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I watched this video in bed, I now read in bed at night a min of 10 pages.

Excellent presentation. Thank you!

I loved this book. Fantastic read ❤

Hey! What a great review!! I love the attention to details and how your reflected about this masterpiece ♥️ I'm Brazilian and I'm always sad because many people didn't have the opportunity to read this, just by the fact that there is no promotion to our literature, I'm happy you did!! Thank you!!

The Wizard of Oz, the Adventures of Pinocchio?

For a person concerned about the exact analysis of words how about using the correct comparative form ‘nobler’, not ‘more noble’?

Let's hope our hearts beat more than 5 times 😂 Our hearts beat iambically.

'Dead Souls !' ..very funny book !

When I studied English literature at the University (in Romania), after some delightful semesters of studying the classics, we came to contemporary literature and I was furious to discover that none of the books I genuinely liked like Agatha Christie or Harry Potter, or LOTR, etc were even mentioned. Instead, we had to study some disgusting crap written by depressed and frustrated individuals whose name probably nobody remembers now. I just assumed they had some private arrangement with the University to push their books or smth. My taste may not be refined, but I know I didnt like them.

Good job on Wills.

'The books we want to have read' vs 'the books we want to read' is a revelation.

Sophocle's Oedipus in Oedipus at Clonus is the epitome of the man who is nobler in the mind for bearing the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and Captain Ahab from Moby Dick is the epitome of the man who raises arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing ends them.

Thank you for putting together a free course, I'm excited to delve in! I'm not new to classic literature but there is still so much that I haven't read.

No Tom Sawyer?

I would add one point, which is that there are certain seminal texts that you need to read if you want to get the most out of your reading. Whatever categories you want to choose, and whatever you believe, you have to read, for example, The Bible. You'll be hard pressed to find much significant literature, historical, philosophical, religious, fictional, or otherwise that isn't going to have some references to The Bible.

Thank you for sharing your passion in such a fantastic way. Your ability to inspire is wonderful. Your ability to teach is great, my friend. Would love to be involved in your proposed Shakespeare classes, whatever the cost.

Nice review. In the USA we have a very popular Barnes and Noble Classics . Most like the Oxford Classics and very affordable in the US.

6:33 lmfao, that's Slash, from Guns n' Roses. Why?!?

I love this. Very informative. My question is that since I’m American and speak with an American accent does that change the stressed and unstressed?

I noticed that a few commenters mentioned "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, which would have been my #1 pick, to which I would add "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole.

Hard Times is an anti-utilitarian screed by someone who doesn't understand utilitarianism. Very tiresome to read. The over-the-top Dickensian characters that are normally so colourful end up being reductionist straw man representations of an argument he's trying to knock down. I couldn't help but groan when Gradgrind insists that houses should not be decorated with flowered wallpaper, because flowers don't grow on walls. The story was written in service of an argument, rather than for its own sake, and it shows. I have enjoyed all of his novels so far apart from Hard Times. A Christmas Carol is obviously a timeless classic, David Copperfield was great, Great Expectations I enjoyed a lot, this was an anomaly for me as well.

Yes you do not need a degree to READ them but it helps to know the back story- Knowing the back story or inspiration for Dante Alegre The Divine Comedy helped me understand the meter and the satire. Or Milton's ego in the first paragraphs of Paradise Lost or the significance of the iambic pentameter in religious writing. Backstory I suppose can be memorable for instance that Dracula and Frankenstein were supposedly invented on the same night as a result of a writing contest. This contest supposedly took place between Lord Byron, PB Shelly Mary Shelley and lord Byron's doctor at an Italian villa while they were on vacation. Apparently Mary Began a story about the evils of the enlightened age Frankenstein and lord Byron's doctor a vampire story. The backstory of Mary's tragic life and the fact that she was only seventeen when she wrote it who her parents were what happened to her sister and the death of PB Shelly. Yes you do not need a degree to read the classics but you do learn more about the motivations the style of writing and the time frame or limitations of the historical period. I also learned how to read Chaucer correctly and how to study a Shakespeare play because I had watched a movie called Titus and my professor assigned it to me to read told me how to read it and encouraged me to persevere. I did persevere with Shakespeare but honestly I got more out of with my professors help than without it. In summary I would encourage anyone to read however I believe it would be foolish (add adjective here) to overlook the help positive influence of a mentor a teacher or professor in understanding literature more fully. Do not discount that learning literature is helpful in understanding human behavior and history and motivation. Remember you can always discuss books with iothers too and learn what they got and that often happens in a classroom but there are also book clubs and other forums

Loved this Thank you

It is no more a "classic" than books like Tarzan or the Conan the Barbarian stories. What happens is that, over time, society becomes dumbed down more and more and so popular books that would never be considered "classics" become "classics" in comparison with what is being written at the time. We can clearly see, over time, fewer independent prose styles and less and less complexity and nuance in modern literature. Personally, I do not understand the popularity of Harry Potter. Perhaps it is the Jing/Campbell archetypes we see in the characters (they are the same archetypes found in Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc. I do not consider Harry Potter literature, but I bet in 100 years, society will be so dumbed down and culturally illiterate that Harry Potter will be considered "classic literature," but come on -- you can't place Harry Potter books in the same category as Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment, and Wuthering Heights. I do realize that there was a time when Shakespeare was considered mass entertainment (complete with base double entendres for the unwashed masses who liked genital jokes), but you eventually reach the bottom of the barrel and we might be there.

