I didn't see any lists so here it is: 1. *100 Years of Solitude* by Garcia Marquez 2. *Phantom of The Opera* by Gaston Leroux 3. *The Picture of Dorian Gray* by Oscar Wilde 4. *The Turn of The Screw* by Henry James 5. *Stories of God* by Rilke 6. *Prometheus Unbound* by Percy Bysshe Shelley 7. *The Broken Wings* by Kahlil Gibban 8. *We Have Always Lived* in The Castle by Shirley Jackson 9. *Great Expectations* by Charles Dickens 10. *A Christmas' Carol* by Charles Dickens 11. *The Little Princess* by Frances Hodgson Burnett 12. *If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho* by Anne Carson 13. *The Castle of Otranto* by Horace Walpole 14. *Salome* by Oscar Wilde 15. *A Midsummer Night's Dream* by Shakespeare 16. *Giovanni's Room* by James Baldwin 17. *Crime and Punishment* by Dostoevsky 18. *Symposium* by Plato 19. *The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe* by C. S. Lewis 20. *Lady Windermere's Fan* by Oscar Wilde 21. *Sense and Sensibility* by Jane Austen 22. *The Wind in The Willows* by Keneth Graham 23. *Death on The Nile* by Agatha Christie 24. *The Murder on The Links* by Agatha Christie 25. *Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom* by Sylvia Plath 26. *Candid* by Voltaire 27. *Strange Fiction* by H. G. Wells
I'm so glad you loved 100 years of solitude! It's the best book i've ever read as well, and it's very common to hear that native english speakers find it a very difficult read and dont finish it. It makes me happy as a latina to hear foreign people enjoying and spreading our literarure
Yes!!!! I also recommend his poetry, it is so amazing! :))) It’s so cool that people know Portuguese authors ❤️❤️ thank you, he’s really really amazing
@@catarinampaz I don’t know much about Portugal generally but my other favorite artist from over there is the director Pedro Costa: the Ossis, In Vanda’s Room, Colossal Youth trilogy might be my three favorite films.
I’m glad you had a positive experience with The Castle of Otranto, I feel like a lot of people on booktube hate it. I have a weird soft spot for its ridiculousness. “Low budget haunted house” is the perfect way to describe that vibe!
your videos have such a cozy atmosphere all the time i absolutely love it!! i would love to hear you talk about classical studies bc i know you have an interest in that and i am currently studying it as part of my degree and really love it
I wrote my thesis on Horace Walpole and The Castle of Otranto and I'm so happy you liked the book, it's definitely a weird one, but so good and for some reason you can't put it down
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I had the same thought about Sense and Sensibility when I first read it, it was my least favorite of Austen's novels, so much so that I never reread it... until last year. And I surprised myself with how much I actually enjoyed it this time around, it made me laugh, it made me feel, anyway, it's now my second favorite. Maybe the same will happen to you if you ever decide to read it again!
Austen repays multiple reads more than most. We usually first read Austen in early adolescence or adulthood and find her an 'easy read' with apparently straightforward 'cosy' romance plots. It's a tribute to the clarity of her style that inexperienced readers usually find her easy to read but her use of free indirect speech (which creates a distancing point of view) as well as her irony tend to be less appealing - certainly, as an adolescent I preferred the wild romanticism of the Gothics to Austen's precision. Later on I came to appreciate her mastery of prose, especially dialogue, and her much more subtle social comment. Not a word wasted - and no editor!
I agree about Crime and Punishment! I really enjoyed it, but it put me in the weirdest mood. I'd say it's definitely the most intense classic I've ever read. Dostoevskij was really brilliant!
I read 100 Years of Solitude in 2019 and I still think about it now, I am definitely going to read it again. It is one of a kind and mind blowing, not surprised it's your number one book of 2020. ❤️
Omg 100 years of solitude and picture of dorian gray are some of my all time favorites! Really happy you liked them. And because of you, I've gotten into reading poetry. Definitely will try prometheus unbound soon!
this is one of my favourite videos you’ve ever done. I love reading classics, but some of these I had never heard of before! thanks for the recommendations & the lovely little comments you had for each book
I really enjoyed this video! You’re one of the few booktubers that doesn’t spoil the book while describing it, so thank you for that! Also could you do a video about your favorite classics authors?
