MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITE CLASSICS

[@teabooks3921]

1. Frankenstein 2. Les Miserables 3. Pride & Prejudice 4. Wuthering Heights 5. Persuasion 6. The Picture Of Dorian Gray

[@lucymatte02]

Good

[@derekdavis5310]

Here's my top five favorite classic novels: 1) A Tale of Two Cities 2) Melmoth the Wanderer 3) The Portrait of Dorian Gray 4) Howard's End 5) Great Expectations

[@bruce6126]

Awesome list! Here's mine in no order: - A Passage to India by E.M Forester - Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Great Expectaions by Charles Dickens - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe - The Swiss Family Robinson by Daniel Defoe - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

[@bb-fk9wd]

Not enough love out there for the Tenant of Wildfell Hall!

[@staffanlindstrom576]

The Swiss Family Robinson by Daniel Defoe?

[@bruce6126]

@@staffanlindstrom576 lol, i thought it was

[@leahbethwaite247]

1)Pride and Prejudice 2)Jane Eyre 3)Emma 4)Great Gatsby 5)Wide Sargasso sea

[@buchdrache1409]

My faves:- 1- The Brothers Karamazov 2- Pickwick Papers/Our Mutual Friend 3- Wuthering Heights 4- Mayor of Casterbridge 5- Pride and Prejudice

[@mattsalvatore6226]

The brothers Karamazov😍

[@coopaloopmex]

Smashing plot twist with Agnes Grey. The unheralded Brontë has her day! I have read Tenent, but have yet to read Agnes Grey. I really to want to read this one now!

[@bookishshenanigans4769]

I love all your classics videos, your passion is infectious. Many of my favourites are on your list but I'm yet to read Shirley, hoping to get to it sometime this year.

[@aranzaandrade4785]

My favs are: Les Miserables, The phantom of the opera, Gone with the wind, Tess, Great expectations, Wuthering heights, Frankenstein, The sound and the fury, 1984, The picture of Dorian Gray and Doctor Zhivago Love your channel!! Greetings from México 😊

[@lucymatte02]

Nice ,so beautiful

[@raghadmahmoud2991]

My Favorites are: -Jane Eyre -1984 -Brave New World -Macbeth -Frankenstein -The Great Gatsby

[@thegoodgatsby8010]

My faves: 1. Pride and Prejudice 2. Wuthering Heights 3. Jane Eyre 4. Anna Karenina 5. Persuasion 6. War and Peace

[@maddyldr]

I'm a new subscriber and I just love your videos and Northanger Abbey it's one of my favourites too

[@july3817]

Some classics that I love Frankenstein Alice in Wonderland & Through the looking glass The picture of Dorian Gray Actually, I haven't read a lot of classics yet, but I really liked those

[@saralynnmitchell9153]

My favorites are 1. Little Women 2. Persuasion 3. Pride and Prejudice 4. Agnes Grey 5. Jane Eyre

[@hippyhop20]

5) lord of the flies 4) Frankenstein 3) north and south 2) Jane eyre 1) pride and prejudice

[@ericapedroza7067]

Superb selection 👌

[@LuminousLibro]

I did this video topic back in December! It's so hard to choose, b/c so many classics are wonderful. A ton of the books you mention are my favorites too, but here's my top list... kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZmwZXqZaJeNpck

[@ReadingWithMoe]

I love classics and your videos!!

[@_samaa]

Any new additions to this lovely list!?😁

[@ramyarao4499]

The Count of Monte Cristo!

[@steventhomas231]

Great Expectations. Tess of the D'urbevilles. Crime and punishment.1984. The bell jar.

[@daeelly]

Salinger's book is not about mental health. It's more about the identity crisis and finding out who you are and what you want in life. He abandoned what his parents and teacher wanted of him to discover who he was.

[@LovelyDay11]

daeelly Agree. I was thinking ‘mental health’? Should I read the book again, I don’t remember that.

[@eagann92]

He’s in a sanitorium by the end of the novel correct? If so, I would think the mental health interpretation is valid.

[@kareraaoki8584]

Such a good list! My favourites are: 3. Frankenstein 2. Les Misérables 1. The Count of Monte Cristo

[@benitb193]

You ma’am are a women of culture !!

