Pop culture really distorted Frankenstein! It’s kind of ironic we made him into a monster when that’s what the creature was fighting against, he just wanted friends!
Either way you can still see him as a monster as being a 'monster' doesn't necessarily mean your evil a lot of the time it just means "nonhuman" or "different to mankind" I mean you could even call whales monsters if you wanted and it would work 😭A monster can also be seen as someone who goes against man kind "policies" which includes murderers, pedos etc. And since he drinks blood is honestly just a vampire he's seen as 'different' and "nonhuman" which for a lot of people would mean a monster. Same with witches, people from certain religions etc if it's not in their 'norm' they are likely to see them as a monster.
@@NatashaW1 are you talking about Frankenstein's creation... Or dracula? Because Frankenstein ate berries and acorns. I think he tried meat, but mostly lived off the land cuz he was in exile. I don't remember him drinking blood.
@@NatashaW1 it's all good! I was just curious. I get what you were saying how people can be called a "monster" because they're different and that's also why they called Frankenstein a monster too. So it still applies
I think Animal Farm is the ultimate easy classic. It's extremely short, very easy to understand and also has a great message. I also think Rebecca is a great book for beginners of classics. Even though was written in that classic time period it doesn't read like one.
would highly recomend "anne of green gables". my favorite of all time! definitely over details the ambience, but still so beautifully written and so heartbreaking as well as really easy to read (coming from someone whose english is not their first language).
When my mom read that to me when i was like 6 it changed my entire brain chemistry and trajectory of my life. I literally wore two braids everyday for a year because i was so obsessed with anne😭 i still am obsessed with her and the show and movie
I first started reading the series as an English assignment in high school and quickly became hooked and wanted to binge all the other books. 😂 If you find it boring or too wordy, I'd highly suggest listening to the audiobooks online. There are lots of free ones to be found on TH-cam which are all great quality and kinda add a sense of realism to the stories. 🤍
thank you professor bella for providing this syllabus for us🙇♀☕ I tried to read jane eyre in 6th grade but it was ROUGH because i was a literal child so i DNFed, but whenever you talk about it i want to give it another try!!
You tried to read Jane eyre at 12?? 😭 I first picked up the book at 14 (no I still haven't read it) it might also be the slang that puts a lot of people off its old Yorkshire slag. Which I personally do not understand alot of.... Even though I lived 15 minutes (by car) away from howarth... Which is where they are from by the way.
for me it was wuthering heights by emily bronte when i was 11. i understood it was something about unrequited love and sad stuff but i didn't understand why were people complicating their lives so much 🙂💀💀💀
I really need to reread Jane eyre- I read it at 12 years old and found it kinda mid lmao but recently I reread some random passages and loved everything so I might need to reread
i started reading a few classics this year, and i really struggle with the language. one thing that has helped is slowing down my reading, and thinking all of the words as though i was saying them aloud (aka when we had to read out paragraphs in english class). it's really helped me process the language and storyline. because of this reading 'frankenstein' is so much easier than when i was struggling with 'pride and prejudice'.
Your idea of Dickens prior to reading his work it's so interesting because even in his time he was actually seen as a very accessible writer, if I'm not mistaken he was even criticized by it because of the whole "literature has to be superior" idea. His works were loved and read by people who weren't necessarily scholars, rich, etc. and the fact that he would touch on social problems made him a very popular author.
i'd also like to add: - the little prince. it's super easy to read & i feel like you can take away something new from it at any age. - animal farm. even though though it carries a very important and chilling message, the story itself is so easy to fly to through & i'd hate to be that person but the onion metaphor might be in demand here. - anne of green gables. even though it's a children's classic, i think it's a delight to read at any age. - little women. it's such a heartwarming tale with really accessible language.
I also recommend 'Parfume: The Story of a Murderer' by Patrick Süskind For people who are into Horror, Mystery and general want to read something very different - about a topic which isn't really popular talked about It's also made into a movie with the same name in 2006 (Alan Rickman is in the cast)
i've actually seen the movie yeaars ago before i ever read a classic and really enjoyed it!! i didn't even know it was a book until recently so maybe i should pick it up 👀
Ah, yes! And the English translation of Perfume is by John Woods, who is totally brilliant. He's widely appreciated for the new(er) translations of most of Thomas Mann's novels. Whose work is, btw, some of the MOST literarily "challenging" AND rewarding I've come across so far. War and Peace is a decent "warm up" book for Mann... Joseph and His Brothers is the final "goal", if you reallllly wanna be a snooty elitist. Holy f*ck is it gorgeous and dense and smart and SO full of ideas and intelligence, just wow. Maybe start with The Magic Mountain? I dunno - it's all pretty dense and overwhelmingly beautiful.
I absolutely adore Frankenstein and Pride and Prejudice. I will add the others to my radar of classics to read. I think Dracula is also a very accessible classic!
