CLASSICS BOOK HAUL! | Dickens, Tolstoy, F. Scott Fitzgerald & MORE!
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens → www.bookdepository.com/Great-...
Hard Times by Charles Dickens → www.bookdepository.com/Hard-T...
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens → www.bookdepository.com/Tale-o...
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens → www.bookdepository.com/David-...
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens → www.bookdepository.com/Oliver...
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens → www.bookdepository.com/Christ...
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy → www.bookdepository.com/War-an...
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy → www.bookdepository.com/Anna-K...
South Riding by Winifred Holtby → www.bookdepository.com/South-...
The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West → www.bookdepository.com/The-Fo...
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston → www.bookdepository.com/Their-...
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde → www.bookdepository.com/The-Im...
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Selected Poems and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley → www.bookdepository.com/Select...
The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald → www.bookdepository.com/The-Be...
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell → www.bookdepository.com/Mary-B...
The Awakening by Kate Chopin → www.bookdepository.com/The-Aw...
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Poetry of Lord Byron (similar edition) → www.bookdepository.com/Lord-B...
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Don't be intimidated by the size of Leo Tolstoy's works. His writing is so easy to take in, really easy to dive into the story and understand his characters. I would suggest to start with Anna Karenina.
This is so encouraging - thank you!
I came to say the exact same thing. Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy are often lumped together outside Russia but they're totally different. I found Dostoyevsky such hard going and to be honest have no desire to read him again. But War and Peace was a joy to read - a great, sweeping saga with fantastic characters. I read an older translation that was available for free from Project Gutenberg.
Alexia Richardson that’s such a pity you weren’t able to enjoy Dostoevsky, I would suggest you to try White Nights first before saying such things, also if you can’t understand in the first read I can assure you it’s worth a second read!
Yep, I wanted to say the same! Read Anna Karenina a few years ago, I got it in two volumes (Spanish edition). It took me a while to finish it because it's long, bit it's super readable. I also loved Crime and Punishment, again very readable in my opinion.
That's so interesting, I actually enjoy Dostoevsky more than Tolstoy... I mean Crime and Punishment is one of my all time favourites!! (Although I have to say, Anna Karenina is wonderful as well - just too slow for my taste sometimes.)
The covers of classics are always so pretty!
Yeah, the english ones are stunning, I'm so jealous. Unfortunately my english isn't good enough to read classics in english and it seems like they come up with the most ugliest covers for classics in germany, lol.
yah cos they’ve had like a 100 years to make it not ugly
A Tale of Two Cities is a must read. I read it two weeks ago and it is my favorite classic book of all time.
Damn, A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield are the two Charles Dickens books i haven't read yet...! I think i need to buy A tale of two cities now.
Is the book she has unabridged?
Reading that now with my 19 yr. old. So incredibly deep and meaningful!
Good bc i just bought it 🤧
You can also use Leo Tolstoy's books to step on to reach something from a tall book shelf. 😂 no, just kidding! I am Russian and I can read his books in original language and he is brilliant in terms of creating deep and gripping personalities in his stories.
David Copperfield is THE BEST BOOK. I love Great expectations too, but David... is amazing.
Definitely read “Their Eyes Were Watching God”. I live in Florida and it’s required reading in 11th grade here. I actually lived less than a mile from Eatonville, where Zora lived and this book is set, and it’s such a unique town. They have a festival every year for Zora and the town is very much rooted in their past, with a lot of historical homes and areas still much as it was in the early 1900s. One thing I will tell you, is that the writing style captures the true essence of the spoken language and can be kind of hard to wrap your brain around while silently reading (I live around this language and still had a hard time with silently reading it) so I HIGHLY recommend reading dialogue out loud for a bit to get used to how it sounds and then it makes it much easier for you to silently read it. Can’t wait to hear what you think!!
Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely take this on board when I read it. You've made me even more eager to read it now!
