recommending books to *iconic* fictional characters

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  • čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
  • Here are the books I'd recommend to (some of) the most iconic fictional characters in literature and pop culture!
    Hi friends!
    I had such a blast making this video, and I really hope you enjoy it!
    I'd love to know if you agree with my recommendations! Besides these, which books would you recommend to these characters?
    I'm sending you my very best wishes,
    Carolyn Marie :)
    Chapters:
    Intro - 00:00
    Lizzy Bennet - 01:00
    Jo March - 02:26
    Atticus Finch - 03:36
    Jay Gatsby - 05:01
    Jane Eyre - 06:30
    Heathcliff - 07:58
    The Count of Monte Cristo - 09:26
    Levin - 10:14
    Elio Perlman - 12:40
    Victor Frankenstein - 14:17
    Outro - 15:37
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    Happy Reading :)
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Komentáře • 103

  • @chelleandpoppy6379
    @chelleandpoppy6379 Před 3 měsíci +67

    I love how you photoshopped the books into the character photos 😂

    • @tal8762
      @tal8762 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Me, too! What a wonderful touch!

  • @iamyourmother4517
    @iamyourmother4517 Před 3 měsíci +64

    i think jo would also love a room of one’s own! :)

  • @juliaconnors3716
    @juliaconnors3716 Před 3 měsíci +7

    You could do a whole video on Pride and Prejudice characters! It would be fun to see what you’d recommend to Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and the rest of the sisters…and Lady Catherine de Bourgh?!
    I’d also love to know what you’d recommend to Shakespeare characters, like Juliet and Hamlet and Ophelia. ❤

  • @cinnamonteeth
    @cinnamonteeth Před 3 měsíci +16

    I would recommend Heathcliff a mental health book like ‘The Body Keeps The Score’ 😂 That man needs therapy

  • @aramintagreavesfibreista1963
    @aramintagreavesfibreista1963 Před 3 měsíci +18

    I would recommend that Jane Eyre read Jean Rhys The Wide Sargasso Sea! It could saver her a lot of trauma.

    • @kacky_snorgle
      @kacky_snorgle Před 3 měsíci

      And also deprive her of her entire story 😂😅

    • @aramintagreavesfibreista1963
      @aramintagreavesfibreista1963 Před 3 měsíci

      @@kacky_snorgle Jane is so amazing that her alternative, Rochester free story would also be well worth reading!

    • @kacky_snorgle
      @kacky_snorgle Před 3 měsíci

      @@aramintagreavesfibreista1963 But that would be a different story and we'd never know how she'd be in that.

  • @anadajovic
    @anadajovic Před 3 měsíci +10

    I saw Elio and it was an immediate click ❤️😭

  • @LesHugg
    @LesHugg Před 3 měsíci +4

    This was super fun! It would be cool to see a recommendation for Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones, and Jamie Fraser from Outlander.

  • @naomi3137
    @naomi3137 Před 3 měsíci +15

    I’m a French speaker from Switzerland. So I have the chance to read « Le Comte de Monte Cristo » in French, I’m very happy that English speaker like our famous authors 😊 Totally agree for Heathcliff ! Great video :) (Sorry if I made some English mistakes)

    • @emilyreads5207
      @emilyreads5207 Před 3 měsíci

      I'm a teacher. Don't apologize for your English. You know two (at least) languages. That's more than me. Second, your English is better than what some native speakers type.

    • @naomi3137
      @naomi3137 Před 3 měsíci

      Thank your for your lovely comment 😊

  • @tonki-
    @tonki- Před 3 měsíci +8

    What a great idea for a video!

  • @Phoebe_934
    @Phoebe_934 Před 3 měsíci +7

    I love this idea!! I can't wait to see more! I would also love to see you recommend contemporary books to classic authors, what books from our time do you think could have had an impact in their writings then? 🙂

  • @jom5219
    @jom5219 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This is so well done! The recommendations are on point!

