Emmie I am amazed at the amount of books you read and how you describe them afterwards. You would be a great Professor.
@sungjinstudytube7312 Жыл бұрын
indeed
@nicky_bee Жыл бұрын
I would follow her class!
@yashashvichaudhary3495 Жыл бұрын
Yeah ,right
@kylekim3298 Жыл бұрын
😊
@mcmhome211 ай бұрын
And in one of her recent videos she mentioned wanting to be a professor.
@tanja1007 Жыл бұрын
I read two books in june: the secrets history by Donna Tartt which left my soul shattered (but I somehow fell in love with it) and Susanna Clarke's Piranesi (adored it even though it was bizarre and confusing at the beginning). I think that july will be my Agatha Christie month (I'm a big Poirot fan) and of course finishing Yellowface
@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын
yes, I've an Agatha Christie in the queue too. : )
@Beach652 Жыл бұрын
I love the diversity of books you read each month - always keeps me glued to your videos!
@HowCaseySeesIt Жыл бұрын
I’ve read about 55 books this year and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is my very favorite of the year so far! ❤
@DustfeatherOfFire Жыл бұрын
I've only recently discovered your channel, but just wanted to say that your videos are really relaxing, and I love your eloquence and quiet passion for the books you read :)
@agnessyboncourage Жыл бұрын
I really liked this video. The way you describe books in such a delicate and calming manner is so soothing. I want to read so many books you recommended in this video. Thank u so much for inspiration!
@sarratebib2386 Жыл бұрын
wow june has been such a weird reading month for me (three weeks of procrastinating and a week of reading non stop) I love watching your videos, it feels like reading through you, and I love your commentary on each book. Also your voice brings me peace. July is break up month so I 'm trying my best but not feeling like reading.. your videos are really helping me through this reading slump
@mcmhome2 Жыл бұрын
Yes- vicarious reading!!!📚📚📚
@Mike-jg7df Жыл бұрын
The Motorcycle Diaries is on of my favourite books! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Che's writing is beautiful and being able to witness how and why his convictions developed in a coming of age story of a revolutionary, perhaps THE revolutionary, one who truly lived the revolution to his last breath, was a deeply profound experience for me. The movie adaptation is also really good! Would recommend!
@christinaalvarez332 Жыл бұрын
Yes, the movie is incredible! 💖
@elodie_k221b Жыл бұрын
I LOVE the movie! It's one of my favorites. (Haven't read the book yet.)
@georgianatrutescu Жыл бұрын
Same here!
@circleofleaves2676 Жыл бұрын
I thought I'd see either The Stranger or The Brothers Karamazov in this wrap-up. I'm glad you got to have some chill holiday reads.
@savluvsuu Жыл бұрын
finally started reading drowry of blood (which i discovered through your youtube) and omg it’s SO GOODDDD tysm em for blessing me with this amazing rec
@iamperfectlight1978 Жыл бұрын
Wow you had quite the reading month! Thank you as always for sharing, listening to you describe books is inspiring. Happy Sunday to you. ❤
@salome9760 Жыл бұрын
I read 15 books this month (mostly mangas😅) my favorite book was Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi and I discovered a really fun manga series, Bride Stories, that takes place in Central Asia 😊
@dingindevin9074 Жыл бұрын
Oh my god yes Bride Stories (Otoyomegatari) is amazing! I recommend it to anyone who loves reading manga 🦋 Transcendent Kingdom also seems to be very interesting, but I guess I should start by reading Homegoing?
@iamperfectlight1978 Жыл бұрын
Oh how i remember friendship bracelets, the safety pin on your jeans. The nostalgia is real. Also, imagining little emma hustling braclets on the playground and getting "busted" is heart warming 😂
@pt8425 Жыл бұрын
All my fave books have been recommended from you. Thank u so much! I appreciate u and what you’re doing, keep it up! 🧡
@Cubehead27 Жыл бұрын
June was the first month I was able to complete my new self-imposed reading quota of six books on time and I'm rather happy with myself 🙂 also in July I'm planning on reading The Turn of the Screw and Juan Rulfo's short story collection so I think this is also likely to be a good reading month
@thesoftsoul6791 Жыл бұрын
the ambience and aesthetic of the surrounding looks so cool
@sophieeliot Жыл бұрын
I just love the way you describe books 🩷
@hadriankun Жыл бұрын
So happy whenever you uploaded, emma 💓 One of my best read in June was Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed. It's a graphic novel based on alternate world Egypt where wishes are commercialized. The art is so stunning and expressive, the plot and worldbuilding is well written too.
