10 *actually* fun & easy classics to read | recs from a Japanese English lit student 📚

[@loafof_sof]

CONGRATS ON FINISHING YOUR THESIS, THAT’S AWESOME

[@emigrace]

Thank youuuuu😭🙏🏼

[@aabill1950]

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde read this the summer before senior year in high school. very well written, parts of it were spooky, in full daylight, ridiing in car with my parents. so glad I didn't see the movie first. Highly recommended I'm writing as an American, English native language. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Haven't read any of her books but want to. The parts I have read were very good. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë this was a joy to read. highly recommended. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë I only stayed with this book out of respect for the Bronte sisters. only one sane person in the whole book and that was the narrator. glad I didn't read this in school. so many characters who I would not like to meet, ever. I will watch the old movie some time to find out what happened. bad people. if you've read a few chapters and want to quit, quitting is recommended.

[@mohamadmerhi9277]

So not only am I early to your video but also it literally came at the right moment as I was searching for classics.

[@emigrace]

Omg so happy to hear that!:)

[@ivanabosic6893]

Dear Emi, first of all congrats on your thesis! And this video is great! I'm so struck by the fact that ALL the books are not only my favourites but I also read them at the same age when you read them! All Agatha Christie plots mixed-up, The Catcher in the Rye, Wilde!! And the Great Gatsby (+the film starring Robert Redford an Mia Farrow), Little Women, and all the rest of true clasissics! And it was all in the 1980s when I first read them... I am amazed that so many years later, in a different part of the world, there is the same reaction to the same set of books! I'm looking forward to more videos, do keep up the good work! And all the best in the New Year!

[@emigrace]

Woooow I love that!! Just goes to prove how timeless and borderless they are:) (I’ve also watched that version of Gatsby btw, loved it.) Thanks for watching my videos!🥺🤍 Hope you have a wonderful holiday season!:)

[@dpier6]

Great video! Congrats on finishing your thesis 🎉

[@emigrace]

thanks so much!! 🤍

[@marysiafudala]

I love your videos about books!! 🦋

[@emigrace]

So glad to hear that!🤍

[@boxingcompass]

Agatha Christie!!! I had the same phase - I read a ton of her books in 6th and 7th grade, and now can only remember bits and pieces of them. Congrats on finishing your thesis!

[@emigrace]

Hahahahhaa love that. Thanks so much!!

[@worldobserver3515]

Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Old Man and the Sea, The Grapes of Wrath, and more recently, All the Pretty Horses......these are also great books. Congratulations on finishing your paper. What will you do now? What job will you be able to get with your degree? Will you continue your education and become a college professor?

[@emigrace]

All great books as well:) thanks so much! Hahaha no I don’t plan on becoming a professor:)

[@anna7276]

Oh Emi, not only are your Spanish videos fun to watch, but you read all the books i love too!!!! Have you ever read Thomas Hardy’s “The Mayor of Casterbridge”. ? That’s one of my all time fave eng lit novels! Merry Christmas to you and a happy new year! X

[@emigrace]

I’m so glad you enjoy these videos as well! I’ve never read that before! I need to check it out if it’s you’re all time favorite:) Merry Christmas to you as well!🤍

[@hydeyoungg17]

Hello. The classic books of Russian authors are also very beautiful. I think Dostoyevski and Tolstoy are number one.I remember reading a book by Agatha Christie until I finished it. I was very excited. Thank you for this beautiful video and for the books you recommend. See you.

[@emigrace]

I’ve never really read Russian classics since they always intimidated me, but I really should try! haha Thanks for the sweet comment!🤍

[@amjoshuaf]

@@emigraceDostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment is not daunting at all. Plus it seems to me sort of the mother of all detective/mystery novels so if you’re into Agatha Christie you may like it.

[@joreneereads]

Loved this video! Congrats on your thesis!

[@emigrace]

Thanks so much!!!🤍🤍

[@多肉黄桃]

this is such a great video :) I am curious to hear about how you became interested in English lit and what brought you to major in it?

[@emigrace]

I read a lot of classic English/American books translated into Japanese when I was little, like Little Women and Pride and Prejudice, etc. because my mom would give them to me, and I grew up loving them:) and also, I had 'advanced' English classes in high school where we studied books like To Kill a Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies, and I loved those classes so much that I made it my major :)

[@多肉黄桃]

@@emigrace That's so interesting to hear! Thanks for sharing Emi :))

[@TheSeBbastien]

Thanks for your videos. I recommend you a French/Belgian writer : Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. His book "Oscar et la dame rose" could make you cry. It's a very popular book in France

[@Imposters-f9v]

Love your content!

[@emigrace]

thank you so much!:)

[@eliranmagen7008]

great video :) I'd also recommand "To Kill a Mockingbird" - it's about racism in the united states of the old days, can be kinda harsh but a great story and also "They Were All My Sons" - well, this one is actually a script for a play and not a book so it's written kind of differently but it's also touching some important topics

[@bsieufkek]

Love your vids emi!! ❤

[@emigrace]

Thank youuu🤍

[@crist2na]

do you have a goodreads? would love to see more book recs!!

[@emigrace]

I don’t always use it, but I do have an account!:) www.goodreads.com/user/show/121524379

[@yurishevchenko5177]

Hola, ¿Cómo va todo? I highly recommend you the best Russian novel 巨匠とマルガリータ by ブルガーコフ(no sé si has leído antes esta obra maestra). La leí en ruso hace tres años más o menos y en este momento la releo en español(El maestro y Margarita). La trama de ella es muy absorbente e intrincado. A mi parecer, aunque ese libro sí que no es fácil de leer, definitivamente vale la pena leerlo.Te prometo que te gustará) y ¡Enhorabuena por terminar la tesis! Me gustan todas tus recomendaciones en este video. Abrazos desde el lejano Moscú!😌

[@emigrace]

Ay gracias siempre por tus comentarios:) Nunca he leído ese libro, pero si debería leer algunos libros clásicos de Rusia algún día! Graciasss!

[@yurishevchenko5177]

@@emigrace どういたしまして 素敵なクリスマスを ☃️☃️🎄🎄 ところで、5000人登録達成おめでとうございます🎊🥳 いつも楽しい動画を本当にありがとう! これからも一緒に頑張ろう!😎

[@emigrace]

@@yurishevchenko5177 わーいありがとうございます！！！🤍🤍

[@blove9623]

Hi Girl ❤️

[@emmaopaline]

The little prince Brave New World Dracula Anne of green gables East of Eden The count of Monte Cristo Good list

[@emigrace]

Anne of Green Gables and The Count of Monte Cristo are actually one of my favorite books of all time as well ☺️💞

[@pinkman17_]

5:10

[@wataru-japan2451]

卒論お疲れ様でした！

[@emigrace]

ありがとうございます！！🙏🏼