the next five classics i need to read!

[@ancientromerefocused8614]

There was a point in my life that I was really depressed. I could not get out of the bleak hole that I was in. I left a job, and I was reevaluating everything about my life. Then one day, I picked up a copy of Jane Eyre. I read it in 3 days, and the cloud lifted. "If Jane can survive, well so can I!" I declared. Like Jane...I would be a 'survivor.' Did I just go through Literary Therapy?

[@someonerandom8552]

That’s awesome! Similar thing happened to me with younger me “discovering Oscar Wilde.” Was in a bit of a slump. My hobbies weren’t that interesting to me at the time (gaming and reading.) Just all around feeling pretty down, not in a very good headspace. Then an uncle loaned me a copy of The Importance of being Earnest. It was just what I needed at the time, I think. Light and fun and engaging. Helped me find the love in my hobbies again. Bit more trivial I know. But I think it speaks to how our love of reading can really serve to pick us back up when we need it.

[@annap9777]

You should check out the podcast "on Eyre"

[@hannahschneider9761]

Similarly, reading Jane Eyre was like a spiritual awakening for me. It was my first classic that I read on my own terms (ie outside of school and uni). I will never forget the way that book made me feel.

[@harmonypaints]

Jane Eyre was the first and only book that brought me to tears. It's powerful

[@ArielBissett]

What an awesome story! Thanks for sharing! Gosh. I agree that Jane’s bravery is astonishing and a wonderful model for perseverance and strength. Now you’ve made me want to read this even more! I feel like Anne of Green Gables is the same!!

[@YeahThisIsLife]

6:50 "Well... he WAS on the syllabus" this made me laugh out loud and reminded me so much of my own literature degree hahaha - the reading lists are mere... suggestions... sometimes 😂

[@ArielBissett]

Hahaha you get me

[@ladyicondraco]

I had an English class where a Duckens was required reading, the teacher chose A Christmas Carol because it was small and the budget let her buy a copy for each of the students to keep. She also thought we would be more likely to read it, because it was short. I support both reasons and really enjoyed it

[@maskedmarvel09]

that's so amazing of her! i feel like teachers like that definitely enhance school experiences, and will be remembered fondly. ps i chuckled at Duckens haha

[@sdeb132debruler6]

I read Jane Eyre and loved how she addresses us as dear reader.

[@shireenrb]

Count of Monte Cristo is just so dang good!

[@ArielBissett]

Love seeing the love for it! It’s getting me so hyped to read it!

[@valarya]

It's on my short list of "movies I could watch 1,000 times and never get tired of" - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. But I couldn't get through the book, lol. It was tedious :(

[@kimkrajci7895]

It is! But the movie doesn't do it justice at all.

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

Funny, I’m still reading it 😂👏🏾 it’s wonderful.

[@shireenrb]

@@kimkrajci7895 agreed! I very much prefer the book.

[@AW-rl8cg]

I'm almost done with A Midsummer Night's Dream and am having such a fun time. It's witty but not pretentious or condescending. Definitely looking forward to more Shakespeare.

[@mariamelkholy8567]

You’re literally my favorite book comfort person on KZbin 🧎‍♀️

[@logans.butler285]

Same! There something about the place and backdrop of her videos that gives me inner peace. Maybe it's her naturally friendly voice, the good lighting of her room, the simplistic casual clothes she wears… It could be all actually! Also seeing so many books together is so satisfying 🥺

[@ArielBissett]

🥲♥️

[@OneNOnlyBabydoll]

@@logans.butler285 the backdrop is it for me: seeing that cozy immaculate office home library that she built with her bare hands? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@HalfBloodOtter]

Yeah something about her talking about reading books but never actually reading them just makes me feel so comfy about me only digesting the aesthetics of being a reader. :) /s

[@witchyandbright]

I just came here from a recommendation of Jack Edwards, and it already feels like home. 🥰

[@devnaroberts3755]

When I was twelve, I decided to read EVERY book in the school library...I drove everyone in my family crazy because I NEEDED them to listen to my daily update of The Count of Monte Cristo and then discuss it sentence by sentence with me. They finally asked me to read it aloud, (Years later, my father confessed it involved pressure applied during a family meeting.) At first there was groaning and then it turned into request for early dinners to leave more time for "The Book". It took 2 months for us to work our way through it and then we moved onto A Tale of Two Cities, and then my father introduced us to Tolkien!

