I’m not a classic lit beginner, I’ve actually been reading classics for a long time but I’ve only recently got back into reading after a long depressive episode. You have great taste in books, the great gatsby is also one of my favorite novels :)
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
Thankyou so much , I wish u health and happiness, and hopefully more reading in the future ❤️❤️
@johannapflug881Ай бұрын
I went to school in Indiana (USA) and we read The Importance of Being Ernest in 8th grade and I was blown away. I had no idea that a classic could actually be entertaining and easy to read until then 😂.
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
Ikr??, it's great and so funny. I'm glad you liked it ❤️❤️
@jaydas8976Ай бұрын
I love classic literature, I’ve really gotten into classics in the past 2-3 years and it’s been fun seeing which ones I like and don’t like. I love Jane Austen’s novels, and I really love Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace is one of my favorite books ever. I also love the picture of Dorian Gray, it was so easy to read and it was really interesting. A classic you should check out is the Count of Monte Cristo, it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read, it’s really long though but it’s so good and super easy to understand.
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
I've heard so much about the Count of Monte Christo, I think this is finally my sign to read it 😭❤️
@user-jg5ie8rc1s8 күн бұрын
Interesting video. I truly admire the masochistic level of your intent if you intend to read War and Peace in both English and the original Russian. Shame you didn't talk about 1984, Orwell's allegorical novella Animal Farm is also excellent. Please remember, if you're just getting into classic literature that there is nothing difficult, or special, about reading them. Read them if you enjoy them, but don't be afraid to discard any book if you don't enjoy it. Personally, I would start with the *big* classical novels. Don't be in a rush, if you don't understand the language use a dictionary, and, as I say, if you don't enjoy a particular book then discard it and move on to something else. Life's too short.
@blu3moonyuАй бұрын
I just bought the outsider by camus, you convinced me to read it next! also, french speaker here, the s in camus is silent ;)
@AnjaniMane-wb8kzАй бұрын
running to my local library
@AnjaniMane-wb8kzАй бұрын
do you have a goodreads?
@mau215Ай бұрын
Loved this video! I'm slowly getting into classic litterature so i'll definitely look into these recommendations :))
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
I'm so glad, hope u enjoy them ❤️ :)
@manon289924 күн бұрын
Hi ! The Outsider by Albert Camus ( yes you don't need to pronounce the s) is a very well-known classic in France. If you liked it, you should read The Plague and The Fall by him, they kind of happens in the same "universe" than The Outsider ( there are references of it in them) I really liked your video :)
@mashatalks10816 күн бұрын
Oh I'm glad I got it right, ooh yes Ile have to check those out, thanks for the reccs ❤️❤️
@cactusinthedesert2103Ай бұрын
I just discovered your channel, and I'm also a lit student! I love Oscar Wild and have read the picture of Dorian Gray and his letter De Profundis. I have not read any of his plays, so seeing someone recommend The Importance of Being Earnest has convinced me to read it! This is unrelated, but I just discovered Penguin Modern Classics and feel many of those novels/novellas are underrated. I'd recommend that anyone check out the Modern Classics! Thank you so much for the list, and I look forward to seeing your channel grow!
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
Hi, this is such a lovely comment, thanku so much ❤️❤️, I will definitely have to check out penguins modern classics, adding them to my tbr.
@advait2298Ай бұрын
can you please inlcude a link to the amazon of respective books. Would love to buy them. Great video btw
@aurora_11777 күн бұрын
Another Oscar Wilde fan. And Tolstoi! Suscribed!
@mashatalks1084 күн бұрын
hehehe, thankuu 🤭🤭
@geeegaewlwlwll9328Ай бұрын
if you want to read some funny russian short stories i would recommend works by teffi! she is mainly known for her humorous vignettes, and she has pulled me out of more than one reading slump
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
Thankyou so much for this recommendation, I will definitely give her a read ❤️❤️
@whoatemychocolateАй бұрын
I read The Importance of Being Earnest years ago, for some reason wasn't aware it's by Oscar Wilde? 😂 If you're looking for recommendations, I think both To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolfe are short-ish (I remember A Room of One's Own being longer?) and fantastic reads.
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
Hii, ok I will definitely have check out these books, thankyou so much for the suggestions ❤️❤️
@rubigonzalez212Ай бұрын
I LOVE YOR HAIR CUT
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
OMG THANKUUU❤️❤️
@thetriumphofthethrill245714 күн бұрын
Good video and good reference, thanks for sharing. You're pretty too. 🙂 Some suggestions I'd like to share: "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck "Medea" by Euripides "The Prose Poems and La Fanfarlo" by Charles Baudelaire "Miss Julie and Other Plays" by August Strindberg "Illuminations" by Arthur Rimbaud "A Coney Island of the Mind" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti "Howl and Other Poems" by Allen Ginsberg Happy Reading. :-)
@mashatalks10811 күн бұрын
Thankyou so much :)), I've read the first two suggestions, but am adding the rest to my tbr ❤️❤️
@thetriumphofthethrill245711 күн бұрын
@@mashatalks108 You're welcome, hope you like 'em. :-)
@poetrybysuhashani__Ай бұрын
great video 🕊
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
Thankyou ❤️❤️
@pobchubbington6759Ай бұрын
Nice Vid - MAHSA!. Any advice on a person who finds it hard to finish books😂- I've read many books but suddenly don't pick them up anymore halfway - maybe because I read them too infrequently/slowly. If I read too much/fast my head becomes crammed.
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
Hiiiii, honestly I have trouble finishing books as well sometimes, and I think it's mostly when I lose momentum and several days have past and I no longer have the desire to pick up the book anymore. I think you just need the right book that will pull u out of a reading slump, like something right up ur alley.
@pobchubbington6759Ай бұрын
@@mashatalks108 😎😎😎 hehe thank you. Yes not loosing momentum is keyyy
@khadeejaazam91368 күн бұрын
HAHAHHA u sound soooo british, i can see the crown rubbing off 😭😭
@khadeejaazam91368 күн бұрын
you sound like ur straight out of 1900s england i acc cant bahahaha 😂😂
@mashatalks1088 күн бұрын
OMGG hii???, bahahahah noo stopp 😭😭😭
@gunjanlahoti1257Ай бұрын
Can you just write the name of the book in description? I am from a different region than you and i have trouble understanding your accent. Sorry, if i said anything wrong.
@mashatalks108Ай бұрын
Yes no worries, The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, The Stranger by Albert Camus, Polikushka by Leo Tolstoy, The Great Gatsby by F.S. Fitzgerald, and Lord of the Flies, by William Goulding.