I am 22 years old, and I am severley ill. I have been for two years now. I can no longer leave the house, and am confined to my bed. I want to say that I recieve so much comfort and joy from your videos, Emma. I used to study English lit at uni too, and had always read voraciously before my illness. To borrow a phrase of Anne Shirley's, I see in you a true kindred spirit. Someone in whose deep passion for books and humanity, I see my old self. It is such a bittersweet pleasure to me to watch someone immerse themselves so fully in life the way that you do.
I'm a longtime viewer that is also primarily bedbound, and I just wanted to say thank you for writing your comment! When you're physically isolated, I find it's so easy to feel like you're the only one experiencing this life. It makes me think of a book you might enjoy if you are able to read: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating. I remember the author writes of being confined to bed that we are like snails, a colony made of hermits. Thank you again for sharing your experience!
@artemis thank you for your reply! Possibly the most brutal thing my illness has taken from me is my ability to physically read, it's a massive struggle to do so now. It's been like losing a part of my soul that I thought would always be there, which is another reason I take so much comfort in Emma's videos. Thank you for your recommendation, if I can find it on audio I might be able to listen to it, it sounds really good! You're right about the experience of severe illness being very isolating - I was wondering, do you have any social media? I'd love to connect with you
1) The Fall - Albert Camus 2) The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 3) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 4) Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe 5) Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
Hey Emma could you do a video about your reading schedule or how you fit reading in to your day or something like that? You obviously read several hours a day at least. It would be interesting to see how a literature major/enthusiast keeps up with the reading. And how do you approach a big book - you said something about 15 pages a day for David Copperfield. Do you set a pace like that for books when you have a deadline? So interested in how you fit in all the reading.
Funny thing about Copperfield… my copy is 1057 pages long, so dividing that into the number of chapters (64) you get 16.5 pages each, on average. Pretty close to what Emma is reading (but I think her edition has fewer pages). To me that’s a better way to divide things (if possible), since the author divided it there too.
@@emmiereads they are saying around is that you are that "Adam Medvidović" that wrote that "Night in Zagreb".It is known that "Adam Medvidović" is a pen name, but actuall writer is unknown. Wanted to ask you is it true, that its your male pen name? You are a genius for writing that
When I retired I wanted to start reading classics. My daughter and I are reading classics together. We have read 16 classics so far and my Favorite is The Count of Monte Cristo.
I think that's awesome as I read with my daughter when she was younger also. She's now almost 40 & still loves to read Classics & biographies. I invite you to listen to readings of classics on my channel under the Podcast tab.🙂
Love everything mentioned here Emma! My favourite classics has to be: War & Peace, Pride & Prejudice, 100 years of Solitude, Pedro Páramo, Dorian Gray, Mrs. Dalloway, Anna Karenina and Emma 😊
The reason the coffee doesn’t taste as good is because the process of microwaving works by using electromagnetic forces to move particles in the food but the forces only vibrate the polar molecules (molecules where one part of the molecule is more negatively charged and another more positively charged, e.g. water) and the particles in the part of the coffee that are responsible for the good flavour don’t get heated up as much and therefore don’t taste as good and I just made this whole thing up.
You re-introduced me to Mexican literature and since I’m from Mexico (but haven’t been back) I’ve been reading it in Spanish and it’s been a delight ❤❤❤
My favorite classics (so far) are: -Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, the language was a bit difficult but the story was just amazing. - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, she is such strong character and I loved following her story. - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, so short but every single page was brilliantly written. The ending left me in shock for a while. - Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, I love Mary Shelley and her life story. When it comes to Frankenstein I finished it in one sitting which is not something I would usually do, so it is amazing. - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, a very famous and brilliant story but that one chapter... Still ignoring it... - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, yes I am a man but the whole book just warms my heart... Love it. - Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, every story was beyond interesting and his writing style is so easy to get through. "The Black Cat" will forever be my favorite story.
Emma, I gotta say, you're the first person who actually made me want to read Pedro Páramo (and I studied Spanish in uni!!). Listening to you talk about your favourite classics is really a wholesome experience! Especially because you're an english speaking person who reads a lot of non english written books, which is so rare and makes all the difference.
my favorite classics so far have to be - the bell jar by sylvia plath (one of my fave authors) - a room of one’s own/ mrs dalloway by virginia woolf (fave too) - a farewell to arms and the old man and the sea by hemingway - frankenstein obviously! so beautifully written and so philosophical, love that - 1984 orwell was life changing so definitely have to include that here
As an Igbo Nigerian im glad u loved things fall apart i remember my aunt gifting it to me when i was 12 years old and i still remember it ever since!!!
Coffee oxidises relatively quickly. So it’s best to make it from freshly crushed beans,percolate or if you’re rich put it into your 3\4,000 $ MACHINE, and drink it in one sitting. If you’ve made a jug and the rest of it is sitting on a low heat,to keep it warm by the time you’re ready for the next batch it’s bitter because it has oxidised. Microwaves are too intense at cooking ,I don’t have one. I keep my beans in funnily enough ,coffee jars with stopper tops to keep the air away from them and each morning I grind /percolate and really enjoy my usually only cup of caff for the day. I’d drink much more cause I love it but have had fibromyalgia for 40 years so have to tread lightly. It’s why I read so much, and why I really appreciate what you and all the other book-tubers who talk about classic/modern /pm fiction do in helping us become exposed to a much wider range of books ,than we would on our own. Cheers Emmie
I only read Frankenstein for the first time a few years ago and I was amazed how moving it was. Totally unexpected. I agree with you. It's so real and gut wrenching.
