📚 Which Collection of Classics to Choose 🌟 Which Edition of Classics to Buy / Recommendations
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- 📚 Which Collection of Classics to Choose 🌟 Which Edition of Classics to Buy / Recommendations
Hi, everyone! Today, let's talk all about different editions of classics.
This video was inspired by Ania's Bell Jar: • which editions of clas...
I'll share with you some of my favorite editions of classics, talk about the advantages and the disadvantages of different editions of classics, and will recommend what edition you should buy your classics in.
Hopefully, this guide to classics editions will be helpful.
Thanks for watching!
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Cheaper Editions of Classics
23:41 - Middle Price Range
52:20 - Pricey Editions of Classics
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What collection of classics do you prefer? 📚
If I am reading for general enjoyment and using for some shelf pizzazz, I am very fond of Knickerbocker Classics. For study, I like Pocket Books Enriched Classics when available.
Penguin modern classics 💫
worldsworth classics
I love the penguin english library ones but I'd love to get more vintage children's Classics and I try to get everything I read for school in the penguin black spine edition.
I liked vintage classics collections, there are Russian ones also Brontë sisters ones, Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens. I want to buy them all because they are sooo beautiful + the sisterhood collection.
01:35 dover thrift editions
06:22 wordsworth classics
09:16 bantam classics
10:55 collins classics
13:18 pocket penguin classics
14:57 scholastic classics
16:47 signet classics
20:18 puffin classics
24:00 evergreen classics
26:25 legend classics
28:04 penguin black spine classics
32:54 penguin english library
35:50 penguin modern classics
40:40 oxford classics
46:30 vintage classics
50:00 virago modern classics
52:56 penguin deluxe editions
55:36 the modern library
57:47 broadview classics
59:48 norton critical editions
1:3:20 new york review books
1:3:58 apollo editions
Thank you so much for this list Alizay Abulhasan❣️
Do you have the chiltern editions review as well?
as someone who have had bought classics and left them unread because of tiny fonts, this so so helpful! won't make the same mistake again haha. thank you so much
exactly my problem. I know I would never read a book with a tiny font unless I really really have to and there's no way around it :D I'm glad this video was helpful! Thank you for watching!
THIS. I want to actually be able to READ my books.
❤❤❤❤❤
Yes! My eyes cannot read tiny font and close line spacing.
FINALLY! Someone who talks about and shows examples of fonts and page spacing! So many of these videos discussing book series and editions only show the covers, which is an important aspect of a book, yes, but it's not THE most important part--if you actually want to read the book, that is.
It's especially true for classics, Since they're out of copyright, anyone can publish an edition of a classic book, but though the cover may look nice, the text, page spacing, the font could be a mess. I've seen a version of Pride and Prejudice with a lovely cover, but which had two columns of tiny text per page, Columns! Like a newspaper! It wasn't just unreadable; it was aggressively off-putting and made me want to throw the book across the room.
So thank you, thank you, thank you.
Up until this video i didn't once consider that maybe my reading block aka my brain is not the problem but the fricking book font may be the problem...... I'm shook
Videos about books are always so calming. I don't really care about editions all that much, but looking at my shelves, i do have a lot of penguin black spines. Quite happy with them
Pleeease do this video but for hardbacks! I plan on getting a few paperbacks, but mainly I plan to get hardbacks and I would love your opinion on it!
I love the Oxford World's Classics- the font never too small, light books & good quality as well as the Vintage Classics, Signature Classics, The Penguin English Library & The Barnes Nobles Classics. Those hold up pretty nicely & the font is always a good size. 🥰
Loved your video! Very helpful. 💗
I actually ordered a bunch of the Ancient Greek books in the Oxford edition. Also the way you say 'chunky book' is absurd adorable lol
I've wanted to see a video like this for so long! -- a good, thorough comparison of different editions of classics. I've bought books that I will not read because the font is just to small/crowded. Its great to know whether they have notes and introductions. I really like flexi-cover books too, like the Word Cloud Classics by Canterbury Press and the Barnes and Noble ones. Now I need to see if you also have a video with hardcover editions, like Everyman's Library and Chiltern, which I'm also interested in.
