I read Brothers Karamazov for a college literature class and not only was it an amazing class, but it was also my introduction to Dostoevsky. Bros. Karamazov was my gateway into Dostoevsky and now I have a section of my shelf just for him and other Russian literature authors 💕
@ Isabella Pisanko 💕 i was happy to see this comment because I came here to say that Dostoyevsky’s Brothers Karamasov was the first book I read as an adult that hooked me on classic literature. It was so wild and deep, profound and funny. Spellbinding. I want to read all Dostoyevsky now, but have been been quite enraptured reading Emily Bronte, Mikel Bulgakov (The Master and Margarita) and now Charlotte Bronte. I am curious your next most favorite Dostoyevsky read. 🌼
@jezebel amber great list of books you've been reading. If you loved Brothers Karamazov, the initial ideas that Dostoevsky was exploring, which ended in Brothers K, were actually started in Crime and Punishment. So you might like that one. Alternatively, The Idiot is also a great read.😀👍
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 I have actually already bought Crime & Punishment and The Idiot, before reading them. Those are the only 3 I have 😂 What a coincidence, or phenomenon🌎💫🌈❄️☔️🌦️🌙🌼🌸🌹🍀☘️🌱🐉
For everyone scared of reading classic literature or is struggling with it, listen to the audiobook while reading it. I managed to read withering heights in English (not my first language) that way and you might find a new favourite, that other way you would've never managed to finish. This is coming from someone who has not much time (university is finishing off me for good) and struggle concentrating for a long time.
I needed to hear that. English is also not my first language and I was beating myself up that I had problems with withering heights although I read a lot of English stuff. I’ll try out your suggestion
@@sarahsofie57 for wuthering heights I can recommend the audio book that is free on youtube with multiple readers, that way you won't get confused with the characters and generations during the story.
Absolutely agree with you on this. Audiobooks are a great way to enjoy the Classics, especially if the narrator puts plenty of character into the reading. If you can follow along with a book too, that can enrich the experience as one can note down ones thoughts as the story progresses.
I didn't know Perfume was considered classic! That book is so close to my heart, it's hard to put into words. I love it SO MUCH. I implore everyone to read it
@@hyathumibis5187 when people say classic most of the time it refers to ancient piece of literature written earlier than the 20st century. books written in the 20st century are mostly considered as « modern classic » but without this perspective of that time that went but never erased the knowledge of this piece of art. this book has a very good atmosphere of the 18st century but to me this is not as « deep » as a classic is, wether i like it or not it has not the essence of a classic i don’t know if i made myself clear ? let me know
@@annaelle_stasia After all, "classic" is a very broad term that describes a great period of time. There are books published nowadays that started entering the circle of modern classics. Perfume is definitely a modern classic, not only for following some traditions of actual 18th-19th century classics but also for its language and its whole meaning
@@isaa1782 to me language doesn’t do a classic and i don’t think this book has a deep meaning But what I wanted to say overall is that people thinks this a old book while it’s not but it looks like
I began my journey into lit with Brothers Karamasov because my dad would not stop harping on me about it. I became spellbound after about an hour. I was hooked in. It was a wild ride. Utterly emotionally profound, too.
@@enearu599 for me, the language of Russian lit isn’t so much hard, but long. If you can stand to read it, the language shouldn’t be the main struggle.
You are so young and I am so old and yet I connect so closely to this list! Perfume, wonderful Christ story, Sagan has always been a love (Scars on the Soul!), Woolf is so special, Nabokov is dazzling, Baldwin and Fitzgerald and Hemmingway all have such great voices!
I found perfume one day in my grandma's house, in a random corner. That day I found a treasure not a book. I just loved it. I read it in one sitting. The descriptions, the plote the main character was so well written. Perfume is one of my all time faves
When you talked about Pale Fire and said the THE ENTIRE NOVEL IS IN THE FOOTNOTES….I am a lover of footnotes I love them, as soon as you said that I ALMOST DROPPED EVERYTHING
if you’re struggling with getting into classics i’d also recommend listening to the audiobook while reading! i did this when first getting into classics and hearing someone else read it to me made the process much easier. spotify has some free classic audiobooks and there’s also a bunch on youtube!