I picked the picture of Dorian Gray this year because of you! I really didn't like the movie so I probably would not read it at all, but thanks to you I did it and I loved so much, I think Oscar Wilde writing is so unic his obsession with beauty really shows in his words truly amazing 💙✨ I was so obsessed that it's all the over my dissertation now hahaha ☕
I love Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and A Tale of two cities. All three are on my Top 10 Classic books of all time. And I agree with you, they are all very accessible.
The first classic that I read was Lolita and even though I was an amateur reader back then, I was blown away by its beautiful writing and that's where my passion to read all kinds of genre ignited.
The two books that opened me up to classic literature were Animal Farm, it was my year 11 (5th form) English text, and I believe that due to its simplicity but also strong warning on totalitarianism, how power corrupts and the manipulation of people through language, and the Great Gatsby, which I really enjoyed due to its criticism of the American dream, or the dream of creating a new identity for yourself through wealth, and how it corrupts your morality.
☕️ I haven’t read many classics, but the beginning of Moby Dick made me fall in love with them. I haven’t read it all, but it’s so good! I’m currently reading Dorian Gray, and omg. So so good.
I also only knew Frankenstein from all those movies and I was so surprised when I eventually read the book. I fell in love with the book and the way it was written, the atmosphere of the book sucks you in, I haven't stopped thinking about it since I read it. Also a recommendation for everyone who hasn't read it yet. Please please please read Carmilla, it's a sapphic vampire story that predates Dracula and is imo way better than Dracula.
Yes! FINALLY! I have been wanting a classics video from you! Also, I have been binging on audiobooks for classics! Audiobooks are going to be a life saver! 😊
Thank you for showing the inside of the books. It helps because viewers can see the font size. When you buy books online, sometimes you will get books with tiny fonts. This happens a lot especially when you get classic books.
the picture of dorian gray is the first classic i’ve ever read for fun and i loved it so so much! it’s definitely a new all time favorite book and i can’t wait to get more into classics because it really sparked my interest in wanting to read more classics. there is definitely a gay subtext, i had a tab just labeled “gay” for all the gay moments and there were definitely a lot of them LOL. it’s such an interesting classic to analyze and i can’t wait to reread it because i feel like i will notice things i didn’t notice the first time. i tried reading pride and prejudice earlier this year but i couldn’t really get into it, so i think i may watch the 2005 movie first because i’ve been wanting to watch it for years but i always said i wanted to read the book first but i may have to make an exception because i really wanna get into the story, i feel like i would really love it! so many good recommendations in this one and all books i’ve been dying to read, so this is giving me motivation to pick up more classics 💕☕️
I finished Frankenstein for the first time a few days ago and it immediately became one of my most favourite books ever! I devoured it slowly and let every line sink in 😩 I already want to go back so I can recite it by memory
I love reading and collecting classics, the first one I read that got me into them was 20,000 leagues under the sea by Jules Verne, one of my top faves, along with Pride and Prejudice, The Odyssey and Frankenstein.
Definitely forwarding your video to my 9th grade class because they claim how boring classics are :') I love how diverse your recommendations always are! There's something for anyone, whether it's a romance or a thriller. The first classic that ever made me fall in love with reading in general is Peter Pan! The language is a bit outdated and there are some.. questionable descriptions, it was very easy to read and captured the innocence and adventure of childhood so well, I found myself crying over it by the end. I know you're gonna love The Great Gatsby so much, I'm starting the campaign for you to read it as soon as possible! And if you liked Dickens, then A Christmas Carol will be perfect for christmas time!! It's very heartwarming and one of those ✨️classic✨️ christmas books
i'm always so grateful for jane austen persuasion was the first classic i read on my own and, of course, being 12/13, i didn't understand quite a portion of what certain passages were trying to tell me but it became my favorite book ever (alongside anna karenina) and it made me fall in love with classic books, a love that remains until nowadays💖💖💖
Thank you for blessing us. I love you. JPEG of Dorian gray 😭 also Frankenstein was my first classic and it opened me to a new world. Everybody must read Frankenstein. It’s MAGIC.
Thanks for helping me feel less intimidated by classics. It's time for me to drop the "classics are boring" mentality. I'll make sure to pick up one of your recommendations soon. ☕
My entire family LITERALLY rewatches the Pride and Prejudice 2005 movie EVERY single holiday season, it's like a tradition in our house haha! I've seen it over 10 times now, but I NEVER get sick of it. I always take something new out of it with each rewatch, truly a movie of the ages!! 🤍
@@throneofpages Hahaha Ikr!! I don't even know why we started doing it, it was like one day we we're watching it and thought... yeah, this is gonna be an annual thing! 🤣🤣 Lmao I wishh~ 😭🤍
I love Frankenstein, but my favorite synopsis will always be 'A scientist and an ugly guy argue about who is more depressed.' 🤣 (Look, the more I love stuff, the more I love a good joke about it. If you can make me laugh about something I love, you deserve a nice cookie lol.)