Last year I read “Of Human Bondage”; Somerset Maugham . It’s about 600 pages, early 20th century London, story of unrequited love. Very involving. I love this period and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Omg I'm so happy you loved 100 days of solitude!! Since I was 16 it has become annual tradition to re-read it. I'm blessed that spanish is my native language (I hope the english translation did it justice!) Ps. I'm adding some of those classics to my tbr! Great video🤩✨
Next time you should definitely read Narnia looking out for the Christian elements, if you’re interested. We’ve done whole classes about that, and Philipp Pullman actually has a few essays/interviews(?) where he argues against Lewis and the way he added religion into his works. That’s also one of the reasons His Dark Materials are so decidedly anti-clerical (:
This was so nice. I too read about 22 classics this year and my some of your favourites were part of mine as well. Dorian Gray - MADNESS. It featured in my top 5 books TOTAL along with A Room of One’s Own.
A little funfact for you, since you loved that book and film so much (as much as I did, probably): the name “Narnia” comes from a little Italian medieval city, “Narni”, located in Tuscany, which Lewis once found on a map and he liked its sound. Loved this video, by the way 🖤📜✒️ as much as I loved the WONDERFUL Hogwarts and Hogsmeade illustrations in the background! 🖤🥺
I've never commented on a TH-cam video before but I simply had to let you know how much joy it brought me to hear such a passionate and eloquent review of classics! One that I would highly recommend if you haven't already read it is The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. It contains one of the most interesting female characters of all time and based on all that you've said I think you'd really love it. The writing style is enchanting and it is filled with such poignant social commentary on Victorian norms, particularly on the limitations it impressed upon women. Thank you for a wonderful video and I look forward to watching more x
War of the Worldsby HG Wells - I haven’t read it but its set in my hometown in England! Literally the places that are mentioned are like 5 minutes away from my house lol
I'm taking part in the Dorian Gray read on your Discord, and I have to say this being the third time I've read it, it's even better than the first read!!!
I hope you do, and I think you will, down the road sometime, have the chance to see Shakespeare performed live. When I had my first opportunity, it was simply amazing! It was during our senior high school graduation trip. We went to Toronto, I think we were the only class to travel out of the country. While we were there we saw a professional troupe perform 'Mac.. ' - Ok. The 'Scottish Play'. 😃. They did an amazing job!
Thanks for sharing Emmie! I really enjoy classics more recently - they’re such cozy and usually well-structured gems! I grabbed a few titles from this list that I’d like to read this year.
Video idea: I would love to see a video where you read you favorite quotes or passages from a given genre from several books and talk about why they’re your favorite. Also if you loved 100 years of solitude, you will love Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. Equally brilliant. Magical Realism.
A huge hi and hug from Russia 🖤 By the way, the atmosphere in St.Petersburg still grim and in the same time so inspiring, like in books of Dostoevsky. if you ever visit Russia you definitely should visit this city.
I reread Candide this year and I had a much greater enjoyment of it this time around than I did when I first read it. I think if you go into it with the mindset that it is a social commentary and that it's merit is more philosophical than literary then it's an enjoyable read. There's so much to discuss in it for such a small satire I could write essays for days.
I read One hundreds years of solitude for the first time when I was maybe 14-15. I didn't know what it was, I just picked it up because I liked the cover, kind of randomly. 17 years later it's still one of the absolute best books that I have ever read. From the first sentence till last.
hey emma, i just read this gothic horror novel by Iain Banks, the wasp factory. and i think you might actually really really like it. Its pretty short around 180 pages, and I absolutely love how the writer is not scared to write something really disturing. Just thought i would give you this recomendation, cause I really enjoyed it and it seems like your reading style.