[@underhypedandoverrated]

The 2011 Jane eyre has a special place in my heart as it inspired me to read and actually finish the book. I caught maybe 30 minutes of the middle of the movie on TV and didn’t realize “classics” could be fun and at times quite scary/ terrifying. It’s true that I might be biased when it comes to the interactions between the characters, I just overlook it because the cinematography is just outstanding Which is a general observation when it comes to older versus newer adaptations focusing more in the vibe and atmosphere of a movie whereas older adaptations tend to focus more on the characters (but not always)

[@emilyflavell1658]

It does a really great job of conveying Bronte's description of landscape- like when Jane wakes up in the moor and describes it as 'everywhere sunshine'

[@ringlófa]

The 2011 version was the one I saw first after reading the book in 5th grade, and for me, it captured the book's atmosphere so well. It holds a special place in my heart as well as the novel (one of my fav books).

[@user-tv2ll4mf5q]

You're allowed to disagree with her. It's personally my favourite adaption. As you said sometimes older classic adaptions focus too much on lengthy monologues and character development, which makes it more like a play rather than a film. I think each form of art, whether it be literature or film, has its special powers, and we should tap into them. A film can never be a book, it must be a film, that is its beauty!!! .... I was surprised Ariel said the 2011 adaption didn't do anything "new" because to me it was definitely the newest and freshest of them all. Another commenter said it well: "it comes the closest to capturing the almost-supernatural, profoundly spiritual atmosphere of the text". And I completely agree.

[@iwilitu6591]

Yes!!!!!! you need to read The Count of Montecristo ASAP!!!! it's so good like it's so action packed and everything. I was shocked by that considering classics aren't usually like that for the most part

[@sdg3639]

I’m currently reading the lord of the rings trilogy, I’m halfway through The Two towers and really liking it. But my favorite classic I’ve read this year was The Picture of Dorian Gray.

[@meepitydoodle]

you have great taste, lotr is incredible, hope you enjoy the rest!! And The Picture of Dorian Gray is my favouriet classic, it's such a good book!!!

[@maskedmarvel09]

I want to reread lotr, read as a teen and although I know the general story (movies also help) I want to relive it! Also Dorian Gray has been on my shelf for literal years, so I think I definitely need to read it soon!

[@HeyItsShey]

I recently re-read The Bell Jar and while I still think it's brilliant - I *probably* should have waited until I was in a better headspace to revisit that story lol

[@KM-ii4sc]

I'm reading it now for the first time and LOVING it but yes I've just got to where she returns from NYC and ... :(

[@sarahjanke9945]

The last lines of a Tale of Two Cities are so epic and under appreciated. Also it would make a rad musical with a modern twist, NYC VS LA. The hip hop addition.

[@emilyflavell1658]

I really loved the ""new"" Jane Eyre, I thought the casting was excellent and I really enjoyed the chemistry between Jane and Rochester

[@allentowngal4769]

new fringe! (bangs) Book shelves still look great. Bad teachers kill the passion for learning...such a danger. I have yet to read Animal Farm... or 1984 will be scary and eerie to read in these times.

[@ArielBissett]

Eeee thanks for noticing 🙈

[@andrearobyn3701]

The last classic I read was Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery and absolutely adored it. Ecstatic to continue reading the series and about Anne and Gilbert's life together. Classic currently reading is The White Album by Joan Didion; I find non-fiction about society of mid-century America, or novels heavily lifting from it (such as The Stepford Wives) so fascinating.

[@binkbonk7199]

That’s my favourite book series! You should also read Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery. It’s hilarious and beautiful to read

[@AndreaMGC]

I don't know if you need any kind of trigger warnings but I sure wish someone had told me... in the third book there are two instances of animal abuse/cruelty that are SO bad I can't even look at the books anymore. I cried for weeks and I'm still not over it. For context, the first book was so important to me. It held such a deep place in my heart and now I can't even look at them. In all fairness I am a sensitive person. But like... it was bad. Destroyed me.

[@pinksakura27]

I am about to start reading this classic!