🥰🥰can you do a video of recommendations for the people who want to study literrature in college ?? 💞 but yeah you really make my day better with this video i am starting to watch . Love you lady dakota
Your laughter is so contagious! Thank you for all the amazing vibes and also you made me read The Secret History which is now one of my favourite books I’ve ever read! It was so messed up but so good and thank you again
As much as I love Pale Fire, I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner. I say this from experience. I got into literature just a few years ago and it was quite difficult to get through it since I'd only read a handful of books prior to it. It was rewarding in the end but I can't help but feel I hadn't read enough prior to it to adapt to its VERY meta style. I'll be sure to check out the other books in this video though. 😃
Honestly, starting with the Brothers Karamazov isn’t a terrible idea! It’s surprisingly easy to read, kinda funny at times, and the concepts discussed in it are easier to understand than say, Crime and Punishment or Notes from Underground because they are presented in characters that the reader can relate to more (you’re more likely to be a pretentious, hysterical student than a murderer. Hopefully) HOWEVER, I didn’t read for weeks after finishing it because everything paled in comparison. Also!! McDuff translation is unmatched, P&V is slightly overhyped for TBK but still quality, and Constance Garett is odious
Thank you for adding POC representation on this list! The amount of ‘classics’ list that ignore a huge demographic is really tiring :( I’m going to sound greedy but please keeps these recommendations coming!
I say! There are some marvellous books on this list. Perfume, in particular, is exquisite. I must say, though, that I was surprised at seeing The Waves and Pale Fire on a list for "beginners." Woolf, herself, said that she worried The Waves was "fundamentally unreadable," which I thought was a rather amusing, though mighty, honest, appraisal. Nabokov's Pale Fire might be a humdinger of a book, but it is a jolly unusual read. What with the to-ing and fro-ing between narrative and poem; the eclecticism of components, etc. For someone dipping their toe into the Classics for the first time, it might feel akin to having one's first ever driving lesson in a lorry. 😀 Most classics are really good fun, but I would worry that if someone made their first foray into them with Woolf or Nabokov, they could be as alarmed as if they'd gone to their first slumber part only to be awoken in the morning with a bomb under the bed😀 Having said that, i really loved the video and have scuttled off to find 'Bonjour.' I enjoyed your natural presentation in this video. You have a charming manner.
Valid points! My inclusion of Pale Fire and The Waves was an attempt to remind readers that structure can be fun, playful, and provocative in experiment. I appreciate your input! I tend to get a little over excited :)
@Dakota Warren oh, I day, Dakota! Jolly decent of you to respond to my waffling comment. With such a multitude of devotees, all desiring on golden word from you, I barely entertained hope of you noticing my humble jottings. Imagine my delight, then, when opening my inbox, I perceived your glittering message. You could have stuck me down with a feather! As to your reasons for including Woolf and Nabokov, I understand your reasoning. If novelty of structure, and experimentation is the aim, then to Woolfe I say, "Just the ticket," and to Nabokov, "Rightho." Once again, a hearty thank you for your taking the time to respond, Dakota. I hope that you find out that a long-lost relative has left you an inheritance of a few million dollars. Don't worry about getting carried away in your enthusiasm. You are marvellous. 😀
Hey Dakota! A question- often while I write I have these voices in my head saying “this is trash, only you like it because you’ve written it”, so, how to do a self evaluation when I don't have peers or friends with the same interests? How do I know if something’s actually good or I am being over-confident? Btw lysm thanks for this content and channel xx
Obviously not Dakota lol, but I recommend reading more books in whatever genre you're trying to write in. That way you can compare your writing style/characters with more books in that genre! General writing styles vary per genre. For example, a lot of romance books are a little simplistic and have more straightforward characters. If you're trying to write romance, you probably don't need a bunch of flowery language, etc. Hope this helps!
I read Perfume when I was in high school, it changed my life so much that right now I am studying Chemical Engineering just so I can make perfumes like Grenouille, maybe that’s a red flag but who cares
Hey, it’s me, the guy who comments in your classic vids encouraging people to please read Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Marquez. It’s a great introduction to Marquez before fighting with Love in Times of Cholera or A Hundred Years of Solitude! Chronicle… is so short!
You know i thought getting into classics would be a very hard slog so thank you for these 2 lists. I just read "perfume" to jump in and see if i could get into classics. It was awesome. An easy propulsive read. Got a little esoteric at the end but very enjoyable.
I love Virginia Woolf even though I’ve only read Orlando, she’s absolutely my favorite writer even though Moby-Dick is my favorite writer (and I hope that she takes the spot with one of her other books). Her prose is just beyond perfection.
A couple of other French authors. Colette, start with her four books in the "Claudine' series as "Claudine at School", and Honoré de Balzac "The Magic Skin"(La Peau de Chagrin). Colette was quite a character who had an eventful life. Steinbeck wrote some humorous short novels. I highly recommend "Tortilla Flats" and "Cannery Row".
Yay thanks for posting another! Your personality oozes through your videos thank you for sharing your opinion! Also your hair consistently looks gorgeous
I read bonjour tristesse after you reccomended it. I read it on the beach in France at ile-de-re and it was an absolute vibe. The sun was blazing and after I finished it I cycled back to my Airbnb with it in my bike basket.
It's funny that you say that about Dostoevsky, because The Idiot was the first book I read of his and I fell in love with it. It's still one of my favorite books and it led me to dive deeper into classics.