each of your movies affects me like warm tea on winter days. every movie fills me with warmth and it makes me happy to listen to you because you are so wise and aware. you have no idea how your videos help me. I am sending you much love
I'm brazilian, so I'm pretty happy to see that you read a classic book from my country and you liked! Machado is one of the most important names in our national literature, hope you can read more from him soon, love u 💕
Super late to the party, but here we go (in no particular order): 1./ East of Eden 2./ The Picture of Dorian Gray 3./ The Importance of Being Earnest 4./ The Fall 5./ Giovanni's Room 6./ Tale of Two Cities
You just talking about books while holding a cup of coffee in your hand is just so dreamy and cozy. I’m a mom and I read classics too. I enjoy them because they have more substance and essence for me compare to contemporary fiction. I just loveee hearing classic book recommendation!!! I loved Things Fall Apart too. We studied at one of my classes back in college. ❤️
1. Orlando 2. Mrs Dalloway 3. The Waves 4. Frankenstein 5. The Picture of Dorian Gray 6. Wuthering Heights 7. Jane Eyre 8. Anna Karenina 9. 100 years of solitude 10. The Pickwick Papers 😊
@@noahlazarides941 I love To The Lighthouse as well, but I limited myself to 3 novels by her ( not the easiest thing to do) just so I could include some other authors.
I’m sooo glad to see Bras Cubas in this list! Another great work by Machado de Assis is Dom Casmurro, a story about a distrusting husband set in the Rio de Janeiro of the Brazilian Empire. Trust me, this is a 5 star book as well.
I read Pedro Paramo in 9th grade for school… and didnt got to enjoy it until i read it again as an adult…. Thanks for re-entroducing me to some classics
“The day you left I knew I would never see you again. You left covered by the red light of the afternoon sun, by the bloodstained twilight. You were smiling. You were leaving behind the town of which I had heard you say more than once: ‘I love it because of you, but I hate it for everything else, even for having been born there,’ Then I thought, she will not ever come back, she will never return.” Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
Hill house is such a hoot to read. While we differ so much between our favourite classics, i love hearing people talk of their favourites. There is always a part of me that thinks « Maybe I should give them yet another reread in case I missed something the first times ». It brings out my optimistic nature for sure. My favourite classics are Anna Karenina, Little Women, and Mrs. Dalloway. They feel so intimate, cozy, flawed, but human.
The coffee reacts with oxygen and oxidises, the reheat causes some magic stuff to happen that creates more molecules that tastes bad. To avoid this, use a insulated mug with a lid.
Favorite classics! (I can't put them in an order, it is impossible.) 1984 and Animal Farm - George Orwell, Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte, Brave New World - Aldous Huxley, Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut (all the Vonnegut, really,) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (which I read because of your recommendation and it was so good,) The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera, Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov, The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter, East of Eden - John Steinbeck (which I really think you would love Emma,) The Stranger - Albert Camus, Battle Royale - Koushun Takami I swear this is the narrowed down list. Classics are my jam. Thanks for even more for the TBR! :)
@@sausana2501 It's been forever but I just saw this haha. I also love Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, really all the Vonnegut (Cat's Cradle and Mother Night are personal favorites though,) Pride and Prejudice, Catcher in the Rye, and Lord of the Flies were all books I HATED in high school but have loved reading as an adult. I am Shakespeare obsessed and I think Hamlet might be the pinnacle of the written word but most of the plays and the sonnets are great too. What else...? Snow Country by Yusunari Kawabata is a newer one I've read. Sometimes I want to make a BookTube because I am so excited about books but it sounds like so much. Read anything good lately? :)
My top ten favorite classics (including a few modern classics)… 1) Frankenstein 2) The Count of Monte Cristo 3) Dracula 4) The Ice Palace 5) The Phantom of the Opera 6) One Hundred Years of Solitude 7) To Kill a Mockingbird 8) Uncle Tom’s Cabin 8) Anne of Green Gables 9) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 10) The Giver | Honorable Mention) Dune
My top 5 favourite classics in no particular order are: Pride and Prejudice A Streetcar Named Desire The Master and Margarita We have always lived in the castle The call of the wild
This is slightly off topic, but I love classics, yet I think I’m just to dumb (or maybe to young as I’m a young teen) to understand the ones written before the year 1910. That’s why I love to read the children’s additions. As long as they don’t leave anything out (which I check before hand) I makes my reading experience way easier.
my fave classics, my top 3: one hundred years of solitude, the posthumous memoirs of bras cubas, and the count of monte cristo. i actually got most of my classic recommendations from you and a huge THANK YOU emmie for introducing me to south american lit! also i recently bought hour of the star by clarice lispector and collected stories of machado de assis
I just read Frankenstein for the first time and it was so much better than I had expected! Then right after, I read Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson - highly recommend!