[@briangallagher3106]

In no particular order, Crime and Punishment Notes from Underground The Grapes of Wrath East of Eden Heart of Darkness A Christmas Carol Dracula Dubliners

[@shanehorsfall1337]

My favourites include - Jane Eyre - Great Gatsby - Catcher in the Rye - Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Great Expectations

[@portiayu8080]

Great list! Northanger Abbey deserves more love! It's one of my favourite Austen novels too.

[@rosi3883]

Northanger Abbey doesn't get the love it deserves. It's probably my favourite Jane Austen book along with Persuasion, which is also underappreciated.

[@aleyna8450]

@@rosi3883 omg these two are my favourites as well!! Persuasion a bit more than Northanger Abbey I would say... I just feel like they are a bit more fast-paced than the other books of Jane austen. Always recommend them to everyone ❤️😊

[@bethmw28]

Yes!! I've seen so many people ranking northanger abbey and persuasion as their least favourites (NA more so) but they're clearly the best ones 😂😂😍

[@richardrose2606]

Mansfield Park needs to get more love. I encourage anyone who's read it and isn't too sure to read it again. Both the book and it's heroine Fanny are much deeper and more interesting than many people think. Forget about the adaptations - they never get Franny right.

[@anushanayak5994]

Just got Into classic reading, as a teen it's a difficult transition as books written nowadays are fast paced and we rarely get the pleasure of slowly learning more about the characters, with each chapter.

[@koalasrock99]

Great list! My faves are 5) the bell jar 4) Jane eyre 3) les miserables 2) to kill a mockingbird 1) the great gatsby

[@soumiayousfi9968]

I adore les miserables! Nice list

[@coopaloopmex]

Les Miserablés! Wonderful

[@ecee5139]

I'm wondering what did you like so much about Jane Eyre

[@reaps8843]

I had to read great gatsby for school, didn’t read it all I just went on spark notes. I’m gonna give it another go ☺️

[@ekramababneh5805]

Great list!

[@fish-fingers_and_custard7685]

1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2. Hamlet 3. Frankenstein 4. Great Expectations 4. The Picture of Dorian Grey 6. Wuthering Heights 7. Ulysses 8. The Great Gatsby 9. Pride and Prejudice 10. Dubliners 11. Macbeth 12. The Vindication of the Rights For Women

[@erraticonteuse]

In no particular order: - The Picture of Dorian Gray - The Great Gatsby - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - the Sherlock Holmes stories - Watership Down - Frankenstein - All Quiet on the Western Front - Slaughterhouse-Five - Candide - the plays of Aristophanes

[@uglyvegan7945]

This reminds me that I need to read Shirley. Some of my favorites: Rebecca The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie New Grub Street Great Expectations McTeague 1984 Jane Eyre

[@ecee5139]

1984 yes!

[@bethmw28]

Rebecca 😍😍 people don't talk about it enough! I'm reading it yet again right now and I'm completely absorbed by it every time!

[@fashionandbeauty07]

YES, Rebecca! 🙌💕❤️

[@robertprokop1649]

1. The Divine Comedy - Dante (I must have read this more than a dozen times over the years, as well as several books of commentary on it.) 2. Four Quartets - T.S. Eliot (Infinitely deep and endlessly thought provoking. There is no way one can exhaust this poem.) 3. The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky (Quite possibly the greatest novel ever written. Certainly the most interesting characters.) 4. Kim - Kipling (So much local color and adventure, and a heartwarming friendship story across generations and cultures.) 5. Beowulf - the Seamus Heaney translation (Sometimes it's worthwhile to immerse ourselves in a totally alien culture.) 6. The Arthurian Poetry of Charles Williams (Extraordinarily difficult, yet more than worth the effort.) 7. Moby Dick - Melville (I've read this one 3 times so far, and I'm certain I have at least one more reading in me before I die.) 8. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame (My favorite children's classic, except perhaps The Hobbit.) 9. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth (Is this one a "classic"? It's not even 30 years old yet. Oh, well. It will someday definitely be one. For now, an instant classic.) 10. Canterbury Tales - Chaucer (Whatever you do, don't settle for a Modern English translation. Far, far better to read it in the original Middle English. Pure magic!)