Dakota! Are you going to or have you read Our Share of Night by Argentinian writer Mariana Enríquez?? The translation was recently published. It's an excellent book, it's twisted and magical and scary, and it has such an amazing exploration of family dynamics all while talking about cults, magic, and death.
I'm so glad to see Julio Cortazar on this list, sometimes I feel like Hispanic literature is a bit overlooked in other countries. We have lots of great books and writers that could be amazing for beginners. Borges, Ernesto Sábato, Carlos Fuentes, Horacio Quiroga, just to mention some of them.
@@jj-lg3lu I think these are great options: The Tunnel - Ernesto Sábato Aura - Carlos Fuentes Pedro Páramo - Juan Rulfo Collected Fictions - J. L. Borges The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño Tales of Love of Madness and Death - Horacio Quiroga
I also can recommend dostoevsky's "The Gambler". It's short, interesting, dynamic and unusual for him actually. Well, unusual judging from his reputation and the only other book I've read (crime and punishment). Also Nabokov's "Invitation to a beheading" is one of my favorite books this year. Also short and not difficult to read. Though I can't know for sure what it feels like to read them in English🤔
I'm starting on reading Pale Fire, and I was wondering how much detail I need to remember in order to get the full experience? Or rather how to read it - should I look at the footnotes as I read the poetry part of it or read the poem first and the prose second? Any recommendations for how to consume this?
I’ve been reading Pale Fire recently and I’d say it all depends on how much you want to be influenced by Kinbote. I personally went through the poem first and really digested it, gathering my own opinions on shade and the theme. THEN I went through to kinbote’s commentary, flipping back to the poem to read parts when I needed it. I’m sure others will have read it differently, and I think that’s part of the experience itself. It’s ultimately your decision to make lol
so happy to see Bestiary here - Cortazar's stories are one of the things that got me into classics - weird mind-bending twists, transforming bodies and animals and dreams, just perfect for a teen - but i think he's really under-read in the West. hope your vid helps change that!
Recently, I was talking to one of my best friends and telling her that her taste in books was admirable but scary (her favourite book is Crime and Punishment). So, after I'd told her that I thought Russian lit was scary, she gave me her copy of White Nights by Dostoevsky, and told me to just give it a go. I started it and didn't really love it, but picked it up again and got so engrossed in it and finished it so quickly. It was easy to read and fast paced and I genuinely cared about the story, so I recommend that one.
notes from underground was my first (and admittedly only) Dostoevsky. I really enjoyed it and want to read more from him, I'm just mildly intimidated by the page length
The greatest advice I can give you is to read a few pages each day regularly and not think about the pages. It can be difficult to start with because we humans have this strange habit of always wanting to get to the next thing without really enjoying what we have right before us. By reading consistently, a few pages each day, you can achieve a surprising amount. Better though, is that the quality and enjoyment of your reading is improved. As for some shorter works by Dostoevsky, I can recommend The Gambler which is very good, or The House of the Dead, if you want something more gritty. Hope this helps.😀👍
oh my god I was watching Wednesday and I kept having this odd sense of familiarity for some reason. It’s you! Not only the vibe but ur literally also the perfect combination of Enid and Wednesday.
Beautiful video, The Waves seems intriguing and Intros to Russian lit are always appreciated, speaking of which I want your opinion on sth, I've recently started with classic lit and am also obsessed with Broadway shows, I watched one about War and Peace and fell in love with it and thus started reading the novel itself, I've enjoyed it so far but I'm reading it a bit too slowly for my own liking since it's length genuinely intimidates me, do you think I should continue reading it or go to some of Tolstoy's lighter stuff like TDOII which you mentioned in the last video about this subject.
finally gothic lit that is what i needed, i've been meaning to read Notes From Underground Fyodor Dostoevsky but i have so many others books that i still need to read but i will get to it i just havent found any books with the same effect as dorian gray
hi! what are these editions of dostoyevsky with the red faces i want them and i need them :o also just added pale fire to my queue thank you for your beautiful passion for literature!
Hello Lady Dakota! I really hope you see this because I have a book rec I have been desperately excited to give you! Have you read The Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat? It's truly amazing. He took inspiration from Kafka, Poe, and Dostoyevsky, which is why I think you will love it! It also reminds me a ton of the vibes of The Stranger by Camus, which obviously you love. I annotated every single page and I actually liked it even better than The Stranger! It is Iranian classic literature and the whole thing feels like a fever dream and I think you will love it! It's also very very short. Anyway, ilysm, and I hope you like it!