on top of my head, some of my favorites are: Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Frankenstein, 1984, Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović, Uncle Maroje - A Comedy in Five Acts by Marin Držić
I have discovered Jane Austin and her collection of radio series in audiobook format....... I AM IN LOVE✨😍🤩💓🥴💘✨. I now declare that thanx to jane Austin I no longer have the fear of boring classics or topics and themes that I would not enjoy "sorry I don't enjoy the man vs nature themes of earnest hemmingway and I did not enjoy tom sawyer either and there was 2 more classics that i didn't like when I was studying English lit and It kinda put me off classics, for 5 years! Glad to be back🥰)
Loved your list :)) I've already tried to add Things Fall Apart maybe 3 times to my tbr because it sounds so good. Ice Palace also sounds amazing! My favorites include: The Hunger Angel - Herta Müller The Wall - Marlen Haushofer Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck Narcissus and Goldmund + Beneath the Wheel - Hesse The Yellow Wall-Paper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman Loco Afán - Pedro Lemebel Mr Palomar - Calvino The Artificial Silk Girl - Keun The Bell Jar - Plath Marie Antoinette - Zweig Everything by Ingeborg Bachmann (she's a genius)
1. Treasure Ireland - Robert Louis Stevenson 2. The Tempest - William Shakespeare 3. The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka 4. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce 5. Phantastes - George MacDonald 6. The Crucible - Arthur Miller 7. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway 8. The Once and Future King - T. H. White 9. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 10. Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier 11. A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett 12. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 13. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe - Carson McCullers 14. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery 15. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde 16. Dracula - Bram Stoker 17. A Room With a View - E.M. Forster 18. The Blue Castle - L.M. Montgomery 19. The Poor Mouth - Flann O'Brien 20. The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton 21. The Island of Doctor Moreau - H.G. Wells 22. The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton 23. The Awakening - Kate Chopin (not in order)
My favorite classics (in no particular order🙃) are: 1. The Scarlet Letter -Nathaniel Hawthorn 2. Dracula -Bram Stoker 3. A Little Princess -Frances Hodgeson Burnett 4.The Outsiders -S.E. Hinton 5. Frankenstein -Mary Shelly 6. David Copperfield -Charles Dickens
1. Martin Eden 2. Woe from wit 3. Ward No. 6 4. Of Mice and Men 5. The Mysterious Stranger 6. The Master and Margarita 7. The Metamorphosis 8. The Adolescent 9. The Buried Giant 10. Iron Will (Leskov)
This video is an absolute delight ! ❤️ One of m'y favorite classics are : Grapes of wragh, and Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Wuthering Height by Emilie Brontë
A book that isn't talked about enough in my opinion is Martin Eden by Jack London. It is written so beautifully and it was very thought-provoking. It might seem like a romance in the very beginning, but the book is just so much more than that.
Hello! I'm from Russia. I recommend reading the book: Varlam Shalamov "Kolyma stories". The darkness and horror of the Stalinist concentration camps in the 1930s-1940s. But this is not just evidence of the crimes of the communists, but also excellent literature. I hope this book is well translated into English.
I love that im watching this even though im pretty sure i can guess about 85% of the books you're about to recommend. Also, your book of the month ads are the absolute best! If they ever stop sponsoring you i will start a riot
when you were reading out some of frankenstein's quotes it reignited my **need** to reread for a 5th (6th? I've stopped counting) reread 😭😭 it's one of the most gorgeous books i will probably ever read in my life 🥹
All of those are such amazing recommendations!!! I'm surprised The Blind Owl wasn't on there! It quickly became one of my all-time favorite classics and all-time favorite books thanks to your recommendation! 🥰🥰🥰
Hey Emma I read 100 years of solitude after I watched a video where you recommended it. You spoke about it with such passion, I was very intrigued. I jumped into it blindly. As you say it does come with its challenges but wow ! What a book. Near the end of the book I read a couple of passages to my boyfriend and that’s when I realized I was reading something truly amazing. I’m currently reading the picture of Dorian Gray. Thanks for your videos
Many years ago I found myself in a circumstance where I to cook for my 2 sons. A chimpanzee was more prepared. One of the 3 dishes they got (alongside chicken legs and tacos 🌮) was rotini and sausage. Over time I figured out why the sausage was sometimes juicy / yummy and other times like cardboard. Cooking time. Overcooking destroys the sausage. Coffee is meant to brewed and drank; not brewed and then cooked more in a microwave. Closing remark: Reduce the microwave time: less hot but better taste.
Love a number of these. My other favorites are The count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Beloved by Toni Morrison, I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou, In our Time by Hemingway, Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, Hard Times by Charles Dickens, and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
Wow I had turn of the screw on my tbr but then I saw some people saying that they didn't like it and I kinda just forgot about it after that. Now I'll probably give it a chnace.
Yeah, about 50 or 75 years ago younger Americans gradually lost enthusiasm for H. James, and that trend has slowly grown. Now, perhaps the pendulum is swinging back in the other direction with readers appreciating writing that is simply superior to most.
That is interesting. I've always thought of Shelley's Frankenstein as a serious, almost philosophical work, while for me Wells has been lighter and sometimes almost sarcastic, but we're entitled to disagree, I'd say?
@@jamesduggan7200 of course we can :) the way I saw it: the Time Traveller in 802701 year reminded me of Frankenstein's creature. He discribed his loneliness, being unable to get into interation with the Eloi whom he considered playful. He tried to learn their language, became affectionate towards Weena - similarily to the monster's admiration for a lovely girl who lived behind his wall in the country. Then, he was threatened by Morlocks in similar way in which the Frankenstein's creature was treated by humans (although for different reasons). On the other hand, even before the Time Traveller was menaced by Morlocks, he had described them as repulsive and had been prejudiced towards them, just as people reacted when they saw the Frankenstein's creature.
And now I think of how Frankenstein's creature became a real threat just like Morlocks did. What if their behaviours resulted from the way people/the Eloi reacted on them? Isn't it an interesting speculation?
@@oak_leaf That's an excellent point, tho to be honest I think that we need to discount what the monster tells us and accept that in part Victor's creation became a monster because it was not a human with a soul.
