My Penguin Classics Collection (132 Books!)

[@aditmaryadi6678]

This is it. This is the kind of content that makes me autoclick! What a great collection you have! I only consistently collect the black penguin classic books.

[@bookclub5291]

Welcome to the channel! Glad you enjoyed the video. I consistently collect whatever is of interest, and that is a lot. 😀👍🏼

[@MelissaBeamer-ve3nn]

I started with the modern classics solely because of the spine color, but I haven’t been disappointed by one yet. Just started working on collecting the black spine classics.

[@BL-mf3jp]

The Last Days of Socrates is one of the few books to make me cry. A wonderful, honest, heartbreaking work.

[@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

I directed an Off-Broadway play based on this, and then walked on stage as the jailer with one line. I ended up reading this and a book on the trial, and its really a fascinating history. Every so often I think I need to go back to read Plato and more on Socrates, outside of what I did for the play and the Symposium.

[@phoebebiketravel]

You are one of these people that make KZbin so precious!

[@bookclub5291]

You are too kind Phoebe! What kinds of books do you like?

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Classics for a reason. I put mine in alphabetical order and take a photograph. When I am in a book shop I can then double check if I already have it. Pennies are precious! Best wishes. New to book tube and finding my way around.

[@bookclub5291]

Welcome! Yes, charity shop gems are my favourites. And sometimes I’ll pick up a double, but I see it as giving them a good home 🙏

[@danthebookhunter]

I just counted my own Penguin Classic collection and I only have 123. I love Penguins and you have some great ones.

[@ComicRhema]

What an amazing collection. Love the way you organized it by section. Many of these I’ve seen for the first time. Thanks for sharing, just subbed. God bless

[@bookclub5291]

Welcome to the channel. 😀🙏

[@Happy_Nupur]

Wow great collection! My husband has a great collection as well.. it does get messy if we're to find one particular book..

[@bookclub5291]

Yes, to keep track of them all in ones mind is too much. I like to keep them in genres so they are easy to find.

[@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

I "double" park all my bookshelves. Though, I have one that is books unread, and one that is books read. Usually books that get read will go in a pile and then every few months I have to resort my bookshelf. Interestingly, no matter how many books I read the "unread" shelf never seems to get emptier. LOL

[@matthewturner2803]

Superb collection of books, puts my collection to shame. I've read Herodotus and some of Thucydides.

[@bookclub5291]

Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed it! Any collection of books, however small is great in my opinion! 🙏

[@thisisajourney8956]

Great video. I loved the Crime and Punishment cover. Cheers from Angola

[@IIImobiusIII]

The happiest days of my life were when I was was wandering along the path of knowledge. Penguin Classics are the source of all the best this world has to offer to an inquiring mind. My favorite was Tristan by Gottfried Von Strassburg.

[@bookclub5291]

I am unaware of that author. If you don’t mind my asking, what stopped you from walking the path of knowledge?

[@IIImobiusIII]

@@bookclub5291 Though I may have given the impression that I have stopped reading, I can assure you that such is not the case, though my habits have changed. Even now I am slogging my way through the 1800 hundred pages of Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago. What has changed is that for many years in my past I refused to read anything written in the past 50 years. I calculated how many books I could possibly read in my lifetime and decided upon a kind of approach. One can only read so many so I decided to read only the best and let time itself be the arbiter of which books deserved my attention. If it could survive 50 years, it must be for a reason. I was well served as I was very rarely disappointed. Also I started to read up to 5 books at the same time using no bookmarks. We are bound to hit a work which takes much longer to read and doesn't quite fire the imagination. We might put it down for an extended period. Why not read many at once. Some purely for fun, some more Academic and some more Technical. No bookmarks is an exercise for the memory and can be quite useful. It is amazing how you might set aside a number in your mind for as long as you wish. One might remember a page number for a certain passage many many years after having read it.

[@IIImobiusIII]

@@bookclub5291 This is something I learned from Soren Kierkegard. He spoke of reading and memory at one point and made this discovery. If you need to remember something, write it down in repetition. The act of writing is very different to reading and uses a different part of the brain. It really works. Take the longest Mathematical Formula and write it out 5 or 10 times. You will be amazed. They didn't teach me this in School, I had to learn this from a Danish Christian Philsopher? This would be a big help in certain disciplines.