" Sixth...I always wanted to talk about this book but was afraid that I was going to miss because there was no time. I did not plan, just as always I go unplanned. I had thought to talk about only fifty books, but then came the P.S. and it continued and continued. Again fifty titles were completed, but there were still so many beautiful books that I had to continue and start the P.P.S. That is why I can now talk about this book. It is Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground. It is a very strange book, as strange as the man was. Just notes, fragmentary, on the surface unrelated to each other, but really related with an undercurrent of aliveness. It has to be meditated upon. I cannot say anything more than this. It is one of the most ignored great works of art. Nobody seems to take note of it, for the simple reason that it is not a novel, just notes, and they too seem to the unmeditative to be unrelated. But to my disciples it can be of great significance; they can find treasures hidden in it. Just a single man, Fyodor Dostoevsky, is enough to defeat all the creative novelists of the world. If one has to decide on 10 great novels in all the languages of the world, one will have to choose at least 3 novels of Dostoevsky in those 10. Dostoevsky’s insight into human beings and their problems is greater than your so-called psychoanalysts, and there are moments where he reaches the heights of great mystics. His book BROTHERS KARAMAZOV is so great in its insights that no BIBLE or KORAN or GITA comes close. In another masterpiece of Dostoevsky, THE IDIOT, the main character is called ‘idiot’ by the people because they can’t understand his simplicity, his humbleness, his purity, his trust, his love. You can cheat him, you can deceive him, and he will still trust you. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The idiot is a sage. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. Dostoevsky’s idiot is not an idiot; he is one of the sanest men amongst an insane humanity. If you can become the idiot of Fyodor Dostoevsky, it is perfectly beautiful. It is better than being cunning priest or politician. Humbleness has such a blessing. Simplicity has such benediction." My P.S.--- Bonjour Tristesse was made into a terrific movie directed by Otto Preminger in 1958, a very great year for American cinema.
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I missed you!!! Welcome back!
i love you dakotaa
I read Brothers Karamazov for a college literature class and not only was it an amazing class, but it was also my introduction to Dostoevsky. Bros. Karamazov was my gateway into Dostoevsky and now I have a section of my shelf just for him and other Russian literature authors 💕
@ Isabella Pisanko 💕 i was happy to see this comment because I came here to say that Dostoyevsky’s Brothers Karamasov was the first book I read as an adult that hooked me on classic literature. It was so wild and deep, profound and funny. Spellbinding. I want to read all Dostoyevsky now, but have been been quite enraptured reading Emily Bronte, Mikel Bulgakov (The Master and Margarita) and now Charlotte Bronte. I am curious your next most favorite Dostoyevsky read. 🌼
@jezebel amber great list of books you've been reading. If you loved Brothers Karamazov, the initial ideas that Dostoevsky was exploring, which ended in Brothers K, were actually started in Crime and Punishment. So you might like that one.
Alternatively, The Idiot is also a great read.😀👍
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 I have actually already bought Crime & Punishment and The Idiot, before reading them. Those are the only 3 I have 😂 What a coincidence, or phenomenon🌎💫🌈❄️☔️🌦️🌙🌼🌸🌹🍀☘️🌱🐉
@@ambermoon719 How serendipitous!
I'm from Russia and I proud that I can read this amazing literature in original language)
1) 3:13 *Perfume* Patrick Süskind
2) 4:40 *The Catcher in the Rye* J.D. Salinger
3) 5:53 *Bonjour Tristesse* Françoise Sagan
4) 7:42 *The Waves* Virgina Woolf
5) 9:18 *Pale Fire* Vladimir Nabokov
6) 10:55 *Notes From Underground* Fyodor Dostoevsky
7) 12:23 *Beastiary* Julio Cortazar
8) 13:42 *Giovanni's Room* James Baldwin
9) 14:32 *The Great Gatsby* F. Scott Fitzgerald
10) 15:30 *A Moveable Feast* Ernest Hemingway
Thanks
For everyone scared of reading classic literature or is struggling with it, listen to the audiobook while reading it. I managed to read withering heights in English (not my first language) that way and you might find a new favourite, that other way you would've never managed to finish.
This is coming from someone who has not much time (university is finishing off me for good) and struggle concentrating for a long time.
I needed to hear that. English is also not my first language and I was beating myself up that I had problems with withering heights although I read a lot of English stuff. I’ll try out your suggestion
@@sarahsofie57 for wuthering heights I can recommend the audio book that is free on youtube with multiple readers, that way you won't get confused with the characters and generations during the story.
Absolutely agree with you on this. Audiobooks are a great way to enjoy the Classics, especially if the narrator puts plenty of character into the reading. If you can follow along with a book too, that can enrich the experience as one can note down ones thoughts as the story progresses.
I second this, especially with Moby-Dick which has an amazing Audiobook with Orson Welles.
Amazing tip! Thank you for sharing.
