"All quiet on the Western Front" and "The way back" by Erich Maria Remarque - I won't say I enjoyed them, because they broke my heart and the topic is still relevant. And I really liked reading "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu - which has LGBTQIA* rep.
Wuthering Heights is my fave! But my undergrad degree was in psych and I worked in social services and think it’s a fascinating reflection on trauma and neglect from a time when no one was talking about those kinds of things.
@@dd_madara8188 I just recently read Carmilla. I was always under the impression that the first modern vampire story came from the same weekend that Frankenstein was created. Little did I know, The Vampyre got some of its influence from Carmilla.
I have a Bachelors degree in English here in the US, and Steinbeck is definitely considered a classic author, so you were right to include East of Eden, and you should/could have included Of Mice and Men as well because it’s definitely also considered a classic. 🙂
Good to know! I feel like some people debate that modern classics don’t count and aren’t “real classics” so I wasn’t sure where to draw the line. Made sure to include the faves though :)
I think people tend to call everything a romance because it has a developing relationship in it. But just because love is a topic it doesn't make it a romance. Many of those "classic romances" don't want to be particularly romantic
But the Brontes were Romantic authors. Not romance in the sense that they wrote about relationships, but Romance in the sense that they contributed to that specific artistic movement Though in saying that I do wholeheartedly agree with you lol Everything with a couple is considered a romance, whether it actually is or not lol
I've just started watching your channel and I really like the wide variety of books you talk about, i read the same way. I was also very afraid of Anna Karenina, but it's surprisingly very readable. I got swept up in the story right away. There are a few long bits, but overall I think it's worth it. Happy reading :)
I was so excited when I saw the notification! I love reading classic books, since I was younger I have been reading classic books translated in Greek like Around the World in 80 Days, Oliver Twist, Little Women etc. I really want to read more classic books, but in English and I really want to read Pride and Prejudice (I can't believe that I haven't read it yet) and Oliver Twist in English. Thanks to this video, I want to dive into classic literature even more than before and I'll definitely read The Tenant of Wildfell Fall! I hadn't heard about it but I'll definitely add it on my tbr list. I definitely recommend reading Anne of Green Gables, Animal Farm and Oliver Twist!
100 % agree on Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights! they are more like What NOT to do! That being said I love them both. I'm a huge Jane Austin fan and my favorite changes all the time. Right now I think it's Persuasion. Dracula continues to creep me out in all the best ways. I love Oscar Wilde and Dorian Grey is just wonderful. And so are his plays. I love your insights Emily.
I had the same reaction to Wurthering Heights, I had always heard it was this classic romance and damn reading it was a bit of a shock, like you said they were terrible people. I remember the only character I liked was the alcoholic brother, who was also a terrible person, but at least he admitted that he was, not like Heathcliff who felt like everything he did was justified because it came from love in his opinion
I love the Brontë sisters. Wuthering Highs definitly not a love story, but I love it for what it is; Hate Rochester I really don't understand why people love him; and finally thank you so much for recommending The Tenant of Wildfell Hall!!! I wasn't going to give this sister another chance because I found Agnes Grey boring, but The Tenant is sooo superior I dare to say it made it to my top four classics debunking Wuthering Highs. The rest of the podium, Drácula, The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables. I started reading the russians with Crimen and Punishment. It took me forever to finish. I recommend you to start with White Nigths ( heartbreaking and beatifully written). Anna Karenina wasn't what I was expecting (don't go any further 'cause spoilers.) Hugs from Argentina 🤗🖤
I definitely want to read The Picture of Dorian Gray. And some more Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. My favourite classic is Pride and Prejudice. I've re-read it multiple times ☺
I hope you choose Anna Karenina for next year’s reading challenge. I need the moral support that this challenge have given me this year, failed two out of six this year which I actually count as a win. Would also like to read more of Steinbeck, and maybe try something by Virginia Woolf. Really looking forward to seeing what you have come up with for next year’s challenge 😊
Hey, Emily! Don’t be scared of Anna Karenina! It’s essentially a romance book and I’d love to hear your opinion on it! but also I am a huge Dostoyevski fan and I loved Crime and Punishment 😅 tbh I am Eastern European and Russian literature feels very home-y, I can very easily imagine the setting and characters, since they are already a part of our culture. :)
I can relate as an English guy who loves Dickens, a lot of people say his writing is too sappy and verbose but I'm just in love with the settings he creates in his novels as they feel so vivid and familiar to me!
This year I read Eugine Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. Is one of my favorite classic, super short, ridiculous and the audiobook read by Stephen Fry is amazing.
I mean to be fair, Jane Eyre and Wurthering Heights are not romance novels, they’re “Romance novels.” 😜 For those who may not be aware, the Romantics were an artistic movement that emphasised intense emotions, individualism and nature. The Bronte Sisters are typically regarded as such, since they not only wrote during that period, but their novels all have the characteristics of Romantic art/literature. But yeah the way folks treat them as romantic novels (as in love stories) is something that baffles me too lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox 🤣 upon reread I can see how that’s not much of a recommendation 🤣 I did really like it and I hope you do still read it because I can’t wait to hear your thoughts 😁
I can very well understand your opinion about "Crime and Punishment". You are not the first one to struggle with reading it, and definitely won't be the last. 😉 As for me I love and treasure the story deeply. The main reason, I suppose, would be my growing up in the same culture the events in this book are set in. I read this book (in original) at school, which would be nearly 15 years ago, worked through it thoroughly and had to take part at the follow up discussion. Dostoyevsky like so many Russian classic writers has the tendency to complecated philosophical ideas. The main character Rodion is a very poor student who tries to survive in one of the most difficult times in Russian history when the monarchy is ruling: famine, burocracy, bribes, luxurious parties when people are starving... Rodion doesn't find these circumstances fair. In his desperation he kills the moneylender as an act of "putting the things" right, if even for once. He can't kill the tsar, he can't (alone) change the way the country is ruled, so he justifies himself, his killing, his wrongdoing, he finds his scapegoat. But the problem is, he has a consciousness! Because of it he can't stop thinking of what he did. Not only the moneylender is a "louse" in comparison to God but also he himself. !! Spoilers are coming!! Rodion's consciousness, his thoughts drive him furthermore into insanity, he subconsciously behaves like he does in the book so he can be discovered and be punished. That's why he is calm and relieved when sent to prison in Siberia. I hope that was helpful to you in some way;-) But please don't think it was a critique on you opinion! I respect it and value your honesty 🙂
My favourite classics are The Phantom of the Opera and Dracula. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is great too! I agree with you about Frankenstein, did not care about it at all.
