My favourite classics 📚 classic lit recommendations
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Chess tidd.ly/3Rvo6jW
Pedro Paramo tidd.ly/3I7VpWg
The Turn of the Screw tidd.ly/36wJdwF
Things Fall Apart tidd.ly/3GaGxVh
Frankenstein tidd.ly/3sTTfVr
A Farewell to Arms tidd.ly/3Cz5tXA
One Hundred Years of Solitude tidd.ly/3ANLS5Y
The Ice Palace tidd.ly/3EXYkyI
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas tidd.ly/3KUWDpW
The Picture of Dorian Gray tidd.ly/2Q4REvg
Phantom of the Opera tidd.ly/3lCnw4v
War and Peace tidd.ly/2R5qPao
Season of Migration to the North tidd.ly/3JgonTQ
The Haunting of Hill House tidd.ly/3iTvyqP
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I am 22 years old, and I am severley ill. I have been for two years now. I can no longer leave the house, and am confined to my bed. I want to say that I recieve so much comfort and joy from your videos, Emma. I used to study English lit at uni too, and had always read voraciously before my illness. To borrow a phrase of Anne Shirley's, I see in you a true kindred spirit. Someone in whose deep passion for books and humanity, I see my old self. It is such a bittersweet pleasure to me to watch someone immerse themselves so fully in life the way that you do.
Beautiful words, thank you for sharing ❤️
I'm a longtime viewer that is also primarily bedbound, and I just wanted to say thank you for writing your comment! When you're physically isolated, I find it's so easy to feel like you're the only one experiencing this life. It makes me think of a book you might enjoy if you are able to read: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating. I remember the author writes of being confined to bed that we are like snails, a colony made of hermits. Thank you again for sharing your experience!
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Nothing useful to say, just sending you a big hug and lots of love ❤❤❤
@artemis thank you for your reply! Possibly the most brutal thing my illness has taken from me is my ability to physically read, it's a massive struggle to do so now. It's been like losing a part of my soul that I thought would always be there, which is another reason I take so much comfort in Emma's videos. Thank you for your recommendation, if I can find it on audio I might be able to listen to it, it sounds really good! You're right about the experience of severe illness being very isolating - I was wondering, do you have any social media? I'd love to connect with you
The reason the coffee doesn’t taste as good is because the process of microwaving works by using electromagnetic forces to move particles in the food but the forces only vibrate the polar molecules (molecules where one part of the molecule is more negatively charged and another more positively charged, e.g. water) and the particles in the part of the coffee that are responsible for the good flavour don’t get heated up as much and therefore don’t taste as good and I just made this whole thing up.
Lol 🤣 I was just reading this thinking I really wish I nee more about chemistry and physics
You got me 👍🏼
Love it :D
Omg you had me going too!! Your narrative is believable 😂❤
I thought it was because the fratistat was misaligned
Hey Emma could you do a video about your reading schedule or how you fit reading in to your day or something like that? You obviously read several hours a day at least. It would be interesting to see how a literature major/enthusiast keeps up with the reading. And how do you approach a big book - you said something about 15 pages a day for David Copperfield. Do you set a pace like that for books when you have a deadline? So interested in how you fit in all the reading.
I second this! :)
Yesssss
Funny thing about Copperfield… my copy is 1057 pages long, so dividing that into the number of chapters (64) you get 16.5 pages each, on average. Pretty close to what Emma is reading (but I think her edition has fewer pages). To me that’s a better way to divide things (if possible), since the author divided it there too.
I definitely can make a video like that! Audiobooks are a huge part of my life as well and they’re amazing!
@@emmiereads they are saying around is that you are that "Adam Medvidović" that wrote that "Night in Zagreb".It is known that "Adam Medvidović" is a pen name, but actuall writer is unknown. Wanted to ask you is it true, that its your male pen name? You are a genius for writing that
When I retired I wanted to start reading classics. My daughter and I are reading classics together. We have read 16 classics so far and my Favorite is The Count of Monte Cristo.