I didn't know Perfume was considered classic! That book is so close to my heart, it's hard to put into words. I love it SO MUCH. I implore everyone to read it
To be fair I feel like people consider it a classic because it looks like it, but this is not
@@annaelle_stasia Why wouldn't it be a classic?
@@hyathumibis5187 when people say classic most of the time it refers to ancient piece of literature written earlier than the 20st century. books written in the 20st century are mostly considered as « modern classic » but without this perspective of that time that went but never erased the knowledge of this piece of art.
this book has a very good atmosphere of the 18st century but to me this is not as « deep » as a classic is, wether i like it or not it has not the essence of a classic
i don’t know if i made myself clear ? let me know
@@annaelle_stasia After all, "classic" is a very broad term that describes a great period of time. There are books published nowadays that started entering the circle of modern classics. Perfume is definitely a modern classic, not only for following some traditions of actual 18th-19th century classics but also for its language and its whole meaning
@@isaa1782 to me language doesn’t do a classic and i don’t think this book has a deep meaning
But what I wanted to say overall is that people thinks this a old book while it’s not but it looks like
As an Argentinian person, thank you for recommending our literature!! It's beautiful to read and I'm glad you could enjoy it. Awesome video as always
I began my journey into lit with Brothers Karamasov because my dad would not stop harping on me about it. I became spellbound after about an hour. I was hooked in. It was a wild ride. Utterly emotionally profound, too.
I am also thinking about starting to read literature with Brothers. Is the language hard to understand?
@@enearu599 for me, the language of Russian lit isn’t so much hard, but long. If you can stand to read it, the language shouldn’t be the main struggle.
You are so young and I am so old and yet I connect so closely to this list! Perfume, wonderful Christ story, Sagan has always been a love (Scars on the Soul!), Woolf is so special, Nabokov is dazzling, Baldwin and Fitzgerald and Hemmingway all have such great voices!
The magic of literature! It surpasses age.
@@dakotawarren for a very special little book you should try Patty Smith's The Choral Sea, an elegy for Robert Mapplethorp.
I found perfume one day in my grandma's house, in a random corner. That day I found a treasure not a book. I just loved it. I read it in one sitting. The descriptions, the plote the main character was so well written. Perfume is one of my all time faves
When you talked about Pale Fire and said the THE ENTIRE NOVEL IS IN THE FOOTNOTES….I am a lover of footnotes I love them, as soon as you said that I ALMOST DROPPED EVERYTHING
if you’re struggling with getting into classics i’d also recommend listening to the audiobook while reading! i did this when first getting into classics and hearing someone else read it to me made the process much easier. spotify has some free classic audiobooks and there’s also a bunch on youtube!
Julio Cortázar is my favorite author of all time, so it's really nice to see him in this list
🥰🥰can you do a video of recommendations for the people who want to study literrature in college ?? 💞 but yeah you really make my day better with this video i am starting to watch . Love you lady dakota
I’m living for the literature perspective you always give
Your laughter is so contagious! Thank you for all the amazing vibes and also you made me read The Secret History which is now one of my favourite books I’ve ever read! It was so messed up but so good and thank you again
As much as I love Pale Fire, I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner. I say this from experience. I got into literature just a few years ago and it was quite difficult to get through it since I'd only read a handful of books prior to it. It was rewarding in the end but I can't help but feel I hadn't read enough prior to it to adapt to its VERY meta style. I'll be sure to check out the other books in this video though. 😃
Yes, I am very inclined to agree with you. You summed that up really well.
You uploaded at just the right time thank you for helping me through a break up
6:19 that is hilarious I would LOVE a video of you telling stories of your life
yaaaaaaay another Dakota vid just dropped
Was expecting The Kreutzer Sonata given the music in the background: keep up being inspired!
i LOVED white nights by Dostoevsky, if anyone wants to start reading his books, this one is perfect
Lady Dakota blessing us with gruesomely graceful consistency
i have just discovered your channel through Jack's old video and i am literally in love with you and your channel :) keep it up!
Honestly, starting with the Brothers Karamazov isn’t a terrible idea! It’s surprisingly easy to read, kinda funny at times, and the concepts discussed in it are easier to understand than say, Crime and Punishment or Notes from Underground because they are presented in characters that the reader can relate to more (you’re more likely to be a pretentious, hysterical student than a murderer. Hopefully)
HOWEVER, I didn’t read for weeks after finishing it because everything paled in comparison.
Also!! McDuff translation is unmatched, P&V is slightly overhyped for TBK but still quality, and Constance Garett is odious
Thank you for adding POC representation on this list! The amount of ‘classics’ list that ignore a huge demographic is really tiring :( I’m going to sound greedy but please keeps these recommendations coming!
whoa can't wait to join the book club!! i've missed you btw 😩😩🤧
I say! There are some marvellous books on this list. Perfume, in particular, is exquisite. I must say, though, that I was surprised at seeing The Waves and Pale Fire on a list for "beginners."