I absolutely love these recommendations! English isn’t my first language so reading classics was always my biggest fear. But since you ** who I trust her opinions SO much ** recommend these, I might give it a try ☕️✨‼︎
The two books that have sent me on the beginning of my classics journey were “The Picture of Dorian Grey”, and Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”. Though I did enjoy “The Picture of Dorian Grey”, (4.5⭐️) I REALY loved the absurdity of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”, which became my first 5⭐️ read since the summer. It is a bit of a chonker and one character has some odd speaking patterns due to English not being that character’s first language, but do not to be discouraged! It is written in fairly accessible English and is a wild ride to read (despite the what the blurb makes it out to be). Anyway, I highly recommend Dracula!
I loved the begining of you not being able to recomend war and peace as a start book and funny when it’s supposed to be the 3rd classic I plan to read. It’s like I can’t start light, when sinuhe the egypthian was first😂
Children in the UK read Charles Dickens! I've never heard anybody who is a reader, say Charles Dickens is difficult. He's actually one of the classical writers, that everyone says to start with if you want to get into the classics.
yesssss😩 i’ve been wanting you to do a vid about classics. all i’ve been reading is lil romcoms, fantasy and manga😭😭 so i’m reallyyy wanting to get into classics
☕️ Out of these I’ve read Dorian gray and Jane Eyre most recently and I love both of them and agree so much!! Jane is such a good character to follow and Wildes writing is fantastic I need to read more of his books. I read Frankenstein in high school and I absolutely loved being able to discuss it in class, it’s been like over 10 years since I read it. I watched one of the movies of it and thought it was so terrible and the book is just on a whole other level. I need to read P&P cuz enemies to lovers/people being antagonistic to each other and realizing there is more to them is like my all time favorite trope ever. I haven’t read any Dickens either but I know the last hours by Cassie is supposed to be inspired by great expectations but I would probably read tale of two cities first. Wish we had more classics by LGBT/POC people but I do love them and reading about the human experience like centuries ago.
The infernal devices by Cassandra Clare is actually inspired by a tale of two cities and the main characters reference that book quite a lot (Although it wasnt done that well in my opinion 😅😭)
I just want to add also add John Steinbeck to accessible classics writers. I would even go so far as to say he is the most accessible. Maybe because most of his stuff was written in the '40s through the '60s. So not as old as Dickens and Austen
I watched the BBC series of Shakespeare Plays as I was reading a particular Shakespeare play which helped me so much when I was in college; it helped me get through it. I would also try to read around a book online. Who is the author and what was their purpose in writing this book? I would also go through a study guide or readers questions as I was reading the book to help me focus on important points in the plot. It took me a long, long time to understand poetry. I used to watch actors say the lines on TH-cam of a particular poem so that I understand it. And I would try to read the poem along with an actor too. English literature can be challenging, and I did read a lot of awful stuff too that did not make me feel good at the time. But I did appreciate the really good books (any of Jane Austen, George Elliot, the Brontes, etc.). Read the happy books of Thomas Hardy, not the sad ones.
I’ve always thought classics were boring but part of that is because school forced us to read and we couldn’t choose the book. Of course it was always hard for me to understand. I’m not the most intelligent with lit. I am going to try some of these! The Bell Jar sounds so good!
Jane Eyre!!!! My favourite classic and one of my favourite books of all time! Also I cannot unthink "JPEG" of Dorian Gray so thanks for that lol. 1984 is a classic I'd recommend in a heartbeat
☕There is only one of these books I haven't read and I love all the ones I have read. I plan to do a reread of Frankenstein and Austen's Mansfield Park, because I have already reread P&P this year.
I love that you did this video! I just filmed a Persuasion by Jane Austen reading vlog and then did a book vs movie review. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it!
I was always so intimidated by them and had no interest until I found your channel. The love that you’ve shown peaked my interest 👀 I’m specially excited for Letters to a Young Poet, I need some life support 😂
i tried to read a tale of two cities when i was about 11 and i struggled at that point with the language at that point but since then i've read david copperfield and a christmas carol so now i'm considering trying to read a tale of two cities again as i think i'll be fine with it now
🍂what more can I say? Like, i owe to Bella my ✨reading classics✨ era🙌 🍂Letters to a Young Poet has been on my TBR for quite some time now 👀 🍂update on Frankenstein: I met the Creature and he is such a cinnamon roll nobody can change my mind 🥺 🍂:bellalove: ☕️
You’ve just made me want to read the picture of Dorian Gray! I’ve only read Frankenstein out of all of these and I agree about the creature! I enjoyed reading from his perspective and how he appreciates nature. The way Victor does him wrong makes me so mad.☕️
For an easy classic outside of English literature "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" or "The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas" by Machado de Assis is a short and funny Brazilian classic. Great video
I just have to say that you great taste in books! My top 3 from this list is: Picture of Dorian Gray Jane Eyre Frankenstein I also have to say that you have a beautiful smile 😍
I really believe school ruins classics for students. I remember when I annotated I had to meet certain requirements and if they weren't met I would be graded poorly. Then the essays that I wrote wouldn't get good grades, so I always thought I didn't understand the book and wasn't good enough to read classics. All of this ruined classics for me for a long time.