I have three degrees in literature, edited lots of classics, and find these days reading and taste says more about your own predilections than about the books themselves. So I like to read across my prejudices or interests. I tend not to rank or rate books, because this in its way is like ranking and rating people you meet. I read H. G. Wells decades ago, and what I find amusing is that he was born on the 21st September exactly ninety years before I was born. That already endears him to me. :-). I read "The History of Mr. Polly." Which I enjoyed immensely as I started off my working career in a very boring job. I studied his short stories for a school examination. These again I enjoyed. But, there was also H.G. Wells as the polymath, a pupil of Charles Darwin's "bulldog" T. H. Huxley, his political work and here he was very advanced. His love affair with Rebecca West. In his works like Jules Verne he anticipated so much. We all have different experiences and forms of education that we bring to our reading of classics. Perhaps we should make lists of books we loved and hated every decade, and at some later stage embarrass our future selves, realizing that our initial readings were full of reactions rather than responses. It is wonderful to read against your own taste - as it is to go against your prejudices.
Hey Emma, have you ever read/do you plan to read any American classics? (The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, etc.) If you have read them, what do you think?
omg I'm literally reading one hundred years of solitude right now! Two chapters in and it definitely requires patience. ( My fav classic last year was The Age of Innocence)
Your rings are so eye catching! In your next vlog I’d love a closer look at some of your jewelry, it’s always stunning and I’d love to know where to find some of it! Great video as always 🥰
You should grab a copy of the uncensored version of dorian gray! its how Wilde originally intended the story to be before publishers forced him to change it to appease public interest!
Great video! I really enjoyed your list. It's refreshing to see someone who appreciate classics. P.s. Dostoyevsky is wonderful, I really recommend his other work, as well.
Hi Emma. I read Murder on the Links last year too. It was a little too fluffy for me to call it classic. As for The Island of Dr. Moreau, I like that one too.
Just WOW ! It's my frist time to watch a video for you and you are so beautiful and gorgeous your books are great i loved this mix ! ❤️ My favourite classic in 2020 is little women it's so cozy and sweet ❤️
You had such a great reading year 🙌 and I have to thank you because I picked up 100 years because of you and my mind was blown away 🤯🖤 also one of the best books I have ever read.
number one was such a pleasant surprise! hope you delve more into Latin American literature, there's such a wealth of amazing writing there. you might especially like Pedro Páramo - it was a huge influence on Márquez (who claimed to be able to recite the whole thing by heart), and it's full of ghosts and madness! 👻
The original Death on the Nile is excellent (sames goes for the original Murder on the Orient Express) but I liked the remake of Murder...and am looking fwd tothe new Death on the Nile. I get really into those movies! Really need to read Christie soon!
H.G. Wells is famous for his novels, but some of his short stories are incredible. The Country of the Blind is just about perfect. And there is another short story about a man who discovers a door to paradise. He keeps seeing it at different points throughout his life, but each time he ignores it for his career, his marriage, etc... even though he is very tempted. The 'Green Door'? The 'Red Door'? I can't remember.
I stumbled upon your videos and I love how passionate you are about books as well as how you talk about them! I would like to recommend to you one of the only fictions that I keep in my personal library. It's a book I first read either when I was 11 or 12, maybe 13. It was a book that my mother had and I really believe it is a very under rated book. But if you check out the reviews for it on Goodreads you'll see that there is a small cult following for this book that feel the same way I do. I have read other Historical Fiction but no writer has compared with Marlys Millhiser in how she writes her characters, creates setting, forwards the plot. And she is a master with dialogue. There is even humor in this book which is done brilliantly in ways you will not find in other books. The book is "The Mirror". It was written in 1978 and she has since passed on in 2017. It doesn't matter how many times I have re-read this book I always get drawn in and always laugh at the funny parts. People with a bit of a cottagecore aesthetic might like this book. Time Travel lovers will love this book. It isn't a "classic" but it's a classic to me! You must get a copy and read it!
