Most of the people who read Karenina, I think that wouldn't ever accuse you about this. It's difficult to just borrow a Gospel like this story. It's way of life and philosophy...not only one of the greatest novels of all time
My aunt told me that she once travelled Russia on the trans Siberian railway reading Anna Karenina, and every page she read she tore out and threw out the window… a perfect blend of yolo romantic and littering
I am russian girl (I am not aggressor and I am against war of Putin's dictatorship) from Western Sibiria, Novosibirsks. I am life on the Transsibirian magistral and I drive by train into Sibiria every week and two weeks. I like that a people from all world recently love russian culture, read russian literature and see russians are not only terrorists and imperialists. Crime government will have a punishments. I hope Russia will become normal european country with democratic state, developed economic and developed tourist's industry. I want to work in tourist's industry in democratic Russia.
@@pallasathena1555 ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️⚪🔵 ⚪I love Great Britain, british people, history of England, british culture and english literature. My favourite english books is the Saga about Forsyte by John Galsworthy (lover of russian literature too). Else I love british novels of Victorian era and poems of english romantics. I enough will check out a video.
I felt that way after read war and peace. My reading pace increased too. I’m now going to start Anna Karenina tomorrow. War and peace made me grow in confidence I’m going read all my books that I currently own then explore bigger books. There is something comforting about reading big books. Love your videos
My favorite author of all time stated, "one day all authors shall sit under the shade of Leo Tolstoy." On his death bed he encouraged Leo Tolstoy to write again and so Leo Tolstoy wrote "Resurrection" in 1899 and it ended up being my favorite literary story of all time. 2) "Resurrection" by Leo Tolstoy 4) "Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Turgenev 7) "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy 9) "Smoke" by Ivan Turgenev 16) "Virgin Soil" by Ivan Turgenev 27) "Torrents of Spring" by Ivan Turgenev 47) "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy 49) "First Love" by Ivan Turgenev 70) "A Confession" by Leo Tolstoy 80) "Acia" by Ivan Turgenev 84) "The Watch" by Ivan Turgenev 106) "Rudin" by Ivan Turgenev 115) "On the Eve" by Ivan Turgenev 122) "Home of the Gentry" by Ivan Turgenev 139) "Clara Militch" by Ivan Turgenev 144) "The Inn" by Ivan Turgenev FAVORITE AUTHORS 1) Ivan Turgenev (Fathers and Sons) 2) Leo Tolstoy (Resurrection) 3) Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Idiot) 4) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich) 5) C. S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew) 6) J. R. R. Tolkien (The Hobbit) 7) Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire) 8) Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice) 9) Mark Twain (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) 10) George Eliot (Silas Marner)
@@willrich3908, I read 52 books in 52 weeks, and since then have put together a list of books to read for 2023. I need to add three more Leo Tolstoy books for this year as well. 44) “Childhood” by Leo Tolstoy 45) “What Men Live By” by Leo Tolstoy 46) “How much land does a man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy I read "Clarissa, or the history of a young lady" this year and presently I am reading "Pamela, or virtue rewarded" both by Samuel Richardson which are very big books from 1748 and 1740 respectively.
@@reader7508, George Eliot stated that "Vilette" was Charlotte Brontë's best book and so trusting one of my top ten favorite authors I read it this year. Blown away. George Eliot has amazing taste. She has introduced me to a woman who wrote a book that fell in my top ten favorite books I've ever read. Beating "War and Peace" by Tolstoy. 42) "Silas Marner" by George Eliot 70) "Middlemarch" by George Eliot 7) "Vilette" by Charlotte Brontë 58) "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë 125) "The Professor” by Charlotte Brontë 149) "Shirley" by Charlotte Brontë She has suffered greatly due to her opinions as to where she stands now. FAVORITE AUTHORS 1) Ivan Turgenev (Fathers and Sons) 2) Leo Tolstoy (Resurrection) 3) Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Idiot) 4) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich) 5) C. S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew) 6) Charlotte Brontë (Vilette) 7) J. R. R. Tolkien (The Hobbit) 8) Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire) 9) Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice) 10) Mark Twain (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) 11 Anne Brontë (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) 12) George Eliot (Silas Marner) 13) Anthony Trollope (The Warden) I have been a busy reader this year. I committed to read 23 books in 2023. April 2023 20th book of the year is “The Mysterious Benedict Society” by Trenton Stewart March 2023 1) “The Shards” by Bret Easton Ellis 2) “Shirley” by Charlotte Brontë 3) “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine 4) “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë February 2023 1) “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens 2) “The Warden” by Anthony Trollope 3) “The 39 Steps”by John Buchan 4) “Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery 5) “Less Than Zero” by Bret Easton Ellis 6) “Vilette” by Charlotte Brontë 7) “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë 8) “The Professor” by Charlotte Brontë 9) “Reminders of Him” by Colleen Hoover January 2023 1) "Pamela, or, Virtue rewarded" by Samuel Richardson 2) "The Moon Is Down" by John Steinbeck 3) "The Last 100 Days: the Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe" by John Toland 4) "Agnes Grey" by Anne Brontë 5) "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë 6) "The Life and Ministry of Rev. Ivan Voronaev" by Dony K. Donev "Silas Marner" showing a man dealing with raising a child was interesting to me. Later in life I worked with teaching children with autism. Many women (mothers) write on the subject, but man's viewpoint in the book "The Only Boy in the World: A Father Explores the Mysteries of Autism," by Michael Blastland, was great for showing a perspective not often seen.