As soon as I saw the notification, I wanted to forward this to my friend who only reads CoHo 🙄 and also finds it hard to read classics but then I also remember that she said she didn't understand anything when trying to read Pride & Prejudice and I'm like nevermind 😒 She's a lost cause
pride and prejudice isn't the easiest of classics especially if you're only used to reading colleen hoover! maybe start her off with some shorter/faster paced classics that she'll have an easier time getting through 🥰💗
Jane Austen is not a good starting point for someone who has never read classics before. Recommend her some more modern classics (from the 20th century), and then slowly switch to older books (19th century)
I won't recommend not sending this to her cause girl English is not my first language and i found it hard to understand pride and prejudice , but when I read the "the great Gatsby" It was way easier, and the books she recommended are short and understandable.
I absolutely hated Frankenstein (I didn't make it through) but I do think it is conceptually really interesting, especially today where humanity is actually getting closer each day to creating human like intelligence It reads like a warning at this point
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Pop culture really distorted Frankenstein! It’s kind of ironic we made him into a monster when that’s what the creature was fighting against, he just wanted friends!
Exactly 😭
Either way you can still see him as a monster as being a 'monster' doesn't necessarily mean your evil a lot of the time it just means "nonhuman" or "different to mankind" I mean you could even call whales monsters if you wanted and it would work 😭A monster can also be seen as someone who goes against man kind "policies" which includes murderers, pedos etc. And since he drinks blood is honestly just a vampire he's seen as 'different' and "nonhuman" which for a lot of people would mean a monster. Same with witches, people from certain religions etc if it's not in their 'norm' they are likely to see them as a monster.
@@NatashaW1 are you talking about Frankenstein's creation... Or dracula? Because Frankenstein ate berries and acorns. I think he tried meat, but mostly lived off the land cuz he was in exile. I don't remember him drinking blood.
@@JulEnglefaris Oh sh*t yeah sorry 🤦♀️😭 I always get them 2 confused please ignore half of my last comment. 😢
@@NatashaW1 it's all good! I was just curious. I get what you were saying how people can be called a "monster" because they're different and that's also why they called Frankenstein a monster too. So it still applies
I think Animal Farm is the ultimate easy classic. It's extremely short, very easy to understand and also has a great message. I also think Rebecca is a great book for beginners of classics. Even though was written in that classic time period it doesn't read like one.
Animal Farm is the goat
would highly recomend "anne of green gables". my favorite of all time! definitely over details the ambience, but still so beautifully written and so heartbreaking as well as really easy to read (coming from someone whose english is not their first language).
That's funny I moved to Canada in Prince of Edward's Island and was thinking about buying it today. Now I'm hooked:)
When my mom read that to me when i was like 6 it changed my entire brain chemistry and trajectory of my life. I literally wore two braids everyday for a year because i was so obsessed with anne😭 i still am obsessed with her and the show and movie
"Anne of Green Gables" is currently my reading! I'm so in love with the way it is written, it's like a warm feeling every page 💖
I first started reading the series as an English assignment in high school and quickly became hooked and wanted to binge all the other books. 😂 If you find it boring or too wordy, I'd highly suggest listening to the audiobooks online. There are lots of free ones to be found on TH-cam which are all great quality and kinda add a sense of realism to the stories. 🤍
Even though is big massive book, The Count of Montecristo is a so easy , fast-paced read and I would definetely include it this list.
thank you professor bella for providing this syllabus for us🙇♀☕
I tried to read jane eyre in 6th grade but it was ROUGH because i was a literal child so i DNFed, but whenever you talk about it i want to give it another try!!
You tried to read Jane eyre at 12?? 😭 I first picked up the book at 14 (no I still haven't read it) it might also be the slang that puts a lot of people off its old Yorkshire slag. Which I personally do not understand alot of.... Even though I lived 15 minutes (by car) away from howarth... Which is where they are from by the way.
for me it was wuthering heights by emily bronte when i was 11. i understood it was something about unrequited love and sad stuff but i didn't understand why were people complicating their lives so much 🙂💀💀💀
I’m 15 and I read it a month ago, and it was actually SO beautiful! Definitely try it again!
I really need to reread Jane eyre- I read it at 12 years old and found it kinda mid lmao but recently I reread some random passages and loved everything so I might need to reread
i started reading a few classics this year, and i really struggle with the language. one thing that has helped is slowing down my reading, and thinking all of the words as though i was saying them aloud (aka when we had to read out paragraphs in english class). it's really helped me process the language and storyline. because of this reading 'frankenstein' is so much easier than when i was struggling with 'pride and prejudice'.
that is such a good tip!! i also find myself reading out loud to myself when i don't understand certain parts or phrases and it's so helpful
Your idea of Dickens prior to reading his work it's so interesting because even in his time he was actually seen as a very accessible writer, if I'm not mistaken he was even criticized by it because of the whole "literature has to be superior" idea. His works were loved and read by people who weren't necessarily scholars, rich, etc. and the fact that he would touch on social problems made him a very popular author.
i'd also like to add:
- the little prince. it's super easy to read & i feel like you can take away something new from it at any age.