Woolf, herself, said that she worried The Waves was "fundamentally unreadable," which I thought was a rather amusing, though mighty, honest, appraisal.
Nabokov's Pale Fire might be a humdinger of a book, but it is a jolly unusual read. What with the to-ing and fro-ing between narrative and poem; the eclecticism of components, etc.
For someone dipping their toe into the Classics for the first time, it might feel akin to having one's first ever driving lesson in a lorry. 😀
Most classics are really good fun, but I would worry that if someone made their first foray into them with Woolf or Nabokov, they could be as alarmed as if they'd gone to their first slumber part only to be awoken in the morning with a bomb under the bed😀
Having said that, i really loved the video and have scuttled off to find 'Bonjour.' I enjoyed your natural presentation in this video. You have a charming manner.
Valid points! My inclusion of Pale Fire and The Waves was an attempt to remind readers that structure can be fun, playful, and provocative in experiment. I appreciate your input! I tend to get a little over excited :)
@Dakota Warren oh, I day, Dakota! Jolly decent of you to respond to my waffling comment. With such a multitude of devotees, all desiring on golden word from you, I barely entertained hope of you noticing my humble jottings. Imagine my delight, then, when opening my inbox, I perceived your glittering message. You could have stuck me down with a feather!
As to your reasons for including Woolf and Nabokov, I understand your reasoning. If novelty of structure, and experimentation is the aim, then to Woolfe I say, "Just the ticket," and to Nabokov, "Rightho."
Once again, a hearty thank you for your taking the time to respond, Dakota. I hope that you find out that a long-lost relative has left you an inheritance of a few million dollars.
Don't worry about getting carried away in your enthusiasm. You are marvellous. 😀
I've been looking up ISFP TH-camrs and I'm into academia right now too! I love thisss
I've read 3 of your suggestions and own 2 of the others. Can't wait to get to them! Currently slogging my way through War and Peace...
Hey Dakota! A question- often while I write I have these voices in my head saying “this is trash, only you like it because you’ve written it”, so, how to do a self evaluation when I don't have peers or friends with the same interests? How do I know if something’s actually good or I am being over-confident? Btw lysm thanks for this content and channel xx
Obviously not Dakota lol, but I recommend reading more books in whatever genre you're trying to write in. That way you can compare your writing style/characters with more books in that genre! General writing styles vary per genre. For example, a lot of romance books are a little simplistic and have more straightforward characters. If you're trying to write romance, you probably don't need a bunch of flowery language, etc. Hope this helps!
Thanks for your advice!
I read Perfume when I was in high school, it changed my life so much that right now I am studying Chemical Engineering just so I can make perfumes like Grenouille, maybe that’s a red flag but who cares
Hey, it’s me, the guy who comments in your classic vids encouraging people to please read Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Marquez. It’s a great introduction to Marquez before fighting with Love in Times of Cholera or A Hundred Years of Solitude! Chronicle… is so short!
It's a good beginner classic in general, too! I read it recently and was really astounded by the depth packed into so few pages.
You know i thought getting into classics would be a very hard slog so thank you for these 2 lists. I just read "perfume" to jump in and see if i could get into classics. It was awesome. An easy propulsive read. Got a little esoteric at the end but very enjoyable.
I love Virginia Woolf even though I’ve only read Orlando, she’s absolutely my favorite writer even though Moby-Dick is my favorite writer (and I hope that she takes the spot with one of her other books). Her prose is just beyond perfection.
I’ve only read a handful of books, I only play these videos to listen to dakota whilst I do ordinary things.
Seeing PALE FIRE in the thumbnail made me so excited lol
just joined the fable book club!! ahh so excited!
A couple of other French authors. Colette, start with her four books in the "Claudine' series as "Claudine at School", and Honoré de Balzac "The Magic Skin"(La Peau de Chagrin). Colette was quite a character who had an eventful life. Steinbeck wrote some humorous short novels. I highly recommend "Tortilla Flats" and "Cannery Row".
Yay thanks for posting another! Your personality oozes through your videos thank you for sharing your opinion! Also your hair consistently looks gorgeous
I read bonjour tristesse after you reccomended it. I read it on the beach in France at ile-de-re and it was an absolute vibe. The sun was blazing and after I finished it I cycled back to my Airbnb with it in my bike basket.
Your personality truly shines in this video!
i missed you so much! 😭
Dakota is THE comfort TH-camr
nothing like waking up to a new lady dakota video, ily
I have read notes from underground relatively recently and it blew my mind
It's funny that you say that about Dostoevsky, because The Idiot was the first book I read of his and I fell in love with it. It's still one of my favorite books and it led me to dive deeper into classics.