  • @jimsbooksreadingandstuff
    @jimsbooksreadingandstuff Před 3 měsíci +4

    Great idea for a video for Anna Karenina's Levin I would recommend A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, a humorous novel by Marina Lewycka. Levin was very interested in agriculture and I think he'd like the humor.

  • @sbbaruah6230
    @sbbaruah6230 Před 3 měsíci +7

    An amazing idea here. Love the way you blend your thoughts with such creativity,exploring new ways of expression, art of contemplating
    with wit,fun,& much joy.Thanks 💐♾️

  • @denisefreitas6727
    @denisefreitas6727 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Carolyn, i loved your idea for this video! We need a part 2! 💕💕📚💕💕

  • @lilaccottage
    @lilaccottage Před 3 měsíci +1

    Loved this video! What a fun concept! Great recommendations 📚😊

  • @Bibliobabe
    @Bibliobabe Před 2 měsíci

    Love this video, would love another one! This is so fun!

  • @CozmicDotCom
    @CozmicDotCom Před 3 měsíci +10

    Carolyn your hair is BEAUTIFUL today!!!! I can’t wait for these recommendations 🥹 What would you recommend to Holden Caulfield?

  • @kashlaw01
    @kashlaw01 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Such a creative concept for a video! I loved it!

  • @janniszeiger
    @janniszeiger Před 3 měsíci +2

    That's fantastic and creative idea! Would like to watch a part 2.

  • @katkaformankova1876
    @katkaformankova1876 Před 3 měsíci

    Love this concept, you really put it all together beatifully
    I would really like some recommendations for the hunger games characters

  • @myhandle321
    @myhandle321 Před 3 měsíci

    I am gonna read the recommendations for Levin 😍! Thanks Carolyn! A very beautiful video!

  • @malissamoench8587
    @malissamoench8587 Před 3 měsíci

    This video is so wholesome. Thank you, Carolyn! And thank you for the author portraits you sent me 🥰 I love them.

  • @Alyssa-nb7lo
    @Alyssa-nb7lo Před 3 měsíci +2

    Love this video idea!
    I'd recommend parenting books to Victor Frankenstein 😂
    I'd also recommend Jane Eyre to Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey)

  • @michaelmccarty
    @michaelmccarty Před 3 měsíci

    So clever -- thank you! I love that you recommend Big Magic for Jo March! 🙂

  • @mignonib
    @mignonib Před měsícem

    I love this concept!

  • @lia_tabea
    @lia_tabea Před 3 měsíci

    Such a great video idea! 👏🏼 I loved it 💕

  • @evamatlach1986
    @evamatlach1986 Před 3 měsíci

    What a great idea! 💚 amazing recommendations 👌🏻

  • @sophhnavarro
    @sophhnavarro Před 3 měsíci

    This was great! Would definitely love to see more c:

  • @CaffeintedZainab-
    @CaffeintedZainab- Před 3 měsíci

    love this concept!!!

  • @martinelanglois3158
    @martinelanglois3158 Před 3 měsíci

    You are so creative! Such a great idea. Loved it. Hace a great week! ❤

  • @iamrjdennis
    @iamrjdennis Před 3 měsíci +2

    This is such a great idea for a video!

  • @ghouling1111
    @ghouling1111 Před 3 měsíci

    I need this idea as a collection of short shorties and those characters on their book reading journey with these books!

  • @lindawalker2451
    @lindawalker2451 Před 3 měsíci

    What a marvelous and very creative video. I really enjoyed watching it. Thanks much.

  • @deegrows7589
    @deegrows7589 Před 3 měsíci

    Such a fun video! ✨

  • @romalibra_books
    @romalibra_books Před 3 měsíci

    Love this concept ❤

  • @asan1050
    @asan1050 Před 3 měsíci

    Carolyn, Thanks for posting this video.

