I've watched a a lot of book-related TH-cam channels in the last few weeks and I have to say you come across as genuinely the best read. Your collection of classics is comprehensive and you talk about some books most others don't seem to mention. Glad I came across your channel. Liked and subscribed.
The best of classic collection series: 1.) Oxford World Classics; 2.) Penguin Classics; 3.) Wordsworth Classics; 4.) Barnes & Noble Classics; 5.) New York Review Books Classics; 6.) Everyman's Library Classics; 7.) Signet Classics; 8.) Collins Classics are typically the books that I aim for. Really can't go wrong with any of them!
I love both Penguin and Oxford and choose based on which translation/cover art/notes is best. Sadly, since they changed the design and font of the Penguins I buy mostly Oxford and old pretty Penguins (when available). I've started Lord Byron's major works thanks to you and oh my word...I'm in love! Awesome video as always :)
When the TV version of The Forsyth Saga was shown Jennifer, churches stopped holding their evening Services as it was so popular as a Sunday evening tv watch. Wonderful series !! Superb writing too! Bet you love it….hope so. Brilliant video, thanks.
Love the tour - I'd do my collection but I haven't read enough, so might be a little deer in headlights. Sir Philip Sidney's claim to fame in my family is that he seems to have invented the name "Pamela", which is my sister's name.
I just watched your “favorite editions” video, and came to the channel to find out if you say anything about my favorite Oxford World Classics editions 😁
I'm so happy that I discovered your channel this week! I've been watching all of your videos for the last five days and you and bigalbooks are my favorite booktubers! 🥰
I'm in the middle of Les Liaisons Dangereuses right now and I'm completely in love with it! It's so funny, it's a story about seduction and manipulation. The main characters are sooo good. I hope you end up liking it as well when you read it. Love your channel! Hugs from Brazil.
I used to be a big fan of the Oxford World's Classics and used to collect them. However, I have received some really disappointing editions (bad binding, smudged font etc). I'm also not a big fan of endnotes, especially when they are unmarked in the text (OWC is very inconsistent with the marking - some texts have no marking, some have asterisks, some have numbers...). Lately I've being trying to get more Penguins, but they also have endnotes, though they are more consistent, and the editions themselves are better quality. The only good editions with footnotes that I've come across are the Norton Critical Editions but they don't have a very big selection :(
Love this! The Oxfords are also my favorite classics editions. So many books here that I'd like to read. It's been a while since I read and loved Catullus's work in the Penguin Classics edition, but I should try the Oxford edition. I agree that they're great for poetry, not only for the space but also because I find that their intros and notes tend to be extremely informative. I like those "major works" editions of the Romantics. They strike me as great selections, although I think it's odd that Oxford doesn't publish any "complete works." Love to hear some Byron love. He doesn't seem to be that popular these days and it seems like sophisticated poetry readers frequently poo poo his work. So far, I've only read his shorter poems, but I want to read Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan.
Their notes and introductions are pretty spectacular! In particular, I'd like to hear your thoughts on Don Juan--I get the sense that it's something you might like.
Great collection! I also love this edition and have been collecting the new ones for a few years now. I also own a few books in the older edition, especially the Anthony Trollopes that have not been reprinted in the newer one. I also have issues with the old font used in some new ones, which does not make for a comfortable read. I was disappointed to discover for example that on old font is used in George Gissing's The Netherworld while his two other novels, New Grub Street and The Odd Women have a modern one. Another issue I have with the new ones is that their white spines do not age well - the white tends to fade with time, as does the red color of the titles. But overall I just love having them on my shelves! And I really like some of the paintings on the covers as well, especially those from 18th Century.
I do like the new Oxford editions, I enjoy the design, the notes but like you said the text can be hit or miss. I’m currently in the second book of The Forsyte Saga in chancery, but it is a all in one edition. I really like this book, to me it is a British version of Anna Karenina but without the philosophy and religion. But it has the same set up about following a set of people throughout a lifetime, it is also multigenerational with alternative POVs and is a commentary on the changing of British life and culture.
