omg I made the video! love that ^_^ i will confess, one of the many joys of Chaucer for me is the experience of reading an epic, all-encompassing artefact of late medieval culture, a work of undeniable import to the very development of english literature as an artform, only to realize that he's telling fart jokes. xD glad you read CB, in any form!
Hi Nicole, thanks for the nice video. I saw the movie Poor things and enjoyed it but your description has made me want to read the book. I'm impressed that you can anyway read so many books in one month. I usually have three on the go simultaneously but never finish them hardly ever, in one month. And about reading suggestions, I can't say about May but in June it'll be the 100 th anniversary of the death of Franz Kafka. A good reason for you to pick something from him then. I myself am in a book discussion group (not exactly a book club😊), and we'll be discussing Kafka's The Metamorphosis. Hope this helps you for June at least. And PS... What about The letters of van Gogh for May? I'm reading them at the moment in the penguin edition and really enjoying them. Take care!
Hi! I plan to watch the film tomorrow, I really hope it’s good! Might talk about it in a future video if there are any interesting things to say. Thank you :) I’m aware I don’t read very many compared to a lot of BookTubers. But that’s OK, it’s not a competition haha 100th anniversary of the death of Franz Kafka! That’s a good one - I need to look into it. Thanks for sharing! Did Van Gogh write the letters in May? I’ve never heard of them but sound intriguing. :)
@@adayofsmallthings About the letters, sorry that was a bit of a second thought. No, it has nothing to do with May really, just a book suggestion. The letters were written between himself and his brother Theo who supported van Gogh financially and personally. They are a fascinating insight into van Gogh and his development as an artist. Also the context setting and explanatory notes by the editors are excellent. These are peppered through the letters so you get a good understanding of the context.
I've been intemidated by Canterbury tales for a while now as well. I was going to take ap literature my senior year of high school, and we were supposed to read Canterbury tales over the summer for the class, I never picked it up seeing as it was summer and i had other things I wanted to read, this seemed intimidating being so much older and I didn't like the teacher. I dropped the class because I didn't read it and then learned no one did and they covered it in class so I didn't have to. So that has weighed on me since so I bought the book last year and I'm slowly building up the courage to read it. I loved the movie poor things, and have been interested in the book the more I think of the movie trying to understand it and what was made up for the movie.
I was taught that Chaucer died before he could write all the stories he planned. Also, a big influence on the CT was The Decameron by Boccaccio. It seems Chaucer as a businessman and diplomat got to the continent a lot and he read the latest literature.
Hi Donald, yes the General Prologue says they're going to tell two stories on their way out and two stories on their return so it definitely looks like it's not finished. But there's 'Chaucer's retractions - the maker of this book here takes his leave' at the end of the book so it looks like that's the end. Not quite sure what's happening. Yes I heard a little bit about his life in a podcast. I should read a biography one day! Hope you're well!
I’m not inclined to feel that anyone should “force” themselves through all of Chaucer in the original. It’s great to read some - the Prologue, for example - to get a feel for it. But I’ve only heard good things about the N.C. translation.
Hi thank you I’m glad you think so. Yes I’ll try a little bit of Middle English at some point. The translation is very good, I was very impressed and enjoyed it very much :)
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omg I made the video! love that ^_^
i will confess, one of the many joys of Chaucer for me is the experience of reading an epic, all-encompassing artefact of late medieval culture, a work of undeniable import to the very development of english literature as an artform, only to realize that he's telling fart jokes. xD
glad you read CB, in any form!
Hello! Glad you saw this haha. Yes the variety of the tales is wonderful and yes the fart jokes XD
Thank you :) I'm so glad you're not disappointed!
Hi Nicole, thanks for the nice video. I saw the movie Poor things and enjoyed it but your description has made me want to read the book. I'm impressed that you can anyway read so many books in one month. I usually have three on the go simultaneously but never finish them hardly ever, in one month. And about reading suggestions, I can't say about May but in June it'll be the 100 th anniversary of the death of Franz Kafka. A good reason for you to pick something from him then. I myself am in a book discussion group (not exactly a book club😊), and we'll be discussing Kafka's The Metamorphosis. Hope this helps you for June at least. And PS... What about The letters of van Gogh for May? I'm reading them at the moment in the penguin edition and really enjoying them. Take care!
Hi! I plan to watch the film tomorrow, I really hope it’s good! Might talk about it in a future video if there are any interesting things to say.
Thank you :) I’m aware I don’t read very many compared to a lot of BookTubers. But that’s OK, it’s not a competition haha
100th anniversary of the death of Franz Kafka! That’s a good one - I need to look into it. Thanks for sharing! Did Van Gogh write the letters in May? I’ve never heard of them but sound intriguing.
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@@adayofsmallthings About the letters, sorry that was a bit of a second thought. No, it has nothing to do with May really, just a book suggestion. The letters were written between himself and his brother Theo who supported van Gogh financially and personally. They are a fascinating insight into van Gogh and his development as an artist. Also the context setting and explanatory notes by the editors are excellent. These are peppered through the letters so you get a good understanding of the context.
@@patrickrutledge8347 that sounds lovely - thanks for sharing! will keep it in mind :)
I've been intemidated by Canterbury tales for a while now as well. I was going to take ap literature my senior year of high school, and we were supposed to read Canterbury tales over the summer for the class, I never picked it up seeing as it was summer and i had other things I wanted to read, this seemed intimidating being so much older and I didn't like the teacher. I dropped the class because I didn't read it and then learned no one did and they covered it in class so I didn't have to. So that has weighed on me since so I bought the book last year and I'm slowly building up the courage to read it.
I loved the movie poor things, and have been interested in the book the more I think of the movie trying to understand it and what was made up for the movie.
lol nice thanks for sharing the story! I hope you get to read it or bits of it one day :)
I'm hoping to watch the movie today - I'm very excited!
I was taught that Chaucer died before he could write all the stories he planned. Also, a big influence on the CT was The Decameron by Boccaccio.
It seems Chaucer as a businessman and diplomat got to the continent a lot and he read the latest literature.
Hi Donald, yes the General Prologue says they're going to tell two stories on their way out and two stories on their return so it definitely looks like it's not finished. But there's 'Chaucer's retractions - the maker of this book here takes his leave' at the end of the book so it looks like that's the end. Not quite sure what's happening.
Yes I heard a little bit about his life in a podcast. I should read a biography one day!
Hope you're well!
I’m not inclined to feel that anyone should “force” themselves through all of Chaucer in the original. It’s great to read some - the Prologue, for example - to get a feel for it. But I’ve only heard good things about the N.C. translation.
Hi thank you I’m glad you think so. Yes I’ll try a little bit of Middle English at some point. The translation is very good, I was very impressed and enjoyed it very much :)