  • @onourpath
    @onourpath Před 3 měsíci +1

    Love this video! Yes, part 2, please! I'd recommend The Storied Life of A J Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin to Silas Marner. It's an homage to SM, and Silas needs some guidance! What about Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy? Poor Jude, he needs a lot of joy. How about Clytemnestra from Agamemnon by Aeschylus? She needs so much help. I love this so much! (Pa-TROKE-less -- the middle bit rhyms with poke)

  • @amberlawson4043
    @amberlawson4043 Před 3 měsíci

    This is such a fun video!!! :)

  • @JemimaRose
    @JemimaRose Před 3 měsíci

    this is such a good video idea!!

  • @blushingviolet5928
    @blushingviolet5928 Před 3 měsíci

    What a fantastic idea!!

  • @snehakaushal4949
    @snehakaushal4949 Před 3 měsíci

    this video was soo creative, i really enjoyed it.

  • @Mida1416
    @Mida1416 Před 3 měsíci

    Really enjoyed. Thank you

  • @evelynnygren7097
    @evelynnygren7097 Před 3 měsíci

    This was so cute! I'd love to see another version of this video but with children's literature/children's classics! For instance, I'd love to know what you'd recommend to the Little Prince, Despereaux, and others. :)

  • @joleetomer3452
    @joleetomer3452 Před 3 měsíci

    I just read Foster last night. It was my first Keegan book, and oh my goodness!! My heart. It was so touching

  • @booklady8888
    @booklady8888 Před 3 měsíci

    I am new to your channel and I'm enjoying it. I wondered other than classis and non fiction books what other genre's do you read? I have many authors I follow and wondered if we liked any of the same. 😊

  • @Maryjane022
    @Maryjane022 Před 3 měsíci

    Wow!!! Your recommendation for them was spot on!!!! Love it.. I think it's impeccable for each characters!!! Read some of those and yes!!! I totally agree with u!!!!❤❤😊😍

  • @marianaharrison6307
    @marianaharrison6307 Před 3 měsíci

    Little Women is the perfect recommendation for Lizzie!! I just love her and that book so so much!!

  • @paureads8141
    @paureads8141 Před 3 měsíci

    You are one of the most creative booktubers I know! This video helps to remember these amazing iconic characters and to identify ourselves in them and if we were them, what books would we read. Want it or not this video is a book rec for all of us as well but in a more fun and creative way!❤️🫶🏼

  • @Scotty_Heh
    @Scotty_Heh Před 3 měsíci

    Edmond Dantès I honestly was thinking of The Brothers Karamazov for him. Since there is also such a weird love story. so many things that just make you think and I think he would really like that.

  • @NameInsertedHere
    @NameInsertedHere Před 3 měsíci

    I'd love to watch a part two, maybe even a part three! I need to know what book you would recommend to Mr. Fox from Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
    And would like to know what book you would recommend to Alonso Quijano and Sancho Panza from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cerventes, as well as your recommendation to Gregor Samsa from The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

  • @hmm6411
    @hmm6411 Před 3 měsíci

    What books would you recommend to Holden Caulfield and Ethan From? Color me intrigued. Thanks for the video.

  • @doaadikrallah
    @doaadikrallah Před 3 měsíci

    the editing was on point 😂

  • @erika20099
    @erika20099 Před 3 měsíci

    'Patroclo' the accent on the letter a 😊. By the way, I loved Achille's Song.

  • @Liba_Elena
    @Liba_Elena Před 3 měsíci +1

    I love this concept! Can you recommend a book to Katniss Everdeen? and Rory Gilmore? and Hermione? oh and Bella Swan?😁😊

  • @MsTimmy1987
    @MsTimmy1987 Před 2 měsíci

    Such a clever video idea - thank you for sharing! ❤️🌈📚

  • @Bibliobabe
    @Bibliobabe Před 2 měsíci

    A couple characters that may be fun could be: Holden Caulfield, Scout or Jem Finch, Laurie, Pip (great expectations)

  • @metamorphos0
    @metamorphos0 Před 3 měsíci

    What would you recommend to Margery Tyrell from the game of thrones

  • @BMTitus
    @BMTitus Před 3 měsíci

    I would recommend to Winston Smith - FM 21-76, Department of the Army Field Manual - Survival, Evasion, and Escape.

