TH-camrs usually only show their perfect collections so thank you for showing all copies you own from different publishers. A lot of classics I own are Wordsworth Editions and Dover Thrift Editions because I bought them while broke, but I hope to collect nice copies of my favourites whenever I can.
Omg agree! I'm so sick of seeing people's glossy hardbacks, I want more collections with battered secondhand books with the covers falling off please (aka part of my collection).
Most of my Classics are the Penguin Classics as the introductions are really good and schools and Universities recommend them for studying as when you open the book,they stay open.
that edition of emma is GORGEOUS. same goes for wuthering heights and a portrait of the artist as a young man. also every other book. i’m dead jealous.
I didn't like most of the covers and then when you showed the one at 13:59 I realized that I like old copies more! With covers having actual paintings rather than graphic designs. So beautiful 😍😍
Just wanted to pop in say that this is my favorite video from your channel and its so cozy and oddly satisfying to watch. you kindled the love for classics in me. I got the courage to pick some this year and definitely planning to continue to grow my collection. Sending you tones of love from India. And your Christmas contents are the best!!!!
The Great Gatsby is one of my all time favorites too! I have the exact same original edition of it. Also, I’m blown away by your classics collection! I aspire to have one just like it :)
I don't have many physical classics, just a cubed shelf amount. Just getting back into classics now with reading Pride and Prejudice. I do have quite a lot of them on my Kindle Paperwhite as I got a lot of them for free. 🙂📚
I haven't read it BUT it's my Mum's favourite book and I actually bought her that copy of the book for her birthday and you're right, it is so beautiful!
Ciara Foster awe how lovely! Well if you love Little Women you’ll definitely love Anne, it was heavily inspired by little women so you’ll see a lot of similarities in the stories
The Penguin Clothbound Classics are definitely my favorite editions! I love the cover art! And they're nice and soft and comfortable to hold. I can't stop buying books from that collection😂
I bought a few of these books in this edition. Unfortunately, I feel that these books are meant for display and not really to read. Even though they are supposed to last, I opened a few of these books to read and the spines broke and the covers started fraying and became discoloured. I had to get rid of them. Huge disappointment when you consider the price that they are. I prefer the Arcturus Classics. Beautiful covers and readable... Sad that I had to go for cheaper books over an expensive group of books that were supposed to last for a long time.
@@TiffWaffles Yeah, unfortunately I've had some experiences like that too. Mine have never fallen apart, but the design on the cover does rub off and fade.
@@HopeMariah03 The library in my town has a few of these Penguin Cloth bound editions and they had to do something to prevent the books from doing this as well as breaking. They had to reinforce the binding and put some kind of plastic wrap around the cover just to protect them and to keep their designs.
You have such a lovely collection. I have quite a few of the same ones either already on my shelves or on my wishlist. I also have that same white and gold copy of The Great Gatsby that I picked up from Shakespeare & co about 5 years ago. It’s one of my favorite books just because of the memories associated with that trip.
Don kee-HO-tay by mee-gyehl ser-von-tays is kinda how you pronounce it, I studied it when I was abroad in Spain in the city where Cervantes was incarcerated where he wrote the book! 😊 hope that helps!
You absolutely have to read the Count of Monte Cristo. It's one that I NEVER regretted reading and I do want to read it again when my kids are grown up.