Don't feel intimidated about Tolstoy's novels. Yes, they're quite long but his writing style is really easy to read. I read both War & Peace and Anna Karenina a few years ago and absolutely flew through them! You'll like 'em both, I'm sure :)
Oh my lord those vintage covers are gorgeous 😍
Barnes & Noble has some fine editions of Dickens and other authors. They are available in paperback and hardcover and have very easy to read print. They don't have fancy covers, but they are really nice books, and best of all, they are inexpensive (many are under ten dollars).
Oscar Wilde is my favorite author of all time! I love him so much! I have read, directed, and acted in The Importance of Being Ernest. I know the entire play by heart! If you ever want to talk about Oscar Wilde or buddy read one of his plays, I would love to do that with you! I'm so excited for someone else to read the beauty that is Oscar Wilde!
Oscar Wilde is wonderful! The Portret of Dorian Gray is great, i read it right now and i find my inspiration in this book!
I adore the Vintage Classics editions! Their Charles Dickens set is quite lovely.
I am currently reading Anna Karenina and I just love it! I recommend you to start with that one, at the beginning it is a bit tedious, but the moment her character is introduced it becomes gripping.
I got some of the Vintage Russian Classics for Christmas as well and they are so beautiful! The Importance of Being Ernest is also fantastic :)
Vintage editions of Dickens works are awesome! Can’t wait to buy some!
I love your edition of Shirley 💖
The Vintage classics editions of specific authors/the Russian classics really are quite lovely! I love how they match with each other. I'm just now reading Anna Karenina and really enjoying it so far, I think it's actually quite readable despite the impression one might get of the length.
How can anyone dislike this? It's classics. I basically want this entire haul :D
I do English lit a-level and we study Wilde’s IOBE, I absolutely love it! One thing I can definitely tell you is that there’s a lot more to the language than there seems to be on the surface + his is cleverly chosen! Happy reading:)
"La run case Negre" also is one of my favourites. I will never forget it touches the soul.
You have some beautiful books in your haul. The Dickens Vintage Classic books are just lovely. I haven't read Shirley so I now have that on my TBR. Wonderful haul!
Omg those editions are so pretty!!!! 😍
Not a fan of Hard Times personally but I do like Dickens.
Also I love Wilde!!! IOBE is life!!
You have encouraged me to read more classic books, thank you! I've read a few classic books, which are my current favourites. I don't tend to read modern books, I've just found I like the classic ones better. But I haven't read much of anything in a while, and I have a few classics sitting on my bookshelf that I haven't read yet, so thanks for the inspo :)
New subscriber here 😁🙋♀️ I really love your style. I’m off to watch lots more of your bookish journey ❤️
Great selections. I'm glad you're enjoying Great Expectations! (As you've probably heard, Dickens wrote two different endings, so be sure to read both.) Of the two Tolstoys, I personally found Anna Karenina much more accessible than War and Peace.
This is the first time you've done a book haul in which I've read all the books!!!! I think you'll like everything!!!!
I also finished Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God a couple of months ago. Really enjoyed it. But I liked even more the nonfiction book of hers that brought me to it, Barracoon. Highly recommend it.
Tolstoy is definitely amazing! His books might be a little bit intimidating, but they are very captivating and once you start reading them you cannot let them down❤ Good luck with these and great haul! 🤗
Those are absolutely gorgeous copies😍
Omg! They are so beautiful! I'm happy I found your channel. I was looking for people who love to read classics. :)
The covers are beautiful😍
There are so many books here I need to get! I have two of those gorgeous F.Scott Fitzgerald editions so far, I would really recommend Tales of the Jazz Age (all the short stories in it are amazing)
Your sweater is gorgeous! xxx
I LOVE those Dickens editions 😍
Great collection! 😍
The Fitzgerald editions are gorgeous. I have the Flappers and Philosophers one which is his short story collection (including The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). I think these editions have been around for awhile because I got my one for my birthday when I was in sixth form (I'm 24 now).
All my Classics are the Penguin, Black Spines like you have behind you on the left of your shelves. I was given a Penguin for my Book Nook and he is called Mr. Darcy!
