BookTube is the better for having you! I hope that you continue to make bookish content for a long time
@Dezertroze435 ай бұрын
Me too! Many happy returns of the Tristan Bookish Content.😊❤
@bourgeoise211 ай бұрын
Love your reviews and recommendations! 🙂
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. That's really kind of you
@richfarmer347816 сағат бұрын
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?
@denisadellinger454311 ай бұрын
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.
@mtnshelby705911 ай бұрын
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!!!
@DefaultName-nt7tk11 ай бұрын
All of those books sound so interesting especially how you talk about them. I love your reviews😊.❤
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. You are lovely 😍
@sandrew25511 ай бұрын
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.
@58angieb11 ай бұрын
I've read Maugham's ,'Of Human Bondage'; Recommended reading!
@ТатьянаГубина-и1и11 ай бұрын
At last you mentioned my favourite " Forsythe Saga"! A beautiful book!
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
I'm sorry it took me so long. 😀👍
@ТатьянаГубина-и1и11 ай бұрын
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 👍👍👍❤️🥰🤩
@jasonrubis73429 ай бұрын
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.
@elainemcfarlane98057 ай бұрын
Tristan, many thanks for your great videos. I particularly love your Shakespeare ones. Have you thought about doing an analysis of the character Falstaff?
@Isabela-Thomas11 ай бұрын
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
@adellajones988711 ай бұрын
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. 😊
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
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!!!
@cozycomfy58911 ай бұрын
Read entire Forsythe Saga 50 years ago and loved it and watched BBC series.
@Old_Scot8 ай бұрын
I've just bought the DVD on a second-hand site. The problem will be getting the livingroom to myself to watch it!
@Dezertroze435 ай бұрын
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. ❤
@ksilkey111 ай бұрын
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.
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
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-и1и11 ай бұрын
You are right about 1969 film.
@58angieb11 ай бұрын
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.
@sarahj8711 ай бұрын
I’ve never heard of any of these!
@battybibliophile-Clare9 ай бұрын
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_Scot8 ай бұрын
Sometimes it's better to enjoy the writing and ignore the person who wrote, isn't it?
@battybibliophile-Clare8 ай бұрын
@@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.
@lcn32511 ай бұрын
I watched Forsythe Saga on Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) in the U.S.
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
I must go back and view it again.
@rosemarybrandl789511 ай бұрын
There were 2 versions of the books made for PBS. I prefer the first.
@davidmccalip575911 ай бұрын
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!
@coolbaud18 ай бұрын
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.
@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD11 ай бұрын
I just picked up the Forsyte Saga last week in a charity shop!🎉
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it.
@mandyboltz940311 ай бұрын
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!
@still-reading11 ай бұрын
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.
@johnwpipes89275 ай бұрын
More books added to the “Want to Read” list!
@mitzireadsandwrites11 ай бұрын
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.
@kathleencraine733511 ай бұрын
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.
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
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.
@kathleencraine733511 ай бұрын
@@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).
@Jimbodisfan9 ай бұрын
"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.
@58angieb8 ай бұрын
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).😊
@margaretinsydney38567 ай бұрын
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!
@tristanandtheclassics65387 ай бұрын
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.
@janeylfoster619711 ай бұрын
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 👌🌟
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for these recommendations
@myrarucker79538 ай бұрын
Psalms 23. ✌🏻🤠
@kurtfox494411 ай бұрын
Coincidentally, I bought Forsyte Sage yesterday, before I found your channel.
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
I hope that you enjoy it.
@ednorton4711 ай бұрын
23rd Psalm
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
Thank you. It occurred to me afterwards when I was editing 😀
@shisharma11 ай бұрын
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. 😊
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
I'm so glad!
@Old_Scot11 ай бұрын
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! 😄
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
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.
@yolandaksmith9 ай бұрын
Tristan, your videos are such a delight and gift. Thank you for your dedication to sharing a love of great books.
@tristanandtheclassics65389 ай бұрын
Thank you, Yolanda. I really appreciate your kindness. 😀❤️
@maryfilippou666711 ай бұрын
Thank you for reminding me to hunt up my unread Isabella Bird or Byrd!
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
You're welcome 😊
@GilbertHorn16 ай бұрын
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.
@susprime701811 ай бұрын
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.😂
@reaganwiles_art11 ай бұрын
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).
@ТатьянаГубина-и1и11 ай бұрын
I have always been sorry for Soames and disliked Irere . She is a narcisse, as Galswarthy's wife had been.
@ksilkey111 ай бұрын
Soames vs Irene, a question that will never be resolved.
@ТатьянаГубина-и1и11 ай бұрын
@@ksilkey1 You are asolutely right!
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
I've never looked into Galsworthy's personal life. Every novel has some of its author within the pages.
@ТатьянаГубина-и1и11 ай бұрын
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 He described his relstions with his cousin' s wife.
@lisajmascord81839 ай бұрын
I hated Soames in the tv series, not sure about Irene? Maybe I should read it?
@curiouscassie9 ай бұрын
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.
@gs54711 ай бұрын
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.
@captainnolan506211 ай бұрын
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.].
@radiantchristina11 ай бұрын
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
@lsah185211 ай бұрын
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.
@thomasmoore797611 ай бұрын
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! ❤
@clarepotter758411 ай бұрын
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.
@Kimberton14911 ай бұрын
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! :)
@roseconfectionart40911 ай бұрын
New addition to my reading list! Thanks sir Tristan😊
@karlalymburner846011 ай бұрын
love the book and the mini series . good review
@Dinadoesyoga11 ай бұрын
These all sound amazing!
@tristanandtheclassics653811 ай бұрын
Pleased you think so.😀
@genemcn357911 ай бұрын
Great info as usual.
@paulboyd5616 ай бұрын
So hard to understand the names of the authors and titles with this man’s accent 😟