I feel exactly the same about H.G. Wells. I reread Moreau recently, thinking I would probably feel the same about it as his works I read recently and unhaul it after, but I really liked it.
Could you perhaps do an in-depth review/video solely dedicated to One Hundred Years of Solitude? I'm reading it right now and would really appreciate your thoughts and comments throughout the sections of the book!
My favourite classic of 2020 is Meghadūta, or The Cloud Messenger by Kālidāsa. It's the most beautiful and lyrical love poem that I have ever read, and it's surprising that not many people know about it. I just feel so fortunate to be able to read this piece of ancient Indian jewel
omg there is such a difference between enjoying the book after vs. during reading
the process of reading Fahrenheit 451 was literally so painful but after i was like “huh okay that was pretty good”
agree, nice setting
@@sarawiser YES!!
@@sarawiser hard agree
Soo true , hi friends 👈🏽
I didn't see any lists so here it is:
1. *100 Years of Solitude* by Garcia Marquez
2. *Phantom of The Opera* by Gaston Leroux
3. *The Picture of Dorian Gray* by Oscar Wilde
4. *The Turn of The Screw* by Henry James
5. *Stories of God* by Rilke
6. *Prometheus Unbound* by Percy Bysshe Shelley
7. *The Broken Wings* by Kahlil Gibban
8. *We Have Always Lived* in The Castle by Shirley Jackson
9. *Great Expectations* by Charles Dickens
10. *A Christmas' Carol* by Charles Dickens
11. *The Little Princess* by Frances Hodgson Burnett
12. *If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho* by Anne Carson
13. *The Castle of Otranto* by Horace Walpole
14. *Salome* by Oscar Wilde
15. *A Midsummer Night's Dream* by Shakespeare
16. *Giovanni's Room* by James Baldwin
17. *Crime and Punishment* by Dostoevsky
18. *Symposium* by Plato
19. *The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe* by C. S. Lewis
20. *Lady Windermere's Fan* by Oscar Wilde
21. *Sense and Sensibility* by Jane Austen
22. *The Wind in The Willows* by Keneth Graham
23. *Death on The Nile* by Agatha Christie
24. *The Murder on The Links* by Agatha Christie
25. *Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom* by Sylvia Plath
26. *Candid* by Voltaire
27. *Strange Fiction* by H. G. Wells
@Glisca Rebeca Teodora they are classics though,,
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+Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Thanks❤
this is the most comfortable channel I have ever came across, the vibes are so calm and cozy
My day gets better every time Emmie uploads...
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@@chrisjin1112 yes, that sounds more accurate 😊
Dude I listen to her as I get ready for bed. Her videos are so relaxing.
@@LaurenLaass couldn't agree more... Her videos help with my anxiety, so calming and cozy...
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I started reading classics because I discovered that they’re actually free on Apple Books!
WHAT? I didn‘t know that omg thank you!!
Yes! Most of them are!
@@ps5110 most of them are in the public domain so they’re easily available online
You also can find them on Project Gutenberg
I'm so glad you loved 100 years of solitude! It's the best book i've ever read as well, and it's very common to hear that native english speakers find it a very difficult read and dont finish it. It makes me happy as a latina to hear foreign people enjoying and spreading our literarure
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I'm about to read it too ✌🇮🇹
I'm a latina and it was so difficult to read that I left it by half of the book. I do know people who love it but for me it was impossible :)
I love it, remained a favourite for many years.
Finding this cozy channel is such a blessing:)💗
Classic suggestion: The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
Yes!!!!
I also recommend his poetry, it is so amazing! :)))
It’s so cool that people know Portuguese authors ❤️❤️ thank you, he’s really really amazing
@@catarinampaz I don’t know much about Portugal generally but my other favorite artist from over there is the director Pedro Costa: the Ossis, In Vanda’s Room, Colossal Youth trilogy might be my three favorite films.