I am a 53 year-old lifelong bibliophile and just read Anna Karenina for the first time year. It was a life-changing read for me, as well. I am now enjoying Crime and Punishment and am now loving Russian literature.
I read Anna Karenina earlier this year. Never have I ever found myself changing my opinions about a character within the space of a few pages. If a book can do that, perhaps we can be more open minded about the people we come across in real life? Part 8 was mind blowing. I found myself exclaiming out loud as Tolstoy, via Levin, put into words my own thoughts...or had they been put there by Tolstoy during the previous 700 pages?!!
I don't think it's correct to put it like this. Pirogova's suicide was one of the things that inspired Tolstoy to write/that he used in his writing, but she was not real-life Karenina.
Congratulations on 10k! ❤️❤️❤️ I like Tolstoy. And here in Russiawe read Tolstoy's books at school. I don't read Anna Karenina, but now I am reading "War and peace". It is interesting and i enjoy to reas it. But I understand that I more like Dostoevsky's works. It is second big writer at Russia. Sometimes we joke that who like Dostoevsky that don't like Tolstoy. And vice versa. And I am sorry for mistakes)
Is Liermontov the greatest Russian writer? Dostoevsky is my favorite writer, along with Bulgakov and Alexandre Dumas. Have you watched this version of the count of monte-cristo? ua-cam.com/video/nxEg_5noQ6g/v-deo.html
I feel you! It was one of my first Russian classics as well. I'm currently rereading it and Tolstoy's passages on art and death are the best in my opinion.I started noticing some flaws due to my habit of overanalyzing things, but that's ok. I'm not a Levin fan anymore, though I empathized with him 6 years ago. I'm less forgiving of him being a 19th century man and last year I learned too much about Tolstoy's life to admire him. He wasn't the man I wanted him to be. Oh well... I still enjoyed most of his works. One of my favorite ones was his Confession, oddly enough considering the previous paragraph. One of the reasons some people compare Tolstoy and Dostoevsky is that both of them were not afraid to ask the most important questions and to actually look for the answers instead of accepting the ones offered by others. You artwork is stunning, by the way!
Your passion inspires me so much, so thank you! I persuaded my friend to start reading 'Anna Karenina' and now we cannot stop gushing about how much we love Levin (mwahaha). Sending you so much love your way.
Anna Karenina has been on my TBR list for a very long time. I’m going to start reading it in April. I’m glad you got over being intimidated by the big books and read it. I just finished Les Miserables and LOVED it. I also read The Count of Monte Cristo a few years ago so big books doesn’t bother me. War and Peace is also on my TBR list this year. I also am excited to read Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. My reading list this year is HUGE!!
It's always great to see and hear how books can change one's life. I'm also glad I discovered Anna Karenina. Can't wait to hear both your perspectives on this classic masterpiece.
Pride & prejudice definitely changed my life. Fell in love with it from the get go (and made me a dedicated lover of Austen for life!) Oh, and I wrote my honours thesis about it (technically about the 2005 film as an adaptation).
I love her dialogue. The social engagement is on such a higher level than what is heard today. Nobody uses the filler word “like” or the repetitive words in vogue at any given time. Many of her characters possess a higher vocabulary so are able to not only be more clear but far wittier.
I have just got this book because of you and Emma so thank you both for your passion and articulate way of reaching us with your beautiful way of talking to us all 😀❤️ I’m ashamed to say I’m 62 and never read it xx wish me luck x
Great idea for a video. Anna Karenina changed my reading life. It is one of my all time favorite books and one of the books i have read the most. I re read it ever several years and have done so for many years. Another of my favorite books is The Elegance of the Hedgehog, (which also happens to feature Anna Karenina ! )
I have just recently finished Anna Karenina. What a story! I agree with you about the characters. They actually feel like people I know, not just figures Ive read about. I'm older and have experienced many of the life events in the book and Tolstoy describes these all in a heart-wrenchingly beautiful way that I deeply relate to. This novel is everything!
