels. I would like to recommend to you At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell. It is a nonfiction book about existential philosophy, it also features information about some of the books you already read and liked (nausea, the woman destroyed). It's really interesting, you learn so much about the authors and the things that influenced them and it is somehow so well written that it is surprisingly hard to put down.
Love it! 👏
I really want to reread the Count of Monte Christo and annotate it!
Hi there! First time commenting, but thoroughly enjoying your videos! They put me in such a good mood, thank you for sharing them and promoting love for reading! And the Danmei novels!! I'm excited for that video! Chiming in just to say, I love Paradise Lost! Yes, it's in verses but it's very understandable and some passages are so incredibly beautiful, the images it evokes so visceral, and of course, a Lucifer that's a romantic anti-hero way before the concept was even created. I highly recommend, it's to this day one of my all time favorite classics. Along with Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, if you are looking for more classics to put on your TBR and something else that's written in verses. Keep up the good work, and I hope whatever you're going through with your health issues will be resolved, I really do. Thank you for your content.
This video is the best thing that has happened todayy yayyy and alsoo great video to study with 💗
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Stop the world Bella uploaded a new video! Also Bella if you see this you're my fav youtuber love you💕 also how do you make your tabs so even throughout the book?
what books should i start with if i’m trying to get into classics?
hiya still doing monte cristo on page 906 , its taking a longggggg time but there u go xx vlog was 😂😂😂😂😂😂x
The way I was laughing out loud during this video! Thank you!🎉
What tabs do you use for your classics? They look gorgeous!
Wait whoa this is so cool! I didn’t think you would do this based off of one comment! 😊
Omg you read war and peace?🤣 Pride and Prejudice was my first classic and Crime & Punishment is currently my third classic. The annotations in the beginning are so satisfying. Okay so maybe I should read the unabridged journals before the bell jar.
Oh thank goodness I can sit here for an hour and be comforted instead of packing for a trip tomorrow LOL
Ahahah the utter absence of tabs🤣 Honestly can relate) Me and my friends decided to buddy read Mansfield Park and all 3 of us DNFed it.
I got a question for you. Have you ever read anything from avina st graves? she's not a classist and she's a romance writer (kinda inching on the dark side of romance ahaha) but like you should try out her book "scorpion"
Its been almost a good year and a half since I watched you so I don't know much of what you like to read but I'm reading that currently and the only thing I can say is, even tho it's fast paced and kind of alot of emotion in just 200+ pages but it's such an unique idea-the FMC being the bodyguard for MMC? now that's new. I hope you check it out and hope hope HOPE u like it. Its okay if it's not your taste cause ofc all of us have different tastes but just wanted to recommend that!!🙌
I love that Frankenstein edition
Unrelated but have you seen the kdrama love in the big city? It’s bl and inspired by sex and the city. I loved it and wanted to recommend it to you.
Love from PR
I felt the same way about Little Women !!
Good to know I’m not alone 😭🫶
I'm dying I need to know where to get these meme stickers
I definitely needed this video!,!!!🥹🥹❤️
Hope you enjoyed it!
@ I absolutely did 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I could be wrong… but I think she read war and peace
reading khalil gibran's poems in Arabic is the best thing everr...
Omg i didn't know you read war and peace! 🤯👀
What a classic that you reccomend?
I wish my brain simply had this many thoughts while reading
Ok but where did you get that Agatha Christi special edition!!
You can find it at Barnes
@ thanks!!
oh heckkkk yesss
haven’t finished this video but honestly is it mostly European classics?
Penguin Classic editions have the 1818 version of Frankenstein, so if you want another copy you can justify it by saying the text is different than your other editions 💁🏻♀
Seriously? WOW how did I NOT realize that
Stoic- Stow-ick.
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re: Virginia Woolf; hi, I love you too 🫶💕
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Omg I ran so fast I'm the first
I hope you enjoyed!!
I think it’s pronounced stow-ic…
I just so badly want to see your annotation video cause honestly I don’t really like the way I annotate!
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