@@tobinmoffatt3075 Yes!! When I was a film student, one of my teachers was obsessed with him ahah :))
Yes yes yes! It's such an amazing book.
I’m glad you had a positive experience with The Castle of Otranto, I feel like a lot of people on booktube hate it. I have a weird soft spot for its ridiculousness. “Low budget haunted house” is the perfect way to describe that vibe!
i love how cozy i feel everytime i watch emmie's videos. i just grab my coffee/tea and listen her for half an hour. i just love it.
your videos have such a cozy atmosphere all the time i absolutely love it!! i would love to hear you talk about classical studies bc i know you have an interest in that and i am currently studying it as part of my degree and really love it
Listening to you talking about Classics makes me want to read more Classics. I have several that I want to read this year.
i love watching these as i wake up because theyre so relaxing but at the same time im interested so i dont fall back alseep
I wrote my thesis on Horace Walpole and The Castle of Otranto and I'm so happy you liked the book, it's definitely a weird one, but so good and for some reason you can't put it down
I had the same thought about Sense and Sensibility when I first read it, it was my least favorite of Austen's novels, so much so that I never reread it... until last year. And I surprised myself with how much I actually enjoyed it this time around, it made me laugh, it made me feel, anyway, it's now my second favorite. Maybe the same will happen to you if you ever decide to read it again!
Austen repays multiple reads more than most. We usually first read Austen in early adolescence or adulthood and find her an 'easy read' with apparently straightforward 'cosy' romance plots. It's a tribute to the clarity of her style that inexperienced readers usually find her easy to read but her use of free indirect speech (which creates a distancing point of view) as well as her irony tend to be less appealing - certainly, as an adolescent I preferred the wild romanticism of the Gothics to Austen's precision. Later on I came to appreciate her mastery of prose, especially dialogue, and her much more subtle social comment. Not a word wasted - and no editor!
@@Missfrankiecat quite an insightful view.
I agree about Crime and Punishment! I really enjoyed it, but it put me in the weirdest mood. I'd say it's definitely the most intense classic I've ever read. Dostoevskij was really brilliant!
I've wanted to read it for a long time now but whenever I start it I just get filled with anxiety!
@@carlottamelfi I completely get it! I'd recommend reading it anyway though cause it's an amazing and twisted experience!
@@carlottamelfi Let us know if you think Sonya is pretty.
I read 100 Years of Solitude in 2019 and I still think about it now, I am definitely going to read it again. It is one of a kind and mind blowing, not surprised it's your number one book of 2020. ❤️
00:58 welp your vlogs are always my cup of tea emmie🥺🥰 thank you for existing 😍
I love that you talk about books that are classics and you make them more friendly, because a lot od people can be scared of them.
Another cozy comfy upload from Emma. Gotta thank you for 2020 for inspiring me to rediscover my love for literature!! much love from PH Asia
Omg 100 years of solitude and picture of dorian gray are some of my all time favorites! Really happy you liked them. And because of you, I've gotten into reading poetry. Definitely will try prometheus unbound soon!
“100 years of solitude” is a moment, and i get it.
This was so wonderfully soothing to listen to and I loved hearing your thoughts on everything!
I need to work on my two assignment deadlines for this week but how could I resist your upload 🥺💕
this is one of my favourite videos you’ve ever done. I love reading classics, but some of these I had never heard of before! thanks for the recommendations & the lovely little comments you had for each book
I really enjoyed this video! You’re one of the few booktubers that doesn’t spoil the book while describing it, so thank you for that! Also could you do a video about your favorite classics authors?
I knooow I love her because she talks about the themes in the book rather than talking about the story and spoiling it
Emmie: grab your cup of tea
Me: eating pickles and crackers at 3am
hello emma! i am early yet again! today im having an anxious day and your videos always calm me down. thank you so much, love from Portugal ❤️
Same here, her voice and her videos really help 😊. Sending positive thoughts your way from Croatia!