Your genuine love for books and reading is a wonderful thing. I feel the same way, like everyone who watches this channel I'm sure. I am starting Anna Karenina next !
I really enjoyed your video exactly that part that you talk about when a book can change a person and how a person we can become by books. I really appreciate you for your words.
Enjoyed this video! My favourite book is Anna Karenina too. The same with Tolstoy. I love Russian literature. Can’t wait for the new prints on your etsy shop
Jane Eyre uprooted my entire rating system , and knock other books down. 😂 it’s difficult not to compare other books to your favorite. Anna Karenina is on my tbr list, more excited to read after seeing this. ❤
I have just finished your last year video about classics for beginners where you were hesitating to start reading anna karenina < that got me excited to start reading it as well and pick it up once i went to the library.. anyways, bravooo on taking the challenge and read that huge book, this video, starting from the title, got me excited more and more to read the book (although 2 other classic books are waiting for me and i also really excited to read them).. i just wanna say i love taking breaks from my work and watch your videos... thaank youu!⚘
I just bought Anna Karenina, it is on my TBR shelf. You reminded me so I sent you a pic of your portrait of Walt Whitman framed and on my poetry and play shelf.
Carolyn your video is utterly charming from beginning to end. Really picked up on what you said about Levin, how compelling & complex he is throughout the novel. He is very flawed but also a strong iconoclast, standing apart from the mainstream when the pressure to conform must have been overwhelming. Your insights were wonderful and subtle. Thanks John- Ontario, Canada
Congratulations on 10k, Carolyn! You deserve it all, really loved the video and this series idea, can't wait for July when we'll be reading it with the bookclub! Much love!
It's probably my favorite adaptation! I recently re-watched it and I fell in love with it once again. The first time I focused more on Anna's storyline, but now I noticed how great were Karenin, Oblonsky. There were so many details and specific changes from the novel that I missed the first time.
Your taste in literature is the same as mine. Anna Karenina is my favorite book as well. My other favorites are Pride and Prejudice, East of Eden, 1984, Great Expectations, Caesar ( Shakesphere) , and anything Oscar Wilde. My goals are to read more Russian novels and more Dickens this year.
Yeah. I think this a groovy bookish topic. It will be fun to see what you have to say about 'Anna Karenina' and the other books you are thinking about down the road. 😃 Another thought here - I finished 'The Cossacks' awhile back. I love what Tolstoy did with that book.
Yesss I loved this video idea so much! I started reading Anna Karenina recently and so far I'm in love! I hope you never shut up about Anna Karenina haha Also I'd just love to see more videos in this series! For me, one of the books that comes to mind as to which book has changed my life would probably be Great Expectations. I could talk for hours about that book alone (Joe as a character is so precious to me!) and Dickens' writing? I'm completely in love. I don't have many close friends to discuss bookish things with so seeing your videos pop up really brightens my day! Thanks so much for creating these wonderful videos and happy 10k!
congrats on 10k, my beautiful friend 💚 you absolutely deserve all the love and support! I'm so glad you decided to create a channel and some wonderful reading vlogs 🥰 also YES to Anna Karenina! I love how much you love it, it's a stunning book and it's always beautiful to hear you talk about it 🌻
The next book I would Definately reccomend you to read is a French classic , The count of Monte Cristo written by Alexandre Dumas in the 1860’s. It’s a 1200 page book. Dumas was actually also a close friend of Victor Hugo and they worked together on a lot of projects even hiding out together around the time of the French Revolution. Defo worth a read
wow my great-grandfather talked about this book and I read it! this is incredible it changed my life. I did not believe in love and began to believe in it
Congrats on 10k! I found your channel trough that reading vlog of Anna Karenina. Tolstoy and Austen are my favourite authors of all time, the most influential and they both have given me company for 16 years in my life 🖤. Although I don't know which one of Totstoy is my favourite, if Anna Karenina or War & Peace...Can't wait to hear your thoughts on W&P! Anyway, I love this idea of the books that changed your life 😊
Loved this video! Reading war and peace now and I only have a few hundred pages left and I can already say with certainty that this is my favorite book of all time. It's so epic, dramatic, tragic and romantic all at once. I really look forward to be reading Anna Karenina soon! Also the way you feel about Levin is pretty much how i feel about Prince Andrey lol😅🥰
I reread Anna Karenina this month and I was surprised at how different my reaction to it was this time around. I read it first as a teenager and really romanticized Anna’s love story 😬- definitely did not read it that way this time. I also noticed Levin and Kitty much more this time and walked away really appreciating him especially. This experience has made me want to revisit other books I read when I was younger.