@beau31222 Жыл бұрын
I read Wide Sargasso Sea for my ap lit class. Love her style and now I’ll definitely have to check out Good Morning, Midnight
@pendragon2012 Жыл бұрын
Yay! My Sunday afternoon is saved! BTW, really digging your dark aesthetic you've embraced in this video. It suits you! :-) Hope all is well.
@lavan6298 Жыл бұрын
🌿timestamps 🌿 0:35 Captain of the Sleepers - Mayra Montero 4:01 Richard the Second - William Shakespeare 6:33 Good Morning, Midnight - Jean Rhys 13:22 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna 18:22 The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han 21:26 The Summer Book - Tove Jansson 22:49 Monkey Beach - Edin Robinson 22:38 The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare 27:52 Every Summer After - Carley Fortune 32:19 The Motorcycle Diaries - Ernesto Che Guevara 33:56 Hotel Life - Caroline Field Lavander and Matthew Pratt Guterl 34:34 The Lost Ryu - Emi Watanabe Cohen 🌿🌿🌿
@jooleea_ Жыл бұрын
Love to hear you discussing Jean Rhys! She's one of my favourite authors - such an interesting/subversive writer. I'd really recommend reading the others in her quartet (After Leaving Mr Mackenzie in particular). I focused my Master's thesis on her works (alongside Clarice Lispector's)✨🥀
@morganecachia6501 Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤ Always a pleasure to hear you talk about your reads
@Omggeex Жыл бұрын
I haven’t read Richard II yet but ur description of how being king is all he has and he is just the title that has been given to him and without it he feels like nothing reminds me of Kendall roy from succession
@justcoffeey Жыл бұрын
An ‘asmr’ vibe before I went to sleep 💕
@camille-ru1xb Жыл бұрын
omg emma. not super important but we’re using the same freaking phone case and thats so funny to me bc last year i bought and used (until i couldn’t anymore) a cute case just because it reminded me so much of you (it looked like something you’d like!!)… and now our cases are the same? crazy. anyways, super excited for the video, im not even a minute in🤭🤭🤭
@lunaginebra Жыл бұрын
I love being early here! I’m so happy you got to read that many books, Emmie! And I hope it continues like that, I would really like you to give us advice on being that organized and motivated to read, either for school or one’s pleasure. I love all witchy recommendations you give and I’ll always give them a try! ❤❤ love u! My favorite books were definitely Amora, a Mexican LGBT book and Las malas, about a trans woman from Argentina 🥰
@seyma1509 Жыл бұрын
Wow the passages you've read from Good Morning, Midnight were fantastic, I was really intimidated by that book but you've convinced me to finally pick it up! My favorite read of the month was Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. It's a classic fairy tale novella which also has some gothic elements, it's really gorgeous and atmospheric. I think you'd really like it actually❤✨
@seyma1509 Жыл бұрын
also the narrator of Good Morning, Midnight sounds a lot like the unnamed narrator of Rebecca, although that character doesn't really hate people she's just socially awkward and pities herself a lot
@AutumnSpaceship Жыл бұрын
I just began rewatching Gilmore Girls, and I want to thank you Emma because for all the times i've seen the series i thought literature classes and exams and things you got quizzed on made no sense to me, and now, i'm understanding the relevance of knowing the "little facts" of this was inspired by thay and it was written in this way. I didn't know i was learning with you and can now appreciate much more all the interactions, story-telling and references within the series and hopefully in life. It has been an amazing experience. Thank you.
@alexandravalentina4854 Жыл бұрын
Loved all of these !! My favorite read in June was either Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes or Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor. Townsend Warner is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors, she’s so good, and I’m still confused and enthralled by Violent Bear It Away, such a strange book
@zainulabideen2498 Жыл бұрын
Every single day i am waiting for emmie to start reading sally rooney books and give her opinions!!!
