5 VICTORIAN CLASSICS that made me fall in love with Victorian Literature!

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  • @jensreadinglife
    @jensreadinglife 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    This is such a fantastic video! It’s so fun to hear you gushing about these books. I really want to read The Warden next year!

  • @lisabailes1065
    @lisabailes1065 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    A great list, Miriam! I love Mr. Harding so much and appreciated The Warden after reading the entire series. When I read The Warden a second time it was so much more meaningful.

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes! I found it more meaningful when I reread it as well!!

    • @vickyleather1147
      @vickyleather1147 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I love Mr. Harding, too. He is so nice, unassuming, and selfless.

  • @janeturner9064
    @janeturner9064 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Ooh, I loved Mr Harding too! I could scarcely bear to read The Last Chronicle. Looking forward to rereading The Warden

  • @darrylfriesen
    @darrylfriesen 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Ooo! First sip of coffee of the day-that’s a sacred moment!! 😂😂 I think your honest admissions at the beginning of the video are shared by many people, and I appreciated your vulnerability and honesty, Miriam! A terrific, friendly, and hopefully persuasive (!) video!!

  • @protagonistspub
    @protagonistspub 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Ahhh that first sip is just perfection daily!! ☕

  • @katehowereads
    @katehowereads 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I just love how you talk about the books you love! Can't believe we both started with Oliver Twist! I am also very conflicted about Dickens but am forever grateful for Oliver Twist.

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks so much, Kate! ❤️ I’m conflicted about him too.

  • @CandlewickLibrary
    @CandlewickLibrary 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Same! I’m not a huge fan of short stories, but I have been reading all of Sherlock this year, and I LOVE them!

  • @BookLoverAmanda
    @BookLoverAmanda 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Love your classics journey sister! Now you’re the classics queen 🎉

  • @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD
    @Thecatladybooknook_PennyD 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I loved this video!!! My first Victorian classic that i know of.....which i didn't know (or was told by my teacher but forgot😅) was A Tale of Two Cities. I can't remember if we read Great Expectations or David Copperfield in high school or excerpts.
    I tried to LISTEN to Jane Eyre in 2019 i think and ended up DNFing it. I wasn't ready to embrace the Victorian love.😂
    Then it was Nov 2021 that i read Wuthering Heights with a group on Booktube. That kicked it off for me. I read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall then went back and read Jane Eyre. I decided to join Kate's patreon in 2023 and got into Gaskell and Trollope and Hardy then. I had to read The Warden twice but loved it more the 2nd time and now i love Victorian lit So much. I feel like Jane Austen is harder to read now vs most Victorian lit.
    I'm so glad you stopped with your self-limiting thinking and dived into the VicLic. I wish more would do the same. ❤

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks so much Penny!!❤️❤️ I agree about Austen being harder!!!

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      And rereading the warden made it even more special for me as well ❤️❤️

  • @elizabethbrink3761
    @elizabethbrink3761 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    What a great list! The COVID lockdown played a huge role in my love of Vic Lit too! 😂😅 I've read most of my Vic Lit since 2020. I did read Trollope's Barsetshire series in 2015, and I consider that series as my real entrance into Vic Lit. I loved it! I totally agree that I felt too dumb to read classics too! How interesting is that?

    • @insearchofwonder
      @insearchofwonder 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I know I have read Oliver Twist but I remember almost nothing about it, so i really need to re-read it. I haven't read Trollope yet but I want to! Wuthering Heights is my least favorite Bronte. But I do love me some Jane Eyre!

    • @insearchofwonder
      @insearchofwonder 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Sorry this was supposed to be a separate comment not a reply. 😂😂😂

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      That’s awesome!! lol sometimes I still feel dumb 🤣🤣🤣

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      LOL

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I have to reread Jane Eyre, the one time I read it I didn’t have super strong feelings for it. I think you would enjoy Trollope! His writing style is so delightful, his characters also feel so realistic and authentic.