I’d be curious to see what you think of the Master and Margarita- Russian lit but whimsical and fantasy. I still needed spark notes but it was weird and fun
haha i just read this this year and also used sparknotes. not because i wanted to, but because i NEEDED to lmao. i did enjoy it, but found it so hard to get through for some reason! russian lit really does a number if youre not used to it, even something kind of silly!
@@JAKandtheBookStack i do too, i often read them with classics since im not prone to a ton of analysis on my own. trying to recapture that high school english class round table discussion feeling lol
Love Brontes but no not romances in my books. Jane is just so strong and such a force, her survival in spite of her aunt is beautiful. Withering heights was twilight for 19th century lit.
Yay! Someone else who agrees with me about Frankenstein. I enjoyed the concept and actually wish I had just read the summary cuz it's better than the book. You might like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I enjoyed it so much more than Frankenstein.
I tried reading Jane Eyre when I was about 14 or 15 and I DNF'd it (I think it was the first DNF of my life, honestly) because I hated the so-called "romance" so much. It was vile and there was no getting past it for me (and yes, it was the attic that sent me over the edge). That is, I think, part of the point Bronte is trying to make, though, so in that regard it was done well. But it's definitely not a romance in the way we think of the genre now. (I also didn't enjoy Rebecca...although for me it was because I just couldn't get behind the main character.)
I didn't like Frankenstein my first time either. On rereads it does get better, when you know what you're getting into. PS the same applies to The Wise Man's Fear, when you don't spend half your time thinking "?????" it's a lot better.
Don't get me wrong, but it's really funny to see Count Monte Cristo or Three musketeers on Booktube lists of serious classic literature, it's was considered as emn really pulp adventure literature and even young adult literature when I was growing up
I love , read and re-read, Pride and Prejudice and the rest of Jane Austen 's novels, but gosh, I was bored to tears with Mansfield Park. So, sometimes persistence (in !y case sheer stubbornness) pays, I re-read it. Phew ! Sorry, it was soporifically boring that it took me two weeks to read (between others books to help me wake up)! It happens with Dickens, the odd book that let's the reader down...in my case it was Little Dorrit......but Jane Austen ? Yes, she let me down 🙄
Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights definitely aren't "romances" in the contemporary sense of the term; they're nightmarish depictions of abuse. WH especially is about the dark side of untamed passions, and JE about the dangers of being attracted to that untamed passion. I would highly, highly recommended reading Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, which is a really short novel from the perspective of the "madwoman in the attic." There's also a seminal text of feminist literature called "The Madwoman in the Attic" by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar that used Jane Eyre to analyze Victorian literature from the feminist perspective. Pride & Prejudice isn't really a "romance" either so much as it's a satire of romance, something that comes through even stronger in Sense & Sensibility.
Same obsession with the 1995 BBC adaptation. I used to dream about Colin Firth in a wet shirt. And I love "Le comte de Monte Cristo" . I also love a weird manga adaptation... but I forgot the title. East of Eden... what a great reading souvenir. Loved Crime and Punishment but I love to read about wandering minds. Read it in St Petersburg... I think it helped. And I loved Rebecca!
As an Eng lang major I read a lot of classics... and disliked the vast majority of them, though I do get the importance of some (1984 def needs to be read by a lot of ppl). So here're the classics I actually loved: Sherlock Holmes, Treasure Island, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, The Good Woman of Setzuan.
I have to say, in my country, when we say 'romance' doesn't really mean that has romantic plot. It is literary genera. For instance Dom Quijote is a romance but doesn't have 'romance'/love plot. Maybe it is also in that way that people are referring to Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights as romances. But as i'm not in their head, i can't be certain.
its the same in english, romance concerns love, but the Romantic/Romance (usually a capital Rs to distinguish) is the name of various art movements, visual art, literature, music, etc. but sometimes when people describe the bronte novels they really do mean it in the love story sense, believe it or not 🥴 i guess just because characters in the stories are in love... though i agree that it makes much more sense to only consider them Romantic novels, not love story romantic novels lol.
I think the reason why Mr Rochester was given a pass was because of the movie adaptation and he was played by Michael Fassbender 😂 but yes, I wasn't a fan of the character while reading as well.
You should try classics from other counties as well. For examble The Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann is a very interesting story of a rising bourgeoisie family in the 1800´s. If you ever wish to read any finnish classics, I would highly recommend Under the Northern Star or The Unknown Soldier by Väinö Linna ❤.
@Heidi May I ask are you Finnish? I'm going to try to read Kalevala again, and might need some help. (It did not go well last time XD.) No pressure, just wondering if you'd be interested in discussing it with someone interested in folklore.
