I do love to annotate my books, which is why I always like to buy second hand paperback classics then sometimes buy nicer editions of all time favorites. . "draw pictures in" gave me a flashback . I was reading a classic last year and to my shock when I turned to the next page , someone had drawn a large , shall we say, member of the male anatomy on the pages . For the life of me , I can't remember what the book was now because it was one I didn't keep - I"m no prude but I couldn't get past the drawing hahahaha. Great selection of books! Resurrection is a great book. Funny enough , I read it while I was on Jury Duty a few years ago. Anna K is well worth the time !
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 Oh my, that brings back memories. At school if you left your work books unattended then they would be full of ... things. Someone also drew a large image of a peg-legged person in my math book. It was very good, except that my math teacher had a prosthetic leg. The teacher locked me in the toilet as punishment. Really looking forwards to Resurrection, although I'm not sure I'll be able to get on a jury at the same time.
@TheCodeXCantina3 жыл бұрын
I think I’ve heard of The Brothers Karamazov before...
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Quite. Your videos on it are marvellous.👍😀
@stephencharlton20243 жыл бұрын
I wonder... have you read "The Bell Jar" .... If not... Might you?
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Hi Stephen, sorry for my delayed reply. I have not read the Bell Jar but I will definitely be reading it. Have you read it? What were your thoughts if you have?
@mandyc12803 жыл бұрын
Hello Captain! I haven't been on in a while. Loved your book haul. I have to say that I could not agree more on the color orange for Kipling. It makes me laugh because when you said that I just yelled "yes!". I love Kipling but have yet to read Kim, even though I own it. I just purchased the Penguin's Classics of The Brother's Karamazov and I am waiting for the perfect time to read it and give it my full attention. I dont know why but I have this feeling I am going to love it. I like the idea of the Wordsworth Classics for marking up....need to keep that in mind. I hope you and your family are well my friend. It's so good to see your face on here. God bless you. I'll keep you posted on what I read from this list.
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
I knew that you would be able to understand the orange/kipling combo. 😀 Great to hear from you again. Tell me what you think of Brothers Karamazov.
@StewartCooke8 ай бұрын
The name Rudyard means the Red Yard. The Middle name of Joseph Rudyard Kipling derives from the location that his parents courted. I believe the village Rudyard is located in Staffordshire.
@tristanandtheclassics65388 ай бұрын
Thank you! That is a delightful nugget of trivia. It makes me feel all cosy. It's so nice to get the human backstory to names.
been watching all your videos ..thought I'd comment... Actually I hae a story to tell... Mine... I am from a really faraway broken place where I had to enroll into an educational institution where there were neither teachers present nor books... I got the degree but I know nothing.... of ENglish LIterature.... I wanted to write.. I wanted to become a writer, I still do but Now I find myself without havig read any books...having wasted my 7 years in the institution...So I was hoping you could help me... where do I start? I want to cover all my degree and also began reading the books that I should have...so any suggestions?
@carolynwestlake76703 ай бұрын
I find the thought of Russian authors very daunting. Too many characters and strange names!
@mtnshelby7059 Жыл бұрын
Outside of Hunger Artist and Metamorphosis, I can't manage Kafka. The Castle made me want to jump from a turret.
@taaptee3 жыл бұрын
and oh so true about the name rudyard! apparently it means red enclosure and is derived from 'red yard,' but he was named after the lake in staffordshire hm. and you should read the letters or journals of kafka! they're fascinating, and help appreciate his stories better.
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Hey Tee, love this comment. Red Yard lake in Staffordshire. Thank goodness his parents didn't live near the River Piddle!😂 Thanks for the recommendation on Kafka, I will do as you say. Good to hear from you.
@taaptee3 жыл бұрын
OH HAHAHA you are on a roll with the jokes!
@razanaljiryes7808 Жыл бұрын
Can you please do an update on what you have read . And review those books
@thefont43453 жыл бұрын
Yay! Tristan is back! I think you should glue some of your wonderful covers onto these gems, I would buy those for sure. 😁👍
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Hussar! It's good to be back. Thanks Barb. As for the covers, tee hee, if I'm honest I could easily get sucked down that rabbit hole. Unfortunately I think there would be complaints if I made another one of those videos as it would lead to 5 or 6 😀
@rummanmusa18153 жыл бұрын
Virginia Woolf is one of my most favorite authors
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
She is a unique breed. A truly perceptive person.
@knittingbooksetc.28103 жыл бұрын
I want to read Mrs Dalloway as well. I’m reading Our Mutual Friend by Dickens and it’s been a ride as well. Resurrection is the favourite book of a friend of mine. After finishing Crime and Punishment, I started The Brothers Karamazov. I do like Dostoyevsky. I got confused: who writes the dedication of the book? Isn’t it the author? Great books! Are they really 2.5? That’s great value, no doubt. You’ve just called Rudyard Kipling a cheese. I’ve never read any Kafka. I’m glad you recorded this.
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 "You’ve just called Rudyard Kipling a cheese." When you say it like that it sounds remarkable. I may enter this onto my CV under 'other accomplishments. My wife and I are reading Our Mutual Friend together at the moment. The dedication, in this instance, is from the publisher of the Wordsworth books. I love reading your comments.