[@frozendonut722]

@@AndreaMGC if it wouldn't be too painful for you would you mind pointing out what instances they are? Don't feel obligated tho

[@AndreaMGC]

@@frozendonut722 hey! Thank you for the respectful way you asked

[@logans.butler285]

6:48 A Christmas Carol was the first book that ever made me cry 😢 You'll love them (but you probably love them already! 😉)

[@hannahschneider9761]

I personally love the 2011 Jane Eyre - for me, it comes the closest to capturing the almost-supernatural, profoundly spiritual atmosphere that I felt from the text... I just love the book so much, it is SO powerful in an almost subterranean level; for me, a lot of the adaptations I've seen ground the story in too much realism. So for me, the 2011film comes the closest to tapping into that power.

[@ZoeLateNight]

2011 is my favorite adaptation. I agree: I love the moody atmosphere and the acting is excellent. But I’m an Emily Brontë fan -not the toxic relationship aspects of Wuthering Heights, but the raw _emotions_ of Emily’s characters seem much more real-life. A second reading of Jane would be a good thing; I might get more than the first time. 2011 Jane version also has a relaxing asmr-vibe I love. Moby Dick is so worth the time! I have Hitchhiker’s Guide, but haven’t read it…yet.

[@frozencherryblossom]

You're the first person other than my immediate family who I know watched The Storyteller!!! I always wished there was more, and when I found the sequel about Greek myths, I was so sad it had a new narrator :(

[@Tanya_LitLife]

The Castle of Otranto, The Haunting of Hill House, Stoker’s Dracula… favorite classics to pick up for autumn nights. 🍂 I also highly suggest Wuthering Heights. Classics confession, I’ve never even cracked open an Orwell book. I’ll be starting with the 1984 graphic novel.

[@peggymccright1220]

Love listening to you in your beautiful old house. I read lots of classics. Most recently Don Quixote, Dracula, North and South and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

[@Olivia-ot4hs]

Love North and South!

[@Alicia120904]

Thanks to book of the month for bringing us bookish videos from Ariel 💖

[@bethanyreed1146]

I'm currently reading my first ever classic - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - and I'm actually quite enjoying it even though I thought I'd struggle with it!

[@emilyflavell1658]

You should give Dracula a go next, I found it similar in thinking it would be harder than it was

[@bethanyreed1146]

@@emilyflavell1658 oooo ill give it a try!

[@sarahaubrey320]

Carmilla by J sherdan la fanu

[@alexandraardelean8473]

I cannot recommend The Count of Monte Cristi enough. I know it is daunting, but it flows so nicely and easily that it actually doesn't feel long at all. I also loved the audiobook, it was one of the few narrators that managed getting me enjoy audiobooks in the first place.

[@thesecretgirlz]

Im so glad you liked Blue Castle by LM Montgomery! I've never met anyone whos read it and it sucks bc its such a good read! You should also try reading the Emily of New Moon trilogy by LM Montgomery, the books are so well done :)

[@myfamilyiscrazy]

I think that A Christmas Carol is probably one of Dickens more accessible works and I absolutely love it. I try to reread it every year!

[@nancyhuffman8149]

Once the librarians realized I understood and could read adult books, they let me check out whatever I wanted. In 3rd grade, I was in an advanced readers group of 5 children that met with a librarian. My older brother and sister were upset that we were reading, discussing and understanding books they had to read.

[@weirdogirl3376]

I finally finished Gone With the Wind and now I’ve started on Les Miserables. Nobody warned me that Gone With the Wind wasn’t just about the civil war but also about Scarlett’s many mistakes turning into regrets. I was genuinely shocked when it ended when it did.

[@rachelmcnamara3206]

I actually enjoyed Scarlett and Rhett's People, not by the same author but I loved them. Scarlett I've read twice.

[@weirdogirl3376]

@@rachelmcnamara3206 I’ll have to look into that one

[@conversations_with_kara]

the way i dropped everything when i saw the notif for this video 🤩 +the last classic i read was wuthering heights and now (in the lead-up to christmas present buying season) i'm dropping very unsubtle hints to my mum about how much i love the penguin classics deluxe edition lol

[@taylmis]

Count of Monte Cristo is big but it flies by!