Hi Lucy, I’m new to BookTube and just ran across your channel today. So nice to see someone else interested in classics. Those editions look lovely. In your Russian authors collection, check out Crime and Punishment as well, if you haven’t already.
I read "The Beautiful and Damned" last year. Incredibly cinematic "New York" novel, more so than the Great Gatsby IMO. Stunned by the ending.
I have read several Dickens novels over the years. Great Expectations was my first, when I was in junior high school, just because we had it lying about the house when I was a kid. I was very impressed with how it tied up all the loose threads at the end. It was a lot more thoughtfully architected than what I had been reading earlier. We had to read it in school a year or two later, so I reread it then. Also read A Christmas Carol at an early age after having had it read to me and my cousins at Christmas by my uncle (though I probably dozed off then in a post-prandial slump after Christmas dinner). In high school we also had to read A Tale of Two Cities, which I enjoyed, but was not wildly effusive about. I read Bleak House sometime when I was in graduate school in the early 1970s and loved his droll wit in it. So far it is probably my favorite Dickens. Read Little Dorrit in about 30 years ago and quite enjoyed it. Also saw a two part movie adaptation of it which perfectly illustrated the fact that massive complex novels do not translate well to film.
Read Anna K. about 5 years ago. I had remembered the title from a thin little tome that had been sitting around my house as a kid. Must have been the Readers Digest version. I read it as an eBook as was surprised that it just kept going on and on. Almost put it down in a couple of places when Anna jumped to new levels of stupidity. Finally finished it though. Saw the movie on a flight back from Europe in 2014. It was beautiful, but it left off massive bits of the plot and glossed over much of the rest. More of a visual homage to the book than a retelling.
If you're interested in inter-war history, Rebecca West 's The Return of the Soldier is great too :)
A Tale of Two Cities is such a beautiful story and one of my favourites! I took a course studying War and Peace - i've read two translations of it and the one you have was much better, it's a great translation. I ended up really, really loving it, and I hope you do too!
I honestly get all of my classic recommendations from you.
I read a whole bunch of Zora Neale Hurston’s short stories last year and thought they were incredible. Haven’t picked up her novel yet but really want to. I hope we both enjoy 😁😁
You would love Ana Karenina I'm enchanted, fell in love with the character. It was a challenge for me too, I really want to read it again. OMG I love your channel!
I have the Rebecca West novel, which I have been meaning to read. I read Great Expectations when I was in college and loved it. I really loved The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
I absolutely adore Oscar Wilde. I'm from Dublin just like him!
Read Dombey and Son by Dickens. It is so very very awesome! I was tremendously surprised.
I love your channel !!
Those covers though 😱😍
Late but the P&V translations of Tolstoy's works are the ones I've heard the most good stuff about
Hi Lucy! I'm currently reading Take Courage, a book about Anne Bronte, and I adore it! I was wondering if you could recommend any Bronte nonfiction you've tried?
Also, I thought you would be happy to hear that my mom and I are reading Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights together this year!
Jane Eyre is a fantastic classic I'm only 16 and my teacher was kind enough to give me a copy and I enjoyed reading it so much I would recommend it as a classic to anyone.
I read war and peace part one and it was masssiivve. Then again; I read it in swedish. Tip with war and peace: once you finished the book get the second part as soon as possible whilst the character interactions and relationships are fresh in your mind. Also; use a notepad if you want to markup the characters, their development and interactions with other characters etc. :) Good luck!
I want to go book shopping soon because I got a lot of money for books! ^-^ Trying to get back into reading, so far, so good!
I am so excited to hear your thoughts on Dickense's books ( he is one of my favourite author )
... Anna Karenina is one of the books that made me think about life and perhaps see it differently, so i can't wait for you to read it
...lastly The importance of being Earnest was hilarious :D
I love Anna Karenina! Hope you like it and looking forward to hearing your thoughts whenever you read it!
Have you seen the Splinter Classic Lines editions? You have to hunt for them a bit, but in my opinion, they are well worth it because they are absolutely gorgeous.