Thank you very much! Such fine presentations! Swift and yet so thorough! If I may recommend some books in the Oxford World's Classics (which I think have a more beautiful design/layout than "black" Penguin, although I love the Penguin Classics series, too). Okay, three books which you may be well familiar with already, but they are my favorites, or among my favorites, next to the Bible: 1) John Milton, "The Major Works", 2) Milton, "Paradise Lost", and 3) Dante, "Vita Nuova" ("New Life") Of course, his "Divine Comedy" too, which is my special field (I am currently translating "The Commedia" into Norwegian). Milton's majestic style and beautiful, "grand" poetry, especially his epic "Paradise Lost" (1667, revised 1674), has had a major influence on many later authors and poets, such as John Dryden and Joseph Addison, and Romantics like W. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Keats, and others. Alfred Tennyson and Oscar Wilde were also influenced by him. Other great works by Milton are "Paradise Regained", "Samson Agonistes", "Comus", and the shorter poems (but quite long, though), "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" (a.k.a. "The Nativity Ode"), "Lycidas", "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso". Milton's Sonnets and translations are also highly recommendable, among other works by him (both poetry and prose). :-)
Loved your video so much, I’m about to start my collection and I think I’ll go for the Oxford world’s classics, they look absolutely stunning and more durable than penguins.
I love these editions so much, and I agree that most of the artworks they use are just gorgeous! I want to get La Vita Nuova in this edition hopefully soon to reread it, I've been craving some parts of this book lately lol!
i love the art on the complete poems of catullus. ive actually never came across any oxford world classics in the wild here, i like the covers but prefer the black spines of penguin classics.
YES~ I'm so glad you mentioned the sneaky editions of the Count being abridged. That happened to my son and I. you have an impressive collection~! I have The Forsyte Saga and haven't read it yet. Do you have plans on starting it soon?
I've always used the New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha I used in my Biblical Literature course in college. I have always wished that there was a secular/scholarly Bible with annotations related to the origin of the various stories in the Bible: Notes regarding how aspects of Moses' life were adapted (or lifted) from the Sargon of Akkad who was the first emperor of the first empire and was the son of a slave who was placed in a basket and place in a river where he was eventually discovered and raised by a ruling family, and how the story of Noah was probably based on the pre-existing Epic of Gilgamesh which has a flood story almost exactly like that found in the Bible, etc. Unfortunately, no one has ever created such a Bible. I wouldn't mind having that Studies in the History of the Renaissance.
I am a voracious avid reader and wonder if you are a fast reader. Personally, I am not a speed reader and enjoy saviouring a book and not worry how long it takes me to finish it. Most of my books are long (average 600 pages) ,but some like Dostoevsky 's novel do run into the 900 pages mark. Love books and my library gives me pleasure but anxiety too. Thousands of books can never be read in a life time 😥 As a medic time is against me,too.
Read Trollope's Works in sequence: 'Barchester Chronicles' and 'The Pallisers '. Characters that appear in one novel, often appear/spoken of,in both collections.This means you'll know their back-story.
Beautiful collection. I need to dabble in these. I mainly do Penguin Classics (paperback). I’ve tried Everyman and Library of America but I find they are more difficult to read (bleed through the page, small type).
I’ve always loved the Oxford World Classics editions, beautiful covers, top rate introductions and the pages are almost crisp white. It’s such a treat reading from these editions. I do enjoy Penguin classic editions too, especially how ‘floppy’ they are, but I find they start to look battered pretty quickly. My aesthetic inclined self adores that worn/well read look but practically it’s not great. The pages are also thin which isn’t great if you write int the margins/highlight.
The Anne Radcliffe novel, was a favourite of Jane Austen's; referenced in 'Northanger Abbey', (a novel about novels,and the reading of novels) It's believed by many literary academics, that Jane Austen, not Fielding, influenced & was the pioneer of the serious 'Modern' novel,breaking new ground in subject, and style: the unreliable narrator.
As a child I had listened to the radio play of Monte Christo multiple times and loved it. As a teenager I had read the book multiple times and loved the story even more. But it was the abridged version (which I didn’t know at that time). The complete novel is on my reading list and I’m planning on getting it soon. The story is so irresistible and compelling !! Dumas’ way of describing the characters, their thoughts, intentions and ambitions and how they interact with each other is the work of a genius. Dumas himself is a very interesting person too. He suffered from racism throughout his whole life which is crazy and which I only learned about recently and which blew my mind. His response to a man who insulted him about his partial African ancestry: My father was a mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro, and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, Sir, my family starts where yours ends.