[@gracieliz95]

Probably my favorite book in the Anne of Green Gables series is Rainbow Valley. It makes me wish there was an L.M. Montgomery extended cinematic universe. My favorite classic at the moment is Their Eyes We’re Watching God because Zora Neale Hurston is (in my opinion) the greatest American writer of all time. Her observations on humanity are incredible. I want to study her works like the Bible, sentence by sentence. Currently I’m reading Anna Karenina which is freakin long, but I’m obsessed with it. I love the ensemble cast of characters and the way it switches perspective. Also as it turns out, Tolstoy writes really beautifully.

[@joanschnare9630]

Montgomery's books are like old friends .You would never get rid of them there always there.I highly recommend the Blythes are Quoted.It is short stories with her poetry but it is now one of my favorites.

[@carolineguin7117]

I didn't read a classic in a while, but I am thinking about re-reading Dracula before the end of the month. I am currently reading poetry, I couldn't help but think of you.

[@tmtb80]

The audio book of Dracula is great

[@anxious_apparition]

I'm not sure if they're considered "classics" but I just finished Mariana by Monica Dickens and absolutely loved it. It's printed by Persephone Classics, which is a company that prints mainly 'lost' or out-of-print interwar novels written by women and that's my favorite time to read about. I've only found a few used ones here in the States and those books are beauuutiful.

[@adayinfalsettoland4463]

I love Persephone classics! I also wish they were easier to find in the US, but I bought some new as a treat for myself earlier this year. A similar (and older) press is Virago and they are the light of my life

[@sarahplummer2828]

I love Orwell's non-fiction, and especially his anthropological stuff in London, because you can see some of the people he later bases his fictional characters on.

[@rubiapedone31]

Your videos just have the best calming but fun vibe, and I love it

[@bertybell4781]

Girl!!! Finally, someone else really loves the 2006 version of Jane Eyre!!! Finally! Thank you. It felt like I might have been the only one that appreciated it. It's the best version.

[@AnnaTalks-videos]

I’ve never been this early before, I’m so excited! Every time there’s a new Ariel video I know my day is about to get better

[@gwenhughes8650]

The Blue Castle is so good!! I didn't love Down and Out in Paris and London, but can appreciate it as an important snapshot of that time.

[@lorareynolds2351]

I can't believe how many things I agree with you on...so many! Jane Eyre, The Count of Monte Cristo, and more. Might as well throw in the complementary stake knives! Loved seeing your editions and you loving on them!

[@maeve_ever_manga]

I’ve been reading the Anne of Green Gables series this year. I have 2 left and I’ve been loving them.

[@alyssawallace5345]

Please do an updated book tour!

[@EricKarlAnderson]

Such pretty editions. Such beautiful rainbow shelves. 📚 Whenever my boyfriend and I talk about Jane Eyre we say "JANE!" because that's how an actor shouts her name in one of the adaptations - can't remember which one. It might even be the latest adaptation that you don't like. 😂 And yes, Muppet's Christmas Carol is the MOST iconic Christmas film. ❤ The last classic I read was Lady Chatterly's Lover which wasn't as smutty as I was expecting and definitely has a lot of positive and negative aspects to it.

[@ArielBissett]

I KEEP SHOUTING “JANE!” TOO! Hahahaha! I think it’s in all of them but Toby Stephens in my fave one does it so iconically. JAAANE!

[@witch268]

I wanted to read more classics as well this year, so I challenged myself to read one classic and a nonfiction book each month. I'm quite happy with the results, having read Crime and Punishment, Anna Karenina, The Bell Jar, etc. But I sadly also read a considerable amount less than in previous years. Just started Frankenstein this month, I do feel a bit accomplished reading more classics :)

[@joanaeyre]

Dystopia is such an interesting genre! ❤️

[@1981wga]

I first started watching your videos for your home Reno’s, but have been bingeing you book videos and really enjoying them.

[@cantocant2346]

My favorite classic of all time is The Grapes of Wrath. It is mine and my Dad's favorite. We quote it all the time to each other.

[@rainmer471]

I just finished The Bell Jar like a week ago and now I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale and 100 Years of Solitude. I don't usually read classics but I've been reading a fair amount of them recently for some reason.

