NOVEMBER READING WRAP UP | Dracula, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton & MORE!

[@paraplyen]

You're really making want to read The Age of Innocence now! Anna Karenina is also on my list for 2020.

[@lucythereader]

Read it!!!!!! It’s amazing!!!

[@coolerthanyoo]

I love Anna Karenina. It’s one of my favorite books!

[@imaginativebibliophile549]

Lucy, Dracula by Bram Stoker is a book I will read when I am older. I am currently reading The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. I am reading the book on my Kindle. However, I hope to one day own a physical copy of the book. I picked up Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf from the library yesterday. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff is a book I will enjoy as I am a voracious reader. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a book I endeavor to read next year in 2020. I am really enjoying reading The Age of Innocence. I was quite a prolific writer in November. Last month, I read Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan, Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, and Short Stories 1907-1908 by Lucy Maud Montgomery. I am studying The Pearl by John Steinbeck in English class. In November, you were working on editing the manuscript of your second novel, Read With Pride. I wrote a short story, Ambition and Rejection. I also wrote a poem, Rain and a passage, The Day's End. I started writing a novel, Blessings and Pride last year in 2018 and have not been consistent with it. I am dying of excitement for the 2020 Classics Community Reading Challenge. I love reading classics. They expose me to different kinds of individuals. Some characters are content, while other characters are full of avarice. I love you

[@ald4672]

I discovered your channel a few days ago, I'm French and I mostly read French literature so I was totally excited to hear about all those English books I still have to discover (already bought some Thomas Hardy's novels)!! So I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your readings!

[@yorkshirerose6334]

I think you would like The Grand Sophy or Frederica by Heyer. Both are very similar to Austen. I felt the same about Wharton when I first read her and haven’t been disappointed since.

[@mjrs2514]

OMG I completely agree with Dracula’s end! I finished the book and I was like “wait, what?” still I love it as much as I love your videos 🖤🖤

[@lucythereader]

It felt so rushed!! All of that for such a strange, anti-climactic ending! But yes, still very easy to love the book as a whole!

[@maslina4567]

Glad to hear of your interest in Georgette Heyer! I happily found nearly all her books in a box at a used book sale. What a treasure! Some of her Regency Romance novels are fluffier than others. Her mysteries are good, too. But...but Edith Wharton! I am smitten with her writing and have read as many of her books I can find and so far have adored them all, especially The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome and The Custom of the Country. My favourite reads of 2019 included Ethan Frome by Wharton, Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins, Howards End by E. M. Forster, Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy, The Wasp by Ursula Curtiss and Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope. There are more but these stand out for me.

[@thadremaw]

I also read The Age of Innocence this year and loved it too! I’ve since bought Ethan Frome and The House of Mirth to read in 2020. Have you seen the Scorsese adaptation with Daniel Day-Lewis?

[@sarahel19]

I'm so glad you liked The Age of Innocence so much! Edith Wharton is an amazing novelist, I have loved all her major novels so far, including The Custom of the Country, one of my favorite reads this year. I especially recommend The Buccaneers. I also enjoyed The Diary of a Nobody a couple of months ago. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Martin Jarvis so didn't have the illustrations, which I regret. But it was great fun.

[@lucythereader]

I bought myself a copy of The Custom of the Country recently and whilst I do want to evenly pace myself when it comes to Edith Wharton, lest I read all her books too quickly and then don't have any more to read, I don't think I'll be able to resist next year -- I am going to make 2020 the Year of Edith Wharton! Ah, I wonder what the audiobook would be like in comparison. I shall have to find a preview because, for me, humour in fiction is entirely dependent on the voice, and I'm unsure how an audiobook narrator would change that. Interesting!

[@buzzselous3757]

For Tolstoy, I particularly like "Hadji Murad" and "Domestic Happiness" (which may be translated as "Family Happiness"). Interestingly, this story is told from the viewpoint of the female character, much like "Anna Karenina". "The Death of Ivan Illych" is widely considered to be one of his best stories. Good luck.

[@shayliewelsh6286]

I loved Family Happiness!

[@buzzselous3757]

@@shayliewelsh6286 - me too, one of my favorite shorter stories

[@CarolynMarieReads]

This was such a great video, as usual!

[@tinaellkay23]

As for Georgette Heyer, I highly recommend The Grand Sophy. It's an extremely enjoyable read. :)

[@madyjune]

I have been wanting to read 84 Charing Cross Road after watching the movie on Netflix but I haven't found the book yet. I can read the ebook but I want to read the paperback. I re-read Dracula last year and it's not one of my favorite book either. I will check out The Age of Innocence since it's easier to find the paperback copy in my country.