Hello, I would like to invite you to read The Painter by Vera Britto, available as an ebook on Amazon. What is a man to do when he is trapped? - Based on a poignant short story by Aldous Huxley, one of England’s greatest writers It is 1923, and London is home to Rolls-Royce limousines, art snobs and cunning young men trying to better themselves. Some, like the dashing William, climb on the backs of others while friends at the club cheer him on. Some, like Lord Badgery, throw out crumbs of privilege to those eager to lap them up. Yet others, like the down-trodden Jonathan, are dazzled by England's aristocratic circles which he observes with ever widening eyes. What wouldn’t he give to be one of them and to escape his own suffocating circumstances? If he had to pay a high price for acceptance, his greatest dream, would he? Set against the backdrop of the world of painting and fine arts, with real and fictional artists and artworks, one man’s soul is tested. The cinema has not used Huxley’s short story, “The Tillotson Banquet”, but “The Painter” shows how rich and vibrant such a film would be. The story is written in a screenplay format, which author Vera Britto playfully calls a Movie-in-a-Book and shows it is a viable and enjoyable format as any other. With filmmaking’s freedom, she paints in characters and drama to enrich Huxley’s story. Directions for filming and acting will pique the imagination of the reader in a way that prose does not. There is “image” in “imagination”, and page by page this Movie-in-a-Book fills a mental screen. The reader enjoys both a rich interpretation of life in upper class England and the chance to embark on this exciting adventure sitting in the director’s chair.
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I could listen to you discuss classics all day!
Thank you! 💕
Omg I was going to write the exact same thing!!
I've watched a a lot of book-related TH-cam channels in the last few weeks and I have to say you come across as genuinely the best read. Your collection of classics is comprehensive and you talk about some books most others don't seem to mention. Glad I came across your channel. Liked and subscribed.
Wow, thank you!
The best of classic collection series: 1.) Oxford World Classics; 2.) Penguin Classics; 3.) Wordsworth Classics; 4.) Barnes & Noble Classics; 5.) New York Review Books Classics; 6.) Everyman's Library Classics; 7.) Signet Classics; 8.) Collins Classics are typically the books that I aim for. Really can't go wrong with any of them!
I still cant believe you are gone😢
I love both Penguin and Oxford and choose based on which translation/cover art/notes is best. Sadly, since they changed the design and font of the Penguins I buy mostly Oxford and old pretty Penguins (when available). I've started Lord Byron's major works thanks to you and oh my word...I'm in love! Awesome video as always :)
I'm glad I brought you over to Lord Byron's side!
Hi! Could you explain what you mean by "since they changed the design and font"? I haven't noticed
Oxford is great. Love the additional materials. I have that Catullus but haven't cracked it yet (I have... a long list of unread owned books.)
You and me both!
When the TV version of The Forsyth Saga was shown Jennifer, churches stopped holding their evening Services as it was so popular as a Sunday evening tv watch. Wonderful series !! Superb writing too! Bet you love it….hope so. Brilliant video, thanks.
I have a question 😊 Which is better for the titles they both have, (the new) Oxford or Penguin?
I like Penguin editions but Oxford World’s Classics is my love and I like the fonts of Oxford more too.
I have to agree with you!
Thank you so much for the first recommendations. Are they in the new Oxford world's classics editions?
I’m liking the Oxford, penguin classics, and the Norton critical editions because I like the context that is included
Love the tour - I'd do my collection but I haven't read enough, so might be a little deer in headlights. Sir Philip Sidney's claim to fame in my family is that he seems to have invented the name "Pamela", which is my sister's name.
Lol--my mom's name is actually Pamela so that story has made the rounds here too!
I just watched your “favorite editions” video, and came to the channel to find out if you say anything about my favorite Oxford World Classics editions 😁
I'm so happy that I discovered your channel this week! I've been watching all of your videos for the last five days and you and bigalbooks are my favorite booktubers! 🥰
Thank you so much!! I love bigalbooks as well!!
I'm in the middle of Les Liaisons Dangereuses right now and I'm completely in love with it! It's so funny, it's a story about seduction and manipulation. The main characters are sooo good. I hope you end up liking it as well when you read it. Love your channel! Hugs from Brazil.
