Where to start with classic literature & tips for beginners 📒 How to start reading classics

it's finally here! Welcome to an introduction to classic literature in ten books I think anyone could love and get into. Of course this list is constructed solely based on my own opinion and this list of classics recommendations by no means dives deeply into the huge conversations about "classic literature" - that's gonna need a whole other video which I'm looking forward to filming too! From shorter classics to simple plots and beautiful language, this list comprises classics from different countries, different time periods and a variety of genres to help you find where to begin. You guys have been yelling at me for quite some time to film this so here it is!! Hope ya love it xoxo

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[HoneyBee-qfkn]

“Charles Dickens likes to write sentences longer than the Mississippi River” resonated so deeply with my soul, like this man is one of my all time favorite authors and yet he makes my adhd brain suffer all the gd time

[evelyn]

You’re the kind of person that everyone wants as their best friend

[bakhtawarkhan]

im not an English lit student but I need you as my English lit teacher

[valel]

So many good recommendations! If I could add a few, I'd put:
•Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (another children's classic, yay!)
• Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse (the structure can be a bit weird at first, but when the story fully kicks in you're in for a ride lmao)
• The Martian Chronicles or Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (for those who enjoy sci-fi)
• Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (a piece of classical Mexican literature, said to be the inspiration for One Hundred Years of Solitude)

[VerityBooks]

I knew Dorian Gray would be on this list! This is the book that made me realize classics could be engrossing and accessible to people today

[mjalen]

0:00- Intro
4:30 - The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran
8:00 - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
11:46 - Pro Tip #1
13:11 - The Alienist by Machado de Assis
16:19 - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
18:21 - Pro Tip #2

19:50 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
23:07 - Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
26:07 - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grathame
28:53 - Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
31:57 - Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
35:05 - Perfume by Patrick Suskind

[samseloo]

The writing in The Picture of Dorian Gray is so unique. I remember reading the first couple of chapters and literally smelling roses and and linen. It felt beautiful without luscious prose somehow.

[nataliediscovers]

Some people don’t understand the impact of YouTube videos… until they see someone who inspires them so much in just a few mins, thats you for me!

[maxmichellemedia]

Has anyone ever told you how beautiful your voice is? It’s rich like chocolate or honey.

[roonyaljuhani]

You should definitely make videos on how you annotate your books and write your essays 💜🥺

[emi-tsko]

i'm actually in an English major and English is not my first language (it's Spanish) and yes reading classics is really overwhelming especially if it's not your first language, at least for me what it helped me was start with short stories or poems so you can go slow with unknown words. Also start with classical short stories like a 20th century author for me are a way easier than ancient authors. Another thing you can do is let the text flows naturally, when i read the scarlet letter it was hard for some words but as long as you know the context or what is happening is fine.💗

[ethancaban]

Perfume: Story of A Murderer is one of the books that got me excited about reading in general. Which is both a blessing and a curse because I have yet to read a book as good as it since.

[KatherineDV]

I honestly cannot tell you enough how much your videos help me deal with my anxiety, plus to expand my understanding of literature of course. Thank you for all the effort you put into your channel!

[BigDaddy]

Russian literature (my favorite literature) got me into classics.. Dostoevsky is my favorite I’ve read everything by him. Immediately read Tolstoy, Turgenev, Chekhov’s short stories, Bulgakov, and Nabokov. Dickens is another favorite I’ve read a handful of his books and they’re unbelievably charming. Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Great Expectations, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Wuthering Heights, Don Quixote and Les Miserables are all favorites of mine. And all fantastic places to start I think.

[nataliesoutlet]

really love you emmie ✨ I’m a huge classic lit nerd so this ones right up my alley. Thank you for your recommendations 🙂

[penultimateh]

Still can't get enough of your mild voice and manner, thank you.

[Clarafication]

I absolutely love Dorian Gray. The plot is so good .

[yasmev.]

If you’re getting into Machado de Assis, you might also enjoy Dom Casmurro, it’s still a really discussed book in Brazilian literature to this day and it has incredibly intriguing characters and wonderful writing

[larissaprates]

“Charles dickens likes to write sentences longer than the Mississippi River”

Me: *laughs in Portuguese language in which there are sentences that can be literally one paragraph long*

[raniahmontana]

Hey, I'm Brazilian and it was a surprise to see a foreigner recommend a Machado de Assis novel, it made me feel happy somehow lol💙