@@zachreads I am, but Kalevala is a very difficult read in finnish also. I read it about 20 years ago and remember next to nothing🙄 (except the effort).. Great to hear though, that someone other that a finnish person is interested in reading it!👍
@@Heidi-bp5jw thanks anyways! It's very difficult to read in English too XD. I'm starting with a dumbed down version for high schoolers, and then working my way up to the real thing. It's good to hear that you appreciate me showing interest : )
its so impressive to read books as old as austen in a second language.. i always tell myself im going to try reading books in french but then only buy baby stuff like translated kids or YA books that ive already read in english.. one day i hope to be able to read classics but its so hard for now :'/ i have 20000 lieues sous les mers and even though i know the reading level is pretty low, any time ive sat down to finally start it, i read a page and im like uhhhh nope! not right now lol. le comte de monte cristo was actually one of many on the list of hopeful future french tbrs obviously, but i finally decided to just read it in english this year and im so glad i did, since i loved it as well. actually much more than i expected to. lol i saw a number of people trying to deny that eugénie was a lesbian too. i guess i get not seeing it at first, but to say its not true after people point it out.... come on lmao! willful ignorance. and i agree about the tenant of wildfell hall! i adored it. ive read the "big one" by each of the brontes and thats the only one that i even liked much, never mind loved. i havent read much russian lit, mostly only the two you mentioned here lmao. but i wonder if youd like nabokov, if you havent read him already? lolita is one of my favourite books, nabokovs writing style is so beautiful, specifically because of his wordplay between english and french (and of course russian im sure, but i dont speak that). and despite the content, the style of lolita does not read as heavy as tolstoy and dostoyevsky. not so philosophical. and i know you have your head on straight and wont confuse the intent of the book.. all my life ive seen people condemn it because they think its "gross" or unacceptable to write about such a disturbing situation, and conclude that it cant possibly be a good book because they find it icky, and in the last few years i actually see a lot of people say that it, and anyone who has read or enjoys it, is a "red flag," as if any book written about difficult subjects glorifies said things and is presents them without comment..? basically twisting lolita into something its not, and making it out to be problematic and have it/nabokov cancelled, when the entire book is actually an indictment of abuse, patriarchy, and predatory behaviour. anyway sorry for the essay lol it just bothers me so much to see people smear such an amazing book, one that more often than not they have not read since theyve just fallen for the false narrative that people have perpetuated for decades. i think you might like it (as long as you are ok reading something so heavy, im sure there are better content warnings online but major ones are pedophilia, sexual assault, grooming), at the very least id be interested to hear what you think. im due for a reread myself, since its been ages since i read it.
My favorite Bronte is Jane Eyre (it's actually my favorite book), although you are definitely right in that it's not a romance. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is my second-favorite of the Bronte books, though. Anne Bronte was very much ahead of her time. Hated Wuthering Heights! I wonder if you would enjoy Middlemarch by George Eliot (pen name of Mary Ann Evans), which was published about 30 years later than Jane Eyre, if you keep up with your classics challenge next year.
I think one of the big reasons (outside of willful ignorance) people argue about the lesbian representation in The Count of Monte Christo is because some of the translators were less true to Dumas's own words than others. Which is a shame, but not entirely surprising either. One thing that I find incredibly irksome though is the argument "Eugenie was just a strong independent woman"...well yes, she was without a doubt, but that doesn't mean she wasn't gay. Moving on though, I absolutely love John Steinbeck. I enjoyed Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, and The Grapes of Wrath. The first two significantly more than The Grapes of Wrath, but all three were enjoyable for different reasons. I'd put Les Misérables on my list of classics as well and Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes albeit the latter is harder to get into. Little Women would be up there somewhere too and many more, but this is longwinded enough! XD
That's true! I've heard that the english (or some) has a description mentioning Sappho though... that's pretty gay lol I've always dreaded the idea of reading Les... it's so long!
Haha P&P is a classic classic, yes! The adaptation debate can be intense for sure, lol. I did like the BBC adaptation but I'm an '05 movie girl. I can't tell if I like P&P or Emma more. They're a tie for first place haha. You might like Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye. It's an interesting retelling that I enjoyed and I liked the "Mr. Rochester" character. I haven't read the book but I haven't cared for him in either adaptation I've read so I don't have much interest in reading it lol.
My favourite (modern) classics are Pride and prejudice, Dracula, The yellow wallpaper and Carmilla. I just finished The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and need to think more about it but it was also really good. And I'm reading Jane Eyre right now. I was fully expecting to be reading a gothic novel and not a romance so that doesn't bother me
I love wuthering heights but never think that it was a love story. I hate the main characters. Absolutely i agree with you that the story is more about two horrible people treating each other horribly. I have a perspective that Emily Bronte wanted to show the readers about how toxic relationship could ruin everything. Like everything.
Speaking of classics, I'm a bit confused regarding the title of "Don" or in French "Dom." The French edition that you have rightly spells it as Dom but something like the French edition of Miguel De Cervantès' Don Quixote would be "Don Quichotte." Would there be some linguistic or grammatical reason why they wouldn't use "Dom?" Just curious.
I loved the BBC Pride and Prejudice. I really need to read at least one Jane Austen. I couldn't get into Wuthering Heights. I just finished Phantom of the Opera and I have to say, stick to the musical, the book is a slog. Frankenstein is one of my favorites of all time, but I think a big part of it is due to the era in which I read it. I also loved The Sorrows of Young Werther which is not uplifting at all. Have you read Dangerous Liaisons? I loved the John Malkovich/ Glenn Close movie and then Cruel Intentions (I think they have a show now), so when I read the book, I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it, too. It nicely shows the hypocrisy of the sexes, though I wouldn't say it's entirely redeeming. Some more 'modern' classics that I don't feel get enough attention are Hemingway's Garden of Eden and Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie.
Oh yeah I soooo do not get calling Jane Eyre a romance lol. Love it for the story but… “sweetie no.” Have you read Wide Sargasso Sea? Definitely recommend for another, ahem, perspective… 👀
I just finished reading Frankenstein and I was so diasppointed, lsome parts were interesting, but overall it was so weak and not exploring all the interesting topics it had and I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels meh about it
I loved Sense and Sensibility for Drama's sake 💅🏻 but I agree that Elinor and Brandon are were the better fit, I ship them so hard and I'll go down with this ship. sue me.
I could not finish wuthering heights I hated it. Jane Eyre upon further reflection is just two people suffering in different classes and trying to use each other to get out of that but failing. Love les miserables, count of monte Cristo, and east of eden. Do not read pale fire by Nabokov. That is grade 12 trauma for me its awful.
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Mr Rochester is a deep dive. This wasn't your common romance it went deeper into the souls. He was a complex and dark man but underneath he was screaming for redemption and he saw that Jane could redeem him. By Jane leaving thornfield hall he was reduced to nothing. You should read the psychology of Rochester, Jane, and st john. Was it Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet....absolutely not. That's why you didn't fully enjoy it because whoever told you that influenced your idea of it. Pity. Jane and Rochester's conversations were enigmatic and poetry in motion. I'm 65 and I have never met or heard anyone not love Jane Erye and wuthering heights. In one two souls who were tormented and two souls that tormented each other because of their love for each other. Jane and Rochester completed each other and Heathcliff and Kathy had love that crossed each other in a very unhealthy way they just could not connect. Maybe when you read a classic you should except it as it is instead of wanting it to be something else.