[@mrodriguez377]

I now feel like I really need to read all of these

[@vincentandrew4544]

Do you read dante in the original? If not, what translation do you recommend?

[@robertprokop1649]

@@vincentandrew4544 For the notes and commentary, nothing beats the Dorothy Sayers translation. For the text itself, I recommend Mark Musa - really captures the STORY!

[@vincentandrew4544]

@@robertprokop1649 thank you very much

[@robertprokop1649]

@@vincentandrew4544 Let us know what you think of it when you finish!

[@medeia2955]

I'm watching this so late - I adored the video and your favorites are so valid. Your passion for the books is inspiring. Here's my list; 1. The Iliad 2. Picture of Dorian Gray 3. Wuthering Heights 4. Hamlet (if that counts) 5. The Ebb-Tide 6. Pride and Prejudice 7. To Kill a Mockingbird 8. Agnes Grey/Jane Eyre 9. Lord of the Flies 10. The Outsiders

[@soumiayousfi9968]

My favourites are: -Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. -les miserables by Victor Hugo. -Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. -Persuasion by Jane Austen.

[@pescecanella4742]

It tells a lot about youtube and about people in general that this video didn't get a lot of views.

[@theliopleurodon]

That people dont like classics?

[@eldritchpumpkinghost2968]

@@theliopleurodon more like reading in general. I don't really hate any classics except catcher in the rye. Fuck that shit. I like Washington Irving and H.P Lovecraft's stuff. Occasionally I read Thomas Paine's writings too.

[@TiffWaffles]

@@eldritchpumpkinghost2968 I love classics, but sometimes I need to take a break from them. Booktube is just a very small corner of youtube, I think. Some of the Classics I read and had to study in high school I did not appreciate or like. As I am a Canadian, we didn't get into as much analysis as our British counterparts do, but one of the classics that I had to read was Wuthering Heights and I hated that shit. Especially after the Twilight craze. Bella Swan has forever ruined Wuthering Heights for me.

[@arob13]

You're right. I didn't view it.

[@FlaschDJ]

Please tell us what you think this video’s low view-count “tells us” about KZbin and “people in general”? Thank you

[@sanctussimplesuo]

My favorites: Wuthering Heights Anne Of Green Gables Little Women Hard Times Northanger Abbey Frankenstein A Little Princess

[@sanctussimplesuo]

And To Kill a Mockingbird!

[@alexm8859]

I’m thinking about reading hard times how is it

[@taliachoudhary3114]

I looove little women, the little Princess and withering heights. The rest are on my reading list

[@rishparnadas65]

I really hated Wuthering heights, I couldn't understand what the hype was all about!

[@kurlykaitlyn]

i just finished hard times! Gradgrind is one of the most transformative characters! so ironic how he thinks so factually and discourages the heart but really accepts his fallen system. and later depending on the circus for the sake of his child and more! Its a new favorite classic of mine!

[@bellathereader1328]

5) The Tennet of Wildfell Hall...Anne Bronte 4) Wuthering Heights...Emily Bronte 3) Pride and Prejudice...Jane Austin 2) North and South...Elizabeth Gaskell 1) A Tale of Two Cities...Charles Dickens

[@SimplyBeautiful516]

I’m reading Tennant of Wildfell Hall today for the first time. I’m hooked!

[@bluemountainlittle]

The first “classic” I ever read was The Count of Monte Cristo. Still my favorite book.

[@justayoutubecommentator3059]

Omg that’s such a long book for a classic! You didn’t even dip your toes in the water you just got right in lol.

[@muchacamara]

So far, it is my favorite too. Second place goes to Gone with the Wind. Wuthering Heights third and The Hunch Back of Notre Dame fourth.

[@fishjj76]

Great choice first up. Love it but it's not my number 1.

[@fernandaantonialli4530]

anne of green gables really does change the way you view the world and it's so so beautiful i am very grateful for it

[@jorgelopez-pr6dr]

Have you ever read Dracula, For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1984 or Fahrenheit 451?

[@saaffi1]

I haven't read that many classics, but I fucking LOVE The count of Monte Cristo and Jane Eyre 😍

[@helenryan5217]

Regarding the Brontes: I loved Jane Eyre, Villette, and the Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Yet I was underwhelmed by Agnes Gray, Wuthering Heights, and Shirley. Perhaps I need to give them a second read.