@mothumn Жыл бұрын
if you’re interested in another book that takes place in ontario with places you could probably place, the adult by bronwyn fischer is a new book, the protagonist is from northern ontario (can’t remember where exactly but it was north of north bay) and she goes to university in toronto and theres also mentions of waterloo and other places
@d3ppy_1n_w0nderl4nd Жыл бұрын
honestly this was an awesome reading month, my lowest rating was 4 stars- i'm impressed. my favorite book of the month though has to be fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury. it's just so good and his writing- i am uncapable of articulating my thoughts every time i try to describe how much i adore this book. emma, you're such a motivation to keep reading more and honestly the way you talk about books is just so captivating. love your channel so much 💙
@FebruaryJulia Жыл бұрын
My best book of June was Summer in Baden-Baden which is a fictionalized biography of Dostoevsky written in the stream of consciousness technique. It was special.
@charlesubaldi4566 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for reminding me of the intrinsic and emotional of value of books!
@Pursuitsofmybookishheart Жыл бұрын
Babel was my favourite book of June. Absolutely loved it.
@mkahini Жыл бұрын
Comfotr channel is comfort channelling
@lenaes991 Жыл бұрын
I love to watch your videos as I have my breakfast and tea ☺️What a peaceful and fun start to the morning, thank you Emma ☕️ Not finished with this video and not caught up with your most recent ones, but are you gonna do a thesis diary kind of vlog? ☺️ I just love your study content. Actually found you through your big essay writing vlog and watch it all the time for motivation, currently writing my thesis too 😌
@agustinamei6691 Жыл бұрын
You said "Mayra Montero" very well pronounced, dear Emma ❤ Thank you for respecting the Spanish language.
@kathykovach9937 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I just ordered El capitán de los dormidos. I love finding books to add to my second language TBR.
@ReadingNymph Жыл бұрын
I loved The Wide Sargasso Sea, such an amazing book, I need to try more of her works ♡
@baxtermaxtor Жыл бұрын
So glad you 've recommended Good Morning, Midnight and Icefields
@niamh8585 Жыл бұрын
finished the selected diaries of virginia woolf, carried over from may, and then four of the five a song of ice and fire books.. which are.. interesting
@v_aasu Жыл бұрын
I learned about The Summer Book because my favorite musician, Laufey, recommended it. I loved it and would recommend it too!
@camscornerbooks Жыл бұрын
Least favorite was probably The Stranger. Didn’t hate it or anything but I only read 4 books and something’s gotta be on the bottom of the list 😅
@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын
ha - that's such a wonderful problem to have!
@camscornerbooks Жыл бұрын
@@jamesduggan7200 agreed! I wish I could have read more but to have liked everything I read is a great thing 😁
@azu_rikka Жыл бұрын
Good morning midnight sounds like I would enjoy it a lot! I got Monkey Beach from the library, as per your recommendation. My three favorite books (all 4☆ reads) in June were How we disappeared by Jing Jing Lee, The snow child by Eowyn Ivey and As long as the lemontrees grow by Zoulfah Katouh. If you haven't read The snow child yet, you might like it, a lot of Alaskan nature and winter descriptions...
@azu_rikka Жыл бұрын
I just finished Monkey Beach, and I adore it. Thank you for the recommendation of another 4☆ read!
@AmalijaKomar Жыл бұрын
Just finished Marriage Portrait by O Farrell and like it. This is a story of how horrific women been treat true history. To be honest, in that time was the same for many people, it is a renascence Italy.
@Thunderballer Жыл бұрын
This is actually really good. I think I’m going to start paying attention to the seasonal themes. I currently happen to be reading two books, which have some strong winter vibes and I thought to myself, man! these are so out of place when it’s hot and muggy outside! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ (books in question are American Gods and Melancholy of Resistance).
@Vercopaanir Жыл бұрын
Definitely going to try The Lost Ryū and see how I feel about it and try to remember to come back and tell you how I felt about it
@Vercopaanir Жыл бұрын
Found and read it! I really enjoyed it personally. The pacing was a little odd and the explanations near the end were confusing to me at times but ultimately I found it emotional and heartwarming.
@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын
You are taking “Merchant of Venice” completely out of historical context. Shylock was the most sympathetic and three dimensional Jewish character created by a non-Jewish writer up to that point. He gets to talk about how he is treated by the Christians, how he mourns his wife. And there wouldn’t be one near that for a couple centuries. Normally Jewish “villains” would be killed at the end as in Marlowe’s “Jew of Malta”. So in historical context, the play is philo-Semitic. The trial is one of the greatest scenes all of Shakespeare. Think about how little attention Shakespeare pays to the villains in other comedies. Don John, Duke Frederick etc. Shakespeare made an effort to make Shylock a much fuller character.