- animal farm. even though though it carries a very important and chilling message, the story itself is so easy to fly to through & i'd hate to be that person but the onion metaphor might be in demand here.
- anne of green gables. even though it's a children's classic, i think it's a delight to read at any age.
- little women. it's such a heartwarming tale with really accessible language.
I also recommend 'Parfume: The Story of a Murderer' by Patrick Süskind
For people who are into Horror, Mystery and general want to read something very different - about a topic which isn't really popular talked about
It's also made into a movie with the same name in 2006 (Alan Rickman is in the cast)
i've actually seen the movie yeaars ago before i ever read a classic and really enjoyed it!! i didn't even know it was a book until recently so maybe i should pick it up 👀
@@throneofpages oh nice! Yeah check it out :)
Yes!!! I just finished this,it’s in one of my all time faves now! Immediately 5 stars 😭💕
I watched the movie. Amazing one, I didn't know it was inspired from a classic book. I'll check it out.
Ah, yes! And the English translation of Perfume is by John Woods, who is totally brilliant. He's widely appreciated for the new(er) translations of most of Thomas Mann's novels. Whose work is, btw, some of the MOST literarily "challenging" AND rewarding I've come across so far. War and Peace is a decent "warm up" book for Mann... Joseph and His Brothers is the final "goal", if you reallllly wanna be a snooty elitist. Holy f*ck is it gorgeous and dense and smart and SO full of ideas and intelligence, just wow. Maybe start with The Magic Mountain? I dunno - it's all pretty dense and overwhelmingly beautiful.
I absolutely adore Frankenstein and Pride and Prejudice. I will add the others to my radar of classics to read. I think Dracula is also a very accessible classic!
I picked the picture of Dorian Gray this year because of you! I really didn't like the movie so I probably would not read it at all, but thanks to you I did it and I loved so much, I think Oscar Wilde writing is so unic his obsession with beauty really shows in his words truly amazing 💙✨
I was so obsessed that it's all the over my dissertation now hahaha ☕
Try to read his "Te Ballad of Reading Goal".
once again bella giving us iconic lines like "open your gay eye" what a queen
English isn't my first language so I think this guide is going to be really helpful
i'm so happy to hear that 💗🥰
I love Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and A Tale of two cities. All three are on my Top 10 Classic books of all time. And I agree with you, they are all very accessible.
This is exactly what I needed! I always wanted to read classics, but I just didn't know where to start. Thank you Bella
i hope it helps 🥰💗
The first classic that I read was Lolita and even though I was an amateur reader back then, I was blown away by its beautiful writing and that's where my passion to read all kinds of genre ignited.
The two books that opened me up to classic literature were Animal Farm, it was my year 11 (5th form) English text, and I believe that due to its simplicity but also strong warning on totalitarianism, how power corrupts and the manipulation of people through language, and the Great Gatsby, which I really enjoyed due to its criticism of the American dream, or the dream of creating a new identity for yourself through wealth, and how it corrupts your morality.
☕ the picture of dorian gray is my fav classic
you have great taste 💗
@@throneofpages thanks 😌
☕️ I haven’t read many classics, but the beginning of Moby Dick made me fall in love with them. I haven’t read it all, but it’s so good! I’m currently reading Dorian Gray, and omg. So so good.
I also only knew Frankenstein from all those movies and I was so surprised when I eventually read the book. I fell in love with the book and the way it was written, the atmosphere of the book sucks you in, I haven't stopped thinking about it since I read it.
Also a recommendation for everyone who hasn't read it yet. Please please please read Carmilla, it's a sapphic vampire story that predates Dracula and is imo way better than Dracula.
Your videos make me want to read everything on my tbr within a week
Yes! FINALLY! I have been wanting a classics video from you! Also, I have been binging on audiobooks for classics! Audiobooks are going to be a life saver! 😊
i just finished pride and prejudice last night, which was my first jane austen book, so this came at a great time! ☕☕
Thank you for showing the inside of the books. It helps because viewers can see the font size. When you buy books online, sometimes you will get books with tiny fonts. This happens a lot especially when you get classic books.