I can't wait to read this! It's on my waiting list at the library and I'll probably get it by april or may. Of the books you've recommended I'm most anticipating Anna Karenina & Rebecca. Congrats on 10k!!! 🥳
This book is absolutely beautiful. And one thing that makes me love it the most, is that is not a difficult reading. Tolstói express beauty and all of those complex society relations through a easy language. Its also my all time favorite book 🫶🏻
I read this 15 years ago when I was in high school, AP Lit. I just wanted an easy AP class but it ended up similar to your title, it changed my life. I never knew it was that popular, especially at the time.
I love to see the joy in your face as you describe the character of "Levin" in ANNA KARENINA. That is the way I felt long ago when reading Salinger's portrait of "Franny Glass" in his FRANNY & ZOOEY novel. Of course, It doesn't rise to the level of Classic, but Salinger's writing creates a wonderful sense of intimacy and affection around his characters. As far as Classics go, there's nothing to match Herman Melville's masterpiece MOBY DICK!
Where did you get those adorable figurines of authors? I'd love to have some. Also, I watched "Anna Karenina" on UA-cam tonight and I remember how deeply it affected me. I"m getting a copy for now to rea again.
im 16 and am thinking about reading anna karenina- i already have a copy of the book. but i really want to commit to reading it, which is why i haven't started. this vid eased my doubts and gave me motivation to start 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼
While the other charectors were being truthful to others and the society, Anna was trying to truthful to herself. For that reason, she had to face the consequences. Anna Karenina ❤
I want to get this book after watching this video. There are so many editions, I don't know which to get. I do not want an abridged edition. Is the writing the same?
not me taking a break from reading anna karenina just to watch your video about anna karenina
Me too 😭
Me rn 😭
I borrowed Anna Karenina from the school library and never returned it. That was 40 years ago.Great video, greetings from Australia.
Most of the people who read Karenina, I think that wouldn't ever accuse you about this. It's difficult to just borrow a Gospel like this story. It's way of life and philosophy...not only one of the greatest novels of all time
You can expect a visit from Lt. Bookman ...
@@boyvale 😂
ha ha! you're literally a vibe!
My aunt told me that she once travelled Russia on the trans Siberian railway reading Anna Karenina, and every page she read she tore out and threw out the window… a perfect blend of yolo romantic and littering
That’s incredible!!
I am russian girl (I am not aggressor and I am against war of Putin's dictatorship) from Western Sibiria, Novosibirsks. I am life on the Transsibirian magistral and I drive by train into Sibiria every week and two weeks. I like that a people from all world recently love russian culture, read russian literature and see russians are not only terrorists and imperialists. Crime government will have a punishments. I hope Russia will become normal european country with democratic state, developed economic and developed tourist's industry. I want to work in tourist's industry in democratic Russia.
@@pallasathena1555 ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️⚪🔵 ⚪I love Great Britain, british people, history of England, british culture and english literature. My favourite english books is the Saga about Forsyte by John Galsworthy (lover of russian literature too). Else I love british novels of Victorian era and poems of english romantics. I enough will check out a video.
what a crazy babushka!
@@ЕленаЖелезняк-ъ4х Tolstoy and Dostoevsky stand on top (among few others) of world literature for sure.
I felt that way after read war and peace. My reading pace increased too. I’m now going to start Anna Karenina tomorrow. War and peace made me grow in confidence I’m going read all my books that I currently own then explore bigger books. There is something comforting about reading big books. Love your videos
Yes War and Peace is amazing.
My favorite author of all time stated, "one day all authors shall sit under the shade of Leo Tolstoy." On his death bed he encouraged Leo Tolstoy to write again and so Leo Tolstoy wrote "Resurrection" in 1899 and it ended up being my favorite literary story of all time.
2) "Resurrection" by Leo Tolstoy
4) "Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Turgenev
7) "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
9) "Smoke" by Ivan Turgenev
16) "Virgin Soil" by Ivan Turgenev
27) "Torrents of Spring" by Ivan Turgenev
47) "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
49) "First Love" by Ivan Turgenev
70) "A Confession" by Leo Tolstoy
80) "Acia" by Ivan Turgenev
84) "The Watch" by Ivan Turgenev
106) "Rudin" by Ivan Turgenev
115) "On the Eve" by Ivan Turgenev
122) "Home of the Gentry" by Ivan Turgenev
139) "Clara Militch" by Ivan Turgenev
144) "The Inn" by Ivan Turgenev
FAVORITE AUTHORS
1) Ivan Turgenev (Fathers and Sons)
2) Leo Tolstoy (Resurrection)
3) Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Idiot)
4) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich)
5) C. S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew)
6) J. R. R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
7) Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire)
8) Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
9) Mark Twain (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
10) George Eliot (Silas Marner)
@@willrich3908, I read 52 books in 52 weeks, and since then have put together a list of books to read for 2023.