@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын
The trial is very good. It works so well because up to that point we believe we're watching a comedy destined for some ridiculous reconciliation and then all of a sudden we're asked to consider the possibility of Angelo's tragic end. To die at the hands of a cruel wretch while only trying to help his friends because the law of Venice is primitive and brutal forces us to think about the characters and their plights. Then, in a human form of deus ex machina Portia appears to solve the problem simply. Thus, we have another one of Shakespeare's strong women.
@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesduggan7200 It IS a comedy. One is supposed to root for the couples to get together. I wouldn't call Portia's appearance at the trial a deus ex machina - since her wiles had been fully established. The play is largely about how she defeats three killjoy paternal figures. Her own dead father in Act 3, Shylock in Act 4 and Antonio in Act 5 (the whole ring business was meant to sever the emotional link she saw that her husband has with Antonio). That's part of why Emmie's comment that "the whole play" is about nothing but anti-Semitism is simply wrong. She didn't think about the play beneath the surface plot.
@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын
@@Tolstoy111 If you say so, For my taste no one but WS can suddenly twist a comedy into a tragedy or find an easy solution to impossible problem. As for the psychology, well, I believe it takes a back seat to a desire to please a paying audience.
@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesduggan7200 It does not end tragically. The couples all walk off in a flourish of happiness.
@Scotty_Heh Жыл бұрын
I only read one book. Rabbits by Terry Miles. I loved it!
@batsy6345 Жыл бұрын
expunging is my favorite word now
@katewilson1887 Жыл бұрын
AAHHHH YOU READ MY FAVOURITE BOOK!!! (monkey beach slay). So glad you liked it :')
@amyofhearthridge Жыл бұрын
I love Jansson’s Summer Book, too!
@ishikabiswas6511 Жыл бұрын
1. Captain of the sleepers 2. Richard the second by William Shakespeare 3. Good morning midnight 4. The very secret society of irregular witches 5. The summer I turned pretty 6. The summer book
@milaces1323 Жыл бұрын
I haven't read much in June but i finally got around to picking up I'm glad my mom died by Jennette McCurdy and while i really liked it i think it's a bit overated (hot take lol) I'm so glad you enjoyed the motorcycle diaries (i strongly recommend the movie too), i live 40 minutes away from his family's summer house which has been turned into a museum and visiting it after reading the book is an amazing experience. To this day i'm very conflicted about his legacy but my God, what a fascinating man!
@KritterRaw Жыл бұрын
Crazy, I was reading an article on Electric Literature this morning, The Top 10 Party Girls in Literature, when I came across a book mention that sounded like something you'd talked about recently. Sure enough, Good Morning, Midnight! Never heard of this book but now twice in a week. Pretty sure I need to try it.
@frogs2822 Жыл бұрын
I've been shifting books over and over again not being able to finish one , but still trying to find a book to break my reading slump
@entrenchpodhost Жыл бұрын
My favorite book in June was the graphic novel Everything is OK by Debbie Tung. It’s based on her experience with anxiety and depression - it’s so good but SO EMO and accurate too. I shed many tears. My least favorite was Siege and Storm; I found it to be disappointing actually compared to Shadow and Bone. It felt like a different iteration of the same plot mostly. But I enjoyed the last 100 pages! It needed more revisions.
@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын
Henry Bolingbroke likely had Chaucer killed. The latter disappears from the historical record in 1400 when Henry became King. Chaucer was a courtier/diplomat in the court of Richard II. The Lancastrians brought a level of brutality to their reign that wasn't there under Richard II; he had banned Burning for Heresy but Henry brought it back. In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc was burned under this revised policy.
@user-yy5kf5tg5k Жыл бұрын
You should read some Kurt Vonnegut novels I just read The Sirens of Titan and it was great !
@sungjinstudytube7312 Жыл бұрын
sorry but i read no books in june because of semester exams 😢, but seeing your june read books makes me feel happy. wish me luck for results (╥﹏╥)...
@caitlin1008 Жыл бұрын
Good luck with your results!! 🍀🍀
@yaeli_i_guess Жыл бұрын
don't apologize for prioritizing other things over reading, we all have months when we don't have time. good luck with the results :)
@sungjinstudytube7312 Жыл бұрын
@@caitlin1008 thanks(´-﹏-`;)🤍
@sungjinstudytube7312 Жыл бұрын
@@yaeli_i_guess tysm :,-)🤍
@danieladamico5485 Жыл бұрын
Good luck with the results!
