4 INTRIGUING CLASSIC BOOKS FOR YOU.

[@severianthefool7233]

BookTube is the better for having you! I hope that you continue to make bookish content for a long time

[@Dezertroze43]

Me too! Many happy returns of the Tristan Bookish Content.😊❤

[@denisadellinger4543]

I loved the PBS adaptation of the Forsythe Saga. I have the book packed in a box thats in my garage when I moved. I read about ten pages when I first got it and then no more. I have New Grub Street and want to read it. The others, I've never heard of. So many books, so little time.

[@coolbaud1]

Thank you, Tristan, for suggesting "All Passion Spent"! This is one of the best books I've ever read and I will be thinking about it for years to come. I'm not sure every woman could relate to Lady Slane, but as a woman of a certain age, I CERTAINLY understand how she felt about so many things. This story touched me so deeply as never to be forgotten. Thank you again.

[@bourgeoise2]

Love your reviews and recommendations! 🙂

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you so much. That's really kind of you

[@ТатьянаГубина-и1и]

At last you mentioned my favourite " Forsythe Saga"! A beautiful book!

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

I'm sorry it took me so long. 😀👍

[@ТатьянаГубина-и1и]

@@tristanandtheclassics6538 👍👍👍❤️🥰🤩

[@mtnshelby7059]

Great recommendations, and I added two to my list. Just want to give a pointer to others to watch a replay of that live WWI chat with you and the other book tubers. That was so well done content wise, traditional WWI canonical works to the literature of war dissenters to lit outside the West. I really learned so much!!!

[@battybibliophile-Clare]

I have red all of the Galsworthy's series. I have the Folio Society edition. A great read. I have read a lot of Woolf and Sachville West. I tried to reread recently, and am done with the Bloomsbury snobbishness, which is shown in Woolf's diaries. A pity because both write well, especially Woolf's essays.Gissing is a great favourite.

[@Old_Scot]

Sometimes it's better to enjoy the writing and ignore the person who wrote, isn't it?

[@battybibliophile-Clare]

@@Old_Scot yes it is, with Woolf it's her diaries I hate, her essays are fine, except her reviews of earlier writers, which are vitriolic. However, you are absolutely right it's the art, not the artist.

[@kerribrown1046]

I’m loving your content and absolutely devouring your videos! My TBR is rapidly expanding 😊

[@sandrew255]

Listening to you talking about grimy realism in the late 19C novel reminded me of the early novels of W Somerset Maugham, whose plays I adore and reflect many of the themes raised in this video. Have you read much of Maugham? I’m new to the channel (and loving it) so I’ve probably missed it if you have talked about him. I love this period of literature say from 1880 through to 1930s. Really just one persons lifetime, but what a Cavalcade to echo Coward. It’s no wonder we Brits, as a nation, are obsessed with it. And I wonder if this obsession is reflected in the way we treat (and think of) the rest of the world today. In my travels I’ve noticed how even our British modern media tend to sound as if they’re describing a world that no longer exists.

[@58angieb]

I've read Maugham's ,'Of Human Bondage'; Recommended reading!

[@DefaultName-nt7tk]

All of those books sound so interesting especially how you talk about them. I love your reviews😊.❤

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thanks so much. You are lovely 😍

[@still-reading]

I read A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains as a girl decades ago. It was in our small town library, probably because I lived in Colorado, a Rocky Mountain State. We read it again in college when I took Colorado history. I really enjoyed it both times, and I hope you do, too. I love your channel and am so happy to have you back regularly! Thanks for sharing.

[@yolandaksmith]

Tristan, your videos are such a delight and gift. Thank you for your dedication to sharing a love of great books.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you, Yolanda. I really appreciate your kindness. 😀❤️

[@kathleencraine7335]

I read _All Passion Spent_ this year and loved it. I also read two of her short stories ("The Heir" & "Seducers in Ecuador"). And I read a nonfiction by her, _English Country Houses_ from a 1940s series. Sackville-West loved houses, and it shows in all of her books. I'm about to read _The Odd Women_ my first Gissing. And I just finished _A Child of the Jago_ (due to you!) and it will stay with me for a long, long time.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

I'm really looking forward to reading it. So pleased that you enjoyed Child of the Jago. Its a side of London and life that most never think of.

