SPRING CLASSICS RECOMMENDATIONS

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[silverplim]

I cannot wait to read these while laying on my hammock outside :') To add on, children's classics are perfect for spring! Namely, Anne of Green Gables and The Secret Garden ♡

[NadaOQ]

"If I could begin filming seasonal classics recommendations" YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES! I've been waiting for this 😭

[imaginativebibliophile]

Lucy, I just finished reading Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte and it is indeed the ideal spring read. Spoiler: The last scene when Agnes agrees to marry Mr. Weston completely enraptured me. It is one of the best endings I have read in literature. I loved reading about Agnes’ experiences as a governess with the Bloomfields and Murrays. The protagonist, Agnes often alludes to religion for comfort and proper moral. This novel is still very fresh in my mind. Agnes Grey was the first book I read by the Bronte sisters. I have a long way to go on my journey with the Brontes as I have merely read one of their books. This year, I hope to read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I endeavor to read A Room With a View by EM Forster. I think it would be the perfect place to start with his writing. I may also read The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. As for poetry, I desperately want to read William Wordsworth’s poems. I really need to read William Shakespeare’s sonnets. I recently read the poems, Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson, Crossing the Bar by Alfred Tennyson, and The Mirror by Sylvia Plath. This week, I wrote the poems, The Flowers of Us and The Air of Summer. I am working on a short story at the moment. I am currently reading Magic for Marigold by Lucy Maud Montgomery and enjoying it immensely. I love you

[alef_]

i would love too to watch an adaptation of Agnes Grey :)

[wellthatsjustduckie]

If you’re gonna dive into Wordsworth, you should check out his sister Dorothy’s journal. Wordsworth would read over her journal for inspiration and you can see where certain ideas come from. It’s brilliant, and the detail she put it into her writing is amazing. She wrote a few poems too that are worth checking out.

[adrikamondal]

I really apologise for the late comment. Spring is a season of joy and ecstasy. The arrival of your rupturing video made this time of year more sublime. I have read couple of pages of The Enchanted April. It was very much appreciatable. I endeavour to read Agnes Gray. I have not read any Brontë sister's works therefore I have to ecplore them soon. Today is William Wordsworth's birthday. His writings are equally heartwarming. I have read The First Lines of Spring. I intend to read the beautiful sonnet of William Shakespeare. I must start reading EM Forstor's books too. I am currently reading a novella, Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. I will finish it very soon. I also want to read Middle March by George Eliot. You are a vehement speaker and an ambitious lady.

[Nullifidian]

Personally, when I think of the change of the seasons, I think of the classical myths about how they originated and the governing deities of each season and type of growth, so I'm currently reading _Bulfinch's Mythology_ by Thomas Bulfinch as well as _Ten Plays_ by Euripides (the Paul Roche translation). Ovid's _Metamorphoses_ would be another great work to read during this season. I've read a lot of translations of it, but if someone wanted to just go the cheap route then the Frank Justus Miller prose translation is still very readable, IMO. It was prepared for the Loeb Classical Library, and both volumes 1 & 2 of the _Metamorphoses_ can be downloaded for free from Internet Archive. But if you do find that skipping past the Latin is annoying, it's also the basis for the Barnes & Noble Classics edition.


I'm also reading _The Canterbury Tales_ because it's set during April ("Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote..."). Kicking back and imagining myself on the road with the pilgrims is very suited to this lazy time of spring.


I also read the Romantic poets during spring as well. I have two books in my TBR stacks that will work this year _Complete Poems_ by John Keats and _English Romantic Poetry: An Anthology_ by Stanley Applebaum (ed.).


And what you said regarding the kinds of novels you're reading at this time makes me think that my urge to read Proust's _In Search of Lost Time_ should be given into. I have all six books in the recent Penguin translation and had to order from abroad for two-thirds of them because at the time there was a problem with U. S. copyright, so for all the trouble I've been through I really ought to read them.


It might also be a good time of year to read Herman Melville's early novels, the first two of which, _Typee_ and _Omoo_ respectively, were fictionalized accounts of his time in the Marquesas (on the island of Nuka Hiva) and the Society Islands (Tahiti, specifically). It's a perfect time to imagine going to these far-off places now that the weather is warming up.

[amyhollands]

I really need some recommendations for beginners classics to read during quarantine as I’m soooo bored 😐 😂

[harithaolaganathan]

loved the little excerpts!! looking forward to the poetry video x

[oliverwilliams]

Thankyou Lucy this has inspired me to dive into more classics this spring and summer ! Xxx

[sofiainez]

Lucy, i just want to say THANK YOU for talking about Eva Ibbotson's 'the morning gift' so much – I finally read it and it's a new favourite. Reading it has really been making me happy <3 Hoping to get to some more of Forster's books this year too.

[themightyquill]

I’ll definitely check some of these out! An Enchanted April sounds particularly interesting. I have a Wordsworth collection and the Shakespeare sonnets and a Lover’s Complaint, and I’ve been wanting to read more poetry, so I may pick one up during self-isolation. Agnes Grey is also compelling, I’ve only just dipped my toes into the Bronte sisters’ books and would like to read more.

[MaryAmongStories]

completely agree about A Room with a View ^^

[subtlefire]

Always happy when sonnet 116 gets some love, it's so beautiful.

[rose_and_thorns]

I just read Agnes Grey over the weekend and really liked it! I admit, part of its charm is that it's rather short for a Victorian classic, haha. But I liked Agnes as a character and appreciated the look at class systems and such. And of course I appreciated that we got a nice happy ending :) I have Howard's End on my shelves, which I bought on your recommendation and am really looking forward to.

[marlenecabada]

Thank You Lucy so much for continuing your great recommendation videos during these times.I really appreciate your efforts! My recommendation for Spring reading is one of my favorites, The Secret Garden which Im probably sure you have read.I am looking forward to reading all the books mentioned, thanks again! My reading mojo is kind of low, but I have managed to read small books like: Candide by Voltaire, which I loved, and then, The Time Machine by H.G.Wells.

[elisabethhoffmann]

I love Wendell Berry's poetry :-)

[femsfables]

I'm currently reading Agnes Grey and I'mloving it!

[pagesandpeaches]

an enchanted april sounds amazing!! lovely video lucy ❤️

[Zakaria-tdth]

I really love your channel and I benefit from it