I hate Wuthering Heights with a passion. How is this perverted novel called a Romantic one is beyond me ! Sadistic child cruelty ; insanity disguised as love ; alcoholism; love of graves ;incest ( marriage of not just one cousin, but two) ; well, on and on. This is a sick novel as is Lolita , but how did WH get published in the 1800's ?
Have you heard of 'Who's to Blame: Sophia Tolstoy's rebuttal of her husband Leo's accusations' by Sofia Tokstaya. She was the wife of Leo Tolstoj and this novel is a literary response to her husband. She writes a fictional story, based on her own life and experiences being a married woman. It is heartbreaking and eye-opening. It definitely makes you look at the famous and well-loved author Leo Tolstoj in a whole different light. I would highly recommend it.
I loved the beginning of Jane Eyre - Rochester, not so much. Wuthering Heights is absolutely not a romance. My favorite classics are Pride and Prejudice, Far from the Madding Crowd, Frankenstein, Tess of D'Urbervilles, Death Comes for the Archbishop, well and lots more since my first degree is in Literature.
Recommendations: i can only talk about german ones (mostly) and the phycisists is my top recommendation. maybe you would also like effi briest, but I am not sure. Back in school I felt like it was fake feminist but when I now look back at it, it feels genuine. I am not sure. Would love to hear your opinion actually.
Wuthering heights is definetly not about love, it is about revenge, and it kinda botheres me that it is consired as a romance NO NO NO plus every single character is evil, and that kinda made me lose hope on humanity hehe😅
@@pa_ulala I do too! But when I took a Jane Austen seminar class in college for my masters and there was almost a revolt of the other students being done with her works afterwards. I personally could empathize with Fanny and found her compelling.
@BookswithEmilyFox just read Mansfield Park and it was a lovely book and splits opinions which to me makes it a good classic. Don't go in to it for romance. The main take out for me is morality x
I love Wuthering Heights but totally agree that people who believe this is a romance really need therapy. It is more a revenge tale. Just to warning, Mansfield Park have one of the weakest Jane Austen characters. It is my least favorite.
I’m not sure but I was expecting to see some SFF classics 😳… not that they are all good as most were written by you know… men. Ew. Lol. Anyway, you just made me excited to read more of Jane Austen ☺️!
I want to do a video about classic sci fi but I need to read a few more… and frankly to prepare myself mentally for the comment section lol the majority won’t be favorites and calling out sexism/racism/homophobia on the internet tends to attract…. The kind of people I don’t want on my channel
Definitely, it will attract some unwanted comments 😅 though that’s why I really like your videos as not everyone calls out those things. Personally, it gives me a better picture of what the book is about. When you’re ready, I’ll be here waiting to hear you give the tea on those books 😌
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Hi Emily!! Since you mentioned french classics at the beginning of the video... What are your thoughts on Camus? Because I HATE HIM lmao (kinda unpopular opinion). Even as a person I don't vibe with him DUMAS THOUGH 😩👌
What are your favorite classics?
Alice and wonderland and Charlotte’s web ❤️
"All quiet on the Western Front" and "The way back" by Erich Maria Remarque - I won't say I enjoyed them, because they broke my heart and the topic is still relevant.
And I really liked reading "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu - which has LGBTQIA* rep.
Wuthering Heights is my fave! But my undergrad degree was in psych and I worked in social services and think it’s a fascinating reflection on trauma and neglect from a time when no one was talking about those kinds of things.
@@dd_madara8188 I just recently read Carmilla. I was always under the impression that the first modern vampire story came from the same weekend that Frankenstein was created. Little did I know, The Vampyre got some of its influence from Carmilla.
The Catcher in the Rye, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Heart of Darkness, Macbeth, 1984, ...
I have a Bachelors degree in English here in the US, and Steinbeck is definitely considered a classic author, so you were right to include East of Eden, and you should/could have included Of Mice and Men as well because it’s definitely also considered a classic. 🙂
Good to know! I feel like some people debate that modern classics don’t count and aren’t “real classics” so I wasn’t sure where to draw the line. Made sure to include the faves though :)
@@BookswithEmilyFox I highly recommend you "Of mice and men"
I think people tend to call everything a romance because it has a developing relationship in it. But just because love is a topic it doesn't make it a romance. Many of those "classic romances" don't want to be particularly romantic
But the Brontes were Romantic authors. Not romance in the sense that they wrote about relationships, but Romance in the sense that they contributed to that specific artistic movement
Though in saying that I do wholeheartedly agree with you lol
Everything with a couple is considered a romance, whether it actually is or not lol
Some of my favourites is Anna Karenina, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 😊
I really want to read N&S next year!
I've just started watching your channel and I really like the wide variety of books you talk about, i read the same way. I was also very afraid of Anna Karenina, but it's surprisingly very readable. I got swept up in the story right away. There are a few long bits, but overall I think it's worth it. Happy reading :)
That's reassuring to hear!
I never read a classic book in my life this video is very interesting for me definitely I'm buying some books this week thanks for this video
I just finished Sense and Sensibility last week and 100% agreed with everything you said. As for P&P, Colin Firth is my only Mr Darcy 💛
I was so excited when I saw the notification! I love reading classic books, since I was younger I have been reading classic books translated in Greek like Around the World in 80 Days, Oliver Twist, Little Women etc. I really want to read more classic books, but in English and I really want to read Pride and Prejudice (I can't believe that I haven't read it yet) and Oliver Twist in English.
Thanks to this video, I want to dive into classic literature even more than before and I'll definitely read The Tenant of Wildfell Fall! I hadn't heard about it but I'll definitely add it on my tbr list. I definitely recommend reading Anne of Green Gables, Animal Farm and Oliver Twist!
Little women and Anne of green gables are definitely on my list!!
100 % agree on Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights! they are more like What NOT to do! That being said I love them both. I'm a huge Jane Austin fan and my favorite changes all the time. Right now I think it's Persuasion. Dracula continues to creep me out in all the best ways. I love Oscar Wilde and Dorian Grey is just wonderful. And so are his plays. I love your insights Emily.
Gullivers Travels and The Swiss Family Robinson… brings me back to my childhood and are very adventurous.