Beautiful collection! I looove classics! I think I have about 90-100 and the authors I have all of their works are Jane Austen (two sets of those), Leo Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf (which are my favourites). I also have two of The Great Gatsby and Lolita and honestly, you can't never go wrong with buying classics 🤗
The Count of Monte Christo - Alexandre Dumas is such a great book! Currently reading it and can't put it down. Maybe you want to try the first chapter and maybe like you'll be hooked :)
I know this video is already 4 months old but Alice's adventures in Wonderland and through the looking glass are absolutely amazing. I just read them a few a few weeks ago. Definitely recommend for people who are just starting to read classics. Especially if Englisch ist not your first language
Yes! I love collection videos!! It's amazing how many books you were able to talk about and still have such a concise video! I just counted how many classics I have: 116, but that does include some duplicates. I just counted the number of physical books on my classics shelves. Although, I recently placed a book order, so there are more to come! Some of my favorites that you have are also books you've read: The Bell Jar (my favorite book), Rebecca, Anna Karenina, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, and The Catcher In The Rye. A Tale of Two Cities I don't consider a favorite but I think it's such a well constructed book! I also don't consider The Great Gatsby a favorite but I love Fitzgerald's writing and all the analysis and discussion that can come from it. Of the Austen novels I've read, Mansfield Park is my favorite and I love Fanny Price! I've read Far From The Madding Crowd and didn't hate it, but didn't love it. I DO however love the 2015 adaptation of it! I highly recommend watching it. And even though I thought the book was just good, I still want to read more work by Hardy, specifically Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I haven't read The Talented Mr. Ripley, but my favorite film is based on it, and I've been meaning to get it and read it. My favorite film a French film called Plein Soleil and is also known as Purple Noon. So, yeah, it's based on The Talented Mr. Ripley, which I actually didn't know going into watching it. I just finished reading The Haunting of Hill House a couple weeks ago, as well as finished a re-read of We Have Always Lived In The Castle! I prefer Haunting over Castle, but it made me realize how much I really like Jackson's writing, and I'm now expecting copies of The Lottery and Other Stories and The Bird's Nest in the mail soon. A classic I recommend to you is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. It's one of my favorites! The new Rebecca adaptation is expected to release this year. I'm pretty sure it's in post-production now and is supposed to be released on Netflix. But no release date, yet.
Collection videos are so much fun, I'm so glad you enjoyed this one! Wow, what an extensive collection, that's amazing! I'm glad we share some favourites too! It's really interesting to hear that Mansfield Park is your favourite, I've now read Sense & Sensibility meaning Mansfield Park is the only one I still need to read so I'm excited to read it soon! The reason I want to read Far From The Madding Crowd soon is so that I can watch the movie as I love Carey Mulligan! Interestingly I preferred We Have Always Lived in the Castle over Hill House, but I did really enjoy both! I'll definitely check out that Steinbeck book, thanks for the recommendation! And I'm so excited for the Rebecca adaptation so hopefully it will be out soonish (it would be a perfect late summer release)!
@@ciarascorner I agree- Rebecca would be a perfect late summer release! And I also love Carey Mulligan; she is one of my favorite actresses! Yeah, that adaptation is stunning, in my opinion! And very well-done overall. I enjoyed _reading_ Hill House more than Castle, but I watched the adaptation of Castle from a couple years ago and I almost think I like the adaptation more than the book, and now both stories are pretty even with each other. Well, I hope you enjoy Mansfield Park! You should do some sort of discussion or ranking video afterwards talking about all the Austen novels. Or something like that :)
I would love to start reading classic books again. I tried to read once a long time ago and it was written in an old English language. As a non-native English speaker, it was so difficult to understand so I returned it. A few months ago I started reading Little House on the Prairie bc I love the era in that time and I love it. Easy to understand without constantly flipping my dictionary and yes I still use it lol. Which ones do you think are easier to read especially for those of us whose English isn't their first language?
so this is the first time I watch this video so far and I added so many books to my tbr so I don't know wheter that's good for my student economy or not but I'm just so excited about give it the ones I already own a go asap. Greattt video 🔮
Just a quick note. You may need to be from the United States to enjoy Huckleberry Finn, and Mark Twain in general. The same may be said about The Scarlett Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne. (I don't mean this to sound rude.) Anyway, it's been a very long time since I've read these American classics so thanks for the reminder! And two thumbs up for the Russian classics. They are worth the effort, it may sometimes seem, to get through them. I've subscribed. Edited to add that 13:40 made me extremely happy. Reading the exact same book your mother read is incredibly satisfying to me. 🥰
I hope you get to Crime and Punishment soon! Also: I absolutely LOVE that edition you own-it’s such an aesthetic. I personally read the Bantam translation and it was...a very transformative experience. Easy 5 stars; I got so emotional at the end. 😰🤗
I read The Count of Monte Cristo when I was about 9 or 10, and I loved it! As an adult, I'm just finding out what an important place it has in the literature history, and definitely planning to read it again!
Oh no 😂 it's the only classic book I read in school so far that I loved!!! I guess people have different tastes... I know a lot of people at my school disliked it. The great gatsby, however, was not my favorite thing. It was really boring up til the final chapters. I respect the book and I definitely liked analyzing and working with the text and I definitely appreciated the symbolism... But I only enjoyed the great gatsby after I read it-- not while I was reading it.