  • @barbaramanickas6580
    @barbaramanickas6580 Před 3 měsíci

    I noticed that you have the Neapolitan novels on your list (by Elena Ferrante). Amazing series

  • @evethim5305
    @evethim5305 Před 3 měsíci

    I think Levin would love Into the wild! I think Elio would love the Goldfinch ❤

  • @starblack6471
    @starblack6471 Před měsícem +1

    How about the characters Pechorin, Aljoscha Karamazov and Vronsky?

  • @cah384
    @cah384 Před 3 měsíci

    The Song of Achilles for Elio is perfect.

  • @circleofleaves2676
    @circleofleaves2676 Před 3 měsíci

    Could you do a video recommending living authors to long-dead authors, if those long-dead authors got the chance to pop into the here and now to read a book, and then get to respond to that book? For example, if the ghost of Virginia Woolf popped up, would you recommend that she read Claire Keegan? If Tolstoy popped into the modern day, who would you have him read - would you recommend that he read Frederik Backman?

  • @gracebauer8592
    @gracebauer8592 Před 3 měsíci

    what would you rec to achilles and patroclus??

  • @RocketRoketto
    @RocketRoketto Před 3 měsíci +1

    have you seen the 1992 version of wuthering heights with ralph fiennes and juliette binoche? it was his first movie role. it was a tv movie. but it was soooo good! he's what i picture when i think of heathcliff

  • @dianaaguzarova1006
    @dianaaguzarova1006 Před 3 měsíci

    I would recommend to Levin “into the wild” by Jon Krakauer ❄️

  • @myhandle321
    @myhandle321 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I wonder which books you would recommend to Kitty Shcherbatsky (Anna Karenina), May Welland (The age of innocence) and Tatiana (Eugene Onegin) - the 3 female characters in the literature I am absolutely in love with.

    • @isaa1782
      @isaa1782 Před 3 měsíci

      I think Austen's “Persuasion” would fit Kitty, as it is about a vaguely similar situation as hers.
      For Tamara...something magical and about nature. Maybe she would enjoy “The Sorrows of Young Werther” by Goethe (it's also about a man falling in love with a married woman, who turns him down, and focuses much on nature) or “The Winternight Trilogy” by Kathrine Arden.

  • @myhandle321
    @myhandle321 Před 3 měsíci

    I would recommend Elizabeth (not read yet Pride and Prejudice) the Tale of Genji, for no reason. I just felt so. LOL

  • @katiejlumsden
    @katiejlumsden Před 3 měsíci

    Love this idea. Heathcliff would absolutely love The Count of Monte Cristo 😂

  • @sofiamilla7809
    @sofiamilla7809 Před 3 měsíci

    Recommend The Creature from Frankenstein a book too!!! He loves to read but you only recommended a book to Victor 😢

  • @timeverson3440
    @timeverson3440 Před 3 měsíci

    Hi, Carolyn -- what book you would recommend to Holden Caulfied? And don't say David Copperfield!

  • @user-zo9mx5ry6g
    @user-zo9mx5ry6g Před 3 měsíci

    In my opinion, best Victor Frankenstein is Peter Cushing in hammer's adaptation by Terence Fisher.

  • @dominickkrikke2611
    @dominickkrikke2611 Před 3 měsíci

    A bit off-topic, but, since you've mentioned them in this video... It's open field, I guess, for the following question: Is there a chronological component to the Brontë books?
    I've asked this already in a DM on instagram, I thought "on CZcams there is a bigger chance I get answerd"...