Wuthering heights is a dark toxic romance. Reminds me of the song Nymphetamine by Cradle of Filth. It is so unique and so breath taking
I had the same reaction to Wurthering Heights, I had always heard it was this classic romance and damn reading it was a bit of a shock, like you said they were terrible people. I remember the only character I liked was the alcoholic brother, who was also a terrible person, but at least he admitted that he was, not like Heathcliff who felt like everything he did was justified because it came from love in his opinion
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I recommend you to read Elizabeth Gaskell, Anthony Trollope or E.M. Forster.
I'm hoping to read North and South next year!
I hope you like it.
I love Steinbeck! You should try Cannery Row.
I love the Brontë sisters. Wuthering Highs definitly not a love story, but I love it for what it is; Hate Rochester I really don't understand why people love him; and finally thank you so much for recommending The Tenant of Wildfell Hall!!! I wasn't going to give this sister another chance because I found Agnes Grey boring, but The Tenant is sooo superior I dare to say it made it to my top four classics debunking Wuthering Highs. The rest of the podium, Drácula, The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables.
I started reading the russians with Crimen and Punishment. It took me forever to finish. I recommend you to start with White Nigths ( heartbreaking and beatifully written). Anna Karenina wasn't what I was expecting (don't go any further 'cause spoilers.) Hugs from Argentina 🤗🖤
Pride and Prejudice is my favourite classic.
My favourite,too 😊
Yes let’s read Mansfield Park!
I definitely want to read The Picture of Dorian Gray. And some more Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. My favourite classic is Pride and Prejudice. I've re-read it multiple times ☺
I hope you choose Anna Karenina for next year’s reading challenge. I need the moral support that this challenge have given me this year, failed two out of six this year which I actually count as a win. Would also like to read more of Steinbeck, and maybe try something by Virginia Woolf. Really looking forward to seeing what you have come up with for next year’s challenge 😊
I’m very hopeful we’ll pick it for next year!
Hey, Emily! Don’t be scared of Anna Karenina! It’s essentially a romance book and I’d love to hear your opinion on it!
but also I am a huge Dostoyevski fan and I loved Crime and Punishment 😅 tbh I am Eastern European and Russian literature feels very home-y, I can very easily imagine the setting and characters, since they are already a part of our culture. :)
I think I’ll give it a shot next year!
I can relate as an English guy who loves Dickens, a lot of people say his writing is too sappy and verbose but I'm just in love with the settings he creates in his novels as they feel so vivid and familiar to me!
This year I read Eugine Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. Is one of my favorite classic, super short, ridiculous and the audiobook read by Stephen Fry is amazing.
I mean to be fair, Jane Eyre and Wurthering Heights are not romance novels, they’re “Romance novels.” 😜
For those who may not be aware, the Romantics were an artistic movement that emphasised intense emotions, individualism and nature. The Bronte Sisters are typically regarded as such, since they not only wrote during that period, but their novels all have the characteristics of Romantic art/literature.
But yeah the way folks treat them as romantic novels (as in love stories) is something that baffles me too lol
100% but people definitely mention how much they love Mr Rochester and Jane together and... no lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox yeah that’s really weird, ngl
Lol
I very much enjoyed Anna Karenina for all of the plot that didn't include Anna HAHA Her story was fine but the other main story I LOVED! :D
Idk if it's a good or a bad thing lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox 🤣 upon reread I can see how that’s not much of a recommendation 🤣 I did really like it and I hope you do still read it because I can’t wait to hear your thoughts 😁
The tenant of wildfell hall is also my favorite Bronte book. Also a very good film adaptation
I can very well understand your opinion about "Crime and Punishment". You are not the first one to struggle with reading it, and definitely won't be the last. 😉
As for me I love and treasure the story deeply. The main reason, I suppose, would be my growing up in the same culture the events in this book are set in. I read this book (in original) at school, which would be nearly 15 years ago, worked through it thoroughly and had to take part at the follow up discussion. Dostoyevsky like so many Russian classic writers has the tendency to complecated philosophical ideas. The main character Rodion is a very poor student who tries to survive in one of the most difficult times in Russian history when the monarchy is ruling: famine, burocracy, bribes, luxurious parties when people are starving... Rodion doesn't find these circumstances fair. In his desperation he kills the moneylender as an act of "putting the things" right, if even for once. He can't kill the tsar, he can't (alone) change the way the country is ruled, so he justifies himself, his killing, his wrongdoing, he finds his scapegoat. But the problem is, he has a consciousness! Because of it he can't stop thinking of what he did. Not only the moneylender is a "louse" in comparison to God but also he himself.
!! Spoilers are coming!!
Rodion's consciousness, his thoughts drive him furthermore into insanity, he subconsciously behaves like he does in the book so he can be discovered and be punished. That's why he is calm and relieved when sent to prison in Siberia.
I hope that was helpful to you in some way;-) But please don't think it was a critique on you opinion! I respect it and value your honesty 🙂
My favourite classics are The Phantom of the Opera and Dracula. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is great too! I agree with you about Frankenstein, did not care about it at all.
I’d be curious to see what you think of the Master and Margarita- Russian lit but whimsical and fantasy. I still needed spark notes but it was weird and fun
haha i just read this this year and also used sparknotes. not because i wanted to, but because i NEEDED to lmao. i did enjoy it, but found it so hard to get through for some reason! russian lit really does a number if youre not used to it, even something kind of silly!
@@sarahmcdonough7713 so true! I love Spark Notes though because it adds so much depth to my reading experience! I agree with you though, it’s a TASK
@@JAKandtheBookStack i do too, i often read them with classics since im not prone to a ton of analysis on my own. trying to recapture that high school english class round table discussion feeling lol
Love Brontes but no not romances in my books. Jane is just so strong and such a force, her survival in spite of her aunt is beautiful.
Withering heights was twilight for 19th century lit.
the holy trinity of my favorite classics are Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, and Agnes Grey.
Yay! Someone else who agrees with me about Frankenstein. I enjoyed the concept and actually wish I had just read the summary cuz it's better than the book. You might like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I enjoyed it so much more than Frankenstein.
Oh that's good to hear because for some reason it feels like they would be similar!
I flat out hated WH, but loved Jane Eyre. My faves are from Thomas Hardy,
I've really enjoyed Treasure Island, War of the Worlds. I'm just starting Picture of Dorian Grey
I've been meaning to read War of the Worlds and classic sci-fi tend to be so dry that I'm worried. Good to hear you enjoyed it!