I think that's awesome as I read with my daughter when she was younger also. She's now almost 40 & still loves to read Classics & biographies. I invite you to listen to readings of classics on my channel under the Podcast tab.🙂
1) The Fall - Albert Camus
2) The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
3) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
4) Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
5) Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
My grandmother passed away on Tuesday. I needed this video more than ever. Thank you so much for being a shining light ♥️
I love that you have picked a lot of books that you read for your around-the-world reading challenge.
Emma, I gotta say, you're the first person who actually made me want to read Pedro Páramo (and I studied Spanish in uni!!). Listening to you talk about your favourite classics is really a wholesome experience! Especially because you're an english speaking person who reads a lot of non english written books, which is so rare and makes all the difference.
Love everything mentioned here Emma! My favourite classics has to be: War & Peace, Pride & Prejudice, 100 years of Solitude, Pedro Páramo, Dorian Gray, Mrs. Dalloway, Anna Karenina and Emma 😊
Those are my favorites. Read Rebecca it’s a classic too
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You re-introduced me to Mexican literature and since I’m from Mexico (but haven’t been back) I’ve been reading it in Spanish and it’s been a delight ❤❤❤
Ah amazing I am all ears if you have any recommendations!
@@emmiereads Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar is a great one
@@nicolastrixy7430Cortazar is not mexican
You might like something by Jorge Ibargüengoitia 👁️
@@alexacaceres9496he is trash
honestly i’ve been waiting for another one of these v recently and i was so happy when you posted 😭 i started reading again recently and its safe to say I’ve fallen down the classics rabbit hole so this was amazing timing
Hey! I'm Brazilian and i gotta say: Is SO GOOOOOOD to see Machado de Assis on your list. It warmed my heart.
I'm brazilian, so I'm pretty happy to see that you read a classic book from my country and you liked! Machado is one of the most important names in our national literature, hope you can read more from him soon, love u 💕
obsessed with the way that you have introduced me to so many classics i had never heard of, especially foreign classics! thank you, emma!
my fave classics, my top 3: one hundred years of solitude, the posthumous memoirs of bras cubas, and the count of monte cristo. i actually got most of my classic recommendations from you and a huge THANK YOU emmie for introducing me to south american lit! also i recently bought hour of the star by clarice lispector and collected stories of machado de assis
You just talking about books while holding a cup of coffee in your hand is just so dreamy and cozy. I’m a mom and I read classics too. I enjoy them because they have more substance and essence for me compare to contemporary fiction. I just loveee hearing classic book recommendation!!! I loved Things Fall Apart too. We studied at one of my classes back in college. ❤️
Bought a farewell to arms this weekend!! Hearing you and Carolyn speak about it made me need to read it, planning on starting it after tests and I’m so exited
each of your movies affects me like warm tea on winter days. every movie fills me with warmth and it makes me happy to listen to you because you are so wise and aware. you have no idea how your videos help me. I am sending you much love
This video brought me UNBRIDLED JOY. Frankenstein is my all-time favorite book, so I loved hearing you gush about it.
you are the sole reason I started reading classics and I don't think there are words in which I can thank you enough! Please keep doing what you do!!❤
All of those are such amazing recommendations!!! I'm surprised The Blind Owl wasn't on there! It quickly became one of my all-time favorite classics and all-time favorite books thanks to your recommendation! 🥰🥰🥰
classic literature yes !!! 😍 i love them so much aaa im such a classics lover ♡♡♡ thank you for introducing them emma^^
Thanks for recommending your favorite classics, Emmie. Stay true to yourself no matter what.
I think my preference of literature matches perfectly with you. Because of your recommendations I read The Picture of Dorian Gray and Frankenstein, and OMG! I can't ever thank you enough for them. I look forward to your videos, just to note down your recommendations, so that I can put them in my TBR and enjoy the hell out of them. Thank you for these videos. Thank you for being the way you are. ♥️
OOOO id love to read your paper on Frankenstein! Such a good list you got here
Not only classics and recommendations, but they're by Emma, cannot possibly get any better.