Hello, Thank you for your comment! I'm glad this video was useful. I haven't done a video about hardbacks yet, I'll do so once I have more of them in my collection. But will definitely do one eventually :)
It so nice watching this video at 1am lol
It felt like I was talking to a friend about book editions, thank you for informing us about these editions cause sometimes I want to try new editions online but since I can't see fonts and how it feels I hesitate.
What a great video! I admit I stayed away from classics for a long time because of the tiny, fuzzy fonts in old editions!! It's so great to see publishing houses step it up and introduce these works in much user-friendly editions. Penguin, Penguin Classics Deluxe, Penguin Vintage Classics (The Russians) and NYRB are my favourites.
Thank you for giving so much detail! So excited for the hard copy version :)
This was the perfect video I needed before starting my classics collection, had only started reading some in the few months! It’s been so fun and exciting🥰
The way you say José Saramago is just perfect! I'm portuguese and indeed his writing is like that, no paragraphs. It's not easy to read. I'm curious what the translation looks like and to hear your toughts about it 😊 I found your booktube recently and I'm delighted with your videos ❤
I was about to comment the same thing.
adoro encontrar pessoas que falam português em vídeos estrangeiros
I came here to say the same thing. I think she would be a good Portuguese speaker.
AHHHHH you're so adorable, absolutely delightful and covers everything I needed to know about the editions
Thank you! 🌟 I'm glad this video was helpful! 📚
Agreed on the adorable part. Love the “prepare yourself” bit.
For me, my favorites are first and foremost Penguin Classics, then Oxford World Classics, then maybe Modern Library Classics or whatever it’s called.
For hardback, I like Library of America and Everyman’s Library.
Just watching the video now. How could I forget Norton Critical Editions?! Also among my very favorites.
Thank you so much for enlightening us all on the various editions. This has been extremely helpful.
Love this video, I always come back to it! For me, having notes is an absolute must. Would also LOVE to see a hardcover version of this video😍
this video of yours was *so* helpful, thank you!!
An hour-long talk about editions of classics! Yes, please! This was a very useful video! Thanks for all of the information! I am a big fan of Penguin English Library and Clothbound Classics. Now I'm sold on Norton Critical Editions. Gotta try them too.
Really enjoyed this video, especially all the side by side comparisons! I usually look for Modern Library Classics, but my absolute favorite is to find unique copies in used bookstores :)
I enjoyed this video so much, it brings me so much comfort to hear you talk about the different editions haha! Would love a hardback comparison video, I’ve been spotting those Everyman’s Library editions behind you on your bookshelf, they are my favourite too!! 🤗
This is a very helpful video! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for this! Great video
Thank you so much for this, finally someone who also has issues with font sizes and helps people to make their choice! THANK YOU!
Very comprehensive, so detailed, still helpful over two years layer. I appreciated this video!
Thank you for this video. Love your content
I would also say Dover Thrift editions are useful if you're a) cheap, and/or b) wanna read classics "on your own" and don't care for reading someone else's introductions, forwards, commentary, etc. Personally, for me, I like nicer editions. But I appreciate what Dover does, I'm sure there are people out there who do too.
Great video. Really helpful and informative.❤
Tysm! I really needed a video on editions! Really really thnk you!
This was such a helpful video. I loved seeing all of the editions (as well as the pros and cons of each). Thank you!
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful!
Great video! I am looking forward to your hardback classics video!
This was an incredibly helpful video! Thank you for making and sharing it!
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful!
This was helpful and very detailed! Thank you for sharing! I love collecting Penguin editions. I think they look classy
Such a helpful video, thank you so much. ☺
Your enthusiasm is infectious!
Totally agree with you on the fonts and marginal estates as breaking points 😂 I would also add another point of consideration is paper quality. Because I live in a humid climate, the papers can get yellow and moldy easily. So high quality paper that can withstand the humidity is a must for me. I also prefer papers on the denser side with cream or off white color. To me, the Vintage and Oxford Classics are more often than not to have bad papers, which lead to fuzzy characters. I had given up reading Vintage books because of them. So far, I have found Penguin Deluxe paperbacks are of the most enjoyable to read. Most of the times, I stick with the hardcovers 😂
Hands down: the best Review Video, in TH-cam 🙌🏼🤩
First would like to say I love this video thank you for making it! Also, those Evergreen editions are Alma Classics and I love them so much :))
Thank you so much for your work on this video! It was very helpful to me. And I got aware of the fonts. To be honest I never thought about them. But when you were mentioning them I remembered that sometimes my eyes were easily getting tired and I was wondering why. I think I have an idea now 😀
thank you so much for this video, i really didn’t know much about the different editions and now i know which ones to look out for :)) 🤍
I'm glad it was helpful! :)
Wow! Great reference to choose Classic books editions!!!