I agree with your opinion on Frankenstein. I tried to read it just to read it, but I ended up DNFing it.
Hated Wuthering Heights the first time I read it. Loved it when I reread it. If you know what to expect it makes a huge difference.
I tried reading Jane Eyre when I was about 14 or 15 and I DNF'd it (I think it was the first DNF of my life, honestly) because I hated the so-called "romance" so much. It was vile and there was no getting past it for me (and yes, it was the attic that sent me over the edge). That is, I think, part of the point Bronte is trying to make, though, so in that regard it was done well. But it's definitely not a romance in the way we think of the genre now. (I also didn't enjoy Rebecca...although for me it was because I just couldn't get behind the main character.)
I didn't like Frankenstein my first time either. On rereads it does get better, when you know what you're getting into.
PS the same applies to The Wise Man's Fear, when you don't spend half your time thinking "?????" it's a lot better.
Love Wuthering Heights and all the Brontë's!
I've never been this early, and on this topic? Incredible luck today! :>
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Don't get me wrong, but it's really funny to see Count Monte Cristo or Three musketeers on Booktube lists of serious classic literature, it's was considered as emn really pulp adventure literature and even young adult literature when I was growing up
I love , read and re-read, Pride and Prejudice and the rest of Jane Austen 's novels, but gosh, I was bored to tears with Mansfield Park. So, sometimes persistence (in !y case sheer stubbornness) pays, I re-read it. Phew ! Sorry, it was soporifically boring that it took me two weeks to read (between others books to help me wake up)!
It happens with Dickens, the odd book that let's the reader down...in my case it was Little Dorrit......but Jane Austen ? Yes, she let me down 🙄
Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights definitely aren't "romances" in the contemporary sense of the term; they're nightmarish depictions of abuse. WH especially is about the dark side of untamed passions, and JE about the dangers of being attracted to that untamed passion. I would highly, highly recommended reading Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, which is a really short novel from the perspective of the "madwoman in the attic." There's also a seminal text of feminist literature called "The Madwoman in the Attic" by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar that used Jane Eyre to analyze Victorian literature from the feminist perspective. Pride & Prejudice isn't really a "romance" either so much as it's a satire of romance, something that comes through even stronger in Sense & Sensibility.
I read Wuthering Heights in school and absolutely loathed it
Same obsession with the 1995 BBC adaptation. I used to dream about Colin Firth in a wet shirt. And I love "Le comte de Monte Cristo" . I also love a weird manga adaptation... but I forgot the title. East of Eden... what a great reading souvenir. Loved Crime and Punishment but I love to read about wandering minds. Read it in St Petersburg... I think it helped. And I loved Rebecca!
As an Eng lang major I read a lot of classics... and disliked the vast majority of them, though I do get the importance of some (1984 def needs to be read by a lot of ppl). So here're the classics I actually loved: Sherlock Holmes, Treasure Island, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, The Good Woman of Setzuan.
I have to say, in my country, when we say 'romance' doesn't really mean that has romantic plot. It is literary genera. For instance Dom Quijote is a romance but doesn't have 'romance'/love plot. Maybe it is also in that way that people are referring to Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights as romances. But as i'm not in their head, i can't be certain.
its the same in english, romance concerns love, but the Romantic/Romance (usually a capital Rs to distinguish) is the name of various art movements, visual art, literature, music, etc. but sometimes when people describe the bronte novels they really do mean it in the love story sense, believe it or not 🥴 i guess just because characters in the stories are in love... though i agree that it makes much more sense to only consider them Romantic novels, not love story romantic novels lol.
I think the reason why Mr Rochester was given a pass was because of the movie adaptation and he was played by Michael Fassbender 😂 but yes, I wasn't a fan of the character while reading as well.
That would explain it lol
I really preferred My Cousin Rachel to Rebecca, maybe try that one if you want to keep going with the gothic vibes
You should try classics from other counties as well. For examble The Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann is a very interesting story of a rising bourgeoisie family in the 1800´s. If you ever wish to read any finnish classics, I would highly recommend Under the Northern Star or The Unknown Soldier by Väinö Linna ❤.
@Heidi May I ask are you Finnish? I'm going to try to read Kalevala again, and might need some help. (It did not go well last time XD.) No pressure, just wondering if you'd be interested in discussing it with someone interested in folklore.
@@zachreads I am, but Kalevala is a very difficult read in finnish also. I read it about 20 years ago and remember next to nothing🙄 (except the effort).. Great to hear though, that someone other that a finnish person is interested in reading it!👍
@@Heidi-bp5jw thanks anyways! It's very difficult to read in English too XD. I'm starting with a dumbed down version for high schoolers, and then working my way up to the real thing. It's good to hear that you appreciate me showing interest : )
@@Heidi-bp5jw oh, and I'm also going to check out some of your recommendations.
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Could someone tell me what edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray is? It is absolutely gorgeous!
A great video, I love pride and prejudice and Emma. I didnt like crime and punishment either. 😊
its so impressive to read books as old as austen in a second language.. i always tell myself im going to try reading books in french but then only buy baby stuff like translated kids or YA books that ive already read in english.. one day i hope to be able to read classics but its so hard for now :'/ i have 20000 lieues sous les mers and even though i know the reading level is pretty low, any time ive sat down to finally start it, i read a page and im like uhhhh nope! not right now lol.
le comte de monte cristo was actually one of many on the list of hopeful future french tbrs obviously, but i finally decided to just read it in english this year and im so glad i did, since i loved it as well. actually much more than i expected to. lol i saw a number of people trying to deny that eugénie was a lesbian too. i guess i get not seeing it at first, but to say its not true after people point it out.... come on lmao! willful ignorance.
and i agree about the tenant of wildfell hall! i adored it. ive read the "big one" by each of the brontes and thats the only one that i even liked much, never mind loved.
