Unlock the World of Classic Literature: FREE COURSE for Timeless Reading Pleasures!

Do you want to learn how to read the classic books? Well, in this video I show you how to get a free course on classic literature right here on KZbin. This course will can be enjoyed by anybody wanting to getting into classic literature or those who want to reignite their love for reading and for story.
Over the course of a few years I have recorded several talks on improving reading skills and reading and appreciating classic literature, that I have gained from my personal experience reading and thinking about books.
This video will give you a whistle-stop tour through the 10 talks that make up this teach yourself course. Once you have finished this video, click on the playlist to get started.
TALK 1:
Why you don't need a degree to read the Classics.
• HOW TO GET INTO CLASSI...
TALK 2:
How to Build Your Own Classic Library.
• HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ...
TALK 3:
Top Tip to make you a Better Reader.
• HOW TO READ A BOOK BET...
TALK 4:
Advice for Slower Readers.
• BEST ADVICE FOR SLOW R...
TALK 5:
5 Lessons Writers Can Learn From the Classics.
• 5 LESSONS MODERN WRITE...
TALK 6:
How to Read Like A Professor.
• HOW TO READ A BOOK LIK...
TALK 7:
How to be Well Read.
• HOW TO BE WELL READ
TALK 8:
How To Read A Book - The Opening Page.
• HOW TO READ A BOOK - T...
TALK 9:
Best Lesson on Iambic Pentameter.
• IAMBIC PENTAMETER for ...
TALK 10:
Important Lesson On Reading Shakespeare.
• HOW CAN I LEARN TO ENJ...
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[@MsKK909]

I’m so happy I stumbled upon your channel….your enthusiasm is so infectious. I wish I could have you over for dinner.

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Nice idea, good luck and best wishes.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you, that's very generous of you.

[@jameslabs1]

You are helping me to open my eye and see more beauty in the world. - Inspired

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you, James. That is one of the nicest comments I've received.

[@kamidsjournee]

This is so exciting!! I’ve found you are the best literature teacher I have ever had. 📚🥰

[@dianepocock2982]

Fantastic! Looking forward to watching all these videos. As part of your patreon group too I just wanted to say that I really appreciate all the hard work and effort you put into your videos. 😊

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you so much, Diane. I love being with you all on Patreon. Next year I want to add more for you.😀♥

[@kandywestmoreland5164]

You are the best 😊 I love all your videos and your will definitely be watching these again. And yes I was one who skipped iambic pentameter video but I will not miss it again.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you so much!! You are amazing, Kandy.

[@Yesica1993]

Thank you, Tristan! I wish I was in a position to help financially support. Alas, I am broke these days. But I appreciate your videos and thank you for all your work.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

You're welcome, Yesica😀 Don't worry about financial support, I'm happy to share with fellow book lovers. If you share this video with others, that would help immensely 😀❤️

[@BUY_YOUTUBE_VIEWS_g0g15]

I've set this as my screensaver. Best decision ever

[@lucyssweetjournaling]

This is amazing. Your talks are the most enlightening and enthusiastic on all of booktube. I will share this free online course for classic literature with others.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you Lucy!

[@poncedeleon759]

Your enthusiasm for the classics is contagious and has helped to influence the rekindling of my joy of reading. I've watched a few of these videos and will enjoy watching the remainder. Thank you for putting them together

[@highburyponds9245]

Amazing! This is great news! ❤thanks

[@boscarinoma2305]

This is awesome, Tristan! Thank you so much for your generous free course! I can’t wait to get started. I appreciate how thoughtful, articulate and enthusiastic you are about literature.

[@LuxVi7]

Omg!!! Thank you!! I’m so looking forward to watching the videos!

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

You are welcome. I hope that you enjoy and benefit by them.😀

[@soheilmotamedi]

Wonderful Tristan! Thanks. Reading classics is very important and we should always put classics in our reading plans ❤

[@maryforster1417]

Tristan you are among the best I have watched and listened to…I second all the wonderful comments already posted! Thank you for your enthusiasm and generosity to the reading and literature loving community…a new video from you makes my day/week! ❤️

[@nostradamus1162]

thank you so much! not everyone had great literature teachers at school and imo having a guidance figure is key to approach certain texts! doing this free of charge is wonderful, such an important contribution to the community ❤️

[@JodieTheReader]

Awesome!! Thank you!

[@mtnshelby7059]

Your enthusiasm for great literature has certainly rekindled my own. I am happy to support your work through Patreon, and I must admit I'm a bit of an Ebenezer in that department😂, so ...high marks indeed. Thank you.

[@bradchristy5002]

Tristan, you are a treasure in understanding western literature!

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thank you for your kindness, Brad. I'm nothing special, just a person like you that appreciates a good book. 😀❤️👍

[@DefaultName-nt7tk]

Great plan. I am looking forward to your lectures 😊

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Thanks

[@barbarahvilivitzky7514]

I’m so happy to have stumbled on this wonderful course. Thank you so very much for your hard work. This is going to save my sanity this winter. Go bless.

