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  • čas přidán 22. 09. 2020
  • filmed this video in the middle of summer and then somehow forgot about it - so here it is! All of my classics in one video, along with some thoughts on different editions as well as some very strange smell ratings?? Books are for reading, not for smelling, I need to be stopped
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  • @jack_edwards
    @jack_edwards Před 3 lety +2130

    this is my comfort video

  • @bookwizard23
    @bookwizard23 Před 3 lety +1132

    No one else gives their opinion on smells and fonts. This is why we're here

    • @princesskittyXx
      @princesskittyXx Před 3 lety +62

      If your pages aren't yellow and written in times new Roman size 9 it's not old enough yet

    • @alexjohnson9798
      @alexjohnson9798 Před 3 lety +1

      Its only smells

  • @arnavkhushi857
    @arnavkhushi857 Před 3 lety +1406

    1. The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus.
    2. Metamorphosis by Ovid.
    3. Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds by Aristophanes.
    4. Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes and The Persians by Aeschylus.
    5. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
    6. The Quest of the Holy Grail by Anonymous.
    7. Candide by Voltaire.
    8. Collected Poems by Arthur Rimbaud.
    9. The Three Theban Plays: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone by Sophocles.
    10. Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch.
    11. The Bacchae and other Plays by Euripides.
    12. The Voyage of Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes.
    13. Beowulf by Michael Alexander .
    14. The Egyptian book of the dead.
    15. The Symposium by Plato.
    16. Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories by Sallust.
    17. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.
    18. The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
    19. The Fairy Queen by Edmund Spenser.
    20. The Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft.
    21. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
    22. The Lady with the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils.
    23. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.
    24. The Iliad by Homer.
    25. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
    26. The Professor by Charlotte Bronte.
    27. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.
    28. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
    29. De Profundis by Oscar Wilde.
    30. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
    31. Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.
    32. The LoveCraft Compendium by H. P. LoveCraft.
    33. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
    34. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
    35. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and other strange tales by Robert Louis Stevenson.
    36. The Great Gatsby by F. Scoot Fitzgerald.
    37. Short stories by H. P. LoveCraft.
    38. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
    39. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
    40. Dracula by Bram Stoker.
    41. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster.
    42. Wuthering heights by Emily Bronte.
    43. A Tale of two Cities by Charles Dickens.
    44. The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus.
    45. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells.
    46. Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde.
    47. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.
    48. The collected Poems of Emily Dickinson.
    49. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
    50. Paradise Lost by John Milton.
    51. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
    52. The Italian by Ann Radcliffe.
    53. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.
    54. The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire.
    55. Four Comedies of Plautus.
    56. Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius.
    57. The Monk by Matthew Lewis.
    58. Medea and other Plays by Euripides.
    59. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.
    60. The Rise of Rome (books 1 to 5) by Livy.
    61. Six Tragedies by Seneca.
    62. The Republic and the Laws by Cicero.
    63. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
    64. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
    65. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.
    66. Great Dialogues of Plato.
    67. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
    68. Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
    69. Aeneid by Virgil (translated by Robert Fitzgerald)
    70. Far from the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy.
    71. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
    72. Pincher Martin by William Golding.
    73. The Cocktail Part by T.S. Eliot.
    74. The Collected Poems by T.S. Eliot.
    75. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
    76. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
    77. Emma by Jane Austen.
    78. The works of John Keats.
    79. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway.
    80. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
    81. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
    82. King Lear by William Shakespeare.
    83. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass.
    84. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs.
    85. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
    86. The Odyssey of Homer (Translated by Richmond Lattimore)
    87. The Histories by Polybius.
    88. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides.
    89. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (translated by Anne Carson)
    90. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
    91. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata.
    92. Early Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
    93. The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
    94. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence.
    95. On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
    96. Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux.
    97. The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
    98. Metamorphosis by Ovid (translated by Rolf Humphries)
    99. The Iliad of Homer (translated by Richmond Lattimore)
    100. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie.
    101. Le Petit Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery.
    102. The Road not Taken by Robert Frosts.
    103. Selected poems of Ezra Pound.
    104. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
    105. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse.
    106. Selected Poems by W. B. Yeats.
    107. Endgame and Act Without Words by Samuel Beckett.
    108. Miscellany Two: A Visit to Grandpa's and other stories and poems by Dylan Thomas.
    109. Diaries 1910-1913 by Frank Kafka.
    110. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
    111. Selected letters of Oscar Wilde.
    112. Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
    113. The Inferno of Dante translated by Robert Pinsky.
    114. The Complete Poems by Emily Brontë.
    115. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
    116. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.
    117. Shelley poetry.
    118. Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
    119. Histories by Herodotus.