i havent read much russian lit, mostly only the two you mentioned here lmao. but i wonder if youd like nabokov, if you havent read him already? lolita is one of my favourite books, nabokovs writing style is so beautiful, specifically because of his wordplay between english and french (and of course russian im sure, but i dont speak that). and despite the content, the style of lolita does not read as heavy as tolstoy and dostoyevsky. not so philosophical. and i know you have your head on straight and wont confuse the intent of the book.. all my life ive seen people condemn it because they think its "gross" or unacceptable to write about such a disturbing situation, and conclude that it cant possibly be a good book because they find it icky, and in the last few years i actually see a lot of people say that it, and anyone who has read or enjoys it, is a "red flag," as if any book written about difficult subjects glorifies said things and is presents them without comment..? basically twisting lolita into something its not, and making it out to be problematic and have it/nabokov cancelled, when the entire book is actually an indictment of abuse, patriarchy, and predatory behaviour. anyway sorry for the essay lol it just bothers me so much to see people smear such an amazing book, one that more often than not they have not read since theyve just fallen for the false narrative that people have perpetuated for decades. i think you might like it (as long as you are ok reading something so heavy, im sure there are better content warnings online but major ones are pedophilia, sexual assault, grooming), at the very least id be interested to hear what you think. im due for a reread myself, since its been ages since i read it.
Before Booktube, I tried to read some JA and couldn't understand anything haha It takes time but we'll get there!
My favorite Bronte is Jane Eyre (it's actually my favorite book), although you are definitely right in that it's not a romance. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is my second-favorite of the Bronte books, though. Anne Bronte was very much ahead of her time. Hated Wuthering Heights! I wonder if you would enjoy Middlemarch by George Eliot (pen name of Mary Ann Evans), which was published about 30 years later than Jane Eyre, if you keep up with your classics challenge next year.
I think one of the big reasons (outside of willful ignorance) people argue about the lesbian representation in The Count of Monte Christo is because some of the translators were less true to Dumas's own words than others. Which is a shame, but not entirely surprising either. One thing that I find incredibly irksome though is the argument "Eugenie was just a strong independent woman"...well yes, she was without a doubt, but that doesn't mean she wasn't gay.
Moving on though, I absolutely love John Steinbeck. I enjoyed Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, and The Grapes of Wrath. The first two significantly more than The Grapes of Wrath, but all three were enjoyable for different reasons. I'd put Les Misérables on my list of classics as well and Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes albeit the latter is harder to get into. Little Women would be up there somewhere too and many more, but this is longwinded enough! XD
That's true! I've heard that the english (or some) has a description mentioning Sappho though... that's pretty gay lol I've always dreaded the idea of reading Les... it's so long!
I bought Crime and Punishment a few months ago but it’s just collecting dust on my bookshelf. I’ve heard it’s very tedious to read.
It really is!
Haha P&P is a classic classic, yes! The adaptation debate can be intense for sure, lol. I did like the BBC adaptation but I'm an '05 movie girl. I can't tell if I like P&P or Emma more. They're a tie for first place haha.
You might like Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye. It's an interesting retelling that I enjoyed and I liked the "Mr. Rochester" character. I haven't read the book but I haven't cared for him in either adaptation I've read so I don't have much interest in reading it lol.
My favourite (modern) classics are Pride and prejudice, Dracula, The yellow wallpaper and Carmilla. I just finished The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and need to think more about it but it was also really good. And I'm reading Jane Eyre right now. I was fully expecting to be reading a gothic novel and not a romance so that doesn't bother me
I love wuthering heights but never think that it was a love story. I hate the main characters. Absolutely i agree with you that the story is more about two horrible people treating each other horribly. I have a perspective that Emily Bronte wanted to show the readers about how toxic relationship could ruin everything. Like everything.
Speaking of classics, I'm a bit confused regarding the title of "Don" or in French "Dom." The French edition that you have rightly spells it as Dom but something like the French edition of Miguel De Cervantès' Don Quixote would be "Don Quichotte." Would there be some linguistic or grammatical reason why they wouldn't use "Dom?" Just curious.
I loved the BBC Pride and Prejudice. I really need to read at least one Jane Austen. I couldn't get into Wuthering Heights. I just finished Phantom of the Opera and I have to say, stick to the musical, the book is a slog. Frankenstein is one of my favorites of all time, but I think a big part of it is due to the era in which I read it. I also loved The Sorrows of Young Werther which is not uplifting at all.
Have you read Dangerous Liaisons? I loved the John Malkovich/ Glenn Close movie and then Cruel Intentions (I think they have a show now), so when I read the book, I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it, too. It nicely shows the hypocrisy of the sexes, though I wouldn't say it's entirely redeeming. Some more 'modern' classics that I don't feel get enough attention are Hemingway's Garden of Eden and Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie.
Oh yeah I soooo do not get calling Jane Eyre a romance lol. Love it for the story but… “sweetie no.” Have you read Wide Sargasso Sea? Definitely recommend for another, ahem, perspective… 👀
I just finished reading Frankenstein and I was so diasppointed, lsome parts were interesting, but overall it was so weak and not exploring all the interesting topics it had and I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels meh about it
Yeah, I understand why it's an important piece of literature but it's okay that I didn't really enjoy myself while reading it!
I loved Sense and Sensibility for Drama's sake 💅🏻 but I agree that Elinor and Brandon are were the better fit, I ship them so hard and I'll go down with this ship. sue me.
They would have been much cuter
I could not finish wuthering heights I hated it. Jane Eyre upon further reflection is just two people suffering in different classes and trying to use each other to get out of that but failing. Love les miserables, count of monte Cristo, and east of eden. Do not read pale fire by Nabokov. That is grade 12 trauma for me its awful.
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Mr Rochester is a deep dive. This wasn't your common romance it went deeper into the souls. He was a complex and dark man but underneath he was screaming for redemption and he saw that Jane could redeem him. By Jane leaving thornfield hall he was reduced to nothing. You should read the psychology of Rochester, Jane, and st john. Was it Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet....absolutely not. That's why you didn't fully enjoy it because whoever told you that influenced your idea of it. Pity. Jane and Rochester's conversations were enigmatic and poetry in motion. I'm 65 and I have never met or heard anyone not love Jane Erye and wuthering heights. In one two souls who were tormented and two souls that tormented each other because of their love for each other. Jane and Rochester completed each other and Heathcliff and Kathy had love that crossed each other in a very unhealthy way they just could not connect. Maybe when you read a classic you should except it as it is instead of wanting it to be something else.
I hate Wuthering Heights with a passion.