I need to add three more Leo Tolstoy books for this year as well.
44) “Childhood” by Leo Tolstoy
45) “What Men Live By” by Leo Tolstoy
46) “How much land does a man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy
I read "Clarissa, or the history of a young lady" this year and presently I am reading "Pamela, or virtue rewarded" both by Samuel Richardson which are very big books from 1748 and 1740 respectively.
@@ReligionOfSacrifice damn..... Someone who loved silas miner too...
Finally. Its such a beautiful book
@@reader7508, George Eliot stated that "Vilette" was Charlotte Brontë's best book and so trusting one of my top ten favorite authors I read it this year. Blown away. George Eliot has amazing taste. She has introduced me to a woman who wrote a book that fell in my top ten favorite books I've ever read. Beating "War and Peace" by Tolstoy.
42) "Silas Marner" by George Eliot
70) "Middlemarch" by George Eliot
7) "Vilette" by Charlotte Brontë
58) "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
125) "The Professor” by Charlotte Brontë
149) "Shirley" by Charlotte Brontë
She has suffered greatly due to her opinions as to where she stands now.
FAVORITE AUTHORS
1) Ivan Turgenev (Fathers and Sons)
2) Leo Tolstoy (Resurrection)
3) Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Idiot)
4) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich)
5) C. S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew)
6) Charlotte Brontë (Vilette)
7) J. R. R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
8) Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire)
9) Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
10) Mark Twain (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
11 Anne Brontë (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
12) George Eliot (Silas Marner)
13) Anthony Trollope (The Warden)
I have been a busy reader this year. I committed to read 23 books in 2023.
April 2023
20th book of the year is “The Mysterious Benedict Society” by Trenton Stewart
March 2023
1) “The Shards” by Bret Easton Ellis
2) “Shirley” by Charlotte Brontë
3) “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine
4) “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë
February 2023
1) “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens
2) “The Warden” by Anthony Trollope
3) “The 39 Steps”by John Buchan
4) “Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery
5) “Less Than Zero” by Bret Easton Ellis
6) “Vilette” by Charlotte Brontë
7) “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë
8) “The Professor” by Charlotte Brontë
9) “Reminders of Him” by Colleen Hoover
January 2023
1) "Pamela, or, Virtue rewarded" by Samuel Richardson
2) "The Moon Is Down" by John Steinbeck
3) "The Last 100 Days: the Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe" by John Toland
4) "Agnes Grey" by Anne Brontë
5) "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë
6) "The Life and Ministry of Rev. Ivan Voronaev" by Dony K. Donev
"Silas Marner" showing a man dealing with raising a child was interesting to me. Later in life I worked with teaching children with autism. Many women (mothers) write on the subject, but man's viewpoint in the book "The Only Boy in the World: A Father Explores the Mysteries of Autism," by Michael Blastland, was great for showing a perspective not often seen.
I am a 53 year-old lifelong bibliophile and just read Anna Karenina for the first time year. It was a life-changing read for me, as well. I am now enjoying Crime and Punishment and am now loving Russian literature.
Oh my gosh I literally JUST read Anna Karenina and I was absolutely blown away. So glad to hear that you thought it was good too!
Thought it was GOOD? Lol it’s her favorite of all TIME! 😅
Oh, now I am very excited about Anna Karenina - I have it slated to read later this year! I hope to have a similar experience as yours. 🥰
I read Anna Karenina earlier this year. Never have I ever found myself changing my opinions about a character within the space of a few pages. If a book can do that, perhaps we can be more open minded about the people we come across in real life?
Part 8 was mind blowing. I found myself exclaiming out loud as Tolstoy, via Levin, put into words my own thoughts...or had they been put there by Tolstoy during the previous 700 pages?!!
Which translation is best
Tolstoy is my favortite author too! And my favorite book of all time is War and Peace :)
Also Congratulations!!! Sending love from Spain
Same here ! Tolstoy is my absolute favorite author and War and Peace is my favourite book of all time ! ❤
Anna Karenina existed in real life. Her name was Anna Stepanovna Pirogova. She was a concubine to a neighbor of Tolstoy.
Whaaat? I never knew!
All books are fairy tales- Nabokov.
and Levin is Tolstoy
I don't think it's correct to put it like this. Pirogova's suicide was one of the things that inspired Tolstoy to write/that he used in his writing, but she was not real-life Karenina.
@@nati22love that’s why we could never draw parallels between Tolsoy’s life dnd his books
Congratulations on 10k! ❤️❤️❤️
I like Tolstoy. And here in Russiawe read Tolstoy's books at school. I don't read Anna Karenina, but now I am reading "War and peace". It is interesting and i enjoy to reas it. But I understand that I more like Dostoevsky's works. It is second big writer at Russia.
