Vlogmas Day 6: Penguin English Library Collecion Part 1

[@booksandpieces]

These are so pretty - I never see them in my local shop but now I really want them!

[@zwoman206]

Wow, a new bookshelf tour after your vlogmas is a great idea! I will be looking forward to it!

[@exlibris-fromthebooks]

Maybe! It's such a pain to film aha but I will for sure be doing more of these types of videos.

[@beyondthepages19]

Love PEL editions! They are some of my favourite to read :) Great collection!

[@-ParisTexas-]

Beautiful books! And you motivate me to read more classics. I am going to add a lot to my TBR.

[@exlibris-fromthebooks]

Classics are the best! Enjoy!

[@JeansThoughts]

Not going to lie I really want to do one of these videos now haha I also want to buy more PEL editions!

[@exlibris-fromthebooks]

Do it!! It was fun to film!

[@chboskyy]

Ugh your collection is so beautiful - I only have a couple new that I've bought and not read yet! Surprisingly I only have two of the ones you mentioned though, the Stevenson and Cranford!

[@bookgirl1317]

Great collection! Have you seen that The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Villette are going to be released in the Penguin Clothbound editions? I know they are not the easiest to read because they wear but they are beautiful! Saw them on Amazon. Happy Reading!

[@exlibris-fromthebooks]

I did see those! They're on my wishlist and I'm waffling on getting them.

[@MarieBergCarlsen]

Ohh.. I loved this video! Have put several of the books on my tbr! :) Im reading Middlemarch atm and really loving it, so I think I might pick up Silas Marner afterwards :) And these editions are just so beautiful! Thank you for showing this! xx

[@CatrionaReads]

A Passage to India by E M Forster is one of my favourite books so I felt a little disappointed by A Room with a View. I'll probable eventually give it another go. I also really didn't like Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë which is the only novel of her's I've read. I'll try The Tennant of Wildfeld Hall though. The Scarlet Letter was a really surprising hit with me, I adored his style. Far From the Madding Crowd is also a real favourite of mine. I also have the English Library edition of that one but with the movie cover. I don't normally like movie tie-ins but I think it's subtle enough to still be attractive!

[@laurengent8362]

Definitely agree with you Anne Bronte is the best Bronte :) I love PEL ediitions they have some beautiful designs.

[@katehowereads]

I really love "A Room With a View" with Helena Bonham Carter, she makes the most winsome Lucy Honeychurch!

[@exlibris-fromthebooks]

It's such a great adaptation

[@Alraundelberin]

I really really enjoyed this video! Can you please tell why don't you like Henry James?

[@exlibris-fromthebooks]

I find him to be exceptionally misogynistic. I've tried repeatedly at different works of his and just find myself wanting to strangle the man.

[@gpat7788]

love your collection!

[@exlibris-fromthebooks]

Thank you :) it's only about half aha just the ones I've read!

[@bethieandbooks]

If you ever need a new home for any of these 😂😭

[@tommbino8846]

Hi! I live in Italy and bought one of these books. I expected the usual cover coated with plastic, but it was of a normal cardboard (kind of ruined). Can you tell me if your books have this kind of cover or it is just the italian edition? Thank you :)

[@arnica61]

love these covers but i noticed some covers have that "smooth" feeling and some don't. do you know if it's by title or just randomly? thanks! great vid!

[@exlibris-fromthebooks]

Penguin changed the material on these due to durability concerns on the 'smooth/rubbery' covers. So if you get an smooth one it's from an older print run. At first I hated the papery covers but now I'm sort of ok with them 😝

[@ssamorgan2044]

Have you read Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell?

[@exlibris-fromthebooks]

Not yet but it's on my list! I have Sylvia's Lovers on my shelf to get through first though.