[@kathleencraine7335]

@@tristanandtheclassics6538 I read A Child of the Jago along side The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson, about Dr Snow's map of the 1854 cholera epidemic, so there's a lot of description of living conditions. And I hope to follow-up with The Way the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis, (1893), which is about conditions on the Lower East side of NYC (with his photographs).

[@cozycomfy589]

Read entire Forsythe Saga 50 years ago and loved it and watched BBC series.

[@Old_Scot]

I've just bought the DVD on a second-hand site. The problem will be getting the livingroom to myself to watch it!

[@shisharma]

These all are so new to me I've never heard of any of these . Thankyou for such unique recommendations def.gonna include these in my tbr. 😊

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

I'm so glad!

[@mandyboltz9403]

Your shadow in this video reminded me of Peter Pan! It seems very animated! You are always so passionate about the books that you recommend! Thanks for the recs!

[@jasonrubis7342]

I read NEW GRUB STREET and I thought it was marvelous. Should be required reading for anyone who wants to write fiction for a living.

[@gs547]

One of my college lit instructor's area of special interest was George Gissing. I recall that he particularly recommended Old Grub Street. 50 years later, I still haven't read it. Did read The Private Papers of George Rycroft, which was good.

[@ksilkey1]

I listened to Galsworthy about 10 years ago. I hated the narration, but I stayed with it because I was so caught up in it. Soames, Irene, Jocelyn, Fleur, such great characters. I can’t decide who is the villain. Obviously it takes a great writer to create sympathy, but also dislike in the main protagonists. I plan to do a reread at some point. I also recommend the 1969 BBC miniseries. I think the casting is better than the more recent version. The books are really worth the investment of time. I am working my way through The Cazalets and plan to start the Dance to the Music of Time series next. I like long books and series.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

That's the thing with the Forsyth's, they are all very real. It reminds me of Thackery's comment about Vanity Fair: "It is a book without a hero."

[@ТатьянаГубина-и1и]

You are right about 1969 film.

[@58angieb]

I've just finished The Cazalet Chronicles(Elizabeth Jane Howard)& they,each one, were engaging. Well written, authentic, & a captivating portrayal of three-dimensional characters.

[@davidmccalip5759]

Hi Tristan! I hope all is well with you. One travel book I have been reading slowly over the last few years is by Samuel Johnson and James Boswell "A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of Tour to the Hebrides." I have it in the Penguin Black Spine editions. It is also in a day to day journal format. Check it out, you may like it. Have a great day!

[@GilbertHorn1]

The Forsyte Saga, the 1969(?) BBC version started my journey into classical literature. Isabella Bird was an exciting read about another time in history. George Gissing’s New Grub Street was a very descriptive look at the profession of writing. Your reaction to these great books makes the read so much more interesting.

[@Old_Scot]

I've read Isabella Bird's Notes On Old Edinburgh, where a group of reformers persuaded her to come to the Old Town in Edinburgh and describe the conditions in order to persuade the city fathers to improve conditions there. I thought I had read more of her books, but it turns out, yet again, I had confused her book with Sybille Bedford's A Visit To Don Otavio! I remember The Forsyte Saga being broadcast in the 1960s when I was a child. It was must-see tv for adults. In my mum's case, that meant she made sure us kids were in bed before it came on! 😄

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Ah, being sent to bed on the pretence that it was for our good, when we all knew it was parents TV time. Now I do it to my own kids😀 That's fascinating about Isabella Bird. Thank you.