  • @BookLoverAmanda
    @BookLoverAmanda 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The cozy vibes 🧡

  • @MichelePJ
    @MichelePJ 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love that you loved Wuthering Heights! I've loved that book for so long and have many different editions, except the one you have, which is so lovely. I read Jane Eyre in my 7th grade English class, loved it. Read Wuthering Heights the following summer and many other times since, it's definitely my favorite of the Brontes. I also enjoy Elizabeth Gaskell works, especially North and South. Charles Dickens too, my favorite being A Christmas Carol. I have been wanting to read Trollope, have a few of his books, got to get started. Great video ☺📚❤

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you so much! ❤️ I hope you enjoy Trollope! He’s so wonderful… quite readable, realistic characters, he had a good sense of humour too!

  • @protagonistspub
    @protagonistspub 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This was wonderful Miriam and I need to try Trollope. Thank you for sharing!! 🥰

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks so much! ❤️

    • @KarenOCallaghan-u5o
      @KarenOCallaghan-u5o 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Trollope is wonderful. You need to read all of his Barchester novels (The Warden is the first) and the Palliser novels (also referred to as his political novels). Characters from one novel can show up in other novels.

  • @robinkirk1821
    @robinkirk1821 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I LOVED this video!! 🥰 Thank you Miriam for sharing your passion for Victorian classics. The first few I read was Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Windfell Hall and Wuthering Heights. All Bronte’s! So, I need to branch out with other authors. Lol. And I love every suggestion you recommended! Also, I have to agree about the reading experience of Wuthering Heights. I didn’t like the story really because the characters were horrible. But I rated it 5 stars for the amazing reading experience of the book! 🙌🏻

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I love that you started with the Brontes!! Yessss! Wuthering Heights was one of the best reading experiences I’ve had!! Can’t wait to reread it 😍 thanks so much for watching and commenting ❤️❤️❤️

  • @LamelKendrick
    @LamelKendrick 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    My reading month has been terrible, I have so much turbulence and financially stressful things happening in my life, sadly i am unable to focus on getting lost in a book. I haven't read too many victorian books yet! I have 50 classics sitting on my shelf ready to be read when I can calm down! I have been reading the hound of the baskervilles and have been unable to get into it, due to my mind wandering, but i can say it is a solid book. I really want to read wuthering heights, i have a really nice copy sitting on my shelf. The story/tragedy and genius of the brontes will never not be intriguing!

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I’m so sorry to hear that. 🙁 I pray you are able to feel peace and find joy in reading! And that’s so true about the Brontes!!

  • @tahlia__nerds_out
    @tahlia__nerds_out 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    2:10 Oliver Twist is definitely on my tbr.
    I grew up reading the Illustrated Classics, so I feel like I’ve always had a level of familiarity with Dickens’ work. The first Victorian classic that I read that was *not* an Illustrated Classic was - to the best of my knowledge - A Tale of Two Cities… which I tore my way through. I keep meaning to return to Dickens, but other than A Christmas Carol, I haven’t gotten very far. I need to rectify that, especially with Oliver Twist.
    As for other classics, I honestly don’t know. They’ve always kind of sort of been available to me. So I didn’t end up building them up in my head as being better literature because they were as available as any other book in my house… we might have even had more classics than not. Some books I need to revisit as an adult, because I know that I didn’t fully appreciate them as a child, or I’ve never read the book outside of the Illustrated Classics edition (such as Oliver Twist). I am in the process of collecting Oxford World Classics to rectify this oversight.
    9:23 How could I forget Sherlock Holmes! Probably my most often read and reread Victorian literature over the years. ❤
    12:34 Standing as I am will Anne of Windy Poplars in one hand (Sherlock Holmes is in the other), your reference to kindred spirits cracked me up. 😄
    Thanks for a fun video!