Somerset Maugham for early 20C; Of Human Bondage, Painted Veil, Razor's Edge and many lovely short stories.
Anna Karenina is SO GOOD--much more accessible than you'd assume, given the size. The key is just to pace yourself as you read. South Riding is also great, and it was made into a BBC miniseries that's also excellent.
I'm really pleased to hear that!
I didn't know South Riding had been made into a minseries, but I'll definitely watch it once I've read it now that I know -- thanks for telling me!
Hi! Greetings to you. Your channel is simply inspiring and love that you are so true to yourself.
This year from March 2020 I started reading classics and one i currently enjoyed reading a new classic book "Les Miserables by Victor Hugo". Simply spellbinding and in my opinion it's based on realistic factors and incidents which brought tears into my eyes. Currently into "A Christmas Carol".
I've never read Tolstoy but I am certainly interested in it. Russian lit is certainly something I haven't pick up before. I am however currently reading Oliver Twist which I am sadly not enjoying (but I also not a big classic lover so that might be an explanation).
I was wondering if you've ever read Atonement by Ian McEwan? I think it would totally be up your alley.
I have been an avid reader for many, many years. One thing that I have wanted to do is start reading classics and you completely inspire me to do just that. What would be you recommendation of a great one to start with?
I recommend tender is the night by Fitzgerald, the characters are really interesting and it discusses some interesting themes :))
Great Ex - the pain is real. (whispers: Estella :/)
David Copperfield is the best one .... not sure about the black edges though.
Charity shops are goldmines for classics .... and multiple 50 Shades!
The sprayed edges are an acquired taste. But I'm getting used to them now! I think they might only be for this print run too, but don't hold me to that.
Oh dear, all the copies of Fifty Shades! I can't cope with them!
oh, I hope you're right and they do away with the sprayed edges. I'm not too keen on them either and things on the edges of books like that (and deckled edges) bug me to pieces while I'm reading and marking up books.
OMG! That Dickens collection! ♥ Do you know if they sell them as a boxset?
OMG!! 😱😍YOU BOUGHT "WAR AND PEACE" I'M CURRENTLY READING IT. It's really awesome and it's true that there are many parts that are difficult for many people to understand but at the same time you immerse yourself in the story by all the details and the way he writes it's really fantastic 💞
Gorgeous editions, especially War and Peace and Anna Karenina!
I'm slowly working my way through the Anna Karenina audiobook narrated by Maggie Gyllenhaal. It's very long, but I'm enjoying it so far.
What lovely book covers. How much are those Russian books and the Dickens books with the sprayed edges. ?
I loved Anna Karenina ❤️
David Copperfield is probably my favorite of the 4 Dickens books that I've read so far. I highly recommend checking out the Richard Armitage narrated audiobook on Audible if you like audiobooks because it's my favorite audiobook that I have ever listened to, he does such an amazing job. Also Katie from Books and Things and I are doing a slower War & Peace buddy read, reading 300 pages a month from February through May if you want to join us (I also have the Pevear/Volokhonsky and I think she does too). Also if you have ant interest in a different adaptation after reading, the 2007 mini series with Clemence Poesy is fantastic!! I'm looking forward to your thoughts on An Ideal Husband when you get to it because it is my favorite non Shakespeare play. Ok sorry for the novel but great video 😀
I have recently completed David Copperfield! It is officially now the most brilliant book in every way imaginable , I have ever read in all my life. I absolutely adore it. David Copperfield was just so eccentric and depressing in every way. I actually enjoy depressing novels quite a lot. It was the most heart warming and beautiful novel. Don't underestimate the size of David Copperfield , For size clearly does not matter. I have had such a brilliant and heart warming time reading David Copperfield. I am afraid that I cannot compare even the most brilliant novel in English literature to David Copperfield. And I will not even bother to compare any novel to David Copperfield. This is not a disappointing novel in any way imaginable. It is one of the greatest novels Charles Dickens has ever written , [In my personal opinion]. This is a book I 'will' highly recommend to anyone whom is considering reading it. This novel has changed my life forever. It is a novel I will never forget...