My favourite classics so far are definitely 'Orlando' as well as 'The Waves' by Virginia Woolf, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Wuthering Heights! Im currently reading Crimd and Punishment and am loving it so far
Thanks for the recommendations, I'm actually reading "In Cold Blood" from Truman Capote which is consider a classic as well. Regards from sunny DR. 🇩🇴🇩🇴
You have no idea how happy I was when you started talking about Machado de Assis. His books are masterpieces and I think people, apart from the "Latino community", should appreciate it more!!!! This is my statement.
I've been trying to get into Mary Shelley's biography of late,her parents were incredible people.I have still to finish A Farewell To Arms and some of the names on the page are places I have been to many moons ago so in that sense I feel a strong connection with the book.
100 Years of Solitude was my favorite of all time until I read War and Peace a few years ago. Definitely two masterpieces. Love your analyses by the way.
Bleak House by Dickens Stories of May Sinclair Dracula by Stoker A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway Stories of James Tiptree, Jr. (Dr. Alice B. Sheldon) Treasure Island by Stevenson Picture of Dorian Grey by Wilde The Satanic Verses by Rushdie Frankenstein by Shelley Stories of Poe by, oddly enough, Poe And endless more; been reading classics all my life. They were the first category of fiction I encountered and, oh, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, Snow Falling on Cedars by Guterson, Etc.
I'm gonna recommend just one of my favorite classics (and favorite overall): The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. It's one of those books I don't want or know how to talk about, it's so special and unique to me, and it WILL break your heart if you read it.
my favourite classis are more modern, ive been reading alot in the last 2 years and the ones that have impacted me the more is 1984, the bell jar, and haindmaids tale xx
As background, the World's Chess Champion until he died - of mysterious circumstances - was an expatriate Russian named Alexander Alekhine. During the War he wrote two articles for the Germans which he subsequently renounced as an act done under duress. Although Zweig never identified him as the source for his story, the likelihood is that it did at least influence the story, "Chess" or as it is also known as "The Royal Game".
I am 22 years old, and I am severley ill. I have been for two years now. I can no longer leave the house, and am confined to my bed. I want to say that I recieve so much comfort and joy from your videos, Emma. I used to study English lit at uni too, and had always read voraciously before my illness. To borrow a phrase of Anne Shirley's, I see in you a true kindred spirit. Someone in whose deep passion for books and humanity, I see my old self. It is such a bittersweet pleasure to me to watch someone immerse themselves so fully in life the way that you do.
Beautiful words, thank you for sharing ❤️
I'm a longtime viewer that is also primarily bedbound, and I just wanted to say thank you for writing your comment! When you're physically isolated, I find it's so easy to feel like you're the only one experiencing this life. It makes me think of a book you might enjoy if you are able to read: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating. I remember the author writes of being confined to bed that we are like snails, a colony made of hermits. Thank you again for sharing your experience!
The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness by Ichiro Kimishi and Fumitake Koga
Nothing useful to say, just sending you a big hug and lots of love ❤❤❤
@artemis thank you for your reply! Possibly the most brutal thing my illness has taken from me is my ability to physically read, it's a massive struggle to do so now. It's been like losing a part of my soul that I thought would always be there, which is another reason I take so much comfort in Emma's videos. Thank you for your recommendation, if I can find it on audio I might be able to listen to it, it sounds really good! You're right about the experience of severe illness being very isolating - I was wondering, do you have any social media? I'd love to connect with you
1) The Fall - Albert Camus
2) The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
3) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
4) Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
5) Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
Hey Emma could you do a video about your reading schedule or how you fit reading in to your day or something like that? You obviously read several hours a day at least. It would be interesting to see how a literature major/enthusiast keeps up with the reading. And how do you approach a big book - you said something about 15 pages a day for David Copperfield. Do you set a pace like that for books when you have a deadline? So interested in how you fit in all the reading.
I second this! :)
Yesssss
Funny thing about Copperfield… my copy is 1057 pages long, so dividing that into the number of chapters (64) you get 16.5 pages each, on average. Pretty close to what Emma is reading (but I think her edition has fewer pages). To me that’s a better way to divide things (if possible), since the author divided it there too.
I definitely can make a video like that! Audiobooks are a huge part of my life as well and they’re amazing!
@@emmiereads they are saying around is that you are that "Adam Medvidović" that wrote that "Night in Zagreb".It is known that "Adam Medvidović" is a pen name, but actuall writer is unknown. Wanted to ask you is it true, that its your male pen name? You are a genius for writing that
When I retired I wanted to start reading classics. My daughter and I are reading classics together. We have read 16 classics so far and my Favorite is The Count of Monte Cristo.
I think that's awesome as I read with my daughter when she was younger also. She's now almost 40 & still loves to read Classics & biographies. I invite you to listen to readings of classics on my channel under the Podcast tab.🙂
My grandmother passed away on Tuesday. I needed this video more than ever. Thank you so much for being a shining light ♥️
Love everything mentioned here Emma! My favourite classics has to be: War & Peace, Pride & Prejudice, 100 years of Solitude, Pedro Páramo, Dorian Gray, Mrs. Dalloway, Anna Karenina and Emma 😊
Those are my favorites. Read Rebecca it’s a classic too
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The reason the coffee doesn’t taste as good is because the process of microwaving works by using electromagnetic forces to move particles in the food but the forces only vibrate the polar molecules (molecules where one part of the molecule is more negatively charged and another more positively charged, e.g. water) and the particles in the part of the coffee that are responsible for the good flavour don’t get heated up as much and therefore don’t taste as good and I just made this whole thing up.