I can listen to her talk about Frankenstein for hours❤
This video brings me so much joy! One of my favorite humans with lots of my favorite books 🥰
I read the ice palace a few weeks ago because of you and its amazing! The scene of Unn in the ice palace was genuinely hypnotic. I highly 2nd your reccommendation
Last year, I read some amazing classics because of you. And now I got some more. Thank you girl 💜
the ice palace is so good! it's definitely about to be popular this year.
i read the Phantom of the Opera because of one of your previous videos and it was amazing. I loved every page of it. Thank you.
As an Igbo Nigerian im glad u loved things fall apart i remember my aunt gifting it to me when i was 12 years old and i still remember it ever since!!!
Emma, your list of classic lit is nothing, but perfect! ✨✨
This video is an absolute delight ! ❤️
One of m'y favorite classics are : Grapes of wragh, and Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Wuthering Height by Emilie Brontë
Hey Emma
I read 100 years of solitude after I watched a video where you recommended it. You spoke about it with such passion, I was very intrigued. I jumped into it blindly. As you say it does come with its challenges but wow ! What a book. Near the end of the book I read a couple of passages to my boyfriend and that’s when I realized I was reading something truly amazing. I’m currently reading the picture of Dorian Gray.
Thanks for your videos
Hill house is such a hoot to read. While we differ so much between our favourite classics, i love hearing people talk of their favourites. There is always a part of me that thinks « Maybe I should give them yet another reread in case I missed something the first times ». It brings out my optimistic nature for sure. My favourite classics are Anna Karenina, Little Women, and Mrs. Dalloway. They feel so intimate, cozy, flawed, but human.
A Farewell to Arms was a hit for me. I plan to reread it as well. I am loving the Game of Tomes!
oh, the timing of this video! I've been searching everywhere for classics recs cause out of nowhere I've felt this urge to start reading them and I definitely trust your taste!!
and I'm so glad you recommended Machado de Assis!!! 🇧🇷 It's a obligatory read for high-schoolers here in Brazil!
I’m sooo glad to see Bras Cubas in this list! Another great work by Machado de Assis is Dom Casmurro, a story about a distrusting husband set in the Rio de Janeiro of the Brazilian Empire. Trust me, this is a 5 star book as well.
my favorite classics so far have to be
- the bell jar by sylvia plath (one of my fave authors)
- a room of one’s own/ mrs dalloway by virginia woolf (fave too)
- a farewell to arms and the old man and the sea by hemingway
- frankenstein obviously! so beautifully written and so philosophical, love that
- 1984 orwell was life changing so definitely have to include that here
I love Orwell! But I think Animal farm is even better than 1984
1984 was good but a story's ending has never made me so mad before.
@@Oogrilla same
@@sausana2501 I haven’t read 1984 but I absolutely adore the animal farm
@@OogrillaI absolutely hated 1984, but it is well written I can't lie. BUT IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING AND SLOW
Your videos are always so fun and interesting! I enjoyed hearing about Ernest Hemingway. I just got done with The Old Man and the Sea and loved it, and I remember loving Farewell to Arms when I was younger. I read Things Fall Apart in high school as well, but I should give it another read since I hardly remember some of the details!
Oh Emmie, I love your videos so much... Your intros and just realness is amazing ... I have all these books, thank you for the recs. I Loved The turn of the screw, Things Fall Apart, Frankenstein, A Farewell to Arms, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Phantom of the Opera, Bras Cuba's was HILARIOUS!!! Dorian Gray is just a MUST READ, War and Peace broke me and I loved it, I haven't read Season yet but it is in my tbr, Haunting of Hill House was good as well... I am still trying to finish David Copperfield and I am loving it... Thanks for another great video Emmie .. love from Ohio
I only read Frankenstein for the first time a few years ago and I was amazed how moving it was. Totally unexpected. I agree with you. It's so real and gut wrenching.