Lady Audley’s secret is my favourite classic!! Lady Audley is such a sassy character. It’s been a long time since I’ve read it but I’d almost describe it as something similar to Gone Girl aha
The In Bloom series designer owns Rifle Paper Co. There's also a version of Alice In Wonderland, but it's much bigger and has a dust jacket along with a designed hardcover. There's also AIW wallpaper she designed on her website.
Aw, yeah it is lucky to have access to big bookstores! I’d recommend checking out book depository as they ship internationally and have lots of cover options!
I did a quick count and I have around 128 classics on my shelf and a few too many of them are unread for my liking! I love those deluxe classics editions- I think I’ll need to add a few to my collection. Great video ✨
oooh wow - that's such a good collection! I totally agree though, I have a lot of work to do because so many of mine are unread! Definitely recommend the Deluxe Classics, they're all so individual but so beautiful!
I love classics and love your collection! Regarding "Rebecca", there is a movie adaptation released in 1940, which I like very much. An oldie but a goldie. :)
Have you ever read Girl With a Pearl Earring? As of now it’s the best book I’ve ever read. I most definitely have not read as many books as you but it’s a beautifully visual book to read.
We disagree on Heart of Darkness - of everything I've read at university so far it's been my absolutely favourite. I love that book. And Jay is right - the Odyssey is 10 times better than the Iliad. It was the first thing we had to read on my English course. They threw us in at the deep end.
I am sooooo happy for this video !!! I also have many books of the same Book 😅 I am glad to see i am not the only one !!! I love Jane Austen so much and i have so many of her books from differents collections 😅
WOW!! That's a huge collection. Absolutely love it. I totally feel you with regards to buying different versions of the same book because I saw the version of Master and The Margarita and my heart exploded!!! 🤭😂
hahaahah, I'm very proud of my huge collection!! hahaha, you should definitely get that version of Master and Margarita because it's beautiful and In my opinion, you can never have too many beautiful books especially when they're favourites!
The upcoming film adaptation of Rebecca is actually a remake, the original is from 1940 directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He also directed the film version of The Birds
I remember I had to read The Heart of Darkness for my last year of high school and then again during my second year of college... I don't think it will ever grow on me.
Definitely not all from the same publisher! The ones I showed as collections would all be the same publishers though! I’d recommend maybe looking on Book Depositary because you might be able to find some british covers on there that would deliver to the US!
Hello! I really liked your video and your choices! I am Portuguese but I have a taste for English literature - especially Victorian - and have (almost) every book you mention in English. I still have a preference for Penguin books but in the past I mostly ended up buying those horrible wordsworth classics with awful looking covers because..mcheap! I too am a big fan of Frankenstein but I beg to differ, that is not the most fabulous cover of The Portrait Of Dorian Gray because I happen to have it, it's a portuguese version with the beautiful Oscar Wilde on its cover hahaha! I swear it's quite the ethereal beauty! I really enjoyed your video!
"I am the Cheese" by Robert Cormier is a children's book as well, but it is beyond disturbing. I do plan to re-read it though. 😃 There is something about worn, dogeared, marked up books that I find attractive. "Don Key-hO-tAy' by Cervantes. 😃
What a great collection you have! I've only just started collecting classics. Can you advice me on whether or not I should read the introduction if I haven't read the book before? I know they usually contain spoilers, but they might help me understand the book more...
I bought a book at Shakespeare & Company too because, how could I not, right? But now I can't remember what book it is. I wonder if I can peruse my shelves and jar my memory? I too love certain copies of books I have for the nostalgia of where I bought them or when I read them. My classics shelf is much smaller than yours, but it's been growing a lot recently. Almost 80 books, including children's classics like Baum and Carroll, London... but I think there might be a handful of more modern classics mixed in with my general fiction. I've been working on filling in the blanks recently so that, for example, I have ALL the Bronte books or Dickens, or....
Omg you look like Rory gilmore
I just came here to tell her that 🙄
I thought she was Alexis (however you spell her last name) 😳!!
Yeah she is looking like her
I was about to comment the same thing
She looks like the female version of Gabe in the Office!