[@roseconfectionart409]

New addition to my reading list! Thanks sir Tristan😊

[@Isabela-Thomas]

Tristán what was the name of the WW1 Netflix movie that u recommended for war-November. I watched the Peter Jackson film , & it was great. I’m in the middle of victober (reading only literature published in the UK from 1819-1901) so no war books for now, definitely will read one for November though

[@thomasmoore7976]

I recently found a little-known classic at my local bookshop. The Hole in the Wall by Arthur Morrison. I didn’t know who the author was at all until I remembered your video of A Child of the Jago. Thanks for making these videos Tristan, I’m discovering so many more classics than I ever dreamed of! ❤

[@radiantchristina]

I re read two favorites this month for Victober. The first was George Gissing "Workers in the Dawn" and the Second was Emily Lawless' "Grania" . Both were depressing and both were fabulous. I really need to read more Gissing

[@genemcn3579]

Great info as usual.

[@elainemcfarlane9805]

Tristan, many thanks for your great videos. I particularly love your Shakespeare ones. Have you thought about doing an analysis of the character Falstaff?

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I just picked up the Forsyte Saga last week in a charity shop!🎉

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Awesome! I hope you enjoy it.

[@lcn325]

I watched Forsythe Saga on Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) in the U.S.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

I must go back and view it again.

[@rosemarybrandl7895]

There were 2 versions of the books made for PBS. I prefer the first.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I found the first three books of the Forsythe Saga at a thrift store recently! Can't wait to try it! I also need to pick up something by Gissing. His name keeps coming up every Victober, so I'm now curious how we'll get along.

[@curiouscassie]

All Passion Spent is wonderful. I haven't read New Grub Street, but I have read his The Odd Women which was excellent. It definitely had a modern feel to it.

[@margaretinsydney3856]

Four more books that sound wonderful. I've heard of the Forsythe Saga and New Grub Street, but I haven't read them. The others are new to me. I really love your videos, but my TBR list is getting out of hand!

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

TBR's are a nightmare aren't they. So many excellent books to read. Gissing is an interesting autor if you've not read him before.

[@karlalymburner8460]

love the book and the mini series . good review

[@lsah1852]

FINALLY…someone who is mentioning one of my favorite authors: George Gissing. I read “New Grub Street” and loved it. Since then I have searched for and read many of his works and found all of them equally enjoyable.

[@Jimbodisfan]

"Walking through 16:56 the valley of the shadow of death" comes from the 23rd Psalm. There are a number of travel books out there, but not all of them would be considered classics. If you can track them down, as these tend to be U.S. centric, you will be rewarded. 1. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck. The author and his dog travel across the USA in an RV (recreational vehicle) that he named Rosinante, after Don Quixote's horse. 2. In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin. 3. A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins (2 volumes). 4. The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux. 5. The Great American Bus Ride by Irma Kurtz. 6. Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon. 7. River-Horse by William Least Heat Moon. 8. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. The author walks a portion of the Appalachian Trail, the full length of which stretches about 1,600 km from Maine to northern Georgia. 9. I believe Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein, also wrote a couple of travelogues. Thank you for your videos. I hope I didn't overwhelm you.

[@58angieb]

I recommend the travel writer, the late Eric Newby. 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' a good starting point: 'Slowly Down the Ganges': 'Round Ireland in Low Gear': et al (25 in total).😊

[@Kimberton149]

I think you've sold me on the Forsyte Saga, as well as reminded me about Sackville-West! Thanks for another great video :) For travel books check out the "Penguin Great Journeys" series. They're excerpts from different travel writers from throughout history. I've read a couple so far and they've been incredibly interesting and a good stepping stone into getting into the longer texts. I really really recommend "Jaguars and Electric Eels" by Alexander von Humboldt and "Escape from the Antarctic" which is an excerpt from Shackleton's "The Endurance Expedition". Happy reading! :)

[@Dezertroze43]

The only book I read of the four is ew Grub Street and loved it. I need to read it again now that u suggested it Tristan. ❤

[@richfarmer3478]

I read New Grub Street this past spring and found it's study of literature, journalism , and literary criticism engrossing. I plan on reading his The Odd Women soon. What were the books of his you have read?