Sometimes we joke that who like Dostoevsky that don't like Tolstoy. And vice versa.
And I am sorry for mistakes)
Is Liermontov the greatest Russian writer?
Dostoevsky is my favorite writer, along with Bulgakov and Alexandre Dumas.
Have you watched this version of the count of monte-cristo?
ua-cam.com/video/nxEg_5noQ6g/v-deo.html
That seems to be true.In fact a famous literary critic,George Steiner, wrote, a book Tolstoy or Dostoevsky on that very subject.
I feel you! It was one of my first Russian classics as well. I'm currently rereading it and Tolstoy's passages on art and death are the best in my opinion.I started noticing some flaws due to my habit of overanalyzing things, but that's ok. I'm not a Levin fan anymore, though I empathized with him 6 years ago. I'm less forgiving of him being a 19th century man and last year I learned too much about Tolstoy's life to admire him. He wasn't the man I wanted him to be. Oh well...
I still enjoyed most of his works. One of my favorite ones was his Confession, oddly enough considering the previous paragraph. One of the reasons some people compare Tolstoy and Dostoevsky is that both of them were not afraid to ask the most important questions and to actually look for the answers instead of accepting the ones offered by others.
You artwork is stunning, by the way!
Your passion inspires me so much, so thank you! I persuaded my friend to start reading 'Anna Karenina' and now we cannot stop gushing about how much we love Levin (mwahaha). Sending you so much love your way.
people talking about their favorite things or passions is like my favorite thing ever
Anna Karenina has been on my TBR list for a very long time. I’m going to start reading it in April. I’m glad you got over being intimidated by the big books and read it. I just finished Les Miserables and LOVED it. I also read The Count of Monte Cristo a few years ago so big books doesn’t bother me. War and Peace is also on my TBR list this year. I also am excited to read Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. My reading list this year is HUGE!!
It's always great to see and hear how books can change one's life. I'm also glad I discovered Anna Karenina. Can't wait to hear both your perspectives on this classic masterpiece.
My dad just bought me a gorgeous special edition Anna Karenina for my 19th birthday and I'm so excited to read it ❤
Pride & prejudice definitely changed my life. Fell in love with it from the get go (and made me a dedicated lover of Austen for life!) Oh, and I wrote my honours thesis about it (technically about the 2005 film as an adaptation).
I love her dialogue. The social engagement is on such a higher level than what is heard today. Nobody uses the filler word “like” or the repetitive words in vogue at any given time. Many of her characters possess a higher vocabulary so are able to not only be more clear but far wittier.
I have just got this book because of you and Emma so thank you both for your passion and articulate way of reaching us with your beautiful way of talking to us all 😀❤️ I’m ashamed to say I’m 62 and never read it xx wish me luck x
62 and young I say! You're never to old to discover a new passion!
Thanks totally agree ❤️
Great idea for a video. Anna Karenina changed my reading life. It is one of my all time favorite books and one of the books i have read the most. I re read it ever several years and have done so for many years. Another of my favorite books is The Elegance of the Hedgehog, (which also happens to feature Anna Karenina ! )
I have just recently finished Anna Karenina. What a story! I agree with you about the characters. They actually feel like people I know, not just figures Ive read about. I'm older and have experienced many of the life events in the book and Tolstoy describes these all in a heart-wrenchingly beautiful way that I deeply relate to.
This novel is everything!
Your genuine love for books and reading is a wonderful thing. I feel the same way, like everyone who watches this channel I'm sure. I am starting Anna Karenina next !
Oooh, I’m reading it right now. About 25% in, I’m saving this video for when I’ve finished it!
I really enjoyed your video exactly that part that you talk about when a book can change a person and how a person we can become by books. I really appreciate you for your words.
Enjoyed this video! My favourite book is Anna Karenina too. The same with Tolstoy. I love Russian literature. Can’t wait for the new prints on your etsy shop
Jane Eyre uprooted my entire rating system , and knock other books down. 😂 it’s difficult not to compare other books to your favorite. Anna Karenina is on my tbr list, more excited to read after seeing this. ❤
Heart warming moments when English native speaker pronounces slavic names in such beautiful way ❤️❤️
I have just finished your last year video about classics for beginners where you were hesitating to start reading anna karenina < that got me excited to start reading it as well and pick it up once i went to the library.. anyways, bravooo on taking the challenge and read that huge book, this video, starting from the title, got me excited more and more to read the book (although 2 other classic books are waiting for me and i also really excited to read them).. i just wanna say i love taking breaks from my work and watch your videos... thaank youu!⚘
Anna Karenina was my way into classics aswell. It’s more than ten years since I read it now, so I am realy excited to read it again with you guys.