TH-camrs usually only show their perfect collections so thank you for showing all copies you own from different publishers. A lot of classics I own are Wordsworth Editions and Dover Thrift Editions because I bought them while broke, but I hope to collect nice copies of my favourites whenever I can.
Omg agree! I'm so sick of seeing people's glossy hardbacks, I want more collections with battered secondhand books with the covers falling off please (aka part of my collection).
Penguin black editions are purely beautiful, I don't know why they are left behind.
i dont understand it as well!! in my opinion, they are the prettiest of all
Most of my Classics are the Penguin Classics as the introductions are really good and schools and Universities recommend them for studying as when you open the book,they stay open.
Period.
They are also my favorite!
I fear that the binding will wear super ugly with white lines down the black binding, but that fear could be unfounded.
that edition of emma is GORGEOUS. same goes for wuthering heights and a portrait of the artist as a young man. also every other book. i’m dead jealous.
Jane Austen is my favorite of all Times 😍 i also love the Brontë sisters a lot 😊❤️
I didn't like most of the covers and then when you showed the one at 13:59 I realized that I like old copies more! With covers having actual paintings rather than graphic designs. So beautiful 😍😍
Don Quixote is pronounced "ki-yo-tee", in case no one else mentioned. Thank you for sharing your beautiful collection!
la neta no creo
Actually, it's pronounced "kee-HOE-tay."
Quijote with a j there that I think non latinos struggle with
I never knew about the Penguin Deluxe Cassics, but holy crap these look absolutly amazing!!!!
you look like young rory sm
Just wanted to pop in say that this is my favorite video from your channel and its so cozy and oddly satisfying to watch. you kindled the love for classics in me. I got the courage to pick some this year and definitely planning to continue to grow my collection. Sending you tones of love from India. And your Christmas contents are the best!!!!
you deserve so much more likes for this well structured, cozy and beautiful video!
Thank you so much!
Ah, I’m reading the Iliad for the first time. It’s my first ancient classic.
Great collection 🌸
I hope you're enjoying it!
Loved Lady Audley’s Secret and The count of Monte Cristo is one of my absolute favourites-it’s so exciting and a real page turner.
The Great Gatsby is one of my all time favorites too! I have the exact same original edition of it. Also, I’m blown away by your classics collection! I aspire to have one just like it :)
To be near the magic of these books is a dream! 💛✨
I don't have many physical classics, just a cubed shelf amount. Just getting back into classics now with reading Pride and Prejudice. I do have quite a lot of them on my Kindle Paperwhite as I got a lot of them for free. 🙂📚
Pride and Prejudice is such a good one - a classic classic if you know what I mean haha!
Wherever there's a classics collection i'm there for it lol. Also, first!
hahah, me too - I just love classics collections! Thanks for watching!
By far one of the most underrated you tubers!! You are amazing, and I love your content.
Have you read Anne of Green Gables? There’s a gorgeous edition of it that’s part of the same collection of your Heidi and Little Women books! 💛
I haven't read it BUT it's my Mum's favourite book and I actually bought her that copy of the book for her birthday and you're right, it is so beautiful!
Ciara Foster awe how lovely! Well if you love Little Women you’ll definitely love Anne, it was heavily inspired by little women so you’ll see a lot of similarities in the stories
The Penguin Clothbound Classics are definitely my favorite editions! I love the cover art! And they're nice and soft and comfortable to hold. I can't stop buying books from that collection😂
hahah, it's so hard to stop buying books (especially beautiful ones)
I bought a few of these books in this edition. Unfortunately, I feel that these books are meant for display and not really to read. Even though they are supposed to last, I opened a few of these books to read and the spines broke and the covers started fraying and became discoloured. I had to get rid of them. Huge disappointment when you consider the price that they are. I prefer the Arcturus Classics. Beautiful covers and readable... Sad that I had to go for cheaper books over an expensive group of books that were supposed to last for a long time.
@@TiffWaffles Yeah, unfortunately I've had some experiences like that too. Mine have never fallen apart, but the design on the cover does rub off and fade.
@@HopeMariah03 The library in my town has a few of these Penguin Cloth bound editions and they had to do something to prevent the books from doing this as well as breaking. They had to reinforce the binding and put some kind of plastic wrap around the cover just to protect them and to keep their designs.