[@someonerandom8552]

I’m currently reading The Iliad by Homer the Fagles translation. I’m enjoying it so far. But the last classic I read was probably Lolita by Nabokov. I’m still not sure if I enjoyed it or not because it kind of broke me. Don’t regret it but I did need a break after that experience lol

[@devnaroberts3755]

My grandson and I have read Beowulf aloud to each other every year since he was nine. It is mind blowing that it may have been written in (perhaps) 925 AD!

[@beedrinkingtea714]

the last classic i read was maurice by e.m. forster, and it was so so good i cannot even express it! i’m also on a big classics kick right now but i’ve mostly been reading like 20th century english authors and i need to switch it up for sure, the themes are starting to blur together lol

[@FennellBurge]

You're the first person outside of my family I have ever heard talk about The Storyteller! Love, love, loved it growing up, my Mum videoed a bunch of them off the TV so I've seen them so many times.

[@brittany7288]

That cover of The Count of Monte Cristo is stunning! I love that book and should revisit it.

[@jiminlovebot]

Recently I read a lot of German classics for an exam, so I’m not counting that, but the last classic I read for *pleasure* was Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and I found it just okay 🤷🏻‍♀️ I read Emma in August tho and LOVED it!!! Jane Austen never disappoints 🥰

[@meganhartman9133]

I feel the same about Breakfast at Tiffany's, definitely underwhelming

[@squidwardsthirdtentacle1198]

I feel the same about Austen! Emma is her best work, imho :)

[@gwynneio]

Which did you read for German class?

[@acmulhern]

Fantastic novels with fantastic movie adaptations I really recommend you read: "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des sources" by Marcel Pagnol. They are sequels of each other but are also stand alone movies. Just make sure you watch Jean de Florette first to avoid the biggest spoiler of all time. The atmosphere in these books is phenomenal and is really well translated in the movies. They're also quite enjoyable to read and watch in English if you don't know French.

[@maskedmarvel09]

I was gifted Anne of Green Gables and Avonlea as an 8th birthday present from my Nan. Nearly 22 years later and it's one of my most prized possessions. I used to read it to my mum as a bedtime story until she fell asleep.. (I later found out that not only were bedtime books usually a bit smaller, but parents usually do the reading, not the child haha)

[@maskedmarvel09]

I started books unbound podcast like 2 days ago, and am on ep 12, loving some of the throwbacks I've heard about these books in those episodes alone! You spoke about how you hadn't read Anne yet, and discussing how great it was that Raeleen was getting Great Gatsby graphic novel since you had Animal Farm, and now you have 1984!! Happy nearly 2 year anniversary to you both for the podcast!

[@juliacann892]

Keira Knightly as Eleanor and Ana Tayler-Joy as Margret in Sense and Sensibility! That would be amazing! And I agree LOTR should be a classic Love the bangs btw

[@alexandriasdh3185]

I'm currently slowly working through the Hobbit (Which I count Lord of the Ring and the Hobbit as a classic.). The story is very descriptive and sends my brain on tangents so its slow going but I now know why they made it a movie. I'm currently looking for Tuck Everlasting in hard back for my permanent collection if I can find it. Its one of my favorite books of all time and I think I should have a printed copy not just an audible copy.

[@bethbcrafts]

Last classic I read: The Great Gatsby. It was the ONLY summer reading book I ever failed to read - and I had incredible anxiety over it because I ALWAYS DID MY HOMEWORK. But I hated it so much. It was inscrutable to me - I had no idea what I was supposed to be taking away from it and I didn't understand anything I was reading, so I gave up. So I just read it as an adult, with all of John Green's love for it pushing me to give it a try. And I still hate it. Ahahaha. I think I could enjoy it in a group discussion, picking it apart the way I was likely meant to in high school when it was a summer reading assignment, but as a book that I am meant to read and enjoy on my own: No thanks.

[@hollywebster6844]

I, too, loathe The Great Gatsby. I thought I was the only one.