I just bought Anna Karenina, it is on my TBR shelf. You reminded me so I sent you a pic of your portrait of Walt Whitman framed and on my poetry and play shelf.
Carolyn your video is utterly charming from beginning to end. Really picked up on what you said about Levin, how compelling & complex he is throughout the novel. He is very flawed but also a strong iconoclast, standing apart from the mainstream when the pressure to conform must have been overwhelming. Your insights were wonderful and subtle. Thanks John- Ontario, Canada
Congratulations on 10k, Carolyn! You deserve it all, really loved the video and this series idea, can't wait for July when we'll be reading it with the bookclub! Much love!
Have you seen the Soviet adaptation from the 60s? It's really good, and the most book-accurate one there is! I think you can get the DVD on amazon
It's probably my favorite adaptation! I recently re-watched it and I fell in love with it once again. The first time I focused more on Anna's storyline, but now I noticed how great were Karenin, Oblonsky. There were so many details and specific changes from the novel that I missed the first time.
Your taste in literature is the same as mine. Anna Karenina is my favorite book as well. My other favorites are Pride and Prejudice, East of Eden, 1984, Great Expectations, Caesar ( Shakesphere) , and anything Oscar Wilde. My goals are to read more Russian novels and more Dickens this year.
Yeah. I think this a groovy bookish topic. It will be fun to see what you have to say about 'Anna Karenina' and the other books you are thinking about down the road. 😃
Another thought here - I finished 'The Cossacks' awhile back. I love what Tolstoy did with that book.
Just picked this book up today! I’m excited to start reading it
yay!!! I’m so happy with your 10k subscribers! So happy to be here since your first 100 🥰♥️
Congratulations on 10k, Carolyn!!! 💖 Stunning video as always ✨
Love this idea! Can't wait for the next in the series!
Yesss I loved this video idea so much! I started reading Anna Karenina recently and so far I'm in love! I hope you never shut up about Anna Karenina haha Also I'd just love to see more videos in this series! For me, one of the books that comes to mind as to which book has changed my life would probably be Great Expectations. I could talk for hours about that book alone (Joe as a character is so precious to me!) and Dickens' writing? I'm completely in love.
I don't have many close friends to discuss bookish things with so seeing your videos pop up really brightens my day! Thanks so much for creating these wonderful videos and happy 10k!
congrats on 10k, my beautiful friend 💚 you absolutely deserve all the love and support!
I'm so glad you decided to create a channel and some wonderful reading vlogs 🥰
also YES to Anna Karenina! I love how much you love it, it's a stunning book and it's always beautiful to hear you talk about it 🌻
The next book I would Definately reccomend you to read is a French classic , The count of Monte Cristo written by Alexandre Dumas in the 1860’s. It’s a 1200 page book. Dumas was actually also a close friend of Victor Hugo and they worked together on a lot of projects even hiding out together around the time of the French Revolution. Defo worth a read
After Dumas died, victor hugo called him an as amazing a writer as a man
wow my great-grandfather talked about this book and I read it! this is incredible it changed my life. I did not believe in love and began to believe in it
Congrats on 10,000 subscribers!
That start was so charming :).
Congrats on 10k! I found your channel trough that reading vlog of Anna Karenina. Tolstoy and Austen are my favourite authors of all time, the most influential and they both have given me company for 16 years in my life 🖤. Although I don't know which one of Totstoy is my favourite, if Anna Karenina or War & Peace...Can't wait to hear your thoughts on W&P! Anyway, I love this idea of the books that changed your life 😊
I'm about 2 or 3 days from finishing Tolstoy's War and Peace, and it is another amazing book.
I am a new subscriber. Your persona is so sweet and calm and I could listen to you talk about classics all day 💕❤️
Loved this video! Reading war and peace now and I only have a few hundred pages left and I can already say with certainty that this is my favorite book of all time. It's so epic, dramatic, tragic and romantic all at once. I really look forward to be reading Anna Karenina soon! Also the way you feel about Levin is pretty much how i feel about Prince Andrey lol😅🥰
I reread Anna Karenina this month and I was surprised at how different my reaction to it was this time around. I read it first as a teenager and really romanticized Anna’s love story 😬- definitely did not read it that way this time. I also noticed Levin and Kitty much more this time and walked away really appreciating him especially. This experience has made me want to revisit other books I read when I was younger.
Glad to have discovered this channel. Gotta love the enthusiasm!
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Anna Karenina😊I'm planning to read it!
I have a great love for books too!
my favorite book so far is Wuthering Heights
I just started Le Mis! Can relate to all these feelings haha
i love this series and i’m so excited for the next one!