Thank you!! That makes me feel a lot better about it--maybe I will pick it up soon.
I used to be a big fan of the Oxford World's Classics and used to collect them. However, I have received some really disappointing editions (bad binding, smudged font etc). I'm also not a big fan of endnotes, especially when they are unmarked in the text (OWC is very inconsistent with the marking - some texts have no marking, some have asterisks, some have numbers...). Lately I've being trying to get more Penguins, but they also have endnotes, though they are more consistent, and the editions themselves are better quality. The only good editions with footnotes that I've come across are the Norton Critical Editions but they don't have a very big selection :(
These video ideas are refreshing and exactly what I’m looking for!
I just absolutely love your videos! 😍
All the love from Portugal ✨
Wow, thank you!
I just ordered the The Poems of Catullus (Oxford World's Classics) Thank you for letting us know about the latin text included.
Love this! The Oxfords are also my favorite classics editions. So many books here that I'd like to read. It's been a while since I read and loved Catullus's work in the Penguin Classics edition, but I should try the Oxford edition. I agree that they're great for poetry, not only for the space but also because I find that their intros and notes tend to be extremely informative. I like those "major works" editions of the Romantics. They strike me as great selections, although I think it's odd that Oxford doesn't publish any "complete works." Love to hear some Byron love. He doesn't seem to be that popular these days and it seems like sophisticated poetry readers frequently poo poo his work. So far, I've only read his shorter poems, but I want to read Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan.
Their notes and introductions are pretty spectacular! In particular, I'd like to hear your thoughts on Don Juan--I get the sense that it's something you might like.
Great collection! I also love this edition and have been collecting the new ones for a few years now. I also own a few books in the older edition, especially the Anthony Trollopes that have not been reprinted in the newer one. I also have issues with the old font used in some new ones, which does not make for a comfortable read. I was disappointed to discover for example that on old font is used in George Gissing's The Netherworld while his two other novels, New Grub Street and The Odd Women have a modern one. Another issue I have with the new ones is that their white spines do not age well - the white tends to fade with time, as does the red color of the titles. But overall I just love having them on my shelves! And I really like some of the paintings on the covers as well, especially those from 18th Century.
Love your classics collection! You’ve introduced me to so many authors I didn’t know about. Thank you!
I'm glad to hear it! Thank you!
I do like the new Oxford editions, I enjoy the design, the notes but like you said the text can be hit or miss. I’m currently in the second book of The Forsyte Saga in chancery, but it is a all in one edition. I really like this book, to me it is a British version of Anna Karenina but without the philosophy and religion. But it has the same set up about following a set of people throughout a lifetime, it is also multigenerational with alternative POVs and is a commentary on the changing of British life and culture.
Thank you very much! Such fine presentations! Swift and yet so thorough! If I may recommend some books in the Oxford World's Classics (which I think have a more beautiful design/layout than "black" Penguin, although I love the Penguin Classics series, too). Okay, three books which you may be well familiar with already, but they are my favorites, or among my favorites, next to the Bible: 1) John Milton, "The Major Works", 2) Milton, "Paradise Lost", and 3) Dante, "Vita Nuova" ("New Life") Of course, his "Divine Comedy" too, which is my special field (I am currently translating "The Commedia" into Norwegian). Milton's majestic style and beautiful, "grand" poetry, especially his epic "Paradise Lost" (1667, revised 1674), has had a major influence on many later authors and poets, such as John Dryden and Joseph Addison, and Romantics like W. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Keats, and others. Alfred Tennyson and Oscar Wilde were also influenced by him. Other great works by Milton are "Paradise Regained", "Samson Agonistes", "Comus", and the shorter poems (but quite long, though), "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" (a.k.a. "The Nativity Ode"), "Lycidas", "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso". Milton's Sonnets and translations are also highly recommendable, among other works by him (both poetry and prose). :-)
You might enjoy "She Walks in Beauty" which is Marianne Faithfull reciting Byron's poems with musical accompaniment. I'm entranced with this album.
Thank you for this! I'm excited to look into it.
Loved your video so much, I’m about to start my collection and I think I’ll go for the Oxford world’s classics, they look absolutely stunning and more durable than penguins.
Love these. And your VOICE! Hoorah. I live by Aldeburgh, where some of No Name is set. Armadale is my favourite Wilkie Collins ever.
