My Everyman’s Library collection
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2023
- My ever growing Everyman’s library collection! I feel like these aren’t talked about enough, so I thought I’d make a video about it.
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Everymans library is also a favourite of mine. It's amazing how they can have such high build quality with such an affordable price.
Yeah. All this shows is that other publishers are over charging for quality.
Great idea to write down the names! The only Dostoevsky I've read has been some of his shorter works (from the Folio Society edition), so there weren't enough characters to get lost in. But I think that's something with all Russian literature -- the ordinary subtleties of their language create an extra barrier for English readers. It helped me to know what each name represents, but I still get lost. Keeping notes will be a big help.
Great collection. I, myself, ordered Karamazov & Camus-The Stranger last week. Stoked to get the delivery by the end of this week❤️
Lolita is not a horror novel, if it's disturbing it's not in a horror way. Nabokov is an amazing writer, nobody writes like him and Lolita is a great novel.
Everyman’s Library Editions are my favorite!
Pushkin's short stories are a delight! Glad I found your channel - it's always nice to discover other booknerds who talk about classic literature.
I don't have any, but I want to get some. They are incredibly handsome without the dust jackets. I love the classics.
I am adding to my collection of Everyman's each month. They are perfect in every way. I also love the Everyman's pocket poetry books.
Excellent Quality reasonable price and great Range of titles and beautiful to look at on the shelf.
Great collection & presentation style, I subscribed! Everyman’s Library is my favourite publisher
rebrand the channel and come back to youtube, time for literature to take over!
I love Everyman, they're second only to the Folio Society for me.
Acid-free paper doesn't discolour (or "fox"). I have 30 year old Everyman books that are still pristine. If you take care of them, they will last the rest of your life.
I don't think the editions change very much, except perhaps the dust jacket.
Thank you for sharing some of your collection; in regard to quality ,Heron Books, printed in Switzerland, deserve to have a mention, they also incorporate a silk marker and invariably have beautiful illustrations to accompany the text. I have that translation of cervantes Don Quixote, and loved it. Ive read five Dostoevsky novels,and its quite uncanny how many books you've displayed here ive rea😢d. Im a great George Orwell fan and would recommend Down and out in London and Paris as a must read. I could go on but couldn't leave without mentioning One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as a short novel you must include on your list.
I have a similar, what I can an "OCD affliction", and have a small collection of Everyman books. However, I have found that reading my kindle is much more comfortable, and has the added benefit of looking up definitions instantaneously, rather than having to whip out my phone and typing into google.
I'd love to start collecting these books. I have no idea where to find them, other than on Amazon UK website.
The Everyman website, eBay, bookshops, abebooks etc.
Uk is like its home country.
This is your first video I subscribe and suport I only have 2 everyman's library the count of montecristo and the brothers karamazov that Bible looks petty good do
The Count of Monte Cristo is on my list to get and read eventually! Thank you for the comment!
Monte Cristo is an absolute blast - I was stunned at just how much FUN it was, and the vivid memories it left imprinted upon me... And then I was soooo put off by what SEEMS to be a comparable book, from a contemporary of Dumas, and certainly a favorite STORY of mine from movies over the years: Les Miserables. What a drudge, a grind, a chore to read THAT was (up til 2/3 in, when I finally just gave it up!). I hear Hunchback is much more ingestible. Hugo can reallllly blather. He talks more than BRENT. 😉😲😬😉
I have a few Everyman’s Library books. Have you read The Harvard Classics?
I do have a few, and I adore these one the most, but I am unable to gather courage enough to annotate or mark my Everyman Library Books. I really do wish to because I want to truly read these books and try to completely digest what author has written, however even writing my name on front page is like sacrilege for me. DO you annotate your Everyman Library books? or any other high quality hardbacks?
As of now I don’t annotate anything. I keep a commonplace book to jot down some thoughts, but I’ve never written in my books. Being my first time reading them, and not having read a lot, I feel like when I do revisit some of these later in the future I’ll get a used paperback to write in. But I agree with you, I don’t think I could ever write in one of these
@@davidcadwallader434 I’m happy to hear you enjoyed the video! I’m working on a video explaining why crime and punishment was my favorite read this year but I’ve been busy with life affairs, and there is so much to talk about within that story!
@@davidcadwallader434I buy Wordworth classis to annotate. They are very cheap in Europe ( I don't know were you live) and for the books I adore I also buy an extra nice copy as a treat. Such as everyman or mcmillan. If a book is not available in a cheap edition I do annotate them, but with a pencil only. So, I can later erase it when necessary.
How about using post-its? You can stick them on the page and write on them so you don't have to write on the page but can still annotate
I have several everyman's library books and they extremely high quality and affordable. The only gripe I have is a couple of my everyman's library books have slightly low resolution/fuzzy text. It's perfectly readable but compared to my other everyman's books the text is noticeably blurrier and not as crisp. Wondering if anyone else experienced this?
Yes - the 1991 and earlier editions USUALLY have that over-saturated muddy txt. Not good. Note however, that Library of America editions, equal in every other way to Everyman's, all the way back to their earliest, have that crisp gorgeous font/print you're loving in the "later" Everyman's. 😎👍😎
@@DanWest8888 Hey thanks for the reply and the info. I do also enjoy library of america they are high quality. I tend to read European literature such as Leo Tolstoy and library of America unfortunately only does american writers
@@DanWest8888 Thanks for all this information. My eyes are not getting any better as I get older. I am having to make more deliberate choices about the books I get.
as an older man, I wish the font was larger.
I've heard a few people say this on various Booktube channels. I need to remember to search for some at a used bookstore to determine if my poor eyeballs would be able to handle them. I love these editions. They are simple and elegant. I've never been a fan of a ton of pictures and/or text on the cover. Just tell me the title and who wrote it. That's all I need to see. And you can get them at affordable prices, especially used.
Are the books abridged or unabridged?
Unabridged!
Brent - you'll be equally pleased with Library of America stuff. Almost identical physical format, but be ready for verrrrry thin paper when the page count is closer to 1,000. Not particularly "transparent", but it's mighty thin. Still smooth as a baby's butt, though! Consistently better (crisper/clearer) font/type from LoA. Especially comparing the older editions from the two houses. They do use a different format for the chronology/biography though. I actually enjoy it more, usually: at the end of the book, and in a more prose-ish presentation, short paragraphs. So much more absorbable than those little factoids from EL. Though the way they place those in the context of relevant historical events IS brilliant! And of course, LoA IS limited to America authors... Anyhooos: read ON, Bruh! 😊
Howdy! Coming back a month later, I’ve recently got three LoA editions and gosh, I love them. The layout and everything is perfect, the only problem I have with them is the dust covers! But the bare spines look so eloquent so it’s all right. Thank you for your comment and watching, it means a lot!
I just throw away the dust jackets of Everymans. They look so much better without them
you have the exact same voice as drunzo (another booktuber)
Haha I’m guess I’m glad you think so. I really like that guys videos
@@brentstrykertalksalot haha, just thought it was interesting. good luck on your channel (just realised it's relatively new!)
Thank you! It’s been fun so far!
I'm waiting for the name "Everyman's Library" to be canceled or taken down by the woke mob.... rename it to "Everyperson" or some shit.
Hush! Don't remind them!
Lolita is a comic novel. Darkly comic. Also it’s American Lit. Written by an American citizen in America, in English. It’s also set in America.
Lolita is “disturbing” because it is a story about child sexual abuse. Talking about in terms of “is it a fitting read for a spooky season” feels very callous.