Thanks!!!
So in depth and helpful, thank you!
I'm glad it was helpful! 🌿
needed is this so bad, thank u !!
it was really helpful
Thanks for making such a nice video. it's helping me a lot to choose my books.
Haha I love the Oxford editions and their small fonts! I often like the translators they work with for Russian classics.
Phenomenal video! Very helpful.
lovvvve ur intro 😍😍😍
I really enjoy watching edition reviews videos so you can imagine my joy at finding an hour long one xD which by the way was not disappointing, quite the opposite, really enjoyable. Thanks for all the insights! Subscribed ^^
i literally just rewatched the entire thing and took notes XD
the most helpful and needed video
So helpful, thank you!! Would love to see a hardback version of this too :)
I really enjoyed this. Thank you
Incredibly useful vidro thank you!!!
I'm so glad it was useful and helpful! I did my best!
Did you ever do the follow-up on hard cover classics additions? I didn’t see it on your feed. I would still love this video!!
I haven't yet. I'm still collecting my hard-cover editions. as the majority of my library is paperback. I'm almost there so sometime this half of the year I'll make it :)
This video is so helpful!
I like this video very much. Thank you for making it. I particularly liked your discussion of fonts since I am old and my eyes don’t work as well as I used to. Often I can’t find a font big enough in a physical book and I have to resort to e-books.
Useful video Thank you😊
Lovely video :) Please do the hardcovers!
Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed this and understand the differences better now. Did you ever do your edition on the Hardback collecting?
Love this video. Such a great resource! I collect the Penguin Clothbound Classics and if I can't get it in that edition, I will buy a Penguin Black Spine or Penguin Modern Classic. I love their spines. Which is why I don't buy the Penguin English Library edition; those spines look too messy on my bookshelves. 😅 Glad that their is a choice for everyone. 😉
May I suggest Seawolf Press. They carry mostly young adult classics from the 1800s to early 1900s. They try to use fonts and spacing similar to the way the book was originally published, including black and white illustrations. Jules Verne, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, L.M. Montgomery, Arthur Conan Doyle and many other authors. Love the font size and especially the spacing. I have many of their books and will buys more. And they’re suprisingly inexpensive for the quality.
Hiii I love your channel, I'm going to become a subscriber! Plus I need to ask you an advice
I ordered The Bosnian Chronicles on your recommendation. Found a new copy for about $20. Thanks for the recommendation.
I really like The Penguin English Library and I barely read notes =D
Also I am really impressed how much knowledge you have about different editions. It seems like really something you enjoy=)
I think I have an Oxford Classics edition of Othello
I've just accumulated a lot of them 😅 but I do love beautiful books with comfortable fonts and good notes. I don't need much 😅
I had a drink and felt very full at the end the video since I sipped from my drink every time you said font. And I am glad you did because I think many don’t even mention what seems like one of the most important parts of a book. I do agree that small and hard-to-read fonts can be unhealthy, over the long term, for the eyes. Thank you for the great information.
I love this video ❤️
What a helpful video! Of course, I like the more expensive versions, lol. It's difficult to find covers I love, though. I think for classic works, the covers should in some way reflect the time period of the book, but without being ugly and boring. And the way a book fits in my hands is very important. I don't like wide books.
You saying “Huckleberry Finn” is the cutest thing ever, LOL.
Great overview of different collections. I really like New York Reviews one. ☺️
Yes! These are always beautiful and usually in my experience have nice font too :)
I really like your video
I certainly will, just need to collect a few more hardback editions.
your intro made me subscribe 😭❤️
THANK YOU!! This is a great video and you've just made me think twice about switching from Penguin Black Spine to Oxford (due to price... I mean they're not very different but in my country Oxford converts to a slightly cheaper range, so... I like to get the most bang for my bucks, hehe). Anyways, have you heard about Arcturus Publishing? I love their classics! They're very similar to Legend Press: no notes, no introductions, but nice font size.