@duffypratt3 жыл бұрын
Read Kafka’s short story A Hunger Artist. It’s my favorite thing by him. If you like it, you might like some of the longer works. Wharton’s NY novels are all fantastic.
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation Duffy, I will pop that on my tbr. Really excited about Wharton.👍❤😀
@gaildoughty67993 жыл бұрын
The immortal Pickwick! I remember laughing hard when Mr. Jingle was introduced. Great choice, that. Great chat on The Idiot cover. I’m not sure I’m smart enough to read it, though. Kim is on my top 20 books of my reading life. Wonderful to see a new video, Tristan!
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Thanks Gail, you're a gem. Great to see your comments again. I'm trying to get my wife to read Kim.
@itzjiddy6322 жыл бұрын
I love your videos and commentaries. I wonder if you would do reviews for travel books especially those published at the end of the 19 th and the beginning of the 20 th century before the air travel. Also especially those books for Western travelers to the holy places in Palestine and to the Arabian pennensula before the discovery of oil. Also the books of African exploration
@tristanandtheclassics65382 жыл бұрын
This is a great recommendation 👍 thanks so much for leaving this comment and for your support 😀 I really appreciate it.
@itzjiddy6322 жыл бұрын
I have become hooked on watching your videos. I used some of your comments on the mark Anthony speech in Julius Ceaser in a presentation I made to a group I work with I now and for the first time am able to read Shakespeare and enjoy his writing Keep on going and thanks
@taaptee3 жыл бұрын
bought the wordsworth editions of adam bede and de profundis earlier this year, and couldn't agree more with the points you made in their favor. good luck with the reading, i hope you enjoy the books!
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy them. I can't figure out how they make them so cheaply. Perhaps it is a front for a money laundering syndicate. My, my, that's a good plot for a book.😀
@jeremyfee3 жыл бұрын
Great haul video. It's always nice to get some of the classics. Enjoy the reading!
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Thanks! You too!
@vicdelta314153 жыл бұрын
I picked up The Great Gatsby and David Copperfield which will be my second Dickens book after A Christmas Carol. Halfway through Gatsby right now, David Copperfield is going to be one of my fall or winter reads this year.
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Let me know your thoughts on Gatsby. As for Copperfield, it was Dickens favourite, I believe. Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it.👍
@vicdelta314153 жыл бұрын
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 sure thing, you have great recommendations for this year, specially in 52 classics video. Looking forward to your next video.
@charmainesaliba55463 жыл бұрын
Great list. I only read The Great Gatsby, unfortunately I didn't enjoyed it. Mrs Dalloway is on my Tbr list hopefully I will read it soon. The dedication of The Idiot is hilarious 🤣
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Thanks Charmaine. You'll have to share your thoughts on Mrs Dalloway when you read it. Perhaps we can compare notes. As for the dedication, it tickles me whenever I think about it.
@charmainesaliba55463 жыл бұрын
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Thanks Tristan, it will be interesting to share our thoughts on Mrs Dalloway
@jamgart68802 жыл бұрын
I’ve just read The Metamorphosis. It was definitely weird, but I enjoyed it. I wonder if it was one of the first, if not the actual first, books that is from a creatures point of view? Well I suppose White Fang could be before it maybe, I’m not sure of the dates of publication. But still very interesting on that point of view. The family itself was… awful. You think the sister is good at the start. But even before anything happens you realise that his job is to pay off his parents debts, like he is the only one who can bring in an income etc. until he can’t. It gives me Charlie and the chocolate factory grandad vibes. Where the poor mother is working herself to the bone for everyone until a golden ticket arrives. Overall, I was fascinated with what was going to happen and saddened by the end. (Don’t want to give it away)
@blablablah12d2 жыл бұрын
loveee ur videos
@stephencharlton20243 жыл бұрын
great.. however Marion H is so overtly christian in critique
@lovelyladygrey82593 жыл бұрын
I do love a good paperback.
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
They must be in the top 10 pleasures in life, what?😀
@susprime70183 жыл бұрын
Good to see you, enjoy your reads.
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
It's good to hear from you too.😀
@susprime70183 жыл бұрын
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 I loved Kim when I read it in Junior High School and I've read The Great Gatsby a few times, which I also loved. I like Edith Wharton, read the ones you mentioned and also her travel book about an early automobile journey through France. I read Kafka in college, other than Metamorphosis, can't remember much about it. I loved Crime and Punishment and I read The Brothers Karamazov but I can't remember much and may have it confused with Tolstoy's The Cossacks.
@marianhreads3 жыл бұрын
Oh my. I laughed so hard at the Idiot "crash dummy"... my neighbors probably think I'm crazy. XD Also thank you so much for the shout-out - it made my day! I hope you enjoy Kafka's short stories; I think he's stronger at short fiction. Resurrection is also on my TBR, and that cover of Kim is actually really nice. Happy reading!
@tristanandtheclassics65383 жыл бұрын
Pleased you had a giggle Marian, that's made my day. You are more than welcome for the shout-out, I love your channel and can't wait to see you hit 1k followers. The cover to Kim is lovely. Thank goodness it wasn't part of the Dostoevsky range!😂❤