  • @zinaberger8211
    @zinaberger8211 Před 3 měsíci

    I love the video

  • @myronemmaturner
    @myronemmaturner Před 3 měsíci

    I would love to know which book you'd recommend to mr darcy

  • @__rishikasingh
    @__rishikasingh Před 3 měsíci +1

    Hahaha what a fun video! 🤓👀

  • @deborahracette9755
    @deborahracette9755 Před 3 měsíci

    You did Atticus Finch. How about a children's book recommendation for Scout?

  • @sakshi3174
    @sakshi3174 Před 6 dny

    What buk wud u recommend don Quixote? I hope not a book of chivalry and giants😅

  • @marijoe19
    @marijoe19 Před 3 měsíci

    Edmond Dantes would benefit from Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning.

  • @xz3801
    @xz3801 Před 2 měsíci

    Idk I feel the phantom fro the phantom of the opera and heathcliff would vibe together

  • @Jane4077
    @Jane4077 Před 3 měsíci

    I do think The Count Of Monte Cristo would appreciate Les Miserables. He could definitely relate to being imprisoned for a start!

  • @claudiacoy5518
    @claudiacoy5518 Před 3 měsíci

    I would give Jo March "On writing" by Stephen King

  • @ralphiereads
    @ralphiereads Před 3 měsíci

    i would recommend the bible to St John from Jane Eyre

  • @jamesduggan7200
    @jamesduggan7200 Před 3 měsíci

    Well, of course there's Don Quixote, a man who might enjoy War and Peace, lunacy notwithstanding. Oddly, there aren't many characters from Shakespeare with whom I'd chat, perhaps King Henry V might like the poetry of Sylvia Plath, both for its easy facility with English as well as a way of learning about women qua women. Then, perhaps there's Candide, who I'd guess would enjoy reading Freud.

  • @mabelmoreno1
    @mabelmoreno1 Před 3 měsíci

    Recommending The Count of Monte Cristo to Heathcliff; that was so clever!! 😂😂😂

  • @myhandle321
    @myhandle321 Před 3 měsíci

    The great Gatsby gets The stranger (Camus) from me! 😂

  • @jimsbooksreadingandstuff
    @jimsbooksreadingandstuff Před 3 měsíci

    An alternative for Jane Eyre: "Why Miss Eyre, you are a remarkably resilient and moral young woman in the face of such adversity. However, I worry your life at gloomy Thornfield Hall and dalliance with that...mercurial Mr. Rochester has been weighed down by a bit too much stifling seriousness. Therefore, I must insist you treat yourself to a vastly entertaining novel called 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.'
    In this delightful revisionist tale, the proper English drawing rooms and bucolic countryside you knew have been gloriously upended by...the undead! That's right - the madcap mashup follows the beloved Bennet sisters as they fortuitously martial warrior skills and deadly swordsmanship to defend their family and prospective suitors from zombie attackers. Just imagine Mrs. Ingram's jaw dropping if HER fiance returned from the grave!
    I guarantee this bloodthirsty yet prim and proper romp will allow you to release delightful peals of mirth you haven't enjoyed since well before your dreadful school days at Lowood. Sometimes a little revisionist literary horror is required to embrace one's true feminine stoutness!"

  • @pdcasablanca
    @pdcasablanca Před 3 měsíci

    Why not recommend books to the brothers in The Brothers Karamazov?

  • @parisakhakbaz5
    @parisakhakbaz5 Před 3 měsíci

    🧚‍♀️💙😭

  • @janniszeiger
    @janniszeiger Před 3 měsíci

    What would Dorian Gray read?

    • @isaa1782
      @isaa1782 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I personally would recommend him "eugene onegin" and works from the symbolism movement: "Against nature" by Huysmans (which inspired the picture of dorian gray) for example and poetry by Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Rimbaud and Verlaine.

    • @jimsbooksreadingandstuff
      @jimsbooksreadingandstuff Před 3 měsíci +1

      The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue