I finally got around to reading Richardson's behemoth last year. I thought it would be a long and tedious marathon, but I was captivated. It's easily one of the greatest novels ever written, right up there with _War and Peace,_ _Moby Dick,_ _Ulysses,_ etc.
Congrats on finishing Clarissa as well! It really does feel like a huge achievement, doesn't it??? I agree, it was the most incredible novel I've ever read (I'm new to classics so far) and I just thought it was brilliantly told. I can't go over how well he wrote the inner thoughts of these characters. I finished it in August or September and I'm still thinking about it. War and Peace, Moby Dick and Ulysses are on my list to read as well. Thank you for watching and letting me know you also read this book! :)
That's pretty impressive, Farrah! I'm also impressed how the physical condition of the book changes pretty drastically from the first vlog to this episode. 😄
@@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn Haha, thanks Jim! I still remember how I felt when I first broke the spine and then it didn’t have a chance after that since I dragged it with me so many places 😄. I definitely felt a sense of achievement when I finished it!
First of all, I'm beyond impressed that you managed to blog this over YEARS! That is dedication! You did make me almost want to read this--but I think I'm taking at least a year off from doorstoppers after re-reading Les Misérables this year.
Thanks Melinda!! I think I lost some footage for all of 2022, but I was glad I could at least find most of the videos! :D I don't blame you for taking a break from another huge book. Clarissa was so good, but hard for me to read a lot of at once (hence why it took me so long to read it) :) I would love to read Les Misérables some day, but I'm afaid that would take me another 3 years as well :D
@@clarepotter7584 Thanks Clare! I was so happy I stuck with it as it was so worth it in the end. Oh yes, I was able to get a copy of Candide and was very happy to see how short it was! 🤩 I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Very impressed. That is a loooong book, and in letter form... It takes a while to get accustomed I guess. You can't fly through it because you have to keep track of who's writing. Bravo! Adorable niece. ❤
Thanks Martine! Yes, I think it took me so long because I had to keep stopping as some of the letters were so tedious to get through and it was hard for me to read a lot at once. The good thing was that it was easy to take a month off and start back up because the plot was so slow! :)
I am UBER impressed that you not only stuck with it, but that you kept vlog clips for that entire time!!🤯 I am not a fan of epistolary novels, but I still might have to give it a try! I have his book Pamela.
@@novelideea Thanks so much Deea! I’m pretty sure I lost some footage in 2022, but oh well 😂. I haven’t had very much experience with epistolary novels, but some of the letters were so long that it felt like I was just reading a story. I hope you try it some day! I’ve been considering trying Pamela, but I might wait a little while before I jump into that one! 😄
@@starlasell5698 Thanks Starla! She is such a sweet and fun little girl and it made me smile to watch that old footage of her with her baby noises in the early clips! 🥰
@@BookTimewithElvis Thanks Mark! Ooh I hope you read it someday, it would be so fun to chat with you about that villain Robert Lovelace! 😄 Haha, hopefully it doesn’t take me another 20+ years to get to the other 99 books on that list 😆📚✨
a 3 year vlog! i'll grab my popcorn hahaha wow, ok, just finished. and now i want to read a 1400 page 18th century novel 😅 i love character-driven stories where you end up very attached to the people in the book. and the differences in the writing styles from the letters sounds so enticing to me! but i dont know if i'm ready to sign up for a project this big quite yet haha. thanks so much for the great video!!
Hahaha, thank you! I know, I was very attached to them by the end and definitely felt emotional saying goodbye to them after my 3 year journey, lol. It was so good. I am going to try to watch your Infinite Jest video too! Yeah, maybe taking a little break before you dive into Clarissa is a good idea - you earned it! Thanks so much for watching, Matt! :)
I’m so glad that you vlogged your reading of this. I’m going to save this video because I plan to read it next year and it will seem like we’re reading it at the same time, lol.
@@sterlingreads547 I’m so glad you’re planning to read it too! It would be really fun to have more people to talk about this with. Good luck when you decide to tackle it. ☘️ I really ended up loving it so much and I hope you do too 😊.
Congrats Farrah!!! Wooo! That's quite the accomplishment to knock out that chunkster. I don't think I could stick with the same book for that long or not get confused even with notes taking so long to get through it with other books in between. I can't do one with such bad characters. When the main ones are jerks it just puts me in a bad mood. Yay for new vocabulary. That is a fun aspect of reading. I've been amused by some of the new words/spellings I've come across reading UK authors. Good luck making it to book 1! Happy reading! 😁
Thanks Kat, I did it! Hahaha, it really did take me forever, but I blame it only on being distracted by mood reading from everyone else's videos. There were long, slow parts to get through where it felt like she was going back and forth with her parents about the arranged marriage for what seemed like FOREVER and the same when she was going back and forth with Robert Lovelace about his advances towards her. It ended up captivating me though, and once I got to a certain point, I knew I had to keep going until the end. Yeah, he was a scheming, conniving psycho, wrapped up in a handsome, charming package. He was a great villian and you would've hated him, hahah. New vocabulary is always a plus, and I was stunned by how many new words I came across (I looked them up and screenshot them on my phone to save them lol). Thank you again and hope you're having a great weekend so far! :)
@ yay for mood reading! It’s chaotic but definitely the best. 😅 Gotta have a good villain but they can be so frustrating, especially when you’re trying to escape the real world villains. I’m glad you ended up enjoying it and all the time you put into it. Hope the next one goes by quickly!
It's mad that you vlogged this for three years 😂 You didn't even have a booktube channel when you started right? I might have to start my own Clarissa vlog and try and do it over 4 years 😂
Haha, no, I didn't even have my channel yet, but I had been wanting to start one. I told myself I would start it after I read Clarissa so everyone didn't have to see how long it would take me to finish it (lol). I finally said "oh well" and started the channel anyway! Yesss! I think you should do a Clarissa vlog too, and see if you can stretch it out even longer than I did :D
Nice Star Wars crawl. I think you have a budding BookTuber in the background. She was giving you the business about something. I'm not current on my youngster speak, but I think it was something about See Spot Run being her favorite book. I don't think I ever heard of the book but it sounds like a good character driven novel. And that length....I have read Candide but that was like 20 years ago. And you did say "Clarissa knows all" once. There was a show called Clarisa Explains It All. So I chuckled a bit.
@@someothercharacter Thanks for noticing the Star Wars crawl lol! If I can ever sneak in a Star Wars thing, I will 😎. It was so cute to watch that footage again of my niece chatting to herself during that early clip. She’s still just as chatty 3 years later! 🥰. I had also never heard of Clarissa before I found that greatest books lis. Oh yes, it was about 90% all character driven and 10% plot, but I still can’t believe how detailed he wrote this story. So amazing!
Well, your niece certainly had a lot of opinions on this book! I was actually going to make a joke that I wanted to hear her 3 year old opinion as well, but then, bam, there she was! 😂. Good for you… I would never tackle a massive tome like this! Congrats!
@@BookBlather Haha, she was so cute with those baby noises! I’m glad I filmed a “here she is now” clip too as it really showcased how long it took me to finish that book. 😆. Thanks for watching Dave!
You certainly don't have to apologize for your "critiquing" skills:) I think you covered everything, from an analysis of the letters from different people, to how the characters were portrayed and their relationships to each other. That is what literary criticism is about. If you'd like to see an excellent production of Clarissa, I can heartily recommend the 1991 BBC series. I found a copy of the DVD at the library . I was so impressed with it that I had to purchase a copy. Now, I've never read the novel, but I do know the history of it and what it was about. It would be interesting to hear your opinion of the production from the point of view of having read the book.
@@KatJack-vl8xj Thank you so much , Kat! I would love to check out the BBC series from the 90s. I’m so curious how it all translates on screen. I believe there is also a radio dramatization that was done by BBC Radio 4 with Richard Armitage voicing Robert Lovelace which I would love to listen to as well!
I finally got around to reading Richardson's behemoth last year. I thought it would be a long and tedious marathon, but I was captivated. It's easily one of the greatest novels ever written, right up there with _War and Peace,_ _Moby Dick,_ _Ulysses,_ etc.
Congrats on finishing Clarissa as well! It really does feel like a huge achievement, doesn't it???
I agree, it was the most incredible novel I've ever read (I'm new to classics so far) and I just thought it was brilliantly told. I can't go over how well he wrote the inner thoughts of these characters. I finished it in August or September and I'm still thinking about it. War and Peace, Moby Dick and Ulysses are on my list to read as well. Thank you for watching and letting me know you also read this book! :)
Hello, Farrah!
Is it weird my favorite part of the vlog was the book aging? 😅
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Haha, love it. I lugged that thing around everywhere for 3 years so it got a little beat up :D
That's pretty impressive, Farrah! I'm also impressed how the physical condition of the book changes pretty drastically from the first vlog to this episode. 😄
Yeah we'll see what Jim's Vanity Fair looks like after a decade or so 🤪 haha 😂 just kidding
@@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn Haha, thanks Jim! I still remember how I felt when I first broke the spine and then it didn’t have a chance after that since I dragged it with me so many places 😄. I definitely felt a sense of achievement when I finished it!
@@BookTimewithElvis hahaha, slow and steady wins the race and I’m in the same boat with Vanity Fair 😆📚✨
First of all, I'm beyond impressed that you managed to blog this over YEARS! That is dedication! You did make me almost want to read this--but I think I'm taking at least a year off from doorstoppers after re-reading Les Misérables this year.
Thanks Melinda!! I think I lost some footage for all of 2022, but I was glad I could at least find most of the videos! :D
I don't blame you for taking a break from another huge book. Clarissa was so good, but hard for me to read a lot of at once (hence why it took me so long to read it) :) I would love to read Les Misérables some day, but I'm afaid that would take me another 3 years as well :D
I'm so impressed you have finished 'Clarissa' - I love 'Candide' and it's much shorter!
@@clarepotter7584 Thanks Clare! I was so happy I stuck with it as it was so worth it in the end. Oh yes, I was able to get a copy of Candide and was very happy to see how short it was! 🤩 I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it!
@@bookstalgic I think you'll know quite quickly whether you like the tone and can suspend your disbelief.
Very impressed. That is a loooong book, and in letter form... It takes a while to get accustomed I guess. You can't fly through it because you have to keep track of who's writing. Bravo! Adorable niece. ❤
Thanks Martine! Yes, I think it took me so long because I had to keep stopping as some of the letters were so tedious to get through and it was hard for me to read a lot at once. The good thing was that it was easy to take a month off and start back up because the plot was so slow! :)
I am UBER impressed that you not only stuck with it, but that you kept vlog clips for that entire time!!🤯
I am not a fan of epistolary novels, but I still might have to give it a try! I have his book Pamela.
@@novelideea Thanks so much Deea! I’m pretty sure I lost some footage in 2022, but oh well 😂. I haven’t had very much experience with epistolary novels, but some of the letters were so long that it felt like I was just reading a story. I hope you try it some day! I’ve been considering trying Pamela, but I might wait a little while before I jump into that one! 😄
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I'm glad you loved the book and took your time reading it.
Your niece is adorable, as a happy baby and as a three year old.
@@starlasell5698 Thanks Starla! She is such a sweet and fun little girl and it made me smile to watch that old footage of her with her baby noises in the early clips! 🥰
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Fantastic video Farrah now I want to pick it up myself 😀 so interesting to watch a video that took 3 years to make 😉
@@BookTimewithElvis Thanks Mark! Ooh I hope you read it someday, it would be so fun to chat with you about that villain Robert Lovelace! 😄 Haha, hopefully it doesn’t take me another 20+ years to get to the other 99 books on that list 😆📚✨
a 3 year vlog! i'll grab my popcorn hahaha
wow, ok, just finished. and now i want to read a 1400 page 18th century novel 😅
i love character-driven stories where you end up very attached to the people in the book. and the differences in the writing styles from the letters sounds so enticing to me! but i dont know if i'm ready to sign up for a project this big quite yet haha. thanks so much for the great video!!
Hahaha, thank you! I know, I was very attached to them by the end and definitely felt emotional saying goodbye to them after my 3 year journey, lol. It was so good. I am going to try to watch your Infinite Jest video too! Yeah, maybe taking a little break before you dive into Clarissa is a good idea - you earned it! Thanks so much for watching, Matt! :)
So jealous! I’ve had Clarissa had my shelf for the last year and it haunts me at night.
@@llukelara Aw, I hope you end up reading it someday! You can just read it a little each day like I did 😆
I’m so glad that you vlogged your reading of this. I’m going to save this video because I plan to read it next year and it will seem like we’re reading it at the same time, lol.
@@sterlingreads547 I’m so glad you’re planning to read it too! It would be really fun to have more people to talk about this with. Good luck when you decide to tackle it. ☘️ I really ended up loving it so much and I hope you do too 😊.
I need to read more classics. Fantastic video!!
@@Already-Overbooked Thank you! I’m way behind in my classics too, but I’m hoping to read a lot more in 2025 ✨📚😄
Congrats Farrah!!! Wooo! That's quite the accomplishment to knock out that chunkster. I don't think I could stick with the same book for that long or not get confused even with notes taking so long to get through it with other books in between. I can't do one with such bad characters. When the main ones are jerks it just puts me in a bad mood. Yay for new vocabulary. That is a fun aspect of reading. I've been amused by some of the new words/spellings I've come across reading UK authors. Good luck making it to book 1! Happy reading! 😁
Thanks Kat, I did it! Hahaha, it really did take me forever, but I blame it only on being distracted by mood reading from everyone else's videos. There were long, slow parts to get through where it felt like she was going back and forth with her parents about the arranged marriage for what seemed like FOREVER and the same when she was going back and forth with Robert Lovelace about his advances towards her. It ended up captivating me though, and once I got to a certain point, I knew I had to keep going until the end.
Yeah, he was a scheming, conniving psycho, wrapped up in a handsome, charming package. He was a great villian and you would've hated him, hahah.
New vocabulary is always a plus, and I was stunned by how many new words I came across (I looked them up and screenshot them on my phone to save them lol).
Thank you again and hope you're having a great weekend so far! :)
@ yay for mood reading! It’s chaotic but definitely the best. 😅 Gotta have a good villain but they can be so frustrating, especially when you’re trying to escape the real world villains.
I’m glad you ended up enjoying it and all the time you put into it. Hope the next one goes by quickly!
It's mad that you vlogged this for three years 😂 You didn't even have a booktube channel when you started right? I might have to start my own Clarissa vlog and try and do it over 4 years 😂
Haha, no, I didn't even have my channel yet, but I had been wanting to start one. I told myself I would start it after I read Clarissa so everyone didn't have to see how long it would take me to finish it (lol). I finally said "oh well" and started the channel anyway! Yesss! I think you should do a Clarissa vlog too, and see if you can stretch it out even longer than I did :D
Nice Star Wars crawl. I think you have a budding BookTuber in the background. She was giving you the business about something. I'm not current on my youngster speak, but I think it was something about See Spot Run being her favorite book.
I don't think I ever heard of the book but it sounds like a good character driven novel. And that length....I have read Candide but that was like 20 years ago.
And you did say "Clarissa knows all" once. There was a show called Clarisa Explains It All. So I chuckled a bit.
@@someothercharacter Thanks for noticing the Star Wars crawl lol! If I can ever sneak in a Star Wars thing, I will 😎. It was so cute to watch that footage again of my niece chatting to herself during that early clip. She’s still just as chatty 3 years later! 🥰.
I had also never heard of Clarissa before I found that greatest books lis. Oh yes, it was about 90% all character driven and 10% plot, but I still can’t believe how detailed he wrote this story. So amazing!
Well, your niece certainly had a lot of opinions on this book! I was actually going to make a joke that I wanted to hear her 3 year old opinion as well, but then, bam, there she was! 😂. Good for you… I would never tackle a massive tome like this! Congrats!
@@BookBlather Haha, she was so cute with those baby noises! I’m glad I filmed a “here she is now” clip too as it really showcased how long it took me to finish that book. 😆. Thanks for watching Dave!
You certainly don't have to apologize for your "critiquing" skills:) I think you covered everything, from an analysis of the letters from different people, to how the characters were portrayed and their relationships to each other. That is what literary criticism is about.
If you'd like to see an excellent production of Clarissa, I can heartily recommend the 1991 BBC series. I found a copy of the DVD at the library . I was so impressed with it that I had to purchase a copy. Now, I've never read the novel, but I do know the history of it and what it was about. It would be interesting to hear your opinion of the production from the point of view of having read the book.
@@KatJack-vl8xj Thank you so much , Kat! I would love to check out the BBC series from the 90s. I’m so curious how it all translates on screen.
I believe there is also a radio dramatization that was done by BBC Radio 4 with Richard Armitage voicing Robert Lovelace which I would love to listen to as well!
@@bookstalgic Sean Bean plays Lovelace in the BBC series -- another incentive!
I have actually never even heard of this book 😳
I had never heard of it either until I pulled up that Greatest Books of All Time List! :D. I'm always surprised when people say they have heard of it!