[@BookZealots]

I have a few Heyer books that I need to read, but I think I may add Arabella to my tbr. I've also added The Diary of a Nobody. I've never considered reading The Age of Innocence. I'm going to try and listen to the audio this month. Thank you for the recommendation. =)

[@jennisrandom42]

I just picked up Diary of a Nobody and am looking forward to reading it.

[@lucythereader]

I hope you enjoy it!!

[@beatrizg9696]

I read Arabella and liked it very much, but my favorite from her (as of now) is Cotillion, you should totally read it next :)

[@lucythereader]

Thank you for the recommendation, Beatriz! I shall have to find a copy of Cotillion!

[@erics8757]

84 Charring Cross Rd. Was a good book, and a pretty good movie was made with Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins.

[@stephenconlon653]

I must try reading ‘War and Peace’ again. It really is a great novel

[@laura_ann1583]

I also buy quite a lot of Wordsworth classics, yes the quality isn't always perfect. But they are so cheap and I get mine on Amazon. Brilliant for being on a budget . I have Diary of a Nobody in my pile, I will need to get to it. Great video.

[@lucythereader]

Yes, I have lots of my Shakespeare in the Wordsworth classics editions, and I would never be too proud to own a cheap book - they are brilliant, and fortunate to have great notes and introductions too, which I always find useful. I hope you enjoy Diary of a Nobody, Laura!

[@coolerthanyoo]

Lol that cover for the age of innocence is the same picture as the cover for the edition of Daniel Deronda I have

[@pagesandpeaches]

added the age of innocence on to my tbr!!

[@resa_reads]

Oh, I'm so glad you loved The Age of Innocence that much! It's on my 2020 TBR and I can't wait to get to it as soon as possible 😍😍 I definitely share your opinion on Dracula - I felt exactly the same... So excited to join your #ClassicsCommunity in 2020 - although I'll be sharing my experiences and favourite reads on my bookstagram, not in KZbin ☺. Have a lovely week! Greetings from Germany!

[@MaryAmongStories]

I love Dracula because it was my introduction to gothic literature, but I can see why people wouldn't love it! great video as always ❤️

[@lucythereader]

A wonderful introduction to Gothic literature! Thank you, Mary!

[@KierTheScrivener]

loved the ending of Age of Innocence

[@lucythereader]

I'm so glad to hear you loved it too!

[@Beccasawrus]

I loved War and Peace by Tolstoy!

[@lucythereader]

I am still rather intimidated by it, so you are braver than me!

[@Beccasawrus]

@@lucythereader Its fine once you work out everyones names and nicknames :D

[@GenWivern2]

Glad you enjoyed Dracula, which is a better read than its reputation might suggest. I never got on with George and Weedon Grossmith ... have you read Three Men in a Boat, Lucy? That's the gold standard for Victorian humour in my opinion, although I find it difficult to put my finger on what makes it so very funny. It's utterly harmless stuff, and as you say that's no bad thing.

[@lucythereader]

Yes, I think it's interesting about Dracula's reputation! From my own experience, it seems that people believe they know everything there is to know about it, and so don't read it and therefore don't get to understand how enjoyable it is. George Grossmith's humour is very particular, so I can see why you may not have got on with it. I haven't read Three Men in a Boat but I shall have to find a copy now that you have recommended it! I'd never thought to read it, so thank you.

[@paagaljack9410]

Are "chila hua anda", are o "laal timatar" ... These are not books, I just said "you are so cute" Using Indian slangs Edit :- I know you don't review movies, but still I wanna ask, did you watched "Dracula untold"

[@stephenmalovski313]

Dracula is kinda the Victorian version of a found footage film with the letters. Anna Karenina is one of the most boring books I've ever read

[@SunriseFireberry]

Re How much land does a man need? Perhaps someone should write for today's times: 'How much money does a rich person need'? Just a thought.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

Couldn't finish Dracula; the misogyny was gagging me. Lots of older books contain sexist sentiments, but few as blatantly as Dracula. Most people think Dracula is just a neat horror story about an evil vampire, but it's not. It's actually a thinly veiled manifesto on how incompetent women are and how they need to know their place and thank their lucky stars that there are men in the world to do all their thinking for them. Some parts of it are just cringe-inducing, like when Van Helsing remarks to another character how Mina Harker has, "the brain of a man". Fuck Bram Stoker.