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I just adore the Seamus Heaney verse translation of Beowulf - so dramatic & vivid. I am also about to launch into Lispector, can't wait, I have the bio on her too. I love Woolf, so can't wait to see what Lispector does with stream-of-consciousness. Le Guin is incredible. I, however, haven't read 'Lavinia' so, thanks for this alert. I will search it out.

Can someone tell me if this Wordsworth copy of war and peace has French parts or if the French is already translated in English 😊

Can I send you Book of Disquiet? He is your namesake.

You sold me, I need to find a copy of Bras Cubas!

You should add to this list: Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso

This was a fun haul! Love Don Quixote. I really, really need to get to Bras Cubas and Clarice Lispector. The Palace of Illusions has been on my TBR for ages. That cover is beautiful, and the mythology aspect sounds amazing!

New subscriber here! Thanks for sharing how you annotate! It was so interesting. You are in for a treat with Anna Karenina! It is my favorite Tolstoy ❤

Getting close to 700 subscribers. Best wishes with what you read and to your channel.

I also have an interest in language learning! I love Italian, though I don't speak it fluently. I should probably read more in the language and would be interested to see what Italian books (and French as well) you make videos on!

Maybe a where to start? Sadly, I've only recently heard about her. I'm very intrigued, but also intimidated. Love your channel btw :)

Thank you for your review of the Russian classics! The question is off topic, but could you tell me the name of your beautiful haircut?

Would love to hear more about Clarice Lispector!

Oh my, this is so satisfying! I found myself learning wonderful tidbits about each work throughout. Thank you for throwing up various factoids from time to time and for your enthusiastic embrace of wide-ranging worldly literature. A phenomenal collection here (I know I'm going to love Clarice Lispector, but I haven't gotten around to her works yet)! [Also, I hope you saw my reply to your comment in my poetry video.]

Really interesting choices! I enjoyed hearing about many of them for the first time, especially the Lusiads and Canzoniere! Btw I looked up that manuscript of the Canzoniere (Vat.lat.3195) and I saw some familiar words and even read 'Benedecto' with a 'ct' cluster in the summary of the contents page, so for a minute I assumed it was Latin instead of Italian, before realizing I couldn't understand it! My mind may also be messing with me for staying up late haha.

Ooo Bras Cubas! ❤

Sadly, I am not much of a reader. I’ve read maybe fifteen novels in my life (and I’m 40!), but I committed to reading “War and Peace” in 2012. It took me eighteen months to finish the book. I must say that I really enjoyed it! His views on history in the epilogue were really interesting to me. Thanks for the review!

Your manner of speaking is truly captivating. It seems you have a natural ability for storytelling.

Are you from Chilean descent?

De los muchos problemas en el mundo, cual de ellos quitarias

sorry to say, but you did not scratch even the surface of the novel yet...footnotes are kind of dictionary, but to understand Tolstoy you must do your research thoroughly, that is if you do not speak Russian, which i believe you do not. Vayna (war) i (and) mira (both means world and peace, intentionally chosen)... Bezukhov means without ears ;) so good luck if you really want to get what Tolstoy is talking about.

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While I have never read this book, it is one of those books that I am saving to read when I grow older, I am not ready for this yet but I definitely will read this someday and I know it will be impactful. Loved your review of it and thanks for cautioning me against the Wordsworth edition

{possible spoiler} my favorite part was when Natasha bonks her head on the door it was just so random and funny .. it somehow made my mind think of everything each character went through in that moment it was bitter sweet

An amusing fact is that Tolstoy wrote three full length novels and while the first two (War and Peace, Anna Karenina) are all time greats, the third (Resurrection) is notoriously awful.

Video on a book review? A rarity these days!

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, has been attributed of capturing the zeitgeist of his times with the quote: "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.” Spanish as the language of religion (Spanish Inquisition, from 1478, intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy) Italian as the language of love French as the language of diplomacy and of many Royal courts (there were few women engaged in diplomacy at the time) German as the language of empire, of which the horse represented strength and conquest. (The Holy Roman Empire was held in conjunction with the rule of the Kingdom of Germany, later referred to as the “First Reich”) Only a King 👑 can think of a quote that can fully capture the times.

Renovatio imperii Romanorum

Very happy to discover your channel! Erudite and funny and articulate. Nice work.

I'm curious, what you didn't like about the end? It was one of the best ending I read in a book in my opinion. (SPOILER BELLOW) I thought one of the characters (Sonia) had a sad and harsh ending, and I felt sorry for her situation, a little bit sorry for Denissov too, but Sonia situation was way worst, even so I understand that he wanted to end like this, because that's how life can go sometimes.

4:01 Of course they knew Russian perfectly. It was just a popular trend for the Russian Aristocracy to speak French. The French culture was very popular and they admired Napoleon.

Check 'The Master and Margarita' by Bulgakov. One of the most loved books in the Russian speaking world. The story of the book's creation is also amazing.

Great video!! War And Peace is on my reading bucket list

Great choice of the book! Timeless favourite☺️

My debut novel is coming soon, congratulate me.

I also really love this book. I find it so generous with its musical & literary allusions, after reading 'Norwegian Wood' you spend months chasing after all the music & books. I must spend more time, however, pondering the gender representations. Thanks for alerting me (again) to this. I love 'Kafka on the Shore'. Much more magical realist than 'Norwegian Wood,' with a more complex plot structure, but I adore both books.

Ah, I have also just done this tag - lots of fun. Really glad I have discovered your channel. I have always avoided true crime, makes me feel voyeuristic on other people's suffering, though I'm sure there are life-giving examples within the genre. Oh, I must search out that Balzac, sounds great. I really need to read more Jane Austen. I look forward to following your adventures with books.

I'm halfway through the video and I'm wondering, "has she mentioned the translator yet?"

I read the Anthony Briggs’ translation last year. It’s terrific.

Glad you address the difficulty at the outset. Tolstoy is incredibly skilled at balancing entertainment with poignancy. He's fun. More fun than I think most people expect of a classic. And this fun carries us forward into profound insights about history, war, human striving and failure and love-glad you included a short segment on his dry humor. I hope you get to Anna Karenina someday. There are sections in that book that feel almost like a sitcom, and yet it will then have suddenly long stretches of poetic longing and sadness. Such phenomenal emotional range. Great job with this one, Emily!

I mean the doctors 'bled him'? No wonder he's surprised to have recovered.

Emmelie made a great video compering editions of famous classics, you should check it out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7mahrd6upPadI0.html

I had the same issue with this book regarding Reiko and Toru's indifference towards Midori. I just wish if the last few pages were edited out it would have been a five star for me. I'm so glad to see someone else who feels the same

LOVED seeing the diversity of languages you had on your list. Thanks so much for tagging me. I'm excited for this tag :)

So much time investing into reading and so rewarding afterwards☺️🌹 And you showed one of my favourite book!!! War and piece… I’m melting as this book from our school curriculum which was long time ago…😊

Finally had a time to see your channel🌹 and great to see your passion for books! Subscribed to hear more of you❤

I never know what to annotate in books, and I find it difficult to critically analyse texts so I've never tabbed a book before - up until recently (only tabbed words I don't know the meanings of, especially since it's a classic novel). I really like your annotating style, great informative video :)

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