They are so beautiful. All of them 😍
Like every single cover of your books looks so stunning!!
All my Classics are penguin black covers . The introductions are so helpful.
You have such a lovely collection. I have quite a few of the same ones either already on my shelves or on my wishlist. I also have that same white and gold copy of The Great Gatsby that I picked up from Shakespeare & co about 5 years ago. It’s one of my favorite books just because of the memories associated with that trip.
Thank you - I do love my collection! And I agree, books from trips feel even more special because they remind you of the whole experience!
Books are my only friends...
I want just read until i die
mood
I definitely recommend to kill a mockingbird. It’s my favorite classic of l time and I would love to hear your opinion on it! Much love to you 💙
Love classics! I'm so happy to discover your channel :)
Thank you so much!
Don kee-HO-tay by mee-gyehl ser-von-tays is kinda how you pronounce it, I studied it when I was abroad in Spain in the city where Cervantes was incarcerated where he wrote the book! 😊 hope that helps!
That's super helpful - thank you so much!
I would only add that the accent is on the "ho" syllable.
@@DATo_DATonian just edited it:)
Wow! I love the covers of your classics 🥰
You absolutely have to read the Count of Monte Cristo. It's one that I NEVER regretted reading and I do want to read it again when my kids are grown up.
Blue cover of Great Gatsby is the best! I also really like the Catcher in the Rye with the gold cursive!
love your collection!! you convinced me to read frankestein!
Beautiful collection! I looove classics!
I think I have about 90-100 and the authors I have all of their works are Jane Austen (two sets of those), Leo Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf (which are my favourites). I also have two of The Great Gatsby and Lolita and honestly, you can't never go wrong with buying classics 🤗
Thank you - I definitely need to read more Virginia Woolf for sure! And YES you can never have too many classics!
You should totally read The count of Monte Cristo, is amazing, probably my favorite classic so far!!!
The Count of Monte Christo - Alexandre Dumas is such a great book! Currently reading it and can't put it down. Maybe you want to try the first chapter and maybe like you'll be hooked :)
Glad to hear you’re enjoying it so much - that makes me a little less nervous to pick it up at some point!
I love that book too! It took me nearly an entire summer because I’m a somewhat slow reader, but it was so worth it.
300 pages in and it’s is an absolute banger! The count is not disappointing!
Sherlock holmes is a must have if you're into classic literature :) also novels by the bronté sisters
I know this video is already 4 months old but Alice's adventures in Wonderland and through the looking glass are absolutely amazing. I just read them a few a few weeks ago. Definitely recommend for people who are just starting to read classics. Especially if Englisch ist not your first language
Love the Penguin Deluxe Classics too! I only have 5 but I definitely want to get more eventually. Lovely video and collection! :D
They're just so beautiful, I want them all haha! Thanks for watching :)
Yes! I love collection videos!! It's amazing how many books you were able to talk about and still have such a concise video!
I just counted how many classics I have: 116, but that does include some duplicates. I just counted the number of physical books on my classics shelves. Although, I recently placed a book order, so there are more to come!
Some of my favorites that you have are also books you've read: The Bell Jar (my favorite book), Rebecca, Anna Karenina, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, and The Catcher In The Rye. A Tale of Two Cities I don't consider a favorite but I think it's such a well constructed book! I also don't consider The Great Gatsby a favorite but I love Fitzgerald's writing and all the analysis and discussion that can come from it. Of the Austen novels I've read, Mansfield Park is my favorite and I love Fanny Price! I've read Far From The Madding Crowd and didn't hate it, but didn't love it. I DO however love the 2015 adaptation of it! I highly recommend watching it. And even though I thought the book was just good, I still want to read more work by Hardy, specifically Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I haven't read The Talented Mr. Ripley, but my favorite film is based on it, and I've been meaning to get it and read it. My favorite film a French film called Plein Soleil and is also known as Purple Noon. So, yeah, it's based on The Talented Mr. Ripley, which I actually didn't know going into watching it. I just finished reading The Haunting of Hill House a couple weeks ago, as well as finished a re-read of We Have Always Lived In The Castle! I prefer Haunting over Castle, but it made me realize how much I really like Jackson's writing, and I'm now expecting copies of The Lottery and Other Stories and The Bird's Nest in the mail soon.