Lol 🤣 I was just reading this thinking I really wish I nee more about chemistry and physics
You got me 👍🏼
Love it :D
Omg you had me going too!! Your narrative is believable 😂❤
I thought it was because the fratistat was misaligned
I love that you have picked a lot of books that you read for your around-the-world reading challenge.
Hey! I'm Brazilian and i gotta say: Is SO GOOOOOOD to see Machado de Assis on your list. It warmed my heart.
You re-introduced me to Mexican literature and since I’m from Mexico (but haven’t been back) I’ve been reading it in Spanish and it’s been a delight ❤❤❤
Ah amazing I am all ears if you have any recommendations!
@@emmiereads Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar is a great one
@@nicolastrixy7430Cortazar is not mexican
You might like something by Jorge Ibargüengoitia 👁️
@@alexacaceres9496he is trash
My favorite classics (so far) are:
-Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, the language was a bit difficult but the story was just amazing.
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, she is such strong character and I loved following her story.
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, so short but every single page was brilliantly written. The ending left me in shock for a while.
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, I love Mary Shelley and her life story. When it comes to Frankenstein I finished it in one sitting which is not something I would usually do, so it is amazing.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, a very famous and brilliant story but that one chapter... Still ignoring it...
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, yes I am a man but the whole book just warms my heart... Love it.
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, every story was beyond interesting and his writing style is so easy to get through. "The Black Cat" will forever be my favorite story.
Emma, I gotta say, you're the first person who actually made me want to read Pedro Páramo (and I studied Spanish in uni!!). Listening to you talk about your favourite classics is really a wholesome experience! Especially because you're an english speaking person who reads a lot of non english written books, which is so rare and makes all the difference.
my favorite classics so far have to be
- the bell jar by sylvia plath (one of my fave authors)
- a room of one’s own/ mrs dalloway by virginia woolf (fave too)
- a farewell to arms and the old man and the sea by hemingway
- frankenstein obviously! so beautifully written and so philosophical, love that
- 1984 orwell was life changing so definitely have to include that here
I love Orwell! But I think Animal farm is even better than 1984
1984 was good but a story's ending has never made me so mad before.
@@Oogrilla same
@@sausana2501 I haven’t read 1984 but I absolutely adore the animal farm
@@OogrillaI absolutely hated 1984, but it is well written I can't lie. BUT IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING AND SLOW
As an Igbo Nigerian im glad u loved things fall apart i remember my aunt gifting it to me when i was 12 years old and i still remember it ever since!!!
Coffee oxidises relatively quickly. So it’s best to make it from freshly crushed beans,percolate or if you’re rich put it into your 3\4,000 $ MACHINE, and drink it in one sitting. If you’ve made a jug and the rest of it is sitting on a low heat,to keep it warm by the time you’re ready for the next batch it’s bitter because it has oxidised. Microwaves are too intense at cooking ,I don’t have one. I keep my beans in funnily enough ,coffee jars with stopper tops to keep the air away from them and each morning I grind /percolate and really enjoy my usually only cup of caff for the day. I’d drink much more cause I love it but have had fibromyalgia for 40 years so have to tread lightly. It’s why I read so much, and why I really appreciate what you and all the other book-tubers who talk about classic/modern /pm fiction do in helping us become exposed to a much wider range of books ,than we would on our own. Cheers Emmie
I only read Frankenstein for the first time a few years ago and I was amazed how moving it was. Totally unexpected. I agree with you. It's so real and gut wrenching.
each of your movies affects me like warm tea on winter days. every movie fills me with warmth and it makes me happy to listen to you because you are so wise and aware. you have no idea how your videos help me. I am sending you much love
I can listen to her talk about Frankenstein for hours❤
I'm brazilian, so I'm pretty happy to see that you read a classic book from my country and you liked! Machado is one of the most important names in our national literature, hope you can read more from him soon, love u 💕
Things Fall Apart was one of my favorite books we read in high school.
I feel Ice Palace calling to me.
Do it! I read it a few weeks ago and it's amazing!
Same! It is calling to me too! Imma go read it right away!!✨
A friend of mine put this book in my hands, he's no longer with us, but our talks about books live on in my memories.
Very happy to see Machado de Assis here. A recommend all of his books
Super late to the party, but here we go (in no particular order):
1./ East of Eden
2./ The Picture of Dorian Gray
3./ The Importance of Being Earnest
4./ The Fall
5./ Giovanni's Room
6./ Tale of Two Cities
you are the sole reason I started reading classics and I don't think there are words in which I can thank you enough! Please keep doing what you do!!❤
When you reheat coffee in the microwave it increases production of caffeic acid and quinic, which is what gives it that particularly bitter taste.
You just talking about books while holding a cup of coffee in your hand is just so dreamy and cozy. I’m a mom and I read classics too. I enjoy them because they have more substance and essence for me compare to contemporary fiction. I just loveee hearing classic book recommendation!!! I loved Things Fall Apart too. We studied at one of my classes back in college. ❤️
1. Orlando 2. Mrs Dalloway 3. The Waves 4. Frankenstein 5. The Picture of Dorian Gray 6. Wuthering Heights 7. Jane Eyre 8. Anna Karenina 9. 100 years of solitude 10. The Pickwick Papers 😊
How did u get into virginias writing? I find her writing style very difficult 😥
@@sausana2501 I know she's not for everyone, but I just really love her writing style/voice.
Can't believe you're sleeping on To the Lighthouse
@@noahlazarides941 I love To The Lighthouse as well, but I limited myself to 3 novels by her ( not the easiest thing to do) just so I could include some other authors.