@@helloitsme5727 thank you so much! have a wonderful day :)
you have become my favorite booktuber because of this video, you treat books like little souls
I read the phantom of the opera as my first book for 2021 because of your relentless recommendations haha and I ADORED IT so thank you so much
YAAAAY so happy you loved it!!
After a rough week of exams, your videos are here to sooth me as always...Thank you Emma
My favorite classic I read last year was watership down by Richard Adams!
Ooh that's my most anticipated read of this year!! Glad you loved it!
_Watership Down_ is a classic? It hadn't even been published yet when I was in school.
Last year I read “Of Human Bondage”; Somerset Maugham . It’s about 600 pages, early 20th century London, story of unrequited love. Very involving. I love this period and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Hey Emmie! This looks like a great classic list. I've read many old books.
Omg I'm so happy you loved 100 days of solitude!! Since I was 16 it has become annual tradition to re-read it. I'm blessed that spanish is my native language (I hope the english translation did it justice!)
Ps. I'm adding some of those classics to my tbr! Great video🤩✨
You are awesome for including Plato in this. I finished Crime and Punishment last month and I’m working through Dorian Gray now!
Next time you should definitely read Narnia looking out for the Christian elements, if you’re interested. We’ve done whole classes about that, and Philipp Pullman actually has a few essays/interviews(?) where he argues against Lewis and the way he added religion into his works. That’s also one of the reasons His Dark Materials are so decidedly anti-clerical (:
I was having a really bad day. This video made it better. Thank you emmie. Hope you’re doing okay. 💖
This was so nice. I too read about 22 classics this year and my some of your favourites were part of mine as well. Dorian Gray - MADNESS. It featured in my top 5 books TOTAL along with A Room of One’s Own.
A little funfact for you, since you loved that book and film so much (as much as I did, probably): the name “Narnia” comes from a little Italian medieval city, “Narni”, located in Tuscany, which Lewis once found on a map and he liked its sound.
Loved this video, by the way 🖤📜✒️ as much as I loved the WONDERFUL Hogwarts and Hogsmeade illustrations in the background! 🖤🥺
I've never commented on a TH-cam video before but I simply had to let you know how much joy it brought me to hear such a passionate and eloquent review of classics! One that I would highly recommend if you haven't already read it is The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. It contains one of the most interesting female characters of all time and based on all that you've said I think you'd really love it. The writing style is enchanting and it is filled with such poignant social commentary on Victorian norms, particularly on the limitations it impressed upon women. Thank you for a wonderful video and I look forward to watching more x
War of the Worldsby HG Wells - I haven’t read it but its set in my hometown in England! Literally the places that are mentioned are like 5 minutes away from my house lol
I'm taking part in the Dorian Gray read on your Discord, and I have to say this being the third time I've read it, it's even better than the first read!!!
i was on a very exciting chapter of life of pi but i still halted my reading to watch your video. 😂
hope you're having a great day, emma! 💕
I love having your videos to watch when I come back home at midnight by walk after my work 🥰
I hope you do, and I think you will, down the road sometime, have the chance to see Shakespeare performed live. When I had my first opportunity, it was simply amazing!
It was during our senior high school graduation trip. We went to Toronto, I think we were the only class to travel out of the country. While we were there we saw a professional troupe perform 'Mac.. ' - Ok. The 'Scottish Play'. 😃. They did an amazing job!
Thanks for sharing Emmie! I really enjoy classics more recently - they’re such cozy and usually well-structured gems! I grabbed a few titles from this list that I’d like to read this year.
I was just thinking about how much I wanted a video from you lol
My favorite classic of 2020 was eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley
I also read crime and punishment and it really affected me emotionally as well
aaaa I always get inspiration from your videos! Thank you emma ❤️
Video idea: I would love to see a video where you read you favorite quotes or passages from a given genre from several books and talk about why they’re your favorite.
Also if you loved 100 years of solitude, you will love Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. Equally brilliant. Magical Realism.
A huge hi and hug from Russia 🖤
By the way, the atmosphere in St.Petersburg still grim and in the same time so inspiring, like in books of Dostoevsky. if you ever visit Russia you definitely should visit this city.