  • @believeinyourshelf
    @believeinyourshelf 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wuthering Heights is an absolute favorite of mine, and I read Oliver Twist earlier this year for the first time. I fell in love with it, as well. ❤

  • @clarepotter7584
    @clarepotter7584 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    'Jane Eyre' - I read it aged 11ish, I loved it. 'North and South' sometime later and the last Victorian novel that I thought was brilliant was 'Heart of Darkness' .

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      North and South is amazing!! I haven’t read Heart of Darkness yet.

    • @clarepotter7584
      @clarepotter7584 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@miriamelizabethreads I really recommend it, I love the tone: cynicism about the European colonialism and it's short of a Victorian classic.

  • @michaelmccarty
    @michaelmccarty 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I’m also new(ish) to Victorian literature so I really appreciate your list. Thank you!

  • @sherribugd3799
    @sherribugd3799 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A Christmas Carol is my first Victorian tale. Mom would read it to us on Christmas Eve before the midnight service. ❤

  • @sharmanyoung5591
    @sharmanyoung5591 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sherlock Holmes was my first introduction to Victorian fiction and I fell head over heels in lovs

  • @cassandra3399
    @cassandra3399 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi Miriam, I just loved this so much! I fell in love with Victorian literature with Jane Eyre in my early twenties, and loved it but do remember reading The Woman in White as a teen because it was on my parent’s bookshelf @nd I liked it so much. My first Dickens was The Pickwick Papers which I really loved too. I have read some Sherlock Holmes and was surprised how easy it was too. I read and didn’t care for Wuthering Heights but want to try it again. I appreciated the book but didn’t like the characters. I just read The Tennant of Wildfell Hall and really loved that. Now I am reading Dr. Thorne, so moving along with that series. I just love the discussion of Victorian classics, and I ordered Dynover Terrace at your recommendation, and also read and enjoyed Frankenstein at your suggestion. Thank you.😊😊😊

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I’m so glad you enjoyed Frankenstein and I really hope you love Dynevor Terrace!!❤️

  • @jennieandrus3682
    @jennieandrus3682 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    My reaction to Wuthering Heights was the same! It was not at all what I had expected based on everything I had heard. A co-worker read it at the same time and we had a great time discussing our shock over everything awful thing the characters did.

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That’s awesome! I’m really looking forward to my reread of it.

  • @a.g.2790
    @a.g.2790 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love this video for many reasons! Can personally relate to what you said early on. The crazy thing with me is that I've always been drawn to Victorian Litature & couldn't figure why or didn't realize it. 😂
    I love George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, George Gissing, the Brontës & Thomas Hardy.
    Happy Victober! 🎉 🙂 🩷

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've only read Silas Marner by Eliot and wasn't the biggest fan but I'm hoping to start Middlemarch in December! Happy Victober to you as well! Can't believe the month is almost over...

  • @katiejlumsden
    @katiejlumsden 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Such great books 😊

  • @booklady8888
    @booklady8888 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hello, I just found your channel, and I'm glad I did. I really like historical books and historical mysteries and love all things Sherlock Holmes. I read all genres of books other than horror, explicit. You gave a good list, and some I want to check out. Happy reading 📚 😊

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So glad you’re here! ❤️ Happy reading to you as well 🤗

  • @BookLoverAmanda
    @BookLoverAmanda 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Love A Christmas Carol 💚

  • @amyofhearthridge
    @amyofhearthridge 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love this! 😍♥️

  • @MLLatUtube
    @MLLatUtube 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I fell in love with Jane Eyre and A Christmas Carol in my childhood so I guess they would be my introduction to Victorian literature. I also read the Palliser series, Three Men in a Boat and Cranford back in the day and loved them.

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I’m looking forward to the Palliser series! Just have to finish the Barsetshire books and I plan on reading a few standalones before starting Palliser.

  • @PattiHartley-o4s
    @PattiHartley-o4s 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wonderful video look at Victorian literature. You had me at Dickens!