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Dakota! Are you going to or have you read Our Share of Night by Argentinian writer Mariana Enríquez?? The translation was recently published. It's an excellent book, it's twisted and magical and scary, and it has such an amazing exploration of family dynamics all while talking about cults, magic, and death.
I'm so glad to see Julio Cortazar on this list, sometimes I feel like Hispanic literature is a bit overlooked in other countries. We have lots of great books and writers that could be amazing for beginners. Borges, Ernesto Sábato, Carlos Fuentes, Horacio Quiroga, just to mention some of them.
any books in particular you would recommend? :))
@@jj-lg3lu I think these are great options:
The Tunnel - Ernesto Sábato
Aura - Carlos Fuentes
Pedro Páramo - Juan Rulfo
Collected Fictions - J. L. Borges
The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño
Tales of Love of Madness and Death - Horacio Quiroga
bonjour tristesse is a wonderful novel
I'm really enjoying Emma but I've been reading it for almost two weeks now!
dude ive been reading crime and punishment for a year, dont worry
Congratulations on ur BOOK! So proud of you 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
😂 That random giggle you do in between the explanation is so funny and cute ❤️
I also can recommend dostoevsky's "The Gambler". It's short, interesting, dynamic and unusual for him actually. Well, unusual judging from his reputation and the only other book I've read (crime and punishment). Also Nabokov's "Invitation to a beheading" is one of my favorite books this year. Also short and not difficult to read. Though I can't know for sure what it feels like to read them in English🤔
A Russian dude I worked with told me to read Crime and Punishment and it's my current favorite. I'll have to read his other stuff
I'm starting on reading Pale Fire, and I was wondering how much detail I need to remember in order to get the full experience? Or rather how to read it - should I look at the footnotes as I read the poetry part of it or read the poem first and the prose second? Any recommendations for how to consume this?
I’ve been reading Pale Fire recently and I’d say it all depends on how much you want to be influenced by Kinbote.
I personally went through the poem first and really digested it, gathering my own opinions on shade and the theme. THEN I went through to kinbote’s commentary, flipping back to the poem to read parts when I needed it. I’m sure others will have read it differently, and I think that’s part of the experience itself.
It’s ultimately your decision to make lol
whoa I miss your videos so much thx for posting! ✨
omg i missed you!!!!! i havent been able to read another book since reading dorian gray :(
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Love this list!! Would love to hear ur holy grail list on existentialism
so happy to see Bestiary here - Cortazar's stories are one of the things that got me into classics - weird mind-bending twists, transforming bodies and animals and dreams, just perfect for a teen - but i think he's really under-read in the West. hope your vid helps change that!
Hi. Good and fruitful explanations of some famous literary books. Thanks many times ❤
Hi Dakota just recently discovered your channel. Really enjoy your excellent choice in Classical literature. Your channel is awesone.
The Collector by John Fowles is also a beautiful bleak novel.
Edit: realised you included this in Pt 1 🧚🏽♀️
Fowles ... now there is an interesting author. Great recommendation.
i remember reading the perfume for german class and it was honestly the best time! definitely recommend.
Recently, I was talking to one of my best friends and telling her that her taste in books was admirable but scary (her favourite book is Crime and Punishment). So, after I'd told her that I thought Russian lit was scary, she gave me her copy of White Nights by Dostoevsky, and told me to just give it a go. I started it and didn't really love it, but picked it up again and got so engrossed in it and finished it so quickly. It was easy to read and fast paced and I genuinely cared about the story, so I recommend that one.
Dearest lady dakota, can you do a video on how you annotate books
notes from underground was my first (and admittedly only) Dostoevsky. I really enjoyed it and want to read more from him, I'm just mildly intimidated by the page length
u should read white nights by dostoevsky it’s like 100 pages, if that :)
The greatest advice I can give you is to read a few pages each day regularly and not think about the pages. It can be difficult to start with because we humans have this strange habit of always wanting to get to the next thing without really enjoying what we have right before us. By reading consistently, a few pages each day, you can achieve a surprising amount. Better though, is that the quality and enjoyment of your reading is improved.
As for some shorter works by Dostoevsky, I can recommend The Gambler which is very good, or The House of the Dead, if you want something more gritty.
Hope this helps.😀👍
The Gambler is great and short :)
@palcica it is isn't it? It's quite a light tone as well. Not what one expects when thinking about Dostoevsky.
Perfume is high on my list. Sounds *great*.
oh my god I was watching Wednesday and I kept having this odd sense of familiarity for some reason. It’s you! Not only the vibe but ur literally also the perfect combination of Enid and Wednesday.
Beautiful video, The Waves seems intriguing and Intros to Russian lit are always appreciated, speaking of which I want your opinion on sth, I've recently started with classic lit and am also obsessed with Broadway shows, I watched one about War and Peace and fell in love with it and thus started reading the novel itself, I've enjoyed it so far but I'm reading it a bit too slowly for my own liking since it's length genuinely intimidates me, do you think I should continue reading it or go to some of Tolstoy's lighter stuff like TDOII which you mentioned in the last video about this subject.