You should read her mother Mary Wollstonecraft … Frankenstein makes even more sense after reading it … Charlotte Gordon published a very good biography
You always post when I need distraction and comfort most. Love and books always ❤ 📚
Things Fall Apart was one of my favorite books we read in high school.
I feel Ice Palace calling to me.
Do it! I read it a few weeks ago and it's amazing!
Same! It is calling to me too! Imma go read it right away!!✨
A friend of mine put this book in my hands, he's no longer with us, but our talks about books live on in my memories.
This year I am focusing on variety and your recommendations have helped tremendously. 😊
Your skits and book recs are elite
Emmie, so humorous and fabulous YOU are! One of your best reviews of the classics. I love all of your choices!!! Wish I could say I've read them all too, but nevermore...:/
I am definitely going to read some of these! I have never heard of Ice Palace until now. Frankenstein is so good and a great introduction to classics since it’s exciting and a bit easier to understand!
My favorite classics (so far) are:
-Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, the language was a bit difficult but the story was just amazing.
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, she is such strong character and I loved following her story.
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, so short but every single page was brilliantly written. The ending left me in shock for a while.
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, I love Mary Shelley and her life story. When it comes to Frankenstein I finished it in one sitting which is not something I would usually do, so it is amazing.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, a very famous and brilliant story but that one chapter... Still ignoring it...
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, yes I am a man but the whole book just warms my heart... Love it.
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, every story was beyond interesting and his writing style is so easy to get through. "The Black Cat" will forever be my favorite story.
Thanks for the reccs! I just got done with the Chiltern Classics ed. of Dorian Grey the other week, love love love that range, big recommend. Gonna pick up one of their Frankensteins now, no idea why I always tuned that book out :)
Loved your list :)) I've already tried to add Things Fall Apart maybe 3 times to my tbr because it sounds so good. Ice Palace also sounds amazing!
My favorites include:
The Hunger Angel - Herta Müller
The Wall - Marlen Haushofer
Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
Narcissus and Goldmund + Beneath the Wheel - Hesse
The Yellow Wall-Paper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Loco Afán - Pedro Lemebel
Mr Palomar - Calvino
The Artificial Silk Girl - Keun
The Bell Jar - Plath
Marie Antoinette - Zweig
Everything by Ingeborg Bachmann (she's a genius)
You have such a calming voice, I could listen to it all day ❤️😍
Can I just say how well the cover of "Chess" matches your outfit and nails! 😍
Omg i’m adding all the ones i haven’t read from these straight to my tbr
I’ve read eight of these books thanks to you and two more are waiting on my shelves. So thank you Emma 😅 💜
Wonderful recommendations! I am reading Moby-Dick for the first time, and oh man it is so much better than I thought it would be, and I am loving it!
It's truly a shame that 5 star class is so long because so many readers miss out on something probably they would like a lot.
It's a pleasure to hear how much you love One hundred years of solitude, It's perhabs the best book ever wrinten in my country. Greetings from Colombia! Love ur content. 🌸
I just finished 100 years of solitude and I can honestly say it’s joined my top 10. Got absolutely lost in it and just thoroughly enjoyed reading it
Omg! I got Weyward too!!!! I am so excited to read it! I can’t wait to hear your feelings on it
I am half way through War & Peace. I struggled with it in the beginning but am enjoying it now. So far I'd say I definitely prefer Anna Karenina.
I'm very close to finishing Things Fall Apart (almost definitely finishing it today) and I'm really loving it, it's fantastic
I want to read it can you please give me the author thanks.
@@0210fnunez It's by Chinua Achebe. (Incidentally I did in fact finish it, and it was excellent).