  • @tiffgooge9206
    @tiffgooge9206 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your videos inspired me to read classics. All the intimidations you had are exactly what I am feeling now, but I am slowly realizing that I CAN read Victorian literature and classics in general. I recently finished The Woman in White and I had the SparkNotes opened just in case, but I was baffled at how much I truly comprehended😂. I tried to read The Warden months ago, but the first few pages were daunting with all the background and I had no idea what was going on. But - I am going to give it another try!
    Lovely video as always.❤️

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That’s amazing!! 😍😍 Sparknotes is a life saver!! I honestly still feel like I don’t fully understand all the church politics in the Barsetshire series.. the great thing is even though there’s that political aspect to the books, they’re truly about the characters and their relationships! Thanks so much for watching and commenting ❤️

  • @lauracollins2670
    @lauracollins2670 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I enjoyed your video so much! Jane Eyre is my all-time favorite, but I love Dickens and Trollope’s Barsetshire series as well… and of course, Jane Austen:)

  • @darrenpearce6617
    @darrenpearce6617 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Try Dickens' Hard Times. Mr Bounderby is a great comical villain.

  • @teacupthestoryteller
    @teacupthestoryteller 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi Miriam 🤗 amazig video! Unfortunately I am not really able to participate in vitctober this year, but definitely wanna read at least Jane Eyre by the end of the year! I´ve tried Dicken´s books several times but just couldn´t get into them for some reason... maybe I´ll give it another try 🤭

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He can be tough to get into that’s for sure! I’ve only really loved a couple of his books so far… I have a few more to read so we’ll see what I think of his later works!

  • @Praire22
    @Praire22 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wonderful video Miriam.😊 I can’t be certain, but the first classic book I read was Northanger Abbey. I completely fell in love with Jane Austen’s writing. My first Victorian classic was Wuthering Heights. I was completely and utterly blown away. To know that Emily Bronte had only one book published saddened me so much. I adore all the Bronte sisters, but like you, I feel a huge connection with Emily. In life, she was a solitary type person who loved her animals and the moors that she lived on. I feel that as well. She holds a special place in my heart as far as authors go. I haven’t read Oliver Twist yet. I have a thing about abuse of children, and the first few pages has someone kicking their dog. UGH! I will read it though. 😊😊. We have already discussed Mr Trollope. You know how I feel about him. 😀😀😀😀😻📚

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thank you so much! Northanger Abbey is such a fun story!! And yesss it’s so sad she only ever had one novel published… EB was so gifted! I need to try her poetry.

  • @AlmasBookJourney
    @AlmasBookJourney 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I am not a classics reader either. I did read them in high school years ago. I read David Cooperfield and Tale of Two Cities which I liked. I just finished reading The Warden and I liked that one too. I have to get over the feeling that classics are harder to read. It is almost like a foreign language sometimes, but I would like to read more.

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I completely understand! It did take me several books to finally find a rhythm with classics - the language was definitely the hardest part! I’ll be honest there are still classics I struggle to get into because of the way they’re written, and I often have to reread passages to try and understand what’s being said! But on the other hand there are definitely some wonderful and accessible classics out there! ❤️

  • @CandlewickLibrary
    @CandlewickLibrary 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I know the story of Oliver Twist, but I have never read it. I really need to.

  • @LissysLittleLibrary
    @LissysLittleLibrary 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is such a great video! 🤎👏🏻 😃📚

  • @CravenBC24
    @CravenBC24 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video. Have you tried any George Eliot yet? I would suggest Silas Marner (short!) and The Mill on the Floss as good introductions to her work. And if you fancy trying something in the mystery/thriller genre, you can’t do better than Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White or The Moonstone.

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've only read Silas Marner and it wasn't a favourite, but I'm hoping to start Middlemarch in December! I might read The Mill on the Floss in November. I love Wilkie Collins!! Love The Woman in White and have read a few others of his.

  • @paulinelafford4773
    @paulinelafford4773 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Jane Eyre. The book I recommend to a reader as an introduction to Victorian classic literature.