I reread Candide this year and I had a much greater enjoyment of it this time around than I did when I first read it. I think if you go into it with the mindset that it is a social commentary and that it's merit is more philosophical than literary then it's an enjoyable read. There's so much to discuss in it for such a small satire I could write essays for days.
I'm so happy that you love Gabriel García Márquez as much as we colombians do.
Hugs from Colombia ❤️
Qué lindo ver qué hay más colombianas viéndola jiji
@@Freakingcurly Sii 🇨🇴✨
Sii, ojalá Emma lea más libros del autor.
What’s better than cozy blanket , tea and your video 😍
I read One hundreds years of solitude for the first time when I was maybe 14-15. I didn't know what it was, I just picked it up because I liked the cover, kind of randomly. 17 years later it's still one of the absolute best books that I have ever read. From the first sentence till last.
hey emma, i just read this gothic horror novel by Iain Banks, the wasp factory. and i think you might actually really really like it. Its pretty short around 180 pages, and I absolutely love how the writer is not scared to write something really disturing. Just thought i would give you this recomendation, cause I really enjoyed it and it seems like your reading style.
I read that last year. Felt the twist was very hamfisted. Also lots of heavy depictions of animal abuse
I love A Midsummer Night's Dream too!❤
This video is so informative! By seeing how you rank them, it really help me figure out how I would feel about these books too!
I’d love to see a whole reading vlog dedicated to classics or poetry!
Loved the video, as always💞
I have three degrees in literature, edited lots of classics, and find these days reading and taste says more about your own predilections than about the books themselves. So I like to read across my prejudices or interests. I tend not to rank or rate books, because this in its way is like ranking and rating people you meet. I read H. G. Wells decades ago, and what I find amusing is that he was born on the 21st September exactly ninety years before I was born. That already endears him to me. :-). I read "The History of Mr. Polly." Which I enjoyed immensely as I started off my working career in a very boring job. I studied his short stories for a school examination. These again I enjoyed. But, there was also H.G. Wells as the polymath, a pupil of Charles Darwin's "bulldog" T. H. Huxley, his political work and here he was very advanced. His love affair with Rebecca West. In his works like Jules Verne he anticipated so much. We all have different experiences and forms of education that we bring to our reading of classics. Perhaps we should make lists of books we loved and hated every decade, and at some later stage embarrass our future selves, realizing that our initial readings were full of reactions rather than responses. It is wonderful to read against your own taste - as it is to go against your prejudices.
That lampshade with the moose is awesome 👍
Hey Emma, have you ever read/do you plan to read any American classics? (The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, etc.) If you have read them, what do you think?
omg I'm literally reading one hundred years of solitude right now! Two chapters in and it definitely requires patience. ( My fav classic last year was The Age of Innocence)
I'm really enjoying your channel. You're sincere and thoughtful in your reviews, you have wonderful soft voice, and you're very poised and engaging.
Your rings are so eye catching! In your next vlog I’d love a closer look at some of your jewelry, it’s always stunning and I’d love to know where to find some of it! Great video as always 🥰
So glad I found your channel! I’m a literature student trying to read more classics for pleasure. I enjoyed your reviews
You should grab a copy of the uncensored version of dorian gray! its how Wilde originally intended the story to be before publishers forced him to change it to appease public interest!
Great video! I really enjoyed your list. It's refreshing to see someone who appreciate classics. P.s. Dostoyevsky is wonderful, I really recommend his other work, as well.
your voice is so so calming
I am obsessed with that copy of Phantom!! I would probably give my kidney for it
Hi Emma. I read Murder on the Links last year too. It was a little too fluffy for me to call it classic. As for The Island of Dr. Moreau, I like that one too.
I love your recommendations, 100 años de soledad is also my favorite book
havent heard of a lot of these looking forward to picking up some new reads, great list!