[@janeylfoster6197]

Hi Tristan, just thinking about ‘travel’ books for next year. How about Wollstonecraft’s Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway & Denmark? Also WG Seabold, Rings of Saturn ? Your channel is just perfect. Thank you 👌🌟

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you so much for these recommendations

[@kurtfox4944]

Coincidentally, I bought Forsyte Sage yesterday, before I found your channel.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

I hope that you enjoy it.

[@clarepotter7584]

Vita Sackville West has a lovely readable style in the book, I remember enjoying it. I have just got Amelia B Edwards's ghost stories. Apparently she wrote a Egyptian Exploration travelogue, so if I enjoy the writing I might look out for that.

[@sarahj87]

I’ve never heard of any of these!

[@susprime7018]

I have read Family History (novel) and Pepita (biography) and garden writing of Vita Sackville-West and I have The Edwardians (novel) in the stack. My husband is reading Moby Dick for the first time and he told me he was in the mood for a long family saga, so I bought John Galsworthy's Forsythe Saga for the Kindle, it is all 3 volumes, it may have been free or almost free. I read Volume 1 years ago and I may read the other 2 some day. His gifts were mathematical and he was not required to read a great deal of classic literature in school, so he is making up for it now with Moby Dick, not an easy read.😂

[@maryfilippou6667]

Thank you for reminding me to hunt up my unread Isabella Bird or Byrd!

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

You're welcome 😊

[@Dinadoesyoga]

These all sound amazing!

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Pleased you think so.😀

[@adellajones9887]

How can I catch up on my reading when you get me interested in new ...."new to me".... authors? 😂 I know about the Forsythe Saga but not the others you highlighted. I need to add them to my list of 8 billion books to read before I die. 😊

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

So true. I have so many books to read. And that's just from the Western Canon. What about all the other parts of the world!!!

[@captainnolan5062]

I have a question for you Tristan: Do you believe that there is a place in the world for new novels written in the manner of the 19th century novels (meaning longer books, with more description, perhaps a bit of 'rambling', and which might take a bit more attention to puzzle them out? [All of the writing advice given these days is to get to the point, not be overly descriptive (because with TV and the internet everyone knows what things look like), include nothing that isn't vital to the book and basically to strip out all but the vital scenes (for example, no Tom Boabdil would appear in a 21st century version of the Lord of the Rings), no discussion about may of the things that Melville puts into Moby Dick, no side trips from the story of Spanish Civil War in For whom the Bell Tolls. No one need real Ms. Bird's books, because you can go on KZbin and see the Rocky Mountains yourself, etc., etc.].

[@johnwpipes8927]

More books added to the “Want to Read” list!

[@reaganwiles_art]

Def. want to read Gissing. Saw an old Hitch. movie based on Galsworthy, what was it? Sad, it was, that's what. Very moving. The Skin Game (1931).

[@ednorton47]

23rd Psalm

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you. It occurred to me afterwards when I was editing 😀

[@myrarucker7953]

Psalms 23. ✌🏻🤠

[@ТатьянаГубина-и1и]

I have always been sorry for Soames and disliked Irere . She is a narcisse, as Galswarthy's wife had been.

[@ksilkey1]

Soames vs Irene, a question that will never be resolved.

[@ТатьянаГубина-и1и]

@@ksilkey1 You are asolutely right!

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

I've never looked into Galsworthy's personal life. Every novel has some of its author within the pages.

[@ТатьянаГубина-и1и]

@@tristanandtheclassics6538 He described his relstions with his cousin' s wife.

[@lisajmascord8183]

I hated Soames in the tv series, not sure about Irene? Maybe I should read it?

[@paulboyd561]

So hard to understand the names of the authors and titles with this man’s accent 😟