A classic I recommend to you is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. It's one of my favorites!
The new Rebecca adaptation is expected to release this year. I'm pretty sure it's in post-production now and is supposed to be released on Netflix. But no release date, yet.
Collection videos are so much fun, I'm so glad you enjoyed this one! Wow, what an extensive collection, that's amazing! I'm glad we share some favourites too! It's really interesting to hear that Mansfield Park is your favourite, I've now read Sense & Sensibility meaning Mansfield Park is the only one I still need to read so I'm excited to read it soon! The reason I want to read Far From The Madding Crowd soon is so that I can watch the movie as I love Carey Mulligan! Interestingly I preferred We Have Always Lived in the Castle over Hill House, but I did really enjoy both! I'll definitely check out that Steinbeck book, thanks for the recommendation! And I'm so excited for the Rebecca adaptation so hopefully it will be out soonish (it would be a perfect late summer release)!
@@ciarascorner I agree- Rebecca would be a perfect late summer release! And I also love Carey Mulligan; she is one of my favorite actresses! Yeah, that adaptation is stunning, in my opinion! And very well-done overall. I enjoyed _reading_ Hill House more than Castle, but I watched the adaptation of Castle from a couple years ago and I almost think I like the adaptation more than the book, and now both stories are pretty even with each other.
Well, I hope you enjoy Mansfield Park! You should do some sort of discussion or ranking video afterwards talking about all the Austen novels. Or something like that :)
omgg get to North and South ASAP!! it is one of the greatest books I have every read!!!
oooh, okay - I'll definitely aim to get to that one soon!
You should totally watch the adaptation of War and peace by Léon Tolstoï, this is called War and Peace (2016) and it’s amazing !!
I would love to start reading classic books again. I tried to read once a long time ago and it was written in an old English language. As a non-native English speaker, it was so difficult to understand so I returned it. A few months ago I started reading Little House on the Prairie bc I love the era in that time and I love it. Easy to understand without constantly flipping my dictionary and yes I still use it lol. Which ones do you think are easier to read especially for those of us whose English isn't their first language?
The count of monte cristo and the odyssey are my favourite classics! Can’t wait to hear your opinions once you read them!
Thank you for your friendly and brilliant presentation of your collection. I think you may like Montaigne - Essays.
Thank you so much - I'm glad you enjoyed and I'll definitely check out those essays!
they all look beautiful
This was very useful, now I have some very good books on my list! Thanks!
Yay - I hope you enjoy the ones you pick up!
You probably hear this a lot, but you look a lot like Rory Gilmore, specially in the early seasons
so this is the first time I watch this video so far and I added so many books to my tbr so I don't know wheter that's good for my student economy or not but I'm just so excited about give it the ones I already own a go asap. Greattt video 🔮
Try reading "Anne of Green Gables" series by Lucy Maude Montgomery. I've read them three times and loved it very much.
Thanks for the recommendation! It’s also one of my Mum’s favourite series’ so I definitely want to read it at some point!
Don Quijote? Don kihoteh (? I don't know English phonetics but I hope that helps ☺️
OMG Sophia, that definitely helps! Thank you!!!
Yes! Kinda... i'd say - "done" key-ho-teh - but as a navite Spanish speaker, honestly I can't say I know English phonetics either.
Just a quick note. You may need to be from the United States to enjoy Huckleberry Finn, and Mark Twain in general. The same may be said about The Scarlett Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne. (I don't mean this to sound rude.) Anyway, it's been a very long time since I've read these American classics so thanks for the reminder! And two thumbs up for the Russian classics. They are worth the effort, it may sometimes seem, to get through them. I've subscribed.
Edited to add that 13:40 made me extremely happy. Reading the exact same book your mother read is incredibly satisfying to me. 🥰
All your covers are so beautiful😍✨
I hope you get to Crime and Punishment soon! Also: I absolutely LOVE that edition you own-it’s such an aesthetic. I personally read the Bantam translation and it was...a very transformative experience. Easy 5 stars; I got so emotional at the end. 😰🤗
Crime and Punishment is definitely high on my tbr so I'm hoping to read it soon! I'm really excited and hopefully I love it!