How is this perverted novel called a Romantic one is beyond me ! Sadistic child cruelty ; insanity disguised as love ; alcoholism; love of graves ;incest ( marriage of not just one cousin, but two) ; well, on and on.
This is a sick novel as is Lolita , but how did WH get published in the 1800's ?
If you still want to read some Russian literature I recommend Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.
Have you seen the web series of Pride and Prejusdice? It’s one of my fav.
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@@MediocreAtBesd it’s on TH-cam. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.
never clicked so fast
You should try reading The Professor by Charlotte Bronte. It’s quite different from something like Jane Eyre but still good
Are you related to paula fox btw love your content
Has anyone else read the scarlet pimpernel? Just finished it and I quite enjoyed it
The audio of frankenstein is good
Which audiobook do you recommend? There are dozens of them.
@@sweetlolitaChii Kenneth B spoken
Have you heard of 'Who's to Blame: Sophia Tolstoy's rebuttal of her husband Leo's accusations' by Sofia Tokstaya. She was the wife of Leo Tolstoj and this novel is a literary response to her husband. She writes a fictional story, based on her own life and experiences being a married woman. It is heartbreaking and eye-opening. It definitely makes you look at the famous and well-loved author Leo Tolstoj in a whole different light. I would highly recommend it.
Thanks for letting me know! I can’t imagine all the sad stories that were never told about these famous men
I loved the beginning of Jane Eyre - Rochester, not so much. Wuthering Heights is absolutely not a romance. My favorite classics are Pride and Prejudice, Far from the Madding Crowd, Frankenstein, Tess of D'Urbervilles, Death Comes for the Archbishop, well and lots more since my first degree is in Literature.
I agree about Wutherıng heıghts!! why is everyone talking like its a romance book ?? There was wayy more hate than love in the book 😂
It's a tragedy that pertains to 2 flawed people whose love tears them apart in the worst way. 💔
jane is cool
Madam Bovery is a great classic.
I've been wanting to pick it up!
Recommendations: i can only talk about german ones (mostly) and the phycisists is my top recommendation. maybe you would also like effi briest, but I am not sure. Back in school I felt like it was fake feminist but when I now look back at it, it feels genuine. I am not sure. Would love to hear your opinion actually.
My favourite German classic is “Buddenbrooks” by Thomas Mann İ guess. I think everyone who likes Jane Austen will enjoy this one 😅
@@arya0553 still need to read that one
@@BooksWithJudy würde ich definitiv empfehlen♥️
Wuthering heights is definetly not about love, it is about revenge, and it kinda botheres me that it is consired as a romance NO NO NO plus every single character is evil, and that kinda made me lose hope on humanity hehe😅
What you are doing is very wonderful. I advise you to read religious books, especially the Abrahamic religions.
Thank you
Hi! I was wondering what happened to your beauty channel?
It's on pause until I get surgery. Hoping to be back early next year!
@@BookswithEmilyFox Good luck and hope you have a speedy recovery!
I love The Scarlet Pimpernel!
Swashbuckling Romantic Adventure is my description of this Love reading this!!
Yes, the relationship between Jane and Mr Rochester is as bad as the one between Elizabeth and Mr Darcy.Yes
Be prepared that you (most likely) won't like Mansfield Park. The heroine is not like Elizabeth Bennett or Emma Woodhouse.
I've been warned but it's the last one so I really want to try it!
@@BookswithEmilyFox I love Mansfield Park because of that, the heroine is an introverted person, it's different from other heroines!
@@pa_ulala I do too! But when I took a Jane Austen seminar class in college for my masters and there was almost a revolt of the other students being done with her works afterwards. I personally could empathize with Fanny and found her compelling.
@BookswithEmilyFox just read Mansfield Park and it was a lovely book and splits opinions which to me makes it a good classic. Don't go in to it for romance. The main take out for me is morality x
Thank you, someone said it! Jane Eyre, a romance?? NO! LOLOL!
I love Wuthering Heights but totally agree that people who believe this is a romance really need therapy. It is more a revenge tale.
Just to warning, Mansfield Park have one of the weakest Jane Austen characters. It is my least favorite.
So I've heard! It's my last one though so I really want to give it a shot anyway
wuthering heights is one of the best books ever written...you should have some respect for that piece of literary perfection smh
I’m not sure but I was expecting to see some SFF classics 😳… not that they are all good as most were written by you know… men. Ew. Lol. Anyway, you just made me excited to read more of Jane Austen ☺️!
I want to do a video about classic sci fi but I need to read a few more… and frankly to prepare myself mentally for the comment section lol the majority won’t be favorites and calling out sexism/racism/homophobia on the internet tends to attract…. The kind of people I don’t want on my channel
Definitely, it will attract some unwanted comments 😅 though that’s why I really like your videos as not everyone calls out those things. Personally, it gives me a better picture of what the book is about. When you’re ready, I’ll be here waiting to hear you give the tea on those books 😌
You look amazing Emily and sending positive vibes energy for you and so amazing inspiring and unique unbelievable person and so strong and strength and so proud of you and keep up the great work xoxo 😘 🧡🤎❤️❤️🤎🧡🧡🤎🍂🍃🍃📚📙📙📚📖🍃📖📚📚🤎🍂❤️❤️🍂🧡🍁🍁🧡🤎❤️🤎🍁🍁🧡🍂🍃📖📚📙📚📖📖📚📙📚📖❤️❤️🤎🧡🍁🍁🧡🤎❤️❤️❤️🍂🤎🧡🧡🤎🍂❤️📙📚📖📖📚
I really didn't like Jane Eyre that much... It was okay.
The book was too long. I really liked the first half. But after...
The romance is so questionable lol
THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR BEING THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO HATES MR ROCHESTER!!!!
Hi Emily!! Since you mentioned french classics at the beginning of the video... What are your thoughts on Camus? Because I HATE HIM lmao (kinda unpopular opinion). Even as a person I don't vibe with him
DUMAS THOUGH 😩👌
I had to read “the stranger” for three different classes… I hated it all three times lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox three times 😭😭 safe to say it's a big no for you too then lol (I had to read it 4 times💀)
For all of the hype that Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights get, I think Anne Bronte's books were definitely superior
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I would be embarrassed to be publicly executed too 😂
I’m glad I’m not the only one 😂