[@IIImobiusIII]

@@bookclub5291 Lastly, let me tell you a funny story about the Classics. I was always a big reader. When I was in my teens a friend came over and when looking around my room said, 'I'm always embarrassed when I come here because you have so many books. Piles and piles. I'm ashamed to say that I have never read a whole book. Imagine I got through High School and never read a book!" Well, I said, I'm sure your not alone in that. He tells me he would like to start reading and wonders if I could lend him something, not too hard to begin with. Of course I could, I have something for you right here. Dante's Divine Comedy. So he comes the next day, "OMG, I can't understand anything, this is too hard, I said something easy. Hmm, I said that's pretty easy, let me see... Milton's Paradise Lost. "What's it about? Oh he explains this right away. The next day, "Freaking Hell, that was worse, am I stupid or something. It doesn't even seem to be in English. Give me something else." Hmmm, that's about as easy as I have right now. Look the problem is your just not used to reading. Tale it home and try again. After a certain number of pages something will just Click! I have seen this before, believe me. A few days later he comes back "Wow, that was amazing. You were right, at around the eighth page something clicked and I understood it. I went back and started over and got it. It was wonderful. Give me something else, harder this time, I think I'm ready. Well, I said, the first book you ever read is like one of the hardest books ever written in English. So you can read anything at this point. The look on his face was priceless. He left with the Divine Comedy and we have never looked back. Many happy hours reading the Bard to each other and learning from each other. He went on to study Literature with Honours. Nothing like the Classics.

[@58angieb]

It's not all about the 'quantity' of books/book-reading,but rather the 'quality' of one's books/book-reading,& what enjoyment,& insight this brings to your life. Reading/owning many,many books is not a challenge,nor is this a competitive sport!

[@bookpalace1299]

Great collection sir🙏🙏

[@bookclub5291]

Thank you. I didn’t realise I had so many until I began preparing the video. 😀👍🏼

[@bookpalace1299]

Oh is it sir. Really beautiful collection 😊😊

[@Coderama]

Amazing Collection , I loved every bit of this video

[@bookclub5291]

I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the collection. Welcome to the channel. 🙏

[@kimswhims8435]

That's really interesting, thanks for sharing! I've been collecting some Penguin classics too, but there's not a lot of overlap between our collections. In my modern classics I've collected quite a few women writer's work. Because it's 100 years or there abouts since The Modernist movement came about I've been collecting some of their works, I'm reading a lot of recent publications and the 2022 booker longlist at the moment, but I have to get back to reading some classics. Cheers from Australia.

[@helenat7468]

Wow what a great collection 👍👍

[@marcseyes1665]

i remember getting my very first penguin classic which was The Machiavelli's the prince..

[@kamaruddinmk5699]

Amazing collection..... Very good presentation... With love from India

[@bookclub5291]

Happy to share it.🙏

[@Toracube]

Awesome vid. Just getting into these worlds..

[@bookclub5291]

Enjoy your exploration 👍🏼

[@doowopshopgal]

Wow! What a scholar!

[@gillianrichards2318]

I have a few of the penguin classics too

[@bookclub5291]

What’s your favourite?

[@HeavenlyDemon7]

18:36 please do not tickle my fancy, i do not know what is my fancy but i would not like you making strange hand movements on my fancy

[@dfjpr]

This is great, Thank you !

[@bookclub5291]

You are welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@zulkhaireesulaiman8575]

thank you, this was incredibly helpful!

[@bookclub5291]

Your welcome. Happy to help 😀👍🏼

[@deadstar962]

3:00 that’s ignatius’ book !

[@moguzkarakasli]

What a gold video and especially for English learners like me. Thank you so much.

[@bookclub5291]

You are welcome. I’m happy you enjoyed it! 🙏

[@ayanchoubisa2462]

Some great addition in Indian books would be The Laws of Manu and The Arthashastra, both amongst the most influencial book of indian history as well as very interesting read.

[@bookclub5291]

Thanks Ayan for the suggestions. I’ll be sure to look into them! 😀🙏

[@ayanchoubisa2462]

@@bookclub5291 Nice. I'm jealous of you very nice collection :)

[@Runamoinen]

Yikes, there seems to be a typo in Khalil Gibran's name on the title page. Great video, though! It was a pleasure to watch.

[@kristianmatzy2929]

Hi Lewis, love your video’s and your collection is awsome! It hits all of my points of interest. Just wondered if you’ve ever read Dante’s the Divine comedy?

[@bookclub5291]

Hey. Welcome to the channel. I have never read the divine comedy, but have heard good things about it. Would you recommend it?

[@kristianmatzy2929]

Thank you, It is a beautiful book. I’ve got the Penguin classics edition translated by Robin Kirkpatrick. I’ll admit it’s sometimes hard to follow but i did alot of research before hand and really enjoyed the history behind the book/author.

[@racheldemain1940]

I am studying Philosophy in my next Degree Module and am somewhat daunted by it!