@valeriavelz Жыл бұрын
I read 2 books this month because I'm taking summer classes at uni, but my favorite was the Kukotsky enigma by Ludmila Ulitskaya, though I also loved chronicle of a death foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
@kimbarbeaureads Жыл бұрын
Every Summer After sounds a lot like one I read in June as well. Mine was If For Any Reason by Courtney Walsh. It was set in Nantucket and the live interest was even named Sam. Lol
@danieladamico5485 Жыл бұрын
I've added Monkey Beach to my tbr now! Hadn't even heard of it before you mentioned it in a previous vlog. Hope you're well, emma 🐙
@user-py6sf4bj1q Жыл бұрын
Emma have you read any books by T. J. Klune? I love his books so so much, they definitely give the most comforting vibe ever! If you haven't the you should give his book House on the Cerulean sea a go. It definitely is the comfiest book I have ever read, it has found family, finding yorself and finding love. Reading that book feels like a warm hug
@karinasilva1133 Жыл бұрын
Hello! First of all, I love your videos! :) I would love to also read the books from your South America Uni course. Can you tell us the list? Trank you!
@kathykovach9937 Жыл бұрын
I would also be interested 😊
@Cooooookiiiieeee Жыл бұрын
Haha, I do not know what it is but if I am forced to read something for school, any negative feelings I have when reading are super multiplied. I still enjoy those works, but if I don't I will REALLY not like them. Must be some psychology thing 😅 For June I just read books I was really interested in (pride and prejudice, dorian grey, some short stories). In July I mainly want to try and finish Don Quixote. We read parts of it in school but I was not able to approach it. It's a bit scary and intimidating book but I'm really loving it so far so I hope my motivation doesn't wane. Is there anything specific you do when you have to read such massive monumental books, both to not forget the details from the beginning and to not get intimidated by the page count and dense paragraphs?
@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын
I think that most readers will agree that if you just enjoy Don Quixote you'll laugh and enjoy it without intimidation. I used to read it on the way to work in the morning. It was an hour commute (on the way home usually I fell asleep), so I read a few episodes a day over the course of about two months or so. Some of the scenes are intrinsically memorable and others aren't. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
@Cooooookiiiieeee Жыл бұрын
@@jamesduggan7200I'll keep that in mind. I think I was approaching it too much like a school book with that 'remembering everything' question 😅 I will stress less about it, thanks!
@camillafladberg673 Жыл бұрын
My favorite book of the month was «Jamaica inn» by Daphne du Maurier.
@jbeattie86 Жыл бұрын
I recommend hotel world by Ali Smith if your looking for more hotels in literature vibes
@tiaraulfah8560 Жыл бұрын
if there's one person who could convince me to buy a new book after a book buying ban, it's gotta be emma. The Summer Book: ordered.
@lizdorrington2851 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing all the books you read Emmie. Two of the books you read were also on my list for school. Good Morning Midnight and The Merchant Of Venice, I would love to reread these at some point to see if my opinion changes as we had to read them quote quickly, too quickly in my opinion. I'm on Winter Break from school so I'm free to read what I want to. So far I've read On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong and Girl In A Pink Dress by Kylie Needham. Currently I'm reading Scribbles, Sorrows and Russet Leather Boots by Liz Rosenberg and Time Is A Mother by Ocean Vuong. 📚
@DanThePhilosopher Жыл бұрын
Wow that is a lot of interesting Books. Like a Movie review.
@Booksformonika Жыл бұрын
Hi Emmie hope you had a nice Canada Day
@toxicmaniax5719 Жыл бұрын
i only finished one this month damn
@jackiesliterarycorner Жыл бұрын
I just Merchant of Venice too. I want to read Shakespeare's less talked about plays and I wanted to know why this one wasn't talked about, now I know. I enjoy how you talk about what you read.
@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын
It’s a terrific play.
@salindrab4493 Жыл бұрын
What happened to your reading The Brothers Karamasov together with Carolyn Marie through May and June? You never spoke of it anymore in your last videos. Been very curious what you thought about it.