I’m glad I could help 🥰💗
the picture of dorian gray is the first classic i’ve ever read for fun and i loved it so so much! it’s definitely a new all time favorite book and i can’t wait to get more into classics because it really sparked my interest in wanting to read more classics. there is definitely a gay subtext, i had a tab just labeled “gay” for all the gay moments and there were definitely a lot of them LOL. it’s such an interesting classic to analyze and i can’t wait to reread it because i feel like i will notice things i didn’t notice the first time.
i tried reading pride and prejudice earlier this year but i couldn’t really get into it, so i think i may watch the 2005 movie first because i’ve been wanting to watch it for years but i always said i wanted to read the book first but i may have to make an exception because i really wanna get into the story, i feel like i would really love it!
so many good recommendations in this one and all books i’ve been dying to read, so this is giving me motivation to pick up more classics 💕☕️
I finished Frankenstein for the first time a few days ago and it immediately became one of my most favourite books ever! I devoured it slowly and let every line sink in 😩 I already want to go back so I can recite it by memory
I love reading and collecting classics, the first one I read that got me into them was 20,000 leagues under the sea by Jules Verne, one of my top faves, along with Pride and Prejudice, The Odyssey and Frankenstein.
I have yet to read 20,000 leagues under the sea but I may have to add it to my never ending tbr 👀✍️
@@throneofpages I wanted to be a marine biologist and was fascinated by all the descriptions
I’m in love with your hand writing and annotations!😍
thank you 💗
Definitely forwarding your video to my 9th grade class because they claim how boring classics are :')
I love how diverse your recommendations always are! There's something for anyone, whether it's a romance or a thriller.
The first classic that ever made me fall in love with reading in general is Peter Pan! The language is a bit outdated and there are some.. questionable descriptions, it was very easy to read and captured the innocence and adventure of childhood so well, I found myself crying over it by the end.
I know you're gonna love The Great Gatsby so much, I'm starting the campaign for you to read it as soon as possible! And if you liked Dickens, then A Christmas Carol will be perfect for christmas time!! It's very heartwarming and one of those ✨️classic✨️ christmas books
como "profe" de español me llena el corazon ver muchachas jovenes viviendo la literatura clasica y contemporanea de manera tan bonita
i'm always so grateful for jane austen
persuasion was the first classic i read on my own and, of course, being 12/13, i didn't understand quite a portion of what certain passages were trying to tell me
but it became my favorite book ever (alongside anna karenina) and it made me fall in love with classic books, a love that remains until nowadays💖💖💖
I love that so much 🥹💗
Thank you for blessing us. I love you. JPEG of Dorian gray 😭 also Frankenstein was my first classic and it opened me to a new world. Everybody must read Frankenstein. It’s MAGIC.
Thanks for helping me feel less intimidated by classics. It's time for me to drop the "classics are boring" mentality. I'll make sure to pick up one of your recommendations soon. ☕
i hope you enjoy whichever one you choose :')
My entire family LITERALLY rewatches the Pride and Prejudice 2005 movie EVERY single holiday season, it's like a tradition in our house haha! I've seen it over 10 times now, but I NEVER get sick of it. I always take something new out of it with each rewatch, truly a movie of the ages!! 🤍
that's the BEST tradition ever, can your family adopt me 😭💗
@@throneofpages Hahaha Ikr!! I don't even know why we started doing it, it was like one day we we're watching it and thought... yeah, this is gonna be an annual thing! 🤣🤣 Lmao I wishh~ 😭🤍
Literally after I read Frankenstein last year it became my favorite book of all time and I still think about it to this day
YES ANNA 😭💗
little women was that book for me. added all these classics to my tbr, thank you for this bella.
I was literally just thinking that i want to read more classics next year 🤯
i have yet to read a classic but i do own both the bell jar and the picture of dorian gray! seeing this makes me even more excited to start them ☕
Please do!! And report back 😈🥰
Great video ! For me the easiest classics i have read are Camilla,Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and of course Dracula 🖤
Carmilla and Dr Jekyll are such good classics 😩👏
im halfway through „Frankenstein” right now and wow never thought i would enjoy a classic this much
that makes me so happy :')
A few classic books i think you'd like are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Swayer by Mark Twain as well as Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Jane eyre was my first classic and I fell in love with it! Also want to recommend John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men as classic for beginner.
it's in my classics tbr!! but now that i know it's more accessible than i thought it would be, i might have to bump it up on my list 👀
I’d recommend the series of Frances Hodgson Burrnet if you are first beginner to the classic.
I love Frankenstein, but my favorite synopsis will always be 'A scientist and an ugly guy argue about who is more depressed.' 🤣 (Look, the more I love stuff, the more I love a good joke about it. If you can make me laugh about something I love, you deserve a nice cookie lol.)
I almost did a spit-take reading that description 😂
I absolutely love these recommendations!
English isn’t my first language so reading classics was always my biggest fear. But since you ** who I trust her opinions SO much ** recommend these, I might give it a try ☕️✨‼︎
The queen uploaded!! Perfect way to start my Saturday morning
The two books that have sent me on the beginning of my classics journey were “The Picture of Dorian Grey”, and Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”. Though I did enjoy “The Picture of Dorian Grey”, (4.5⭐️) I REALY loved the absurdity of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”, which became my first 5⭐️ read since the summer. It is a bit of a chonker and one character has some odd speaking patterns due to English not being that character’s first language, but do not to be discouraged! It is written in fairly accessible English and is a wild ride to read (despite the what the blurb makes it out to be). Anyway, I highly recommend Dracula!