I’m sooo glad to see Bras Cubas in this list! Another great work by Machado de Assis is Dom Casmurro, a story about a distrusting husband set in the Rio de Janeiro of the Brazilian Empire. Trust me, this is a 5 star book as well.
my top 3 classics: Emma, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Les Misérables
I am half way through War & Peace. I struggled with it in the beginning but am enjoying it now. So far I'd say I definitely prefer Anna Karenina.
Chess is one of my favorite books of all time! Read it in one sitting…
OOOO id love to read your paper on Frankenstein! Such a good list you got here
obsessed with the way that you have introduced me to so many classics i had never heard of, especially foreign classics! thank you, emma!
I read Pedro Paramo in 9th grade for school… and didnt got to enjoy it until i read it again as an adult…. Thanks for re-entroducing me to some classics
I'm very close to finishing Things Fall Apart (almost definitely finishing it today) and I'm really loving it, it's fantastic
I want to read it can you please give me the author thanks.
@@0210fnunez It's by Chinua Achebe. (Incidentally I did in fact finish it, and it was excellent).
@@Cubehead27 Thanks you're very kind. 😁
@@0210fnunez Happy to help! ☺
Wonderful recommendations! I am reading Moby-Dick for the first time, and oh man it is so much better than I thought it would be, and I am loving it!
It's truly a shame that 5 star class is so long because so many readers miss out on something probably they would like a lot.
“The day you left I knew I would never see you again. You left covered by the red light of the
afternoon sun, by the bloodstained twilight. You were smiling. You were leaving behind the
town of which I had heard you say more than once: ‘I love it because of you, but I hate it for
everything else, even for having been born there,’ Then I thought, she will not ever come back,
she will never return.”
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
Hill house is such a hoot to read. While we differ so much between our favourite classics, i love hearing people talk of their favourites. There is always a part of me that thinks « Maybe I should give them yet another reread in case I missed something the first times ». It brings out my optimistic nature for sure. My favourite classics are Anna Karenina, Little Women, and Mrs. Dalloway. They feel so intimate, cozy, flawed, but human.
The coffee reacts with oxygen and oxidises, the reheat causes some magic stuff to happen that creates more molecules that tastes bad.
To avoid this, use a insulated mug with a lid.
Favorite classics! (I can't put them in an order, it is impossible.) 1984 and Animal Farm - George Orwell, Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte, Brave New World - Aldous Huxley, Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut (all the Vonnegut, really,) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (which I read because of your recommendation and it was so good,) The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera, Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov, The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter, East of Eden - John Steinbeck (which I really think you would love Emma,) The Stranger - Albert Camus, Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
I swear this is the narrowed down list. Classics are my jam. Thanks for even more for the TBR! :)
Yes, I like most of those two, particularly Vonnegut, who, sadly, has fallen out of fashion in this current generation.
Why narrow it down? Give us more 🤣💗
@@sausana2501 It's been forever but I just saw this haha. I also love Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, really all the Vonnegut (Cat's Cradle and Mother Night are personal favorites though,) Pride and Prejudice, Catcher in the Rye, and Lord of the Flies were all books I HATED in high school but have loved reading as an adult. I am Shakespeare obsessed and I think Hamlet might be the pinnacle of the written word but most of the plays and the sonnets are great too. What else...? Snow Country by Yusunari Kawabata is a newer one I've read. Sometimes I want to make a BookTube because I am so excited about books but it sounds like so much. Read anything good lately? :)
@@halloweenjax thats some fine taste! My favorites are Stoner by John Williams, anything Dostoyevsky, Giovannis room, and Children of Gebelawi
New to the channel. As a reading polyglot, this video is gold. Most recommendations only stick to things written in their own language.
I absolutely recommend All Quite on the Western Front. It is so good and made me cry.
This video brought me UNBRIDLED JOY. Frankenstein is my all-time favorite book, so I loved hearing you gush about it.
My top ten favorite classics (including a few modern classics)… 1) Frankenstein 2) The Count of Monte Cristo 3) Dracula 4) The Ice Palace 5) The Phantom of the Opera 6) One Hundred Years of Solitude 7) To Kill a Mockingbird 8) Uncle Tom’s Cabin 8) Anne of Green Gables 9) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 10) The Giver | Honorable Mention) Dune
I've tried twice to read Uncle Tom's Cabin without success, but maybe three times a charm? idk - thx
currently reading Things Fall Apart actually
A Farewell to Arms was a hit for me. I plan to reread it as well. I am loving the Game of Tomes!
I love Hemingways writing. It’s just so good
My top 5 favourite classics in no particular order are:
Pride and Prejudice
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Master and Margarita
We have always lived in the castle
The call of the wild
Streetcar and Call of the Wild seldom are mentioned here, on BookTube, and that's a shame. They are genuine 5 star classics IMHO.
This is slightly off topic, but I love classics, yet I think I’m just to dumb (or maybe to young as I’m a young teen) to understand the ones written before the year 1910. That’s why I love to read the children’s additions. As long as they don’t leave anything out (which I check before hand) I makes my reading experience way easier.