War and peace is my favorite novel of all time but l have not read Anna Karenina yet
I can't wait to read this! It's on my waiting list at the library and I'll probably get it by april or may. Of the books you've recommended I'm most anticipating Anna Karenina & Rebecca. Congrats on 10k!!! 🥳
This is such a great idea ! I also love Tolstoy and his books " the kingdom of god is within you" truly was a major read in my life.
Congratulations for 10k ! You make me want to read this book it seems so impacting and lovely :)
Congratulations on 10K💕 Your channel always makes me smile no matter what's going on and inspires me to read different things so thank you so much. 📚
you have such a gentle voice
We (my wife and I) just finished Anna Karenina then put this video on♥️ thank you for this video!
That’s so wonderful! I hope you both enjoyed the book and the video! Thank you for watching :)
This book is absolutely beautiful. And one thing that makes me love it the most, is that is not a difficult reading. Tolstói express beauty and all of those complex society relations through a easy language. Its also my all time favorite book 🫶🏻
I read this 15 years ago when I was in high school, AP Lit. I just wanted an easy AP class but it ended up similar to your title, it changed my life. I never knew it was that popular, especially at the time.
This is my favorite book too!!! I haven't read it in years and have to read it again now ❤
i just finished anna karenina and it was just amaaaaaziiinggg definitely a new favorite!
I love to see the joy in your face as you describe the character of "Levin" in ANNA KARENINA. That is the way I felt long ago when reading Salinger's portrait of "Franny Glass" in his FRANNY & ZOOEY novel. Of course, It doesn't rise to the level of Classic, but Salinger's writing creates a wonderful sense of intimacy and affection around his characters. As far as Classics go, there's nothing to match Herman Melville's masterpiece MOBY DICK!
Where did you get those adorable figurines of authors? I'd love to have some. Also, I watched "Anna Karenina" on UA-cam tonight and I remember how deeply it affected me. I"m getting a copy for now to rea again.
Just finished Anna Karenina 5 minutes ago.
im 16 and am thinking about reading anna karenina- i already have a copy of the book. but i really want to commit to reading it, which is why i haven't started. this vid eased my doubts and gave me motivation to start 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼
I love the intro with the handwriting
Haha, the Carolyn/Lenin cake animation made me laugh so hard. 😂 Also, I loved the book. Very happy I read it. 💕
In which translation did you read ‘Anna Karenina’?
ahhh 🤗🤗 10k, congratulations.👏👏❤❤
Congrats to you on your channel and reaching 10 k subscribers love this video please stay safe love from your John in Australia ❤️❤️
For how long was Levin gone from the moment he was rejected by Kitty until he returned to Kitty and asked for her love a second time?
I am currently listening to Anna Karenina on Audible. It's read by Maggie Gylenhall. Its wonderful.
This book means a lot to me too and it's so great to hear your thoughts on it! ❤
I am reading Anna Karenina now. It’s really good so far!
I just recently read Anna Karenina and loved it. I suspect Dostoyevsky will end up being my favorite author though.
What do you think of Joe Wright's movie?
You are really good at drawing those are great pictures of Tolstoy
Она так мило произносит имя Анны❤❤❤❤
And congrats to you for surpassing 10 k subscriber list.✌✌✌
While the other charectors were being truthful to others and the society, Anna was trying to truthful to herself. For that reason, she had to face the consequences.
Anna Karenina ❤
Levin makes this a great novel. He is a hero.
The Great Gatsby, Count of Monte Cristo and Les Miserable have changed my life and I am hopeful this novel makes some contributions!
I love those little author characters in the background! Where did you get them? ❤️
Aww the reading vlog videos say 'unavailable" 😢
Ahhh 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
I want to get this book after watching this video. There are so many editions, I don't know which to get. I do not want an abridged edition. Is the writing the same?
You looked more beautiful than anna karenina herself ❤️
Brave beautiful and smart. ❤
I've just found your channel...x ..think I'll read this x
I just got it!! I’m 40 pages in
This book made me back to like to read😁 soft, deep,a little boring sometimes, but amazing for sure, a dive in humans relationchips🙃
Please read Don Quijote. That is my favorite classic of all time.
This is incredibly ironic because I'm currently reading Don Quixote right now! 📖💕
@@CarolynMarieReads I hope you enjoy it!!! 😊
you inspire me to read more 🤧🖤
Why are your AK vlogs private? :( I want to see themmmm pleeeaaaasssseeee.
I know what you mean about Tolstoy.Along with Homer,he's the most natural storyteller of all time.l
read War&Peace three times
Great Video
Gostei de como você usou o livro para melhorar sua vida, estou lendo Anna Karênina também, ganhou um seguidor aqui no UA-cam no Brasil, até breve.