I loved the begining of you not being able to recomend war and peace as a start book and funny when it’s supposed to be the 3rd classic I plan to read. It’s like I can’t start light, when sinuhe the egypthian was first😂
Children in the UK read Charles Dickens! I've never heard anybody who is a reader, say Charles Dickens is difficult. He's actually one of the classical writers, that everyone says to start with if you want to get into the classics.
yesssss😩 i’ve been wanting you to do a vid about classics. all i’ve been reading is lil romcoms, fantasy and manga😭😭 so i’m reallyyy wanting to get into classics
I hope these recommendations help you 🥰🥰
@@throneofpages oh absolutely, you’ve convinced me to read frankenstein🫣 and i got a jane austen too🫣🫣
I would love to😊 sit down with you and talk all about classics. I love them
can you do an annotating classics video?!
this is THE most exciting video i can't wait to watch it 😭😭
i hope you approve 😭💗
@@throneofpages I DO!!!!!!! this is the best classics for beginners ive seen so far and i am NOT just saying that bc im biased ❣
I haven't read many classic but my favorite that I read every year is 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens. It's so good and so easy to understand.
I cant wait to read it for the first time this Christmas!! 🥰
@@throneofpages I'm sure you're gonna love it💕
Why the advert ?
Ah, backing your channel.
Great list. I would put Jane Eyre and P&P on my top list and I would add Dracula to it also. Tolstoy is my favorite….. next list.
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Out of these I’ve read Dorian gray and Jane Eyre most recently and I love both of them and agree so much!! Jane is such a good character to follow and Wildes writing is fantastic I need to read more of his books.
I read Frankenstein in high school and I absolutely loved being able to discuss it in class, it’s been like over 10 years since I read it. I watched one of the movies of it and thought it was so terrible and the book is just on a whole other level.
I need to read P&P cuz enemies to lovers/people being antagonistic to each other and realizing there is more to them is like my all time favorite trope ever.
I haven’t read any Dickens either but I know the last hours by Cassie is supposed to be inspired by great expectations but I would probably read tale of two cities first.
Wish we had more classics by LGBT/POC people but I do love them and reading about the human experience like centuries ago.
The infernal devices by Cassandra Clare is actually inspired by a tale of two cities and the main characters reference that book quite a lot
(Although it wasnt done that well in my opinion 😅😭)
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I just want to add also add John Steinbeck to accessible classics writers. I would even go so far as to say he is the most accessible. Maybe because most of his stuff was written in the '40s through the '60s. So not as old as Dickens and Austen
I watched the BBC series of Shakespeare Plays as I was reading a particular Shakespeare play which helped me so much when I was in college; it helped me get through it. I would also try to read around a book online. Who is the author and what was their purpose in writing this book? I would also go through a study guide or readers questions as I was reading the book to help me focus on important points in the plot. It took me a long, long time to understand poetry. I used to watch actors say the lines on TH-cam of a particular poem so that I understand it. And I would try to read the poem along with an actor too. English literature can be challenging, and I did read a lot of awful stuff too that did not make me feel good at the time. But I did appreciate the really good books (any of Jane Austen, George Elliot, the Brontes, etc.). Read the happy books of Thomas Hardy, not the sad ones.
I’ve always thought classics were boring but part of that is because school forced us to read and we couldn’t choose the book. Of course it was always hard for me to understand. I’m not the most intelligent with lit. I am going to try some of these! The Bell Jar sounds so good!
THE JPEG OF DORIAN GRAY 💀💀
Liked the way you presented this, some books I now have to hunt for. Thank you. New subscriber from UK 😊
welcome!!
I've read some classic lit but I'm definitely still lacking in that area. Can't wait for winter break so I can start reading some of these! :)
I hope you have fun with them 🥺💗 there are definitely some in this list I wish I could read for the first time 😭
i loved your emotional speaking about books ❤
The way you talk about books is beautiful💕☕☕
Some of my absolute favourite classics on here! Will have to get a Tale of Two Cities. The Bell Jar has been on my to get list for ages ☕️
Jane Eyre!!!! My favourite classic and one of my favourite books of all time! Also I cannot unthink "JPEG" of Dorian Gray so thanks for that lol.
1984 is a classic I'd recommend in a heartbeat
☕There is only one of these books I haven't read and I love all the ones I have read. I plan to do a reread of Frankenstein and Austen's Mansfield Park, because I have already reread P&P this year.