[@bookclub5291]

Don’t be daunted, just stay in the moment and do one class at a time. Your mind will update as you go. You could also start reading some Plato 😜

[@jessicagallant8303]

This was great! Thanks! Is there a mega list of penguin books somewhere for download...so I can start checking them off? If not..lol you should make a ultra book list

[@GuiltyFeat]

Forster's A Passage to India is a novel, not a piece of travel writing.

[@btholoniobr6317]

A poucos meses conheci estes livros classicos da Penguin e fiquei encantado. Estou comprando dois títulos por mês para formar também minha coleção. Parabéns por sua coleção e um grande abraço da Amazônia brasileira.

[@GomzyKapoor]

Hello Sir, I am impressed with your book collection and I also have philosophy books from Penguin Classic. I am 21years old and I have read the republic by plato. Due to my studies I am not able to focus much on the subject hope I could do it. In my country (India) are very less college/institute that tech philosophy. I do read it myself. Any advice for you would be helpful. Thankyou

[@Octavian1]

I see that cover gets damaged fast on those, but what about spine, is it more durable and will it last for decades on shelfs?

[@sea-e3x]

This is a great and helpful video, keep going from saudi ♥

[@bookclub5291]

😀🙏

[@richardcostello8662]

You haven't read them all? "Can't say I know much about "Consolations of Philosophy". Are you collecting them for their looks?

[@yassineamezough]

Guys where do you buy these books of penguin classics? I live in Morocco and amazon doesn't ship to Morocco. How can I find them

[@ericgrabowski3896]

The Penguin Random House website has them and there are other sites that sell them excusively as well.

[@yassineamezough]

@@ericgrabowski3896 the problem is the high price for shipping to Morocco 🥲

[@arjunyeleshwarapu]

@@yassineamezough do you have someone who can buy them from abroad and bring them to you

[@factaland3158]

Plato book the laws available in penguin publishing? Any other here

[@Erick-hr5mv]

So I have the Prince in penguin classic version I’m confused is it the same book same writing etc ?

[@bookclub5291]

It depends if it’s the same edition. Many of the Penguin classics have been reprinted over the years, and so it may not be exactly the same.

[@OfftheShelf-n9x]

Boethius wrote his book during the month where he waited to be murdered by torture.

[@bookclub5291]

I have yet to read Boethius, but keen to encounter his philosophy. Writing with the fog of death hovering around must make one quite determined.

[@MehHuh005]

Please continue making videos🙏

[@bookclub5291]

I plan too! Glad you are enjoying them 👍🏼

[@dhirajyeager8599]

well, I guess plato rules the philosophy tho there are all different philosophoes out there.

[@user-xs9lx2vb9m]

How many hours do you read per week to get you through all that

[@factaland3158]

What is penguin group

[@philinbody7844]

Great collection, but on the Hindu classics you need to get the Ramayana that's one of the oldest India myths

[@ALON-n7l]

you are good

[@bookclub5291]

😊

[@Anicius_]

Are you religious or non believer

[@bookclub5291]

I would say that I am religious believer. But I don’t ascribe to any one faith.

[@peteruljee7461]

Ovidius is a Roman not a Greek!

[@bookclub5291]

Ok thanks. My mistake

[@pearlofpigs]

Is the lack of female authors deliberate? You might enjoy the works of the Brontë sisters, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf etc. If it’s that you just don’t want to read books by women, could I ask why?

[@bookclub5291]

All of the authors you mention I have read on the channel. I thoroughly enjoyed Austen and Shelly.

[@christianpacheco9813]

😇

[@bookclub5291]

😀👍

[@myepictbr6968]

That’s pretty impressive how you managed to avoid getting female authors for your collection. Must have taken some real effort.

[@MarcusAurelius13]

He has read several female authors. Brontë, Woolf, Shelley, Austin. Perhaps his versions of these female authors happen not to be the Penguin version.

[@Натали-Я-250]

Juste finding via Google

[@bookclub5291]

Welcome to Book Club! Be sure to check out all the amazing books we have read 😀👍

[@wbbartlett]

Be honest. Have you read these or do you collect them to impress other people with your intelligence? Just the act of owning them makes the smarts grow, right?

[@bookclub5291]

I’ve read most of them. But surely just like owning lots of books isn’t impressive, so reading lots isn’t either. It’s the understanding that those readings bring that is important. No? 🤔

[@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

You do know the problem with your channel? It requires buying new bookshelves sooner than later. LOL IF you should ever go for the complete works of Stephen King you'll just need a new place to live. LOL

[@apollonia6656]

All those books in the world against a human's longevity ! Sad really. We have to be more selective and find time to please our selectivity. Hey ho,such is life !🤔