[@michelledickson8058]

My exact reaction to these six Brontë novels. Loved, loved Jane Eyre, Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Villette. Wuthering Heights was so dark and full of cruelty. It truly surprises me that do many people love it so. Agnes Gray was okay, but unremarkable. I struggled with Shirley and never finished it. I guess I should give it a second try based on this video.

[@user-vm2rz3mg3v]

I like: Catcher in the Rye Wuthering Heights To kill a Mockingbird Lord of the flies The invisible Man Picture of Dorian Grey and The importance of Being Earnest (play) All my sons (play) And currently reading Pride and prejudice which so far it's real good. Great video and recommendations btw!

[@theamorine140]

such a good video! my faves are: 5) Little Women 4) Wuthering Heights 3) Sense and Sensibility 2) The Catcher in the Rye 1) Ariel

[@LuxVi7]

Some of your favorites are my favorites too. In no particular order these are some of my many beloved classics: Sense and Sensibility- Jane Austen Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë The tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Far From the Madding Crowd- Thomas Hardy Tess of the D’Urbervilles- Thomas Hardy The Woman in White- Wilkie Collins The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett Emma - Jane Austen The Age Of Innocence- Edith Wharton Lucy you should do a favorite Modern Classics Video!

[@madi5170]

LuxVi7 modern classics sound great!

[@kaylastarr3822]

How wonderful to see a new video from you! I'm really looking forward to reading the bell jar and Jane Eyre, they've been on my TBR for ages. I haven't read as many classics as I would have liked to, most of mine have been children's classics, but I'm really excited to read more in the future. My favourites at the moment are: Anne of Green Gables Little woman Heidi Emily of New Moon Pride and Prejudice I capture the castle Wuthering height's The secret Garden To kill a Mockingbird A Christmas carol I just finished reading Dorian Gray today and I think it may become one of my favourites, but I'm going to think about it for a couple of days before deciding.

[@stevenbenedict767]

Nobody talk about Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad?

[@ashley.the.swiftie]

That is the worst book I’ve ever read. It was so confusing and I had no clue what was going on

[@stevenbenedict767]

@@ashley.the.swiftie well, me too actually

[@Weihnachtsgans1]

That stack of your own book in the background!!! 😍🥰 My faves are: - The good Person of Sczechwan - Evelina by Fanny Burney - Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility - The Picture of Dorian Grey - The Count of Monte Cristo

[@ioanna3455]

1)Gone with the Wind 2)Pride and Prejudice 3)Wuthering Heights 4)Sense and sensibility 5)Great Gatsby 6)Great Expectations

[@insyirah7675]

I've only started reading classics in 2018, but my favorite so far is Jane Eyre :)

[@rujahpoetess9166]

I love Austen's and bronte sisters' books than any others!!! I don't know how to choose between these!!! Currently I'm reading villlette and the next would be Shirley!

[@edgregory1]

My favorites: 1. The Scarlet Letter

[@marleigh7868]

Awesome video! I have recently begun reading classics but my current favorites are... 1) Anne of the Island (and all of the Anne of Green Gables books!) - LM Montgomery 2) Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen 3) Little Women - Louisa May Alcott 4) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 5) A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens I have so many more to read and I'm so excited about it! Up next is Great Expectations, Persuasion, Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby to name a few:)

[@Lumipyry8]

YEEEES!!! I love the 1995 version and it annoys me so much how people always just talk about the movie with Keira Knightley! 😂

[@richardrose2606]

It was truly terrible. It was only about Elizabeth's faults and should have just been called Prejudice.

[@ahobbit111]

Frankenstein Jane Eyre The Picture of Dorian Gray Emma/Pride and Prejudice The Secret Garden Wuthering Heights Lord of the Rings (I consider this to be a modern classic).