@@Cubehead27 Thanks you're very kind. 😁
@@0210fnunez Happy to help! ☺
I love that im watching this even though im pretty sure i can guess about 85% of the books you're about to recommend. Also, your book of the month ads are the absolute best! If they ever stop sponsoring you i will start a riot
As a treat to myself I’m reading The Picture of Dorian Gray on my bday weekend (the last weekend of March) and I’m soo looking forward!
watching the coffee in your cup being very close to spilling is so stressful ahaha
but love your recs
I recommend you anything Kafka honestly. This man and his work has a GRIP on me, unimaginable. For instance as I was reading "the trial", it was so interesting and had so many layers or just generally leaves so much room for interpretation but I KNEW that as I was reading some pages, that I just did not understand the passage and the intention with which Kafka wrote it like- just amazing, beyond amazing honestly. It makes me so emotional and empathetic too like I DO NOT EVEN know this man😭
But yes highly recommend Kafka and also his short stories to start with maybe too!!
Sounds fun will definitely check it out!
Emmie make a video of the best short stories.
New to the channel. As a reading polyglot, this video is gold. Most recommendations only stick to things written in their own language.
Just what I needed!
I’m so happy to see Machado de Assis on your list 💕
Your videos are very comforting❤
Thank you !
You mentioned you are studying hotels in lit?? I would love a video essay on your thoughts or even just a Rec video! I am obsessed with the role of houses/structures as characters in literature
Great book recommendations, loved Frankenstein and PotO!!
Still hoping for book recommendations based on great dates (in addition to the one inspired by bad dates:))
Great recs! We have a lot of classic audiobooks and a couple from the list!
I love your add skit.🤣 Made my night.
Yessssss!!!! So happy for this video
@emmie you’re the reason I started reading / still read classics !
I generally avoid older books as I found myself not connecting to them much but I read "The Hopkin's Manuscript" by R. C. Sherriff recently and absolutely loved it, maybe one of my favorite books now. Idk if it qualifies as a classic but it def made me more motivated to explore classics and older books.
What an interesting-sounding book, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the recommendations, I'm actually reading "In Cold Blood" from Truman Capote which is consider a classic as well. Regards from sunny DR. 🇩🇴🇩🇴
I love Hemingways writing. It’s just so good
I'm gonna recommend just one of my favorite classics (and favorite overall): The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. It's one of those books I don't want or know how to talk about, it's so special and unique to me, and it WILL break your heart if you read it.
you just reminded me to reread the ice palace because it was my first read of summer 2022 and i’m not sure it was the best climate to be reading it in
I finished A Farewell To Arms today and yeah, just completely fascinating. I have 2 books of short stories and 4 novels of his to get through next.
I absolutely recommend All Quite on the Western Front. It is so good and made me cry.
Love a number of these. My other favorites are The count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Beloved by Toni Morrison, I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou, In our Time by Hemingway, Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, Hard Times by Charles Dickens, and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
Thank you🥰
on top of my head, some of my favorites are: Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Frankenstein, 1984, Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović, Uncle Maroje - A Comedy in Five Acts by Marin Držić
im going to go reread frankenstein now!
Chess is one of my favorite books of all time! Read it in one sitting…
Thesis - Yes! Phantom of the Opera!
I especially enjoy the edition you held up - the translation by Mireille Ribiere and who doesn't absolutely love her quote about Mozart! (p. 55)
100 Years of Solitude was my favorite of all time until I read War and Peace a few years ago. Definitely two masterpieces. Love your analyses by the way.
the ice palace has been in my cart for months, just ordered it, all i needed was the push.
my top 3 classics: Emma, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Les Misérables
Yes!
So happy to see Oscar Wilde on here. The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of my all time favourites.
And of course you can’t go wrong with 100 years of solitude.
Check out Carlos Fuentes, another giant of Latin America literature. I have a feeling you would appreciate his works 😊
Emmie, your ad breaks are the best in the entirety of TH-cam. Book of the Month is probably making millions off your partnership.
Your ad skits give me life
Definitely the best book. One Hundred Years of Solitude 🙌🏾
Good list!