Thank you!! Armadale is really wonderful as well. I love that No Name takes you to so many different settings!
Your video about which editions of classics you like best is how I found your channel! So glad I did :)
Yay, thank you!
I love these editions so much, and I agree that most of the artworks they use are just gorgeous! I want to get La Vita Nuova in this edition hopefully soon to reread it, I've been craving some parts of this book lately lol!
Oh, I've had my eye on that edition of La Vita Nuova for a while too!! Hope you enjoy it.
I have the Count of Monte Cristo in Hard Cover from Everyman's Library. It's Streamlined which isn't the same as abridged. Redundancies are removed
Redundancies are removed to speed up the The narrative flow while retaining all the essential details of the plot. Still 1188 Pages.
i love the art on the complete poems of catullus. ive actually never came across any oxford world classics in the wild here, i like the covers but prefer the black spines of penguin classics.
The only reason I don't prefer the black spines is that I think they wear too easily sometimes but I'm torn!
@@jenniferbrooks oh yeah they definitely do, ive bought a lot of mine secondhand and theyre wrecked but i actually dont hate that
I got the selected poetry of William Wordsworth , such a good book
My lord lol... I clicked on the video because your thumb looked just like my little brothers ex wife. When you smile you do. 😁
the complete odes and epodes by horace is SO beautiful
It really is!
Thanks for sharing your candid insights into these world masterpieces. Looking forward to more non-European works too like the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Romance of the 3 Kingdoms, Tale of Genji
No women poets? Elizabeth Barrett Browning ? Poet of the Romantic movement:
Mary Robinson,Charlotte Smith, the Brontes,Anna Seward, LL Landon et al.
I prefer the penguin ones over the Oxford ones but that's mainly an aesthetical preference. I own a few of each, but I haven't actually read them yet.
I think aesthetics might be a large reason why I like the Oxfords. Both the Oxfords and Penguins look incredibly sleek on your shelf.
If only the print spacing could be better.
Plus,the paper is rather thin....to use textsurfers.
At least there are no spoilers as in the Wordsworths !
I'm curious why you describe centuries like fifteen hundreds, for example, instead sixteenth century ?
I LOVE choderlos de laclos and please give his book a chance, the letters for me are life changing
i just found your channel and i love it so much!! i am excited to watch all your old videos
Yay! Thank you!
Gorgeous
Excellent, this video is such a joy!!!! Thanks
That was awesome!! Thank you. You triggered my bibliophilia and I bought Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius after this. 📚
Yo ho ho matie read treasure island or walk the plank😊
Bookstore Berlin Germany
What about it?
No Paradise Lost ?
Yes,rather taken aback !
Wonderful video as always. I’m curious to see your final review of The Monk. I really liked it and don’t know many people who have read it.
It's certainly a thought-provoking work, lol!
YES~ I'm so glad you mentioned the sneaky editions of the Count being abridged. That happened to my son and I. you have an impressive collection~! I have The Forsyte Saga and haven't read it yet. Do you have plans on starting it soon?
I've been thinking about reading it this summer! Would you want to buddy read it? Our schedule can be totally flexible if summer is too full!
@@jenniferbrooks I'll make it work. 👍😁 Do you want to start in June?
@@BookZealots That would work for me!
@@jenniferbrooks looking forward to it, this book has been on my shelf for years.
You are so cute
Would you be saying this if the host was a man? I think not! This is about 'books', and not host approbation.
the Count of Monte Cristo, nice and floppy, but no reference to the translator?
I've always used the New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha I used in my Biblical Literature course in college. I have always wished that there was a secular/scholarly Bible with annotations related to the origin of the various stories in the Bible: Notes regarding how aspects of Moses' life were adapted (or lifted) from the Sargon of Akkad who was the first emperor of the first empire and was the son of a slave who was placed in a basket and place in a river where he was eventually discovered and raised by a ruling family, and how the story of Noah was probably based on the pre-existing Epic of Gilgamesh which has a flood story almost exactly like that found in the Bible, etc. Unfortunately, no one has ever created such a Bible. I wouldn't mind having that Studies in the History of the Renaissance.
Thank you for your comment. Great idea/ thought.
(Note to self - come back to this comment).