Really enjoyed this video and it is helpful. I always go for Wordsworth edition for authors I had never read before, so if I don't like them I won't feel guilty since they are cheap and also Collins classic for the same reason, but as you said the font is small and my eyesight is not as it use to be 🤣.
I keep coming back to this video to re watch it! It's surprising to see that there is so little information about the Pricey collection! I don't think I found any videos about Apollo Library collection or Broadview collection. It would merit its own videos for sure! Hope you'll cover them along with the other pricey editions separately in detail in the future!
I believe Tanya has tried her best. And she did a great job comparing books commonly available in general bookshops or famous online bookstore such as Book Depository. While we could enjoy useful info like what Tanya has been providing us, let's not forget that all those books that she demonstrated to us were bought out of her pocket, rather than sponsored copies.
Your complaints about oxford classics are exactly my feelings too.
The reason the font is so small is because they use facsimile photo scans of the original source material, such as first prints or early editions of the original work and then input the image onto the pages... they don't actually type the book out and adjust the font. You can see this badly in some of their books too when the page can sometimes be off center and rotated a bit as they didn't format the photo scan properly. The Iliad was almost impossible to read due to this
I just discovered you, because i was looking for an review of the Makioka sisters. I was wondering if it was worth it. And I find myself really loving your videos. You seems so genuinely nice.. !
Thank you! Welcome to the channel :)
I grew up with Signet and Bantam classics in high school, then Penguin Classics in college. The small print really bothers me now, though, so I prefer Oxford World Classics' larger and clearer font.
Thank you for this !!
Get Eugene onegin in Oxford classics ! Font not bad and also translator falen is great !! (Though I know you can read in original Russian) 😊
Thank you for this video Tanya 🥰 I really enjoyed listening to you explain each edition.. My favorite is the modern library and the penguin deluxe editions. I also like the penguin black spines because they are so floppy but the black spines are easily damaged 😔 I have heard about the norton critical editions but never owned one. They look beautiful too! I will try and see if I can get one. I hope you make a video like this again but for hardbound books please 💜🩵
Be careful with Norton Critical Editions. Lately, they're hit or miss for me. The information in them is excellent but lately, they started using very thin Bible-like paper and tiny fonts in some of their books which makes it harder for me to read because my eyes get tired very fast. I think they are better to buy from brick-and-mortar shops where you can actually see them.
I am settling down to watch an hour of this deliciously bookish content.
I have one or two older Dover Thrift editions, but I wouldn't buy another. The paper quality is bad. The whole enterprise is designed to be cheap and that's exactly how they come across.
I don't own any of the Wordsworth editions. Also just a little too cheap for my tastes.
I have some older Bantam classics that I bought secondhand. Again the quality is very poor. These books have disintegrated just sitting on my shelf over 30 years, not from being read, just because they are made from cheap materials.
I'm going to carry on watching now, but I want to say that, given the choice, I will always buy a Penguin Classic, preferably an older one from the 80s and 90s. I buy classics mostly secondhand these days and rarely have to spend more than $5 for anything. eBay is super helpful here.
Great video! Have you done the video on hard cover book yet?
Thank you so much for this video and buy books just to show us the font size and quality of the books.❤
I think that for Wordsworth classics: I would only buy Wordsworth to read Annna Karenina and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy because it’s the 1918 Aylmer and Louise Maude translation and also Tolstoy himself gave them the okay to translate his work.
I loved how you analyzed each edition. Would you consider doing one for hardbacks? Regarding Oxford World Classics, I think how you can predict the font is my the length of the book. I think Oxford is okay for it's font as long as it's not more than 300 plus pages (give or take). I have Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell with around 250 pages and it's font is a little small but still readable.
Hello :) thank you for your comment. Yes, I'll do one eventually, I'm currently still building my collection of hardback classics but as soon as I have enough diversity of different editions I'll of course make a video :)
Those Evergreen classics are right up my street, they look so beautiful. I definitely want to get some of these at some point! And the Legend classics as well. My poor wallet hahaha
Omg wait those Apollo editions!!!
