Published in 1969

It’s about restraint, control and liberation and freedom. It’s incredible

A very honest effort to appreciate a difficult book. I find some guys on the comments section not happy about Amelia’s perspective here, but pl give her some space. Sometimes it’s a pleasure to come across innocent and spontaneous reactions to work of art and her’s falls into the category.. Fowles’ novels, particularly this one, is very complex as he plays not only with time but with intense socio psychological themes. They say English novels do not measure upto the depth found in their continental counterparts, particularly when you take those created by Gogol, Balzac, Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Flaubert or Proust. For me the one coming closest to that standard would be French Lieutenant’s Woman. To Amelia, 1963 may seem to you a long time ago, but that was right within the e and technology most happening period in human history both in terms of science and technology ( space missions, icbm, initial i etc) and of deep social changes borne out of aggressive social movements( women’s lib, civil rights, height of Cold War, on set of Vietnam, Beatles, global students’ unrest etc. The definition of morality and basic human relationships never went through such jolts as in the 1960s. No wonder Fowles took inspiration from all of it to dig into the hubris and of Victorian morality at the time. The interesting lines at the beginning of each chapter more than explain it.

"A symptom of wealth..." Victorian times was slower paces. "A tranquil boredom; whereas modern times is like a destructive neurosis" Wow, that aged well for 50 years past - pure insanity now. But you made me want to read this intriguing book after watch it on YT. Thank you.

Frankenstein is one of the best ever

I have never heard a worse review of a book.. I havent read the book so I understand none of the things said because she doesnt make a summary of it leaving us in air

Nice

Just bought Ann Radcliffe, Sicilian Romance, Oxford world’s Classics edition. I don’t know if it’s faulty, the font is different and smaller than all my other OWC books and the margins are a lot bigger. Is your copy like this?

Hi. you have explained it well. I haven't read the novel. But read the theme and analysis of the novel by various people.

2:25 Got news for you, Roxy. Fat women and girls get raped, too. (Anybody know where I can buy darts in gross. I may pick up the Obama crap.)

Are you okay? You haven’t posted in so long :(

Hi! Can you help me with intertextuality and historicity in this book?

Really nice

Brilliant

Omg my name is Amalia too! And my mother is from Greece!

Did you like the film adaptation with Meryl Streep?

Loved it❤

These are great! I just finished Wildflower, a Tale of Transcendence. And, wow! So good! I finished it in two days.

I like the different stories/topics of life

I like the different subjects of life in these stories.

Excellent work & wonderful explanation.

The last girl sounnds fasinating! I will definitely add that to my TBR XD, I read Quiet a couple of years ago and also didn't get a lot from it haha, agree with the comment on its research =D

I love your channel. You have great taste in literature. Your channel deserves to be much bigger.

I have read verity and it was really good, I’d suggest reading that if you haven’t yet. Its a romantic/thriller

The Last Girl sounds good! I've been meaning to try Jorge Luis Borges too. And sometimes, you just need a bunch of romances!!

There is a biblical fiction series titled The Mark of the Lion (the first book being The Voice in the Wind) by Francine Rivers and it is set in Rome and has to do with the Gladiator time period. Very fascinating read.

You are not the only who purchased Zuleikha for the beautiful cover...I did as well :) I haven't read it yet.

I've been meaning to read more Jacqueline Woodson and Colson Whitehead as well. They're both such great authors. And I've never read anything by Sarah Waters, but she's on my list too!

I have also put myself on buying any new book ban until i read all the books i have on my tbr (56 books from all different categories) but its so hard when there’s so many sales going 😅

I would say, just look over the words in the book while listening to it through audiobook

Thank you. I like a lot of books you recommended here. Im a memoir fan as well. Maybe you would like "A long way home" by Saroo Brierly 😊

Passing is so good! I've heard Braiding Sweetgrass is particularly good on audio (I read it in ebook form, though, and thought it was great that way too). White Fragility, despite being short, kind of takes some time to think through and process, so you might want to just read a chapter a week or something rather than trying to get through it all at once.

Thank you so much mam for your critical view at the book rather than the surface view

Way to go on really increasing the amount you read from different countries around the world! That's a huge shift in reading. I definitely want to read more internationally next year too.

STATS :D I have approximatly the same audiobook percentages, and non ficiton / fiction. Yeay for the decrease in US and UK books!

FINE, I put the death of Vivek Oji on my want to read list. Always wanted to start with freshwater, but FINE, you won me over.

Great video!! I added many of these to my TBR. :)

What a fun way to review your year of reading! I'm amused at the students' comments on your review of The French Lieutenant's Woman. I've reviewed a couple of middle grade novels that gets similar comments, and it always makes me laugh.

Oh I'm glad you read so many for invisible cities! I hadn't realised you were still at it so well. I wrote down the Palestinian one. I've got me all inspired to pick up a lot of classics, which is a problem becasue I don't have the time.

There are some great books on your list. I have read 80 books this year so I think we are similar in our reading quantity. I reserved An Unwelcome Woman at my library and look forward to trying that one out. Happy holidays and thank you for your great video.

The better Allende are the older ones in my opinion. I agree with the issues with the dual timelines though, and it seems to be very popular device lately

Fantastic list! I've read many of these and loved them. Looking forward to picking up some of the others you mentioned.

I love historical fiction set in Russia. These are some I've never heard of before!

As a big historical fiction reader myself, I can’t help but agree with you. More often than not, the dual timeline is a hindrance to the overall book. There’s always an exception to the rule, and some stories work well. But the more his fiction I read, the more I’m realizing the same thing. I felt this strongly in Lisa Wingate’s book The Book of Lost Friends. Totally separate stories.

Glad I provided you with a lightbulb moment! I also prefer when historical fiction is only set in one timeline. I'm starting to think a lot of authors feel forced to have some kind of reveal in their books that we don't see coming as readers. But adding all these extra things, mysteries like you describe, side stories, things in the past, things in the future etc etc. And all these things just take away from the story. Less is more. Also yes loved Atonement.

Thank you for this summary! I'm watching this 2 hours before an exam, just to get an idea of the book.

I agree that multiple timelines don’t always work, especially when they are too distinct. I am currently reading a historical novel with multiple timelines. Each chapter is subdivided in three subchapters, for the grandmother, the mother, and the daughter. The timeline of the grandmother and the mother is the 1840s, and that of the daughter is the 1890s. But the grandmother and mother are present in the 1890s too, so the storylines are linked in an obvious way. So far (about 50 pages) I quite like it.

Great video as always!!

Love your reviews! I hope you create more content. I like getting a teaser on what the book is all about and I like the way you explain it. Keep it up!

I must be different than other people because I like to read books set in a season other than the one I'm in. When it is cold outside, I don't like to read books set in winter because it makes me feel cold. So I tend to choose the opposite season if I am being deliberate in those kinds of choices. Mostly I don't pay attention to the season of the book, but I have noticed that many booktubers seem to read seasonally. Nothing wrong with that. I hope you have success in reading your own books next year. I've tried to do that this year and have done fairly well. It feels good to mark some of my own books off my tbr.