My Italian Classics, from Dante Alighieri to Elena Ferrante

[@eric.aaron.castro]

The Prince by Machiavelli is anemic! His magnum opus is his ‘Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livy’ - which are his political commentary on the history of Rome from inception to empire.

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

I know, I was supposed to mention that one too but I had a lot of interruptions and I ended up forgetting....It will be on a future video for sure!

[@eric.aaron.castro]

@ it is dense!! I read the Prince, again, last week over the course of an evening. The Discourses are a marathon 🏃‍♂️.

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

'the gulf between how one should live and how one does live is so wide that a man who neglects what is actually done for what should be done moves towards self-destruction rather than self-preservation. The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous. Therefore if a prince wants to maintain his rule he must be prepared not to be virtuous, and to make use of this or not according to need.' Love The Prince.

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Thank you for watching xoxo

[@brenboothjones]

A cornucopia of Italian masterpieces! Love your enthusiasm and your plunging into the contexts around these works!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Glad you enjoyed my selection--you're a gem!

[@noorduha257]

I loved watching brilliant friend on a Netflix. Since then, i have fallen in love with the Italian language and their literature. I can't tell you how much i love it. I plan to learn Italian after Arabic, inshaAllah!! ✨️💖

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Thanks for sharing! Wishing you all the best on your linguistic journey-enjoy every step!

[@joshuacreboreads]

Awesome video! I love Dante, having just read him for the first time this summer. He was such a genius. I can only imagine how beautiful the original Italian sounds. Thanks.

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Fortunately, the story is so extraordinary that it translates well....Thanks for watching sweetheart!

[@Johanna_reads]

Wonderful list of recommendations! I'm planning to read Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose in March next year. I'm so glad you loved it!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Hope you enjoy it! Thank you for watching

[@booksgurrsandpurrs]

So many great recommendations.

[@booksgurrsandpurrs]

Italian classics? Yes please!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

🥰🥰🥰

[@readbypaula]

I loved Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend, which honestly is a surprise to absolutely no one cause I constantly rave about it! But I recently read her collection of speeches/essays called In The Margins and she spoke so highly of Dante's portrayal of Beatrice in the Divine Comedy, I've been itching to read it too!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Haven't read any of her nonfiction, thanks for that rec and for watching!

[@Uncommon_Reader]

CIAO! Such a great video.... Calvino is one of my favorites.. and Ginzburg and Elsa Morante.. 💕 great choices, brava!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Grazie cara! Morante is so underrated I wish more people knew about her

[@Uncommon_Reader]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary So true. Her book History is truly a masterpiece.

[@ElisoneteCruz]

Amo o seu trabalho

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Obrigada

[@AlbertTheConjugator]

Ciao, Emily! I'm gonna start with your 20th century selections. They all sound interesting😊🇮🇹 ✌️😃

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

I think you'll enjoy Umberto Eco! Thank you for watching xoxo

[@jamshiddindoust4293]

Thanks, dear madam ❤

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed my list

[@richarddelanet]

I have had a look at an Italo Calvino novel. I have returned it to the library so I can focus on the history I am currently reading but I know I can return to Calvino when I'm good and ready!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

'If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler' and 'Invisible Cities' are my favorites! Thanks for watching xo

[@richarddelanet]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary I read the first fifty pages of the former. So I have it as a kind of season 2 etc, for the future!

[@timofei572]

I too, buy books by smell🙃 Awesome video! I’m currently working my way through Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet. A few of your recommendations I’ve never heard of so I will have to check Tasso, Manzoni, and Maraini.

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

I mean, my nose is going to be very close to book lol. Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@apoetreadstowrite]

Thanks for this wonderful review video, very engaging introduction, & quite a few of these authors are new to me. I love Eco, his semiotics & novels, what a giant of the twentieth century. Do you know the paintings of Giorgio Morandi? He's one of my mainstay favourites - so delicate, profound & moving. I return to him regularly. He is also quite a poet's painter, & he's inspired many collections of ekphrastic poetry, an astounding, quiet recluse.

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

I heard of him, I can't say I know a lot about him. Glad you enjoyed the video, your support means more than you think. Thank you for being a candle in the dark!

[@apoetreadstowrite]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary: Hopefully not lit at both ends...

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

@@apoetreadstowrite LOL Funny you say that, I recently read a poem about that. Vincent Millay's pithy four-line poem, "First Fig," celebrates going your own way and taking life by the horns. Describing their life as a candle that's burning from both ends at once, the speaker affirms that life should be full of intensity, vigor, and passion (rather than just, say, conformity and politeness).

[@apoetreadstowrite]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary: Ah, I like that.

[@madworld1962]

Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose is most definitely on my list to read in 2025 now :) I'm still reading Clarice Lispector's The Complete Short Stories. I'm half way through, both in order to savor every page, and also because I have a pile of books on the go, with more piling up. I'm sure no one can relate😆

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Oh yeah, we all relate on a deep level! So stoked you liked Clarice. Thank you for watching

[@pedygonzales]

The only italian writer that I knew and wasn't here is Dino Buzzati. I read prince in persian and english, leopard, history, name of rose in persian. And would love to read dante in english and decameron in persian one day.

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

That is very impressive, Persian is a beautiful language. Thank you for the recommendation, I just added The Tartar Steppe to my wishlist!

[@FFdeAndrade]

Você já leu Luigi Pirandello? Eu recomendo muito!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Dei uma olhade nele, parace muito bom. Adicinei o Il fu Mattia Pascal para minha lista wishlist. Obrigada pela dica!

[@strange.lucidity]

SLAY ⚡

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Merci xoxo

[@MonicaMedici-uq1nj]

Is your father from Tuscany?

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Close, our family is from Modena! Thanks for watching

[@amalchuk897]

Where is Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto? No list of Italian classics is complete without that book!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

😅 Looks like I need to make a part 2 soon!

[@amalchuk897]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Yes you should, although I feel that book is so good it deserves its own video 😂

[@ElisoneteCruz]

Você é Ótima

[@beyea6384]

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[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

That's so thoughtful of you, unfortunately I am not at a stage where I can hire anyone yet, but thank you!

[@beyea6384]

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[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

I am so excited for it that I tried to recreate the pattern but it doesn't look as defined. Whenever you get a chance please send the file.

[@beyea6384]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Sent!

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

@@beyea6384 Thank you 😭😭😭 It is so GORGEOUS