[@ChelSierra_Remly]

Have you seen, "To Walk Invisible?" If not, I think you would enjoy it. Trailer: To Walk Invisible The Brontë Sisters: The Brontë Story kzbin.info/www/bejne/ambZqGlpjbCJqpI

[@MaggeeGrec]

i cannot tell you how happy it made me that you mentioned the 2006 series version of jane eyre with toby stephens and ruth wilson. jane eyre is one of my most favorite books of all time. i've seen all of the jane eyre adaptations, read the book multiple times, read wide sargasso sea as well and let me tell you, that 2006 version is my all time favorite. the casting, the acting, the setting, and most improtantly, the chemistry are so stunning!!! it's the only version that actually captures that cheekiness and flirtation they have in the book and it's my absolute favorite thing. can't wait to hear your thoughts after you read the book. :)

[@nataliekaye8708]

I love the classics! I feel most booktubers I've encountered focus on contemporary or sci-fi/fantasy, which is totally cool, but I feel like there's a paucity of classics lovers and I'm so happy when I stumble across one of said ilk! Latest reads include: 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Amateur Emigrant, Moby Dick, The Moon and Sixpence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, War and Peace, Black Beauty, The Professor, Frankenstein, and An Ideal Husband. Some classics (& modern classics) recommendations: To Kill a Mockingbird, Persuasion, 1984, Jane Eyre, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Of Mice and Men, The Bluest Eye, Anne of Green Gables, any Jeeves & Wooster, Anna Karenina, Titus Groan, If Beale St. Could Talk, The Count of Monte Cristo, Dangerous Liasons, The Scarlet Letter, Three Men in a Boat, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Big Sleep, Lolita, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Atonement, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Fahrenheit 451, Invisible Man, Catch-22, and A Clockwork Orange, etc.

[@ketchdeweese5771]

Considering how much I love classics and love watching videos of people talking about classics, I'm surprised I haven't found this one til now. I absolutely love your energy, it's so comforting! I think the last classic I finished was The War Of The Worlds by H.G. Wells. It was PHENOMENAL, 5/5, I was hooked on every page. Favorite sci-fi I've read in a long time, period. Now I'm in the midst of Death On The Nile by Agatha Christie, which I just recently found out has a movie coming out. It's my second Agatha Christie, I love her stories

[@nataliakozlowska6156]

The last classic I read was "one hundred years of solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez! What I enjoyed most about it was the fact that I read it with the pod community

[@waterbitten]

Ok huge yes to "the storyteller" oh my goodness, it's like a slice of my childhood has been revealed. What a throwback.

[@lucybuckle1646]

I need a full video of classic movie recommendations! 😍

[@tilanakruger]

Totally agree with your take on the Jane Eyre adaptations! Love love love the mini series! I have watched it 4 or 5 times and I will again!

[@madsasmrhaven]

Omg chipmunk that's exactly how I feel about it and never realized it until you put it into words! Something so beautiful about knowing they'll always be there in just the right time and you can venture in whenever feels best 🤍Thank you for being so amazing and giving the best energy about such a treasured long lost hobby of mine. I feel like I regain my excitement about reading when I watch your videos!!

[@ArielBissett]

Hahaha thanks, mads!!! I love the idea of chipmunk books too because it’s exactly what I do with so many books haha

[@jennifermassey1427]

I love Dickens! Bleak House is my favorite of his. There is also a pretty good film adaptation of it that’s worth watching.

[@jenaparsons]

Currently reading Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. It’s probably my favorite of the few books I’ve read by her so far. Fun light October read!

[@KloydeCaday]

Hello from the Philippines! A subscriber and a podcast listener (of Books Unbound)! Your videos are what I'm looking as a newbie booktuber! This is a nice concept and I'm taking note of the book recs! Thanks for this!

[@abbie2299]

Ariel!!! Would you ever consider doing a video that's like... creating a high school English program from scratch? As in, coordinate the books students would read in each class from grades 9-12? I think that would be so interesting and I'd love to see what you put together.

[@ahmyakm9176]

I LOVE to watch you talk about classics😍

[@CatherineElizabeth728]

Jane Eyre is my FAVORITE classic. I really think you'll love it!

[@never_ending_studiokkswani85-3]

I have always loved reading but for the past three years I have really focused on reading. Mainly because I am privileged ( thanks to my amazing husband) to have a home library. So I have been counting my pages I read each year, so that I can see each year I read more then the last. So I too have read more of the classics this pasted 3 years. This year I have read Jane Austins Pride and P, Sense and S, and Mansfield Park, and at the moment, I am reading a lot of short story horror classics. I must say, I retain a lot more info, when in novel form! So I have been read tones of historical novels! So fun! Even the Bible tells us to read! My husband has blessed me with not having to work. So most of my time is spent reading!👌🏼😜🤟🏼

[@bedhead9975]

Living the dream!

