Huge Classics Book Haul!

Yes, I've done it again--I bought too many books.

#classicscommunity #bookhaul

Books I Mentioned:

Poetry of the Brontes
The Alexiad by Anna Komnena
Valperga by Mary Shelley
Zofloya by Charlotte Dacre
Tales from Glass Town, Angria and Gondal by the Brontes
Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus
Orestes by Euripides
Frankenstein (the 1818 Text) by Mary Shelley
The Rise and Fall of Athens by Plutarch
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
The Lives of the Later Caesars
Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclo
The Odd Women by George Gissing
The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
The Knight of Maison-Rouge by Alexandre Dumas
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Renaissance by Walter Pater
The Major Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Major Works of Lord Byron
Paradise Lost by John Milton
The Mysteries of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
The Inferno by Dante
The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
Passage to India by E. M. Forster
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
History of the Peloponnesian Wars by Thucydides
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Social Media:

[FollowSmoke]

I can listen to you talk about books all day. Well done.

[blane]

I miss you so much today. So I will listen to you about the books you bought, while I put together the books I will read this week 💌

[studyberry]

My tbr has extended leaps and bounds now- and I don't believe I've ever read an ancient classic, but your excitement is contagious!

[dps]

Love the way you say y'all. Probably best Texan accent I've heard. Also, love the way you comprehensively talk about books.

[alialaraidh]

You should have 10 millions of subscribers. 🌹

[WarinPartita]

Big​ thanks​ for​ your​ recommendation​s, especially​ on​ some​ unfamiliar​ works​ like​ Manzoni's 'The​ Betrothed'​

[racheldemain]

You do not have a Problem my friend . 🤗😊

[bouthaina]

I found your channel a week ago and it couldn't have been more perfect. I've been wanting to dip my toes in ancient literature after a couple of years of reading 19 and 20-century classics, so I've been binge-watching your video and I got so many excellent recommendations and info. It's so refreshing to see someone making such valuable content on classic literature on Booktube, thank you so much! Also, you have such a lovely personality!

[jojodogface]

Yep, that's thriftbooks. I once ordered a Folio Society edition of Ambrose Bierce' The Devil's Dictionary, and recieved a random, mass market, paperback edition. Also, their stickers on the spines have ruined countless vintage paperbacks.

[eryvalmeida]

Hi Jen, greetings from Brazil, I love your videos, your voice is amazing, you bring light over a dark world. Kisses 😘😘😘

[MargaretPinard]

HAHAHAHAHAHAA, you do you, Jennifer! And A Passage To India! I'm starting in a few days for Modern reading with Rainer :)

[Lu.G.]

Oh my gosh, so fun! A few months ago Steve mentioned the original text of Frankenstein and when I checked my copy, I had the Revised Edition. I adore this book, so off I went to my local, independent bookstore and thankfully, they had the 1818 Edition! I have been _saving_ it for Victober and I can't wait to get to it! I read Treasure Island for the first time a couple years ago and I loved it! I hope you do, too. I have put The Twelve Caesars on my _list!_

[inthebookwoods]

Great book haul ! I can relate to you about ordering an edition and receiving another. It has happened to me in the past especially ordering the in print Penguin Black Spine and receiving the out of print Penguin editions...but these out of print editions are cute.

[knittingbooksetc.]

Dr. Johnson was the writer of the first English dictionary and Boswel’s biography is a great example of what a good biography should be. I have not read yet but it’s in my TBR and I know that Audible has the audiobook.

[JeannyMeyer]

I love the Norton Critical Editions as well. I just got The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson in the Norton Edition for a good deal.

[SpenelliSpeaks]

Wow!! That info on Shelley was fascinating!! Have you seen the show on Netflix... Frankenstein Chronicles? - I think that's the name... I love this haul!!!!

[tifftargaryen]

I hope this isn't weird, but you have that look that would look really stunning in a lot of older clothing, like 1600 - 1800s.

[mariaineslibrarium]

I loved this haul sooo much! Your channel is amazing! :D

[resa_reads]

so happy to hear you're anjoying Percy Bysshe Shelley and Byron since Im planning to get myself copies of their works at the end of the month! I have a feeling that they're realling going to be my cup of tea! :)

[racheldemain]

The Betrothed sounds interesting. I have never heard of it.