I read The Count of Monte Cristo when I was about 9 or 10, and I loved it! As an adult, I'm just finding out what an important place it has in the literature history, and definitely planning to read it again!
finally someone with classics
You’re far more kind about Lord of the Flies than I have ever been. Lol. A lot of us had to read that in high school in the US. I absolutely abhor it.
hahah, I’m glad it’s not just me that disliked it so much - I bet it’s even worse when you have to reread it so many times to study it!
Oh no 😂 it's the only classic book I read in school so far that I loved!!! I guess people have different tastes... I know a lot of people at my school disliked it. The great gatsby, however, was not my favorite thing. It was really boring up til the final chapters. I respect the book and I definitely liked analyzing and working with the text and I definitely appreciated the symbolism... But I only enjoyed the great gatsby after I read it-- not while I was reading it.
seriously...you are like RORY GILMORE brought to life on youtube! Loving your channel Ciara
Aw thank you so much! I’m so glad you’re enjoying my videos and thanks for watching☺️
Ciara Foster ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love Anna Karenina! Levin is best boy and honestly my favorite male character in all of literature
Lady Audley’s secret is my favourite classic!! Lady Audley is such a sassy character. It’s been a long time since I’ve read it but I’d almost describe it as something similar to Gone Girl aha
Ooh, that's definitely made me even more excited to read it!
Saw The Master and Margarita in the thumbnail. Knew I would love her collection!
The In Bloom series designer owns Rifle Paper Co. There's also a version of Alice In Wonderland, but it's much bigger and has a dust jacket along with a designed hardcover. There's also AIW wallpaper she designed on her website.
Great video! I enjoy classics so much!
Thank you - me too!
Give Middlemarch a go. It's a pacy read even though it's got a lot of pages. I loved it
definitely planning to get to it at some point!
I’m so jealous that your bookstore have these amazing covers! I live in a small town we have one bookstore and not every book is available.
Aw, yeah it is lucky to have access to big bookstores! I’d recommend checking out book depository as they ship internationally and have lots of cover options!
Ciara Foster i just checked the website and THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Yay - you’re welcome!☺️
Read north and south its amazing
OMG YES YES YES I LOVE THIS SO MUCH 😍
Thank you Mary!!
I did a quick count and I have around 128 classics on my shelf and a few too many of them are unread for my liking! I love those deluxe classics editions- I think I’ll need to add a few to my collection. Great video ✨
oooh wow - that's such a good collection! I totally agree though, I have a lot of work to do because so many of mine are unread! Definitely recommend the Deluxe Classics, they're all so individual but so beautiful!
One flew over The Cuckoo’s Nest is one of my favourite of all time.
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Loved this video - you have an incredible collection!! 🌞
Thank you - there are so many more I want to add! Think I need my own personal library😂
I love classics and love your collection! Regarding "Rebecca", there is a movie adaptation released in 1940, which I like very much. An oldie but a goldie. :)
ahh yeah I have heard of that version but haven't watched it yet!
If you get the chance to watch it, I hope you'll like it!
Have you ever read Girl With a Pearl Earring? As of now it’s the best book I’ve ever read. I most definitely have not read as many books as you but it’s a beautifully visual book to read.
I haven’t read it but I’ll definitely add it to my tbr!
We disagree on Heart of Darkness - of everything I've read at university so far it's been my absolutely favourite. I love that book. And Jay is right - the Odyssey is 10 times better than the Iliad. It was the first thing we had to read on my English course. They threw us in at the deep end.
Ahh that’s so funny! I’m really glad you enjoyed it, my boyfriend read it recently and he liked it too!
Please put The Scarlet Letter and Middlemarch at the top of your TBR!!!
Thanks for the recommendation - I will!
Loved this 💕🙌 so many pretty books 📚😍
Middlemarch is awesome, I hope you enjoy it when you read it.
I loved the video and your books. I do like classic books as well. I'm a Brazillian booktuber, but I live in England. Very nice to know your channel.
I am sooooo happy for this video !!! I also have many books of the same Book 😅 I am glad to see i am not the only one !!! I love Jane Austen so much and i have so many of her books from differents collections 😅
I love the penguin english library copies - I need to get myself some because the spines look lovely
The spine are so beautiful!
oooh. i have many classics like this to read.