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I am in need of a literature gift guide for Christmas! What do I give my Steven King reading dad that has read all of his work?!
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not an *actual* beginner here but i got the notif and here i am ^^
You know, when books are starting to be considered 'classics' that are only 1 year older than oneself, one can really start to feel old.
Can u do a video about recommending Latin America classics? I really want to read more books of this area
Literally read almost all of the “must read” classics but have not yet read catcher in the rye LOL
i love your videos so much ♡
i've read perfume when i was in highschool >
finally gothic lit that is what i needed, i've been meaning to read Notes From Underground Fyodor Dostoevsky but i have so many others books that i still need to read but i will get to it i just havent found any books with the same effect as dorian gray
I love Perfume. My favorite German novel. I wish there were more German novels like Perfume.
Read Witold Gombrowicz, you would like his books, e.g. _Ferdydurke, Kosmos,..._
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Dakota you should really try some Brazilian classic literature :)
clarice lispector is incredible
@@juli3836 agreed!
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Hello there Ms. Warren! You look beyond adorable ❤
You are so special inspiring remarkable and such a great person ❤
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hi! what are these editions of dostoyevsky with the red faces i want them and i need them :o also just added pale fire to my queue thank you for your beautiful passion for literature!
Hello Lady Dakota! I really hope you see this because I have a book rec I have been desperately excited to give you! Have you read The Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat? It's truly amazing. He took inspiration from Kafka, Poe, and Dostoyevsky, which is why I think you will love it! It also reminds me a ton of the vibes of The Stranger by Camus, which obviously you love. I annotated every single page and I actually liked it even better than The Stranger! It is Iranian classic literature and the whole thing feels like a fever dream and I think you will love it! It's also very very short. Anyway, ilysm, and I hope you like it!
yes, the blind owl ! it was so discombobulating in the best way possible. i second this.
@@vismoix omg yessssssss! I'm glad someone agrees! 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
This sounds like everything I’ve ever dreamed of, thank you!
@@dakotawarren Of course! That's what I thought as well 😂 Hope you love it! Thanks for posting! 🥰
I missed you babe 💘
Miss Warren, missed your videos..
hi! where have u been? i missed you so much. my youtube feels empty without you
Hemingway A Movable Feast is moved up my to read list, as a lover of The Sun Also Rises, it would be cool to read its source.
Enjoy the sun!
Hi I would be so happy if you answer me, what is your opinion on the invisible life of Addie Laurue, wanted to read it but not sure
" Sixth...I always wanted to talk about this book but was afraid that I was going to miss because there was no time. I did not plan, just as always I go unplanned. I had thought to talk about only fifty books, but then came the P.S. and it continued and continued. Again fifty titles were completed, but there were still so many beautiful books that I had to continue and start the P.P.S. That is why I can now talk about this book. It is Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground.
It is a very strange book, as strange as the man was. Just notes, fragmentary, on the surface unrelated to each other, but really related with an undercurrent of aliveness. It has to be meditated upon. I cannot say anything more than this. It is one of the most ignored great works of art. Nobody seems to take note of it, for the simple reason that it is not a novel, just notes, and they too seem to the unmeditative to be unrelated. But to my disciples it can be of great significance; they can find treasures hidden in it.
Just a single man, Fyodor Dostoevsky, is enough to defeat all the creative novelists of the world. If one has to decide on 10 great novels in all the languages of the world, one will have to choose at least 3 novels of Dostoevsky in those 10. Dostoevsky’s insight into human beings and their problems is greater than your so-called psychoanalysts, and there are moments where he reaches the heights of great mystics. His book BROTHERS KARAMAZOV is so great in its insights that no BIBLE or KORAN or GITA comes close.
In another masterpiece of Dostoevsky, THE IDIOT, the main character is called ‘idiot’ by the people because they can’t understand his simplicity, his humbleness, his purity, his trust, his love. You can cheat him, you can deceive him, and he will still trust you. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The idiot is a sage. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. Dostoevsky’s idiot is not an idiot; he is one of the sanest men amongst an insane humanity. If you can become the idiot of Fyodor Dostoevsky, it is perfectly beautiful. It is better than being cunning priest or politician. Humbleness has such a blessing. Simplicity has such benediction."
My P.S.--- Bonjour Tristesse was made into a terrific movie directed by Otto Preminger in 1958, a very great year for American cinema.
hello lady dakota, this rainy night here in belgium i am sending you kindness and love
also, i do love perfume so much, one of my fave reads this year!
Oh thank God, someone knows who Cortazar is besides me!
The Waves ♥