I prefer notes at the bottom of pages not at the back....particularly if the book is huge !
I like both, but for years up until I discovered Booktube mostly classics I had were mass markets. Booktube has introduced me to book aesthetics.
How many pages are in you copy of the bible from Oxford worlds classics
I am a voracious avid reader and wonder if you are a fast reader.
Personally, I am not a speed reader and enjoy saviouring a book and not worry how long it takes me to finish it.
Most of my books are long (average 600 pages) ,but some like Dostoevsky 's novel do run into the 900 pages mark.
Love books and my library gives me pleasure but anxiety too. Thousands of books can never be read in a life time 😥
As a medic time is against me,too.
Read Trollope's Works in sequence: 'Barchester Chronicles' and 'The Pallisers '. Characters that appear in one novel, often appear/spoken of,in both collections.This means you'll know their back-story.
Beautiful collection. I need to dabble in these. I mainly do Penguin Classics (paperback). I’ve tried Everyman and Library of America but I find they are more difficult to read (bleed through the page, small type).
I’ve always loved the Oxford World Classics editions, beautiful covers, top rate introductions and the pages are almost crisp white. It’s such a treat reading from these editions. I do enjoy Penguin classic editions too, especially how ‘floppy’ they are, but I find they start to look battered pretty quickly. My aesthetic inclined self adores that worn/well read look but practically it’s not great. The pages are also thin which isn’t great if you write int the margins/highlight.
10:00 its not poetry anymore i hate it when they do this
This was really helpful thanks.
The Anne Radcliffe novel, was a favourite of Jane Austen's; referenced in 'Northanger Abbey', (a novel about novels,and the reading of novels)
It's believed by many literary academics, that Jane Austen, not Fielding, influenced & was the pioneer of the serious 'Modern' novel,breaking new ground in subject, and style: the unreliable narrator.
Sense and Sensibility wasn’t published until 1811, the novel was already well established as a form.
You have a great voice ❤
As a child I had listened to the radio play of Monte Christo multiple times and loved it. As a teenager I had read the book multiple times and loved the story even more. But it was the abridged version (which I didn’t know at that time).
The complete novel is on my reading list and I’m planning on getting it soon. The story is so irresistible and compelling !!
Dumas’ way of describing the characters, their thoughts, intentions and ambitions and how they interact with each other is the work of a genius.
Dumas himself is a very interesting person too. He suffered from racism throughout his whole life which is crazy and which I only learned about recently and which blew my mind.
His response to a man who insulted him about his partial African ancestry: My father was a mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro, and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, Sir, my family starts where yours ends.
Classics: Those books which everyone praises but no one wants to read.
Many,many do 'praise' ,as well as 'read' the Classics/Classical Literature; worldwide & in various translations. Not, 'no-one'.
Hello, I would like to invite you to read The Painter by Vera Britto, available as an ebook on Amazon. What is a man to do when he is trapped? - Based on a poignant short story by Aldous Huxley, one of England’s greatest writers
It is 1923, and London is home to Rolls-Royce limousines, art snobs and cunning young men trying to better themselves. Some, like the dashing William, climb on the backs of others while friends at the club cheer him on. Some, like Lord Badgery, throw out crumbs of privilege to those eager to lap them up. Yet others, like the down-trodden Jonathan, are dazzled by England's aristocratic circles which he observes with ever widening eyes. What wouldn’t he give to be one of them and to escape his own suffocating circumstances? If he had to pay a high price for acceptance, his greatest dream, would he? Set against the backdrop of the world of painting and fine arts, with real and fictional artists and artworks, one man’s soul is tested.
The cinema has not used Huxley’s short story, “The Tillotson Banquet”, but “The Painter” shows how rich and vibrant such a film would be. The story is written in a screenplay format, which author Vera Britto playfully calls a Movie-in-a-Book and shows it is a viable and enjoyable format as any other. With filmmaking’s freedom, she paints in characters and drama to enrich Huxley’s story. Directions for filming and acting will pique the imagination of the reader in a way that prose does not. There is “image” in “imagination”, and page by page this Movie-in-a-Book fills a mental screen. The reader enjoys both a rich interpretation of life in upper class England and the chance to embark on this exciting adventure sitting in the director’s chair.
The wonderful introductions are what I love, that and the floppy, easy to hold of the books.