[@PrincessCelESF]

This is FANTASTIC! I am teaching 8th graders in a Classical Program next year and finding this is so timely! Will be sharing with the parents of my students. ❤❤❤

[@kamidsjournee]

This is so exciting! I want to tell you I think you are the best literature teacher I have ever had!

[@kitjank]

I agree! I have a masters in English Lit and I've learned more from Tristan than I did at uni.

[@user-yd8gx4rp5n]

I’ve watched all of these videos more than once. They are not only through they are very enjoyable. I have learned so much from Tristan. 😊

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

Wow, thank you!

[@karinaliwska7077]

Amazing idea!

[@dainamisk]

This is fantastic! I am a member of your Patreon group. You are doing so much work. Thank you. I may have not read every single book recommend on Patreon but I have learned so much from you.

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

That's wonderful. So pleased to have you with the group. I've got some new plans for the upcoming year.

[@freddymason685]

Looking forward to your course. This is such s great and inspiring channel. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thanks Tristan!

[@Khatoon170]

Last part of my research characteristics of classical literature are universal themes , unusual and interesting plot or setting, well developed characters. Classical literature is important because promotes language skills. For example classical book pride and prejudice by Jane Austen and Jane Eyre by Charlotte bronte . The main difference between classical and modern literature is classical literature often highlights themes and heart of story , while modern fiction often highlights of plot and action of story . Study of classical literature called classics or classical antiquity. It’s hard to read classics because writing style , historical setting, narrative structures, symbolism . Thank you for giving us chance to read learn new information improve our English as well. Iam so sorry to be little long but reading and writing both are great ways to improve our English as none native speakers. Best wishes for you your dearest ones .

[@jennyaldridge4186]

I love this idea. I’ve listened to some of your lectures but will revisit those and read the rest. Will also share this with my bookish friends. Your Patrion account is great value and I’m happy to support you. Keep up the great work.

[@kitjank]

Your videos both on KZbin and Patreon are so inspiring! This is a lovely compilation! I have watched all these videos previously, and I am looking forward to watching them again while taking notes!

[@bad-girlbex3791]

What a lovely early Christmas treat! Thank you for all that you do with this channel Tristan; it's much appreciated. This video series will be saved and savoured by me over the next couple of months, with the colder weather, shorter days, and longer nights, all making for the perfect seasonal vibe. 💙

[@Khatoon170]

How are you doing mr Tristan . Iam Arabic lady subscriber to several British and American KZbin channels. Thank you for your wonderful cultural channel. We are as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well and literature lovers too. Iam subscriber to dr Octavia Cox channel she is British university professor in classical literature. Most of her channel videos about Jane Austen. I looked up for definition of classical literature is Ancient Greece and Rome . The term usually spelled classical and also used for literature of any language of period notable for excellence and enduring quality of literary works . Works of homer , Ovid , Sophocles are all examples of classical literature. Classical term isn’t just limited to novels , it’s can be also included epic , fantasy , lyric , tragedy, comedy , pastoral , other form of writing.

[@kurtfox4944]

I think this is a bit of a nuance of the English language. CLASSICAL literature is not necessarily the same as the CLASSICS. The term "Classics" is a bit subjective. I often advise people to define what this means to them. For example, some create a list of their top 10 Classics. For some, it is anything before 1900 BCE; for others it is over 100 years old; for others, only 50 years old.

[@hairylittlewombat]

I love your passion for literature. I will definitely be watching this series. Thanks for taking the time to produce something that will help us to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of classic literature. I've wanted to tackle Don Quixote for so long now, but have felt so daunted by it.

[@gommine]

Thank you for putting together a free course, I'm excited to delve in! I'm not new to classic literature but there is still so much that I haven't read.

[@janeylfoster6197]

Wonderful, thanks so much for putting this together. ❤

[@BellesLibraryVlog]

This sounds fantastic ---thank you!

[@alidabaxter5849]

I really love your videos, because you make classic literature so approachable and also because you constantly remind me of the book's I have loved and should revisit. For various reasons I could not go on to higher education back in the 1950s (many couldn't) but when I layer met those who had they all said I was more widely read than they were. I think this shows that if you read sufficiently widely you will have continuing and lifelong benefit.

[@maelenaorellanapalma9702]

Thank you very much!

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

I hope that you enjoy it.

[@AfreenAzad-kl1bb]

Thnx for this wonderful playlist l. But I was wondering if you could make more videos regarding metre and prosody. For instance if you are reading the iliad translated by Alexander pope should you read it with iambic pentameter or dactylic hexameter as was in the original Greek. Please kindly respond

[@septemberhawks8913]

This is great. I'm going to start these after World War November... although, it will probably take me an extra month to finish the stack of books I got for that. 😊

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

I know what you mean. I'm still wading through as well. 😂

[@JoshoAdrianCirlea]

You are a wonderful person. Thank you.

[@kurtfox4944]

I finished. DO I get a certificate of Completion? LOL

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

🤣🤣🤣 I should make one, shouldn't I?

[@evamatlach1986]

This is so great! Thank you for this! 🫶🏻

[@tristanandtheclassics6538]

I'm pleased you think so. I hope that you enjoy it.

[@the_accidental_collector]

So exciting! Thank you for such a generous gift. 🩷