Just WOW ! It's my frist time to watch a video for you and you are so beautiful and gorgeous your books are great i loved this mix ! ❤️ My favourite classic in 2020 is little women it's so cozy and sweet ❤️
I'm reading one hundred years of solitude right now for one of my classes, so seeing it on this list was very exciting :)
You had such a great reading year 🙌 and I have to thank you because I picked up 100 years because of you and my mind was blown away 🤯🖤 also one of the best books I have ever read.
I'm brazilian and I love your channel!
I just discovered your channel with this video, and i loved it ! your voice is so soft and relaxing :)
Starting my day with this video! Thank you for posting
Your voice is fantastically soothing to listen to
I can just tell that candle smells amazing 😍
number one was such a pleasant surprise! hope you delve more into Latin American literature, there's such a wealth of amazing writing there. you might especially like Pedro Páramo - it was a huge influence on Márquez (who claimed to be able to recite the whole thing by heart), and it's full of ghosts and madness! 👻
oh gosh your voice is so soothing
really enjoyed this video! esp since I found your channel this year and actually when you were reading 100 yrs of solitude ;)
I didn’t get to read many classics last year (hoping to fix that this year 🤞), but my favorite one was Persuasion by Jane Austen 🥰
The original Death on the Nile is excellent (sames goes for the original Murder on the Orient Express) but I liked the remake of Murder...and am looking fwd tothe new Death on the Nile. I get really into those movies! Really need to read Christie soon!
H.G. Wells is famous for his novels, but some of his short stories are incredible. The Country of the Blind is just about perfect. And there is another short story about a man who discovers a door to paradise. He keeps seeing it at different points throughout his life, but each time he ignores it for his career, his marriage, etc... even though he is very tempted. The 'Green Door'? The 'Red Door'? I can't remember.
I stumbled upon your videos and I love how passionate you are about books as well as how you talk about them! I would like to recommend to you one of the only fictions that I keep in my personal library. It's a book I first read either when I was 11 or 12, maybe 13. It was a book that my mother had and I really believe it is a very under rated book. But if you check out the reviews for it on Goodreads you'll see that there is a small cult following for this book that feel the same way I do. I have read other Historical Fiction but no writer has compared with Marlys Millhiser in how she writes her characters, creates setting, forwards the plot. And she is a master with dialogue. There is even humor in this book which is done brilliantly in ways you will not find in other books. The book is "The Mirror". It was written in 1978 and she has since passed on in 2017. It doesn't matter how many times I have re-read this book I always get drawn in and always laugh at the funny parts. People with a bit of a cottagecore aesthetic might like this book. Time Travel lovers will love this book. It isn't a "classic" but it's a classic to me! You must get a copy and read it!
I wish someone would talk about me the way you talk about Oscar Wilde. Someday.
My favorite classic is Anna Karenina. It just blew me away. I also loved Middlemarch.
I feel exactly the same about H.G. Wells. I reread Moreau recently, thinking I would probably feel the same about it as his works I read recently and unhaul it after, but I really liked it.
i’m so glad i found your channel. i love the content and your voice is so soothing! wooo
Could you perhaps do an in-depth review/video solely dedicated to One Hundred Years of Solitude? I'm reading it right now and would really appreciate your thoughts and comments throughout the sections of the book!
She has a reading vlog while reading it where she talks a lot about her feelings and she talks more about it in her wrap up of the month she read it(:
'charming' is the word for the wind in the willows. that's the only word I could find to describe it too.
I love The Thorn Birds, it's a really good story and so interesting... I could put the book down once I started 💕
If you liked the Christie, you should try _The Murder of Roger Ackroyd._ It is very unusual, but I won't say why so as to not spoil it.
great job. It intrigues me to read more classical books.
I think my favorite this year was Wuthering Heights!
My favourite classic of 2020 is Meghadūta, or The Cloud Messenger by Kālidāsa. It's the most beautiful and lyrical love poem that I have ever read, and it's surprising that not many people know about it. I just feel so fortunate to be able to read this piece of ancient Indian jewel