Good but Jane Eyre needs to be there remove brave new world or the hobbitt add Jane Eyre its realism its about what its like to be an unattractive woman

I find the thought of Russian authors very daunting. Too many characters and strange names!

Yes PG Wodehouse was a favorite of mine however it like the bubble gum brain of literature Bernie and all of his idle rich friends are so stupid it becomes nauseating. Did you know Wodehouse was deported because he was a Nazi sympathizer?

I could not agree with your take on Northanger Abbey however I have wondered if she was referring to Shelley's Frankenstein. Mary Shelley died in 1815 Austen in 1817 and perhaps because Frankenstein was popular she was? But Northanger abbey is also about a "friend" leading another "friend" around by the nose and about seeing through the schemes of others

Agree with essessment of Jane Austen I'm a 6'3 300 lb US Navy Submarine veteran trained on how to kill men. I learn a lot from Jane Austen and Jane Eyre that my professor said that she never read such a paper. As a man I learned a lot from these two female English Authors and I prefer thier work rather than the hobbit or star wars as their womens fiction is more realistic than the bs of the former. North anger abbey a story about how people can con or use others

William Faulkner's a rose for Emily is an easy story to read but for me it was too easy and I wrote a paper on this work with a criticism of how anyone should never write a story

The treasure of the Sierra Madre by B Travers but if you read Pappillon by Henri Charriere it will ruin the movie for you as it is completely different

Somerset Maugham the razors edge short story highy recommend

Absolutely hate to kill a mockingbird as it promotes labeling people if you can call someone else racist than what are you. It promotes an air bof I'm better than you the left love to play

Is Tristan an English teacher? I have a BA in English and suspect Tristan is

Watched the classic movie directed by Hitchcock called Rebecca actually I have zero need to read this as nothing to learn the plot is unrealistic! However I recommend Jane Eyre instead by Charlotte Bronte as it has a more realistic plot and is wonderfully written and maybe best novel of all time

Is this Tristan an English professor? What is his background

Crime & Punishment is on my list of Lackluster Literature 😂 I’ve tried to read this at least 3 times and each time, I get maybe halfway through and I lose complete interest. It’s got a good start with a fairly good progression but once the crime is done, it feels like it just goes in circles and I can’t stay focused.

You really help me to understand Shakespeare Tristan. I am still reeling from your ‘Tomorrow’ Macbeth speech analysis. This is such a pleasure to listen to and learn from. So much to enjoy, thank you. ❤

Thank you Tristan, fantastic!

I particularly love your enthusiastic and knowledgeable breakdowns of Shakespeare text. I’m always trying to improve my understanding so that I can better enjoy seeing productions. I’m interested to hear more about reading a whole play in a smaller group. Kind regards Elaine

Wonderful analysis. Thank you. To be reading that masterpiece is enough to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, and act, readiness is all. ❤

I've heard that another reading is that he's not contemplating suicide. He's trying to decide whether to play it safe and live (suffer in the mind the slings and arrows), or stand up against this crime of the king, in which case he will probably die. Of course he goes on to talk about suicide but perhaps this is the nature of Hamlet's wide-ranging mind.

What a wonderful, amazing and enlightening analysis. Thank you 🙏🏼😍

Great videos promoting good books is a worthy reason to post a video. I have a degree in English literature and for me that meant pre mid twentieth century. My neighbor criticizes me saying I have not read the newer contemporary authors. Yes I said I have not read many except for PG Wodehouse Somerset Maugham William Faulkner Eudora Welty. I tried to get her to realize I have not scratched the surface with the classics yet just Chaucer and the odyssey and some Shakespeare. I do not try to read a lot but try to understand what I have read. I have read and studied not so much there is lifetimes of volumes Anyway great videos I have just found you I usually listen to audio books now!

That was so beautiful. Thank you for doing this, I got a bit emotional. I'm very new to Shakespeare. I can't spare any money but if I could it would be such a dream to be in the group with you. You're excellent at this. Thank you thank you.

i really like the idea of southern gothic. I'm writing a novel in that genre given i have grown up in the southern US i think it can be an interesting setting.

Loved the explanation of "calamity of so long life" & "patient merit of th'unworthy". Rather ashamed I've always allowed myself to skip over those two bits I didn't really get!

Are you sure you're not an actor? 😉

read don quixote, count of monte cristo. tolstoy's war and peace is for me. i bought condensed version of vanity fair but decided not to read the condensed one. victorian middlemarch is for me or even hardy's tess and jude. i read crime and punishment and brothers karamazov instead. i might read the idiot. read mody dick, twice. for dickins, pip and estella is for me. i read some books by bill, hamlet and the like. i liked milton, difficult language. currently reading don juan...enjoyed your list

Excellent advice!