Hello. I really enjoyed your video and you covered a lot of editions. Do you mind posting a list of classics that you have? 😊
I definitely will at some point. :) Just need to figure out the format because I've got a lot of them :)
Сижу и думаю, почему такой акцент знакомый, оказалось, что у меня такой же. )) Привет из России )
Мега информативное видео, большое спасибо! Как раз подбирала себе издание, хочу собрать небольшую коллекцию книг на английском )
Thanks 😊
Love the intro🥰 I feal that I am the hijabe girl with purple dress
I also have the Bantam Classic edition of Around The World In Eighty Days, but it is an earlier edition printed in 1988, and the novel is squeezed into just 163 pages. So the printing you have seems to be a slight improvement over that. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the story very much, especially the delightful ending. I gave a copy to my father and he enjoyed it, too.
Great work. You may be interested in talking about Elizabeth Paradiso Urassa's books. They are very good for university students and may help the loved ones not to drop out of their studies. I appreciate what you are doing. Thank you very much.
I usually stick with Penguin classics because their extras are so good!
Good to know that some Penguin Deluxe Classics have intros and notes. Took me by surprise to hear you mention the extras in your trio of books. I have Middlemarch in PDC and it has no extra material. There is a short Forward. Nothing at the back. I was going to say it might be because it is such a long work, but of course, you have two very long books in your trio. I’m on the fence right now as to whether I will keep this edition. The cover isn’t one of the prettier ones in the collection. I was attracted by the text style (size, spacing, good margins), floppiness, and because unlike most paperbacks it has acid-free paper.
This is dangerous for me - I love them all, but wouldn’t want many of them in my collection. Some of these editions aren’t available in the U.S. No Penguin English Library here - maybe that’s a good thing! This is an excellent video. I look forward to watching your other videos - so glad I stumbled upon your channel.
My slightly older Penguin Modern Classics (with the white spine) have good lengthy introductions, but that might be just the particular books I have in that edition.
In the evergreen classics the font varies depending on the length of the book. I got a copy of Don Quixote and it is barely readable
Are you planning to make the Hardcover edition of this video soon? Curious to see what options are there!
I do plan on filming such a video, but I need to get more books for that as my collection mostly consists of paperbacks. But once I have enough hardback editions, I'll for sure make a video about them too :)
@@bookishtopics I see you have Everyman Library. Those are amazing value for money :) Looking forward to that video!
@@KakashiHatake-ou7mp absolutely! I love these editions! And they have a lot of interesting titles from classics around the world too! Nt just British or American which is a huge huge huge plus to me! I love British and American titles too, but I want to learn about classics from different parts of the world and it's fantastic in my opinion that they provide these titles and in such great quality books too!
@@bookishtopics Yes. They have a very wide range of choices and they are all excellent quality. The fonts are comfortable, and paper quality is also excellent. I have now switched from Penguin Black editions to these wherever it's available
I love Penguin Black spines. I prefer to collect the same edition of classics and Penguins work fine for me
José Saramago s2 Shout outs from Brazil! ;)
I think introductions and notes are often depend on the specific title or possibly the author. There may just not be much written about a book that the company is allowed to print as an introduction or afterward. Even if there are articles or essays on a title, I would think the publishing company has to get permission to print it in the book. And notes are likely going to be more significant for older works and those that include references modern readers might not understand, translated works, abridged works, things like that.
My favorite editions are the Penguin Modern Classics. And actually most of the titles I have in that edition has at least an introduction, so yeah that's going to be different for each title. The only thing I don't like about them is how they've had so many iterations of the editions that you're still not 100% sure what you'll get if you're ordering online. (I live in the US where those editions are not sold, so I order most of my books online from sites that have international editions.) Like their more recent iterations used to have more of a silver theme, then white with some silver, and now the light teal color. The texture of the covers can be different. Most of mine have a smooth lining on it but I have at least one that's just a paper-y cardstock. And the text varies a lot, too. After the Penguin Modern Classics my next favorite is the Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions. OH, and an edition you didn't mention are Alma Classics. I only have two titles from them and they are both part of their F. Scott Fitzgerald collection. Also there's Modern Library editions, another you didn't mention- which is FINE, by the way! I didn't expect you to go through every possible edition. Just thought I'd point them out!
haha, I love how much you go into the text font, size, and spacing!
For me, if I'm getting a translated work I opt for whatever I've researched as being the most accurate translation. And sometimes that means I'm getting one particular edition because it's the only one available with that translation.
yes i dont like the black spines too because they don't look nice hahah love the red spines so much better for the more vibrant covers :D