  • @Jess-pagesandgrace
    @Jess-pagesandgrace 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you so much for sharing your journey into classics! I'm absolutely still in the intimidated category. 🙃

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ❤️❤️❤️ I totally get it! I mean I’m intimidated by Confessions lol! But I do really want to read it especially since you enjoyed it.

    • @Jess-pagesandgrace
      @Jess-pagesandgrace 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@miriamelizabethreads I hope you enjoy it! I'm just going to focus on one book outside my comfort zone at a time until I find my rhythm. 😍

  • @AmericanWoman4567
    @AmericanWoman4567 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I loved Oliver Twist and Christmas Carol

  • @readerinareverie
    @readerinareverie 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh my goodness the name chart for Wuthering Heights is such a good idea 😂 why do they all have the same names!? I’ve still never read a Charles Dickens - I don’t know why his books kind of intimidate me 😬

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Haha! It was super helpful! Dickens is definitely hit or miss, but I still find myself drawn to his work! Though I’m still intimidated before I start one! 😅

  • @Readingindarknesss
    @Readingindarknesss 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I read a Christmas carol for the first time last year!

  • @areadersalmanacwithceleste1366
    @areadersalmanacwithceleste1366 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi Miriam! I'd agree that the romance in Wuthering Heights is all about the landscape and rich, evocative sense of place. It's just so gorgeous. The actual relationship in the story is textbook dysfunctional and abusive! Not romantic at all.

  • @acratone8300
    @acratone8300 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As Dickens was writing on paper he was acting out the different voices in front of a large mirror in his room. His wife must have been annoyed at the noise! There's a video on YT somewhere of touring his London apartment museum and they show the big mirror.

  • @barbaralin3053
    @barbaralin3053 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i love wuthering height too.

  • @efluvial
    @efluvial 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice video! Have you heard of the movie Enola Holmes? It is about the younger sister of Sherlock. There is also a sequel. Loved those movies!

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've seen the first one and really enjoyed it! I'll have to check out the sequel! :)

  • @CandlewickLibrary
    @CandlewickLibrary 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I really need to re-read Wuthering Heights.

  • @keekeejenkins6162
    @keekeejenkins6162 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I never really see much discussion on Thomas Hardy, he was able to write on the injustices of the Victorian era and not be obvious about it. He was a true feminist. *Tess of the D'urbervilles* was the 1st I read by him. 2nd *Jude the Obscure* Both are easy to read, yes, I'm giving Dickens the side eye on "readability"...

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I read Tess last month and adored it! I actually really disliked Jude 🤭🤭 But I’m definitely coming to appreciate Hardy more. I want to reread The Mayor of Casterbridge and Far From the Madding Crowd.

  • @CyberneticOrganism01
    @CyberneticOrganism01 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    That Wuthering Heights is a graphic novel... please open the pages for us to have a glimpse 😊

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It actually doesn’t have any illustrations! The cover makes it look like it could be a graphic novel. 😊

    • @CyberneticOrganism01
      @CyberneticOrganism01 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@miriamelizabethreads Cathy deceived me AGAIN !!! 😡

  • @leximanthey5952
    @leximanthey5952 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    See i was trying to read can you forgive her by Trollope, and i liked it but mannnn was it dry. Likedownton abbey without the thrill lol/suspense music to go with it

  • @LamelKendrick
    @LamelKendrick 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    there seems to be this unusual paradigm online where you are either a Jane Eyre person or a Wuthering Heights person, but rarely both. anyone else notice this?

    • @miriamelizabethreads
      @miriamelizabethreads  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I’ve noticed!! I’m definitely more on the Wuthering Heights side although I did enjoy Jane Eyre! I just didn’t adore it the way so many do. But I do hope that changes when I reread it!

  • @patriciarobinson5909
    @patriciarobinson5909 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It’s not wordiness or verbose, it’s descriptive!