My favorite classics: Pasternak: Dr. Shivago, John Crowley: Little, big, Proust: In search of lost time and Ottfried Preussler: Krabat
my fave classics, my top 3: one hundred years of solitude, the posthumous memoirs of bras cubas, and the count of monte cristo. i actually got most of my classic recommendations from you and a huge THANK YOU emmie for introducing me to south american lit! also i recently bought hour of the star by clarice lispector and collected stories of machado de assis
I just read Frankenstein for the first time and it was so much better than I had expected! Then right after, I read Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson - highly recommend!
i read the Phantom of the Opera because of one of your previous videos and it was amazing. I loved every page of it. Thank you.
on top of my head, some of my favorites are: Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Frankenstein, 1984, Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović, Uncle Maroje - A Comedy in Five Acts by Marin Držić
I have discovered Jane Austin and her collection of radio series in audiobook format....... I AM IN LOVE✨😍🤩💓🥴💘✨.
I now declare that thanx to jane Austin I no longer have the fear of boring classics or topics and themes that I would not enjoy "sorry I don't enjoy the man vs nature themes of earnest hemmingway and I did not enjoy tom sawyer either and there was 2 more classics that i didn't like when I was studying English lit and It kinda put me off classics, for 5 years! Glad to be back🥰)
Not only classics and recommendations, but they're by Emma, cannot possibly get any better.
I’m so happy to see Machado de Assis on your list 💕
omgg classics and emmie
happy birthday!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY
@@vitoriar8753 thank you so much!!! 💘
@@emmiereads omg thank you emmie 💘💘💘💘😭😭
Can I just say how well the cover of "Chess" matches your outfit and nails! 😍
Loved your list :)) I've already tried to add Things Fall Apart maybe 3 times to my tbr because it sounds so good. Ice Palace also sounds amazing!
My favorites include:
The Hunger Angel - Herta Müller
The Wall - Marlen Haushofer
Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
Narcissus and Goldmund + Beneath the Wheel - Hesse
The Yellow Wall-Paper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Loco Afán - Pedro Lemebel
Mr Palomar - Calvino
The Artificial Silk Girl - Keun
The Bell Jar - Plath
Marie Antoinette - Zweig
Everything by Ingeborg Bachmann (she's a genius)
Thanks for recommending your favorite classics, Emmie. Stay true to yourself no matter what.
1. Treasure Ireland - Robert Louis Stevenson
2. The Tempest - William Shakespeare
3. The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
4. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
5. Phantastes - George MacDonald
6. The Crucible - Arthur Miller
7. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
8. The Once and Future King - T. H. White
9. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
10. Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier
11. A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
12. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
13. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe - Carson McCullers
14. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
15. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
16. Dracula - Bram Stoker
17. A Room With a View - E.M. Forster
18. The Blue Castle - L.M. Montgomery
19. The Poor Mouth - Flann O'Brien
20. The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
21. The Island of Doctor Moreau - H.G. Wells
22. The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
23. The Awakening - Kate Chopin
(not in order)
My favorite classics (in no particular order🙃) are:
1. The Scarlet Letter -Nathaniel Hawthorn
2. Dracula -Bram Stoker
3. A Little Princess -Frances Hodgeson Burnett
4.The Outsiders -S.E. Hinton
5. Frankenstein -Mary Shelly
6. David Copperfield -Charles Dickens
As a treat to myself I’m reading The Picture of Dorian Gray on my bday weekend (the last weekend of March) and I’m soo looking forward!
Thank you !
Fave classics: the brothers karamazov, one hundred years of solitude, east of eden, thibgs fall apart, Frankenstein, carmilla, the outsiders❤❤
1. Martin Eden
2. Woe from wit
3. Ward No. 6
4. Of Mice and Men
5. The Mysterious Stranger
6. The Master and Margarita
7. The Metamorphosis
8. The Adolescent
9. The Buried Giant
10. Iron Will (Leskov)
This video brings me so much joy! One of my favorite humans with lots of my favorite books 🥰
This video is an absolute delight ! ❤️
One of m'y favorite classics are : Grapes of wragh, and Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Wuthering Height by Emilie Brontë
A book that isn't talked about enough in my opinion is Martin Eden by Jack London. It is written so beautifully and it was very thought-provoking. It might seem like a romance in the very beginning, but the book is just so much more than that.
Hello! I'm from Russia. I recommend reading the book: Varlam Shalamov "Kolyma stories". The darkness and horror of the Stalinist concentration camps in the 1930s-1940s. But this is not just evidence of the crimes of the communists, but also excellent literature. I hope this book is well translated into English.
Read Frankenstein while listening to a dark academia playlist with Franz Gordon and the sounds of rain. Such an experience..
I love that im watching this even though im pretty sure i can guess about 85% of the books you're about to recommend. Also, your book of the month ads are the absolute best! If they ever stop sponsoring you i will start a riot
when you were reading out some of frankenstein's quotes it reignited my **need** to reread for a 5th (6th? I've stopped counting) reread 😭😭 it's one of the most gorgeous books i will probably ever read in my life 🥹
Hi Emmie, I recommend How Green Was My Valley. I’m so sad it’s not as known, but it was adapted as a film in 1941.
All of those are such amazing recommendations!!! I'm surprised The Blind Owl wasn't on there! It quickly became one of my all-time favorite classics and all-time favorite books thanks to your recommendation! 🥰🥰🥰
watching the coffee in your cup being very close to spilling is so stressful ahaha
but love your recs
Hey Emma
I read 100 years of solitude after I watched a video where you recommended it. You spoke about it with such passion, I was very intrigued. I jumped into it blindly. As you say it does come with its challenges but wow ! What a book. Near the end of the book I read a couple of passages to my boyfriend and that’s when I realized I was reading something truly amazing. I’m currently reading the picture of Dorian Gray.
Thanks for your videos
im going to go reread frankenstein now!
I have always loved Farewell to Arms and All of my friends think I'm crazy. Thank you!! it's so beautiful.