My copy was shipped today...and after reading your comment, i am getting butterflies! Just. Can't. Wait.
@@buchdrache1409 It is quite the read. Thank you.
Some questions-is there an introduction in each of the Dickens books?Also is the paper acid free
Really helpful video - thank you so much. I have managed to track down a copy of South Riding by Winifred Holtby on your recommendation. Have subscribed, as I feel there is so much I can learn from your vlog.
I'm about 200 plus pages into 'War and Peace': it's not an easy book, but it is a very....diverse book. There's about a dozen characters you get the perspectives of, scattered across so many different landscapes. I'm already finding that I prefer some narrators, scenarios over others and the difficulty of the text changes accordingly.
I read Anna Karenina ages ago and absolutely loved it. I have to agree with the other comment by Nadezhda, who said not to be intimidated by its length. That book flies by. :)
Am thinking abt getting the Austen ones
I know I'm more than late to this video, but I recently got wuthering heights and Jane Eyre, because you said how much you loved the Brontë's
I loved to read David cooperfield.
and the rest of the books i'll have to read soon..M'am you're so pretty 😊
Have you read Lorna Doone? A super Book. If you like Thomas Hardy you may enjoy this as a similar Style of writing and part of the Country as his are set in.
This video is pretty old, but I hope you enjoyed Their Eyes Were Watching God. It is such an amazing novel! I read it for my literature class and just fell in love
Also, North and South! Another great novel, I did have some gripes with it but enjoyed it overall. the miniseries really roped me into it originally lol!
The editions of Dickens look so pretty! I read A Christmas Carol the year before last and loved it! I was worried Dickens wouldn't be particularly accessible but I never found that with A Christmas Carol so hopefully that bodes well for the rest of his books x
Hi there can you tell whether the Charles Dickens vintage is abridged or unabridged editions?
Bram Stalker DRACULA one of my best
Just wondering, have you read the Tolstoy books yet? I’ve also got war and peace staring at me from the bookshelf but damn it’s intimidating 😅
Pretty late on commenting but if you liked The Fountain Overflows, then I can't recommend Black Lamb and Grey Falcon enough. It's set on the brink of WWII and looks at the history, society, and politics of Yugoslavia. It's truly excellent.
New to booktube world and super curious a few months later - which of these did you end up reading and what did you think??
I read both War and Peace and Anna Karenina and don't worry they are actually super easy to read tho I prefer War and Peace way more :)
Hey Lucy, can you tell me if this edition of War and Peace is in English and French? Or has the French been replaced? I'd really appreciate it; I'm bilingual and want to buy this edition but I can't find the info online!
Nice to find someone with good taste
How is the War and Peace book? Is the spine still in great condition?
The GOT book you refer to is the fifth one. (1,120 pages)
Hard time is really awesome to read I really inspired
Wuthering Heights is a WONDERFUL Bronte novel. Remember that.
I love The Importance od Being Earnes! ♥ It was the first book at which I laught in public transport. Out loud. ^▽^
Ooh those new classics collection are gorgeous. Anna Karenina isn’t that bad. You may find it a bit gossipy in parts. Those Vintage covers are beautiful ❤️ Cover art sells a lot of books and publishers know it. Their Eyes...God is very good.
I adore Zora Neale Hurston.
Recommendations:
Eugene Onegin / Pushkin
Effi Briest / Fontane
Die Judenbuche / von Droste-Hülshoff
I really want to get into classics this year. Those Russian classics are beautiful!
Hello there Lucy, I love reading as you do. I study English literature in my university here in Kingdom Saudi Arabia, and yes English is not my first language. I start watching you reviews for books especially the classics ones, I read them in Arabic translation, but there is another amazing books are not translated, so the point is that when I see the English books in your videos I want to read them as soon as I can. And other thing I wonder what do you study? do you study English literature ??
Make sure you take time to breathe occasionally. Let me know how successful you are at reading all of these in one year. Say around January of Next Year.
David Copperfield is a great book !! 😄
The Awakening is very good.
So pleased to hear that!