WOW!! That's a huge collection. Absolutely love it. I totally feel you with regards to buying different versions of the same book because I saw the version of Master and The Margarita and my heart exploded!!! 🤭😂
hahaahah, I'm very proud of my huge collection!! hahaha, you should definitely get that version of Master and Margarita because it's beautiful and In my opinion, you can never have too many beautiful books especially when they're favourites!
The upcoming film adaptation of Rebecca is actually a remake, the original is from 1940 directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He also directed the film version of The Birds
Oh yeah, I know - haven’t watched the original film as it doesn’t really appeal to me but I’m very excited for this new one
I remember I had to read The Heart of Darkness for my last year of high school and then again during my second year of college... I don't think it will ever grow on me.
Yeah, it’s just one of those books I just have no love for!!
Sooo many pretty books!
wow. I know it's a bit out of place but why are English book covers so damn gorgeous...
Hahah, I mean this is pretty much a whole video about book covers so it’s a very fair comment!
Don't be daunted by Middlemarch . It's is a big book but an easy pastoral read. It's my all time Favourite classic.
Thank you! Will definitely be reading it this year!
Love them all ! Don kee ho tay 🥰
How do I find that dystopian collection??? Its beautiful
Love the collection would love an update on classics read and bought recently
Thank you!
I studied The Bloody Chamber in A Level Lang-Lit, and it was the most fun I've ever had reading a book with classmates 😂
Could you tell me what collection the Brave New World etc. books are a part of?? They are stunning!! Thanks girl--love this vid and your channel ☺️🌻❤️
I have the same question!! Ongggg i tried googling it i couldnt find it
Are the books you showed from the same publisher? The covers are awesome 😎 I wonder if they are available in the US with the same cover types ?
Definitely not all from the same publisher! The ones I showed as collections would all be the same publishers though! I’d recommend maybe looking on Book Depositary because you might be able to find some british covers on there that would deliver to the US!
I'm a great advocate for a) The Tenant of Wildfell hall and b) Anne of Green Gables!
Omg I love the sense and sensibility cover, where did you get it?
It’s from the Penguin Deluxe Classics collection and I got my copy from Waterstones!
Hello! I really liked your video and your choices! I am Portuguese but I have a taste for English literature - especially Victorian - and have (almost) every book you mention in English. I still have a preference for Penguin books but in the past I mostly ended up buying those horrible wordsworth classics with awful looking covers because..mcheap! I
too am a big fan of Frankenstein but I beg to differ, that is not the most fabulous cover of The Portrait Of Dorian Gray because I happen to have it, it's a portuguese version with the beautiful Oscar Wilde on its cover hahaha! I swear it's quite the ethereal beauty! I really enjoyed your video!
Aw I’m glad we seem to enjoy the same books! That copy of Dorian Gray sounds incredible, I’d love to see it ahaha!
penguin deluxe classics are also my favorite！
as an argentine I died with you trying to pronounce don quijote lmaoo
Hahaha I would like to formally apologise for totally messing it up😂
whats the thing with Frankenstain? There are 2 books published in different years?
"I am the Cheese" by Robert Cormier is a children's book as well, but it is beyond disturbing. I do plan to re-read it though. 😃
There is something about worn, dogeared, marked up books that I find attractive.
"Don Key-hO-tAy' by Cervantes. 😃
What a great collection you have! I've only just started collecting classics. Can you advice me on whether or not I should read the introduction if I haven't read the book before? I know they usually contain spoilers, but they might help me understand the book more...
I'm from Guatemala so I thought it was so cute your pronunciation of Don Quijote haha, its something like Don Kee-ho-teh (?) I hope it helps 💕
Hahah, I’m so sorry for butchering the pronunciation😂 but thank you, that really helps!💕
I bought a book at Shakespeare & Company too because, how could I not, right? But now I can't remember what book it is. I wonder if I can peruse my shelves and jar my memory? I too love certain copies of books I have for the nostalgia of where I bought them or when I read them. My classics shelf is much smaller than yours, but it's been growing a lot recently. Almost 80 books, including children's classics like Baum and Carroll, London... but I think there might be a handful of more modern classics mixed in with my general fiction. I've been working on filling in the blanks recently so that, for example, I have ALL the Bronte books or Dickens, or....
Totally agree, that's why I have so many copies of some books, I just love the nostalgia! 80 books is a pretty big collection, I'd say!
I love these covers. Where can I get them?