[@Mary-fy8qi]

North and South by Emily Gaskell, hands down

[@Dibblesoldhollywood]

5: The Sun also Rises 4: The Great Gatsby 3: Jane Eyre/Pride and Prejudice 2: Tender is the Night 1: Anna Karenina

[@ahmedmwhiskerhouse4424]

10. A Brave New World soma 9. Beloved butter 8. A catcher In The Rye, a catcher in the rye 7. Moby Dick my yale college or my harvard. 6. The sun Also Rises 5. Finnegans Wake the fall 4. Dubliners A little Cloud 3. The Sound And The Fury Watches 2. Absalom Absalom jim bond 1. Ulysses Chrysostomos

[@SuperManingning]

My Final 10 (in no particular order): 1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 4. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 5. Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 6. Little Women/Little Men/Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott 7. Persuasion by Jane Austen 8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee & The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 9. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 10. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[@ingerreads9727]

1. Wuthering Heights 2. The Woodlanders 3. North and South 4. Agnes Grey 5. Far From the Madding Crowd

[@lovechriis8296]

Since Wuthering Heights is my all time favorite book, I am going to seek out Shirley and read it. Thank you. P. S. What do you think of Great Expectations?

[@sukhmanjotkaurdhaliwal5449]

I was so happy when u said 'wuthering heights' I lv thatt book. But along with other books i wqs alsso looking forr jane eyre.. but it did include my fv books like jane Eyre nd northanger abbey....many others

[@thatwantoncat]

My favorites are: 5) Great Expectations 4) Middlemarch 3) The Charterhouse of Parma 2) The Brothers Karamazov 1) Don Quixote

[@benparrish6157]

I’ve been wanting to read Don Quixote for so long

[@anabananana2326]

I kept seeing Middlemarch everywhere. Definitely going on my TBR list

[@CarolynMarieReads]

What a wonderful list of books!! I love hearing you talk about the stories you love, and most importantly what they mean to you. I have been watching your videos for years, and you are a huge reason of why I started reading more classic literature. I was always intimidated by the language and writing style, but now classics are one of my favorite genres to read. I'm currently reading Jane Eyre (my first EVER Bronte book) and I'm in love with the story and Charlotte's writing. I can't wait to keep reading the rest of the Bronte books. I want to thank you for motivating me, and I'm sure many others, to give the scary classics a try! They now feel like old friends!! Some of my favorite classics are: - The Anne of Green Gables series! - Little Women! - Pride and Prejudice! - Rebecca! - The Secret Garden! - To Kill A Mockingbird! -The Little Prince! -A Farewell to Arms -Jane Eyre (even though I haven't finished it yet!) ...and many more but I would be here for hours!! :) Happy Reading Lucy!!

[@lucymatte02]

Nice

[@RosieSHuntington]

First time I'm watching one of your videos and I'm literally holding a copy of Far From the Madding Crowd!!! When I mention this book to somebody, every time they tell me they've never heard of it. I am so glad and surprised to know you've read it and it's on your top 3! I 100% agree with you and I'm also so happy to know that there is someone who loves classics and all they want to talk about is classics just like me. Subscribed for life 👍

[@im3gine]

1) Jane Eyre / The Wuthering Heights - Charlotte and Emily Brontë 2) The tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë 3) Persuasion - Jane Austen 4)The monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis5) Martin Eden - Jack London

[@BlatantlyBookish]

These are all some of my favorite classics as well! (with the exception of The Woodlanders, which I still haven't read). Catherine Moreland is one of the most underrated Austen protagonists! This was a pleasure to watch as your passion for these classic gems shines so strongly. :)

[@lindaharrison3240]

I'm glad you included the 2 modern classics, The Catcher in the Rye and the Bell Jar. I don't see a Dickens book in anyone's list! I will have to give this question some serious thought before I can say what my all time fave classics are, but just in this moment I would choose Wuthering Heights, Dracula, and Frankenstein. Picture of Dorian Gray was pretty amazing, too.

[@booluther]

Frankenstein Picture of Dorian Gray Animal Farm Lady Susan Tess of the Durbervilles Mrs Dalloway Great Gatsby

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

Hell yeah, Frankenstein #1! :)

[@corajohnston22]

What a lovely video. I always love when you talk about classics. Some of my favorites are East of Eden, the catcher in the rye, Giovanni’s room, and A street car named Desire

[@issiep327]

Anne of green gables is easily my favourite Classic followed by to kill a mockingbird and the secret garden

[@tlou_daryl]

Thomas Hardy...Jude the Obscure. A great tragic novel.

[@dangordon324]

I’m a sucker for modern classics in all honesty. 1)East of Eden 2)Slaughter house 5 3)So long, see you tomorrow 4)Lolita 5)We have always lived in the castle

[@adventureawaits3860]

My List (Note that Some of these books are not very old, But I consider them to be classics.) 1.A little Princess 2.Anne of green gables 3.What Katy Did 4.Little Women 5.Railway Children 6.The Boy in the striped pyjamas 7.The book thief 8.Daddy Long legs

[@Comfycozyup]

Charlotte Bronte is my favorite of the three sisters. I've only read two of her books. Now I need to add this one.

[@chiarabertoldi2992]

I still have lots classics on my TBR, but so far these are the ones that stood out for me: Little Women - L. M. Alcoot Sense and sensibility Pride and prejudice - J. Austen And more like a modern classic: To kill a Mockingbird - H. Lee ❤️❤️❤️

[@bb-fk9wd]

1. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 2. Frankenstein 3. The Secret Garden 4. Little Women 5. The House of Mirth

[@kelviannaepperson3677]

I have the outsiders I know I'm going to love it, and I have desperaux in Spanish. I have read pride and prejudice, Emma, and the diary of Anne Frank, pet sematary and beloved now I have the book but I listened to it. now I'm read it and the green mile

[@reb5335]

My list: 1. 1984 (modern classic) 2. Frankenstein 3. Crime and Punishment 4. Notes from Underground 5. Macbeth

[@Pschychotically]

Have "Shirley" sitting in German translation since years on my window sill unread. Bought it at a library sale for less than a Euro. Always wanted to read it, never did. Guess what I probably should be doing now.

[@annikaasa7088]

My list: The outsiders Jane eyre Dear daddylonglegs and dear enemy The great gatsby Peter Pan To Kill a mockingbird The blue castle

[@adventureawaits3860]

I love daddy Long legs and Peter Pan!!

[@kelviannaepperson3677]

I just got the outsiders at black Friday

[@bookelf5185]

Great video. My personal favourites (although I have many more to explore) are: The return of the native (Great audiobook narrated by Alan rickman!), War and Peace, Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice 😊 Hardy is my favourite author, I need to read the Woodlanders.

[@SweetMisery01]

At the moment, my favorites are: The Secret Garden AND A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett To Kill A Mockingbird AND Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter #1) by Sigrid Undset Honorable mention fiction, soon to be moved up to the above list (once I finish it): Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac Favorite nonfiction classics: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank The Night Trilogy by Elie Wiesel There are plenty that have been left off simply because I have read so much and can't remember everything. :)

[@hillarylavendar9233]

I don't know if this is a classic that you are referring to but I liked Welcome To The Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. Also, I enjoyed Julius Caesar and Othello by Shakespeare.

[@reelingandwrithing2694]

1. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 2. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 3. East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4. Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky 5. Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

[@classicbookchest7009]

- Emma, Jane Austen. - The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins - A Tale of two Cities, Charles Dickens - The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare - Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov.

[@madelineedwards2521]

I'm so glad you have a great video on classics! I love classics and I wish other booktubers talked about them more! Some of my favorite classics are: -Persuasion -Pride and Prejudice -The Catcher in the Rye -Howard's End -I Capture the Castle -Gilead -The Bell Jar -Bleak House -Rebecca and my favorite book of all time, "Till We Have Faces" by C.S. Lewis. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos!

[@lorenharding2729]

The Europeans; Silas Marner; Wuthering Heights; Little Dorrit; Therese Raquin; A Life (by Guy de Maupassant); Dawn Wind; The Wind in the Willows; The Vicar of Wakefield

[@ShatteredRippleBooks]

I appreciate the recommendations as I'd like to read more classics so far I've only read Dracula

[@yoursunflower5672]

My favourites: A house of gentlefolk Fathers and Sons Crime and punishment Little women The book thief and yeah i love russian literature a lot

[@courtneyreagan900]

I love Northanger Abby! Austen's set up of creating a novel about novels and parodying novels is fantastic. I also include "The Bronte Sisters" as one of my favorite authors, Jane Eyre is my all time favorite book, they're writing is just so beautiful. I've been meaning to read Agnes Grey for a while, I really should, I know the Bronte's won't disappoint me. Another favorite of mine is Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess is just a cutest simple story I adore.

[@KeiraAndGeo]

I read Shirley because of you actually! I think Caroline and Shirley are quite interesting characters and some of their dialog was really inspiring (especially for the time). Overall, I did find the story to be lacking, the novel to be a good chunk too long. There was not enough plot to justify the length and the amazing character traits of the two heroines did wear off for me eventually. Also, I gotta admit that I was disappointed by the rather traditional ending ... I just expected so much more of Shirley (the character). But, well, the times probably made Charlotte Bronte do this. I still enjoy you talking about your love for the book quite a lot, it just wasn't 100% for me I guess. Thanks for providing so many classics recommendations, as always!

[@CamsCampbellReads]

Loved this. Thank you, algorithm! I was shouting 'Jane Eyre' when you were counting down to #1 and so you totally took me by surprise! Not sure what mine would in ranked order, but I'd imagine that Crime and Punishment or The Master and Margarita would be near the top for sure. So, yeah, let's have a go: 10. War and Peace 9. Jane Eyre 8. Dead Souls 7. Catch 22 6. Clockwork Orange 5. Count of Monte Cristo 4. Tess of the D'Urbervilles 3. Grapes of Wrath 2. Crime and Punishment 1. Master and Margarita

[@jfogarty92]

I love reading classics, but I can't seem to get into Jane Austen. I have picked up/ put down Pride and Prejudice so many times... I feel like there is something wrong with me for not loving it lol

[@twistinyourside]

I was the same and listening to the audiobook with Rosamumd Pike was a huge help! Loved it, have read all of Austen’s novels now and enjoyed most of them. So I can recommend that if audiobooks are your bag 🙂

[@candicegeorge9213]

No no, same for me. Keep checking back. Your palate may surprise you one day ☺️

[@ruthg7524]

It's not just you. I love reading the classics but I just can't get into Jane Austen.

[@the_bookish_took5348]

Thank you for introducing me to Shirley! I loved it! Northanger Abbey surprised me a lot, like you said it's not an obvious choice. I love your enthusiasm!

[@starwater9828]

Enjoyed - thank you. My fav. five (at least, currently): Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Pride and Prejudice Middlemarch The Woman in White Crime and Punishment

[@SunFlower-xb3gf]

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, The CircularStaircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Purloined Letter by Edgar Alan Poe, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke, Much Ado About Nothing, The Hebrew Bible translated by Robert Alter, replete with puns, word play, rhyme, syntax, commentary on word choice and dialect. It reveals connections between stories erased by English. Adventures await: American Indian, Westerns and other hearts and minds.

[@Harasezza]

This is a great list! I am going to try to read more classics in the coming year. Do you ever read non-fiction classics? I'm a new subscriber, so maybe I just haven't come across a video referencing that yet. I particularly enjoy travel/adventure non-fiction classics. A great one I read many years ago was called In the Land of White Death, by Valerian Albanov. It's about a ship that gets stuck in pack ice for a year in the Arctic, and their struggles to survive.

[@beverleyroberts1025]

I've only just started watching your channel as I've fallen in love with the Brontes, I'm only on my fourth book, but I'm just so in awe of them and moved by their writing. I was expecting Jane Eyre to be your no 1 though! 😃 I haven't read Shirley yet but it's next on my list, and now I've heard you talk about it, I'm really looking forward to it now. Thank you for your recommendations, I have added them to my list. 😊

[@verbals9987]

Very pleased to see The Woodlanders and Shirley on your list. I associate the mental health issues of Mrs Dalloway and The Bell Jar; how Woolf was describing PTSD at a time when psychology seemed to be practised by quacks. Reading Plath was unnerving because her prose was so grounded and matter of fact. Favourites of mine; Crime and Punishment Madame Bovary Jane Eyre Jude the Obscure My love of classics has been diminished by groups on goodreads; saying you like or don’t a classic seems to miss what a classic tells you about yourself. Like or dislike seem irrelevant and miss the point. This is my first time watching a video of yours so I look forward to catching up.

[@saniarasheed4349]

Anne of green gables! Favourite book of all time!

[@doraintheclouds]

I just finished the bell jar and I still feel empty inside