I love that you did this video! I just filmed a Persuasion by Jane Austen reading vlog and then did a book vs movie review. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it!
i am currently reading emma by jane austen. it's my first austen's book but i am already in love 😻
Ahh i’m so happy you’re enjoying it!! 🥰
I just started reading Frankenstein a few days ago. It is absolutely riveting.
that makes me so happy 😭💗
I was always so intimidated by them and had no interest until I found your channel. The love that you’ve shown peaked my interest 👀
I’m specially excited for Letters to a Young Poet, I need some life support 😂
make 2023 the year you read more classics 💗
i tried to read a tale of two cities when i was about 11 and i struggled at that point with the language at that point but since then i've read david copperfield and a christmas carol so now i'm considering trying to read a tale of two cities again as i think i'll be fine with it now
Charles dickens’ favourite book(apart from tale of two cities which we actually had as a rapid reader in grade 6) is Christmas carol! Try it!
I read it in December and loved it!! 🥰🫶
🍂what more can I say? Like, i owe to Bella my ✨reading classics✨ era🙌
🍂Letters to a Young Poet has been on my TBR for quite some time now 👀
🍂update on Frankenstein: I met the Creature and he is such a cinnamon roll nobody can change my mind 🥺
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You’ve just made me want to read the picture of Dorian Gray! I’ve only read Frankenstein out of all of these and I agree about the creature! I enjoyed reading from his perspective and how he appreciates nature. The way Victor does him wrong makes me so mad.☕️
Thank you for this video, I had no clue where to begin with classics. I own both Frankenstein and Dorian Gray. Now I’m off to grab one off my shelf 😃.
i hope you love them!! 🥰💗
The only classic book i read was “Anna Karinina” by Leo Tolstoy and i absolutely loved it and it was the book that got me into reading:)
i've been wanting to read anna karenina ever since i finished war and peace! hopefully i get to it soon :')
@@throneofpages i just know you’ll love it!
☕️ so excited to start, you made me wanna read all😭😭😭
For an easy classic outside of English literature "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" or "The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas" by Machado de Assis is a short and funny Brazilian classic.
Great video
I just have to say that you great taste in books! My top 3 from this list is:
Picture of Dorian Gray
Jane Eyre
Frankenstein
I also have to say that you have a beautiful smile 😍
seems like you have great taste as well! 🥰
I really believe school ruins classics for students. I remember when I annotated I had to meet certain requirements and if they weren't met I would be graded poorly. Then the essays that I wrote wouldn't get good grades, so I always thought I didn't understand the book and wasn't good enough to read classics. All of this ruined classics for me for a long time.
What a great vid!
A Tale of Two Cities was one of the first classics I ever read
It's so good!
Absolutely gonna go read "Frankenstein" now~
Book: Racist Mother of Black Son. CRV publisher. This one is mandatory. Very worth reading. Published in Brazil
As soon as I saw the notification, I wanted to forward this to my friend who only reads CoHo 🙄 and also finds it hard to read classics but then I also remember that she said she didn't understand anything when trying to read Pride & Prejudice and I'm like nevermind 😒
She's a lost cause
pride and prejudice isn't the easiest of classics especially if you're only used to reading colleen hoover! maybe start her off with some shorter/faster paced classics that she'll have an easier time getting through 🥰💗
Jane Austen is not a good starting point for someone who has never read classics before. Recommend her some more modern classics (from the 20th century), and then slowly switch to older books (19th century)
I won't recommend not sending this to her cause girl English is not my first language and i found it hard to understand pride and prejudice , but when I read the "the great Gatsby" It was way easier, and the books she recommended are short and understandable.
@@throneofpages I'll try that
@@isabellehall9217 Have any recommendations?
“Gay eye” lmao the way I laughed 😭😭😭😭😭
ok but did i lie 🤠
@@throneofpages absolutely not!! Btw I read The Picture of Dorian Gray recently and I LOVED it!!!
I love Frankenstein! ❤️ Somehow I couldn't get through A Tale of Two Cities , I was completely confused in the first few chapters 😂
Yes, 🥰 We need a Manga recommendation video next
Since your a huge fan of frankenstein you should definitely read frankenstein in baghdad it's amazing
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rebecca deserves to be on this list
I absolutely hated Frankenstein (I didn't make it through) but I do think it is conceptually really interesting, especially today where humanity is actually getting closer each day to creating human like intelligence
It reads like a warning at this point
This video is amazing!! Thank you for the crash course introduction to classics❤
Thank you for watching! 🥹💗🫶
☕☕☕ thanks so much for the recommendations Bella. I have some classics that I own that I need to try and read here one of these days...
May I recommend you North & South? I think if you haven’t already read it you’d love it (also enemies to lovers) ❤
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wait do you mean the one by Elizabeth Gaskell? 👀✍️
@@throneofpages yeeeees! It’s so good! There’s also a bbc series based on it but the book is 100% better
I really need to finally read Frankenstein and The Bell Jar!
PLEASE DO!!!
i literally had the same thoughts when I finished Jane Eyre 🤧 there were multiple times where Jane's feelings hit too close to home
you're very welcome 🥰
i´m readind the picture of dorian gray now and loving it!
i'm so happy to hear that :')
can’t wait to read war and peace and be better than everyone!