Why would your friends think that? It's an American classic. A very famous novel.
Thank you🥰
Many years ago I found myself in a circumstance where I to cook for my 2 sons. A chimpanzee was more prepared.
One of the 3 dishes they got (alongside chicken legs and tacos 🌮) was rotini and sausage.
Over time I figured out why the sausage was sometimes juicy / yummy and other times like cardboard.
Cooking time. Overcooking destroys the sausage.
Coffee is meant to brewed and drank; not brewed and then cooked more in a microwave.
Closing remark: Reduce the microwave time: less hot but better taste.
the ice palace has been in my cart for months, just ordered it, all i needed was the push.
I make 4 cups of coffee a day. One is hot the rest I put in the fridge as cold . No weird taste from reheating.
Love a number of these. My other favorites are The count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Beloved by Toni Morrison, I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou, In our Time by Hemingway, Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, Hard Times by Charles Dickens, and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
Wow I had turn of the screw on my tbr but then I saw some people saying that they didn't like it and I kinda just forgot about it after that. Now I'll probably give it a chnace.
Yeah, about 50 or 75 years ago younger Americans gradually lost enthusiasm for H. James, and that trend has slowly grown. Now, perhaps the pendulum is swinging back in the other direction with readers appreciating writing that is simply superior to most.
1. O Pioneers!
2. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
3. The Sandman
4. Sarrasine
5. Little Women
6. The Yellow Wallpaper
7. The Stranger
❤️
I've read The Time Machine and it reminded me of Frankenstein. Obviously, H.G. Wells got some inspiration from that.
That is interesting. I've always thought of Shelley's Frankenstein as a serious, almost philosophical work, while for me Wells has been lighter and sometimes almost sarcastic, but we're entitled to disagree, I'd say?
@@jamesduggan7200 of course we can :) the way I saw it: the Time Traveller in 802701 year reminded me of Frankenstein's creature. He discribed his loneliness, being unable to get into interation with the Eloi whom he considered playful. He tried to learn their language, became affectionate towards Weena - similarily to the monster's admiration for a lovely girl who lived behind his wall in the country. Then, he was threatened by Morlocks in similar way in which the Frankenstein's creature was treated by humans (although for different reasons). On the other hand, even before the Time Traveller was menaced by Morlocks, he had described them as repulsive and had been prejudiced towards them, just as people reacted when they saw the Frankenstein's creature.
And now I think of how Frankenstein's creature became a real threat just like Morlocks did. What if their behaviours resulted from the way people/the Eloi reacted on them? Isn't it an interesting speculation?
@@oak_leaf sure; tho it's set so far in the future it's pretty hard to guess what segregated the society there
@@oak_leaf That's an excellent point, tho to be honest I think that we need to discount what the monster tells us and accept that in part Victor's creation became a monster because it was not a human with a soul.
My favourite classics so far are definitely 'Orlando' as well as 'The Waves' by Virginia Woolf, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Wuthering Heights! Im currently reading Crimd and Punishment and am loving it so far
Crime and punishment is my favorite book of all time! Immediately followed by The bell jar, animal farm, and Stoner by John Williams.
Yesss The Waves is my favorite!!
crime and punishment is literally one of my fav books ever, its so good
I'm from Comala, the little town where pedro paramo takes place 🤍 needless to say, we all have read that book as soon as we learn to read
Thanks for the recommendations, I'm actually reading "In Cold Blood" from Truman Capote which is consider a classic as well. Regards from sunny DR. 🇩🇴🇩🇴
You have no idea how happy I was when you started talking about Machado de Assis. His books are masterpieces and I think people, apart from the "Latino community", should appreciate it more!!!! This is my statement.
classic literature yes !!! 😍 i love them so much aaa im such a classics lover ♡♡♡ thank you for introducing them emma^^
I read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse recently. It's a trip.
I've been trying to get into Mary Shelley's biography of late,her parents were incredible people.I have still to finish A Farewell To Arms and some of the names on the page are places I have been to many moons ago so in that sense I feel a strong connection with the book.
100 Years of Solitude was my favorite of all time until I read War and Peace a few years ago. Definitely two masterpieces. Love your analyses by the way.
Bleak House by Dickens
Stories of May Sinclair
Dracula by Stoker
A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway
Stories of James Tiptree, Jr. (Dr. Alice B. Sheldon)
Treasure Island by Stevenson
Picture of Dorian Grey by Wilde
The Satanic Verses by Rushdie
Frankenstein by Shelley
Stories of Poe by, oddly enough, Poe
And endless more; been reading classics all my life. They were the first category of fiction I encountered and, oh, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, Snow Falling on Cedars by Guterson, Etc.
I'm gonna recommend just one of my favorite classics (and favorite overall): The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. It's one of those books I don't want or know how to talk about, it's so special and unique to me, and it WILL break your heart if you read it.
my favourite classis are more modern, ive been reading alot in the last 2 years and the ones that have impacted me the more is 1984, the bell jar, and haindmaids tale xx
you should try nausea by jean paul sartre! i enjoyed all the books you mentioned and nausea sprang to mind.
You should definitely check out Stoner by John Williams and Giovanni’s Room by Baldwin
As background, the World's Chess Champion until he died - of mysterious circumstances - was an expatriate Russian named Alexander Alekhine. During the War he wrote two articles for the Germans which he subsequently renounced as an act done under duress. Although Zweig never identified him as the source for his story, the likelihood is that it did at least influence the story, "Chess" or as it is also known as "The Royal Game".
the ice palace is so good! it's definitely about to be popular this year.