@mina.e.l.f9643 Жыл бұрын
I'm so excited about the very secret society of irregular witches 😢❤
@Lyleelou11 Жыл бұрын
Emma! I feel like you’d adore “the hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet” by jamie ford
@laszlogondi170 Жыл бұрын
Great job on lighting in this video
@denisefreitas6727 Жыл бұрын
Great readings, Emma! I really want read The Motorcycle Diaries. This month i've reread Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, and i've read The Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, and Anne of Windy Poplars, by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
@maike5123 Жыл бұрын
Finished Every Summer After in June too. For me it was good -ish but certainly not a highlight. 🤣
@samwright8599 Жыл бұрын
I have ember and the ice dragons on the way. ❤❤
@PinkPog Жыл бұрын
I’m in such a reading slump. Max 2 per month 😢 Hold me 😆
@user-zr9wg3qp2j Жыл бұрын
Have you ever read Ilkka Remes books? They are super good very political but not in the boring way. Very fast to read even though they are over 500 pages imo. Ilkka Remes is a Finnish author.
@JungianHeights Жыл бұрын
I have various problems with English degrees, and being forced to read books against your will is one of them.
@beatriz-lw2ru Жыл бұрын
my fav book i read this month of june was delilah doesnt care, im a sucker for a good saphic romance book with layers and my least fav book was fight club, hated every single thing about it
@BetterThanYou96 Жыл бұрын
Noice. I read some JoJo. That's it. Best manga.
@Flashofgrey Жыл бұрын
I know you’re hesitant to recommend The Lost Ryu, but I want to give it a go. The execution may not be perfect but the concept sounds so good.
@camc1838 Жыл бұрын
How much longer do you have to go for your degree? I love the content associated with your major in terms of book recommendations!
@thevintageplaylist7191 Жыл бұрын
You pronounce things in spanish very well🤚🏼
@emmadecker2766 Жыл бұрын
Emmie! Have you read Ice by Anna Kavan? I really think you would love it if you have not.
@ipshitajee Жыл бұрын
The premise of The Lost Ryui sounds so amazing but it's too bad that it didn't live it up to it :( Does anyone have book recommendations similar to Kiki's delivery service or this book??
@Zenitsu_Apologist0228 Жыл бұрын
I miss you
@starlasell5698 Жыл бұрын
❤📚❤️
@booksonholiday-cheyenne1812 Жыл бұрын
✨️💓✨️💓✨️
@penultimateh766 Жыл бұрын
Another erudite breakdown from our stylish and beautiful host.
@Awezomezauce Жыл бұрын
Song at the end?
@mina.e.l.f9643 Жыл бұрын
Where is A thousand steps into night😢?I'm waiting for that🙃
@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын
R II is a good play but only a bore would place it in front of R III, which has always attracted the best actors. I especially like the speech Old John of Gaunt gives on his deathbed, wherein he describes England as a pearl set in the sea etc. The rest of the play is good, tho I can't say I like the way he used the French women as chattel to pay off royals. Henry IV part 1, Henry V, and Henry VI part 3 are the best in the series between the two Richards. When you get a chance watch some of the movie versions: They're the best in Shakespeare.
@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын
R3 is super early Shakespeare. It’s very Tamerlane-ish. Apart from the title character, no one else matters. everything is drawn out to ridiculous lengths. R2 is one greatest flights of lyricism in the entire Shakespearean canon. Not a single line is superfluous.
@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын
@@Tolstoy111 Well, I prefer the poetry of Henry V, of course, The main problem with R II is - as Emmie pointed out - the MC lacks substance and direction. That creates an opportunity to create a strong woman but as you yourself explain that's more characteristic of the later plays.
@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesduggan7200 He's a fascinating character! He starts as a fop and ends up as a metaphysical poet. The way he contemplates his growing irrelevance and impending demise is deeply moving. He's a fully imagined character. Richard 3 is a cartoon. An entertaining cartoon but...
@jamesduggan7200 Жыл бұрын
@@Tolstoy111 I don't necessarily see it as "him or me, my way or the highway" situation. Mckellan, Oliver, and Branagh have delivered powerful R III and Pacino's Finding Richard is exquisite IMO. As for R II, it is an original in the sense you describe, as it is something of backwards character development we witness. Maybe it would be clever to start at the end - his ultimate demise - and then tell the story in reverse?
@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesduggan7200 "Looking for Richard" is a lot of fun. I feel the arc in R2 is perfect.