[@DianeC1975]

The Blue Castle is my favorite book so far this year. I enjoyed Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte as well. Great tag. Thanks. 💕

[@deborajohnson5717]

The Count of Monte Cristo is awesome! I read it this year and want to reread it already. Great video

[@isaacbutler4895]

Watching your channel makes me feel closer to my Canadian friend, coupling that with books makes your channel superior to all others

[@lunatheleo]

The count of monte cristo has been one of my best reads this year, it’s truly epic. The most recent classic I read was Virginia Woolf short story collection Street Haunting. She’s my favourite author. And I’m currently rereading Dracula. I last read it as a teenager and was bored the whole time so I’m curious to see how I will like it this time 🧛🏻‍♂️

[@Olivia-ot4hs]

There’s an independent bookshop in Bath, England called Persephone Books which sells only books by lesser known female writers from the 20th century and the editions are so serene and it’s just amazing

[@ArielBissett]

I’ve been dying to go to Persephone for YEARS! One day!!!

[@AJDunnnn]

All great books! _The Count of Monte Cristo_ is a quick read even though it's long.

[@evermorenata]

I got the habit of reading classics when I was in school, and now it's the only thing I read 😭 I'm literally forcing myself to read more contemporary books but classics just kinda feel like home to me, I don't know, maybe it's cause they're not set in modern society and I get to escape a little

[@kristancrawford4480]

I love you Ariel! You're the only KZbinr I have notifications on for.

[@ClashxCityxRocker]

i'm re reading dracula right now for spooky season but i also just finished alias grace by margret atwoot and omg! so good!!

[@valarya]

Jim Henson's Storyteller series is one of my all time favs. It's exactly what I thought of when the fairy tale question popped up! I made my kid watch all the Jim Henson stuff, too. ♥

[@subtlefire7256]

I read a lot of classics, but still feel like i've barely scratched the surface of all there is to discover, which is wonderful. The last classic I finished was Emma, which might just have taken over from Pride and Prejudice as my favourite Austen novel. The next few I have on my TBR include Something Wicked this Way Comes, Tess of the D'Urbervilles and the first volume of Casanova's memoirs.

[@bfranklin1052]

Fun episode. Love Steinbeck and wouldn't leave him out of my list of classics.

[@ifihadfriends437]

I love love loved The Day of the Triffids!

[@eviescotia]

Every year on Christmas Eve I listen to the New York Library's podcast episode of Neil Gaiman reading a Christmas Carol with Dickens' performance notes. Highly recommend; it's a good time 😉🎄

[@foxandkatkitsch]

Jane Eyre is my all time favourite book, the Crysalids was one of my favourite books as a teenager! I should re -read it, I loved Oliver Twist, loved Anne of green gables and read it to my kids, The Helen keller is on my to read list.

[@Kaś__uwu]

I love the Blue Castle!

[@stellaowen4821]

My all-time favorite book is The Blue Castle! I never see anyone talk about it but it’s so good! I think you’ll really like it. 💙

[@emilycranford2699]

My last classic was Sense and Sensibility and I loved it! I’m currently reading Northanger Abbey and loving it as well. I really enjoy reading classics

[@ArielBissett]

I’ve never read an Austen I didn’t like! The only one I have left is Mansfield Park!

[@mellowkaramel]

This makes me wanna have bangs too, it looks so good on you!

[@itsabooksworld]

Thank you so much for doing my tag!❤

[@Lady95Jane]

I'm currently reading my way through the Chronicles of Narnia for the first time (it was banned as a kid). I'm enjoying them. Honestly though, a lot of classics give me big book fear 😂

[@BellaLin27]

I loooove the blue castle. I’m a massive l.m. Montgomery fan but didn’t read this until I was in university. I will say this is my favourite of her non-Anne books. I highly recommend.

[@BroadwayGuy25]

I recently read 'The Blue Castle' and loved it. It's funny, quirky and very touching. I think you are in for a treat. Why nobody has turned it into a movie or miniseries is beyond me.

[@longitudekayner5072]

i love ur bangs!!!!!!!! they fit you so well 🥺❤️❤️

[@ArielBissett]

Thank you 🥲

[@ScullyPop]

I love the classic discussion.