  • @BaileeWalsh
    @BaileeWalsh Před 3 lety +122

    I like that you mention the text of the books! Text font or size, or spacing of the lines and margins can really impact the reading experience.

  • @nikwolf7722
    @nikwolf7722 Před 3 lety +72

    At 27:59 it's so adorable how you say "because" in a French accent after reading Saint-Exupéry's name

  • @tommasozerbo2637
    @tommasozerbo2637 Před 3 lety +249

    me: getting ready to study for school
    emmie: posts a video about classics
    me: studying can wait i guess

  • @heberribeiro2910
    @heberribeiro2910 Před 3 lety +66

    "If I don't like a font that a book is written with ..." Same here. Absolutely. Will I read it nonetheless? Sure. Grudgingly? To be sure.

  •  Před 3 lety +88

    Your sense of smell goes hand in hand with Patrick Süskind's The Perfume 😄

  • @sappho1939
    @sappho1939 Před 3 lety +416

    emma: *talking about her classics*
    me: *staring at her copy of A Court of Mist and Fury*

  • @AFrolicThroughFiction
    @AFrolicThroughFiction Před 3 lety +204

    “What part of the cover do you want to be green?” “Yes” 😂😂 honestly me though

  • @PumpkinMozie
    @PumpkinMozie Před 3 lety +33

    "Monica, if you're out there..." hahaha I loled

  • @marthabookdragon8857
    @marthabookdragon8857 Před 3 lety +30

    This was such a fully sensory, soothing experience. I've never seen anyone give such excellent reviews for us book sniffers out there. You are wonderful.

  • @TheJane1775
    @TheJane1775 Před 3 lety +212

    Voltaire by Candide? 😂😂

    • @emmiereads
      @emmiereads  Před 3 lety +65

      baha my brain was really struggling 😅

    • @TheJane1775
      @TheJane1775 Před 3 lety +10

      @@emmiereads That was sweet :D

  • @beetroot6591
    @beetroot6591 Před 3 lety +55

    I love watching people's classics collections!!!!!b

  • @Lionheart5375
    @Lionheart5375 Před 3 lety +31

    Snap - we have the same edition of Emma! I love getting second hand books, to me, there just feels something so special about them! I have a couple of very old editions of books from the 1910's and I wonder how many book shelves they've been on before they got to me! Also... Book smell - there is something so unique about it and the way you described it - man! Perfect! Put it into a candle please! 👌😂

  • @BernadethBagalso
    @BernadethBagalso Před 3 lety +96

    emma: inhales book deeply
    emma: 😦

  • @tanyaroberts919
    @tanyaroberts919 Před 3 lety +36

    I've recently decided to do my university degree in English literature. Your channel makes me want to overindulge in classics ☕📚 I like your French, I'm from Montréal.

  • @mariebasa1937
    @mariebasa1937 Před 3 lety +15

    I get so excited whenever I see that you've uploaded. School has really been kicking me in the butt and your videos are like a breath of fresh air. I truly cherish every single second of your videos, I literally never want them to end. Thank you for this!!!

  • @totshie8757
    @totshie8757 Před 3 lety +115

    When I read Emma by Jane Austen, this is how I imagined her to look like

  • @Jazgodel
    @Jazgodel Před 3 lety +10

    5 minutes in and already subscribed hahah love many of the books, and love your approach towards them! You’re so eloquent and charismatic!

  • @natasham4184
    @natasham4184 Před 3 lety +4

    I LOVE a satisfying thrifty bookshelf tour! You've gained a new subscriber 💖

  • @factcheckingyourmum
    @factcheckingyourmum Před 3 lety +1

    I just found your channel and I have to mention that it's a really lovely change. Your books look read and real, and not just bought with the prettiest cover art or editions ❤️
    Also I really appreciate your soft spoken way, it's really nice to listen to.

  • @thefrenchcafe2656
    @thefrenchcafe2656 Před 3 lety +75

    J'adore le petit prince, je le lis tous le temps haha. J'aimerais vraiment lire Emma de Jane Austen avant de regarder la version cinématographique

  • @salmagh5718
    @salmagh5718 Před 3 lety +16

    of topic, but i can't seem to take my eyes out of your hair it's literally perfect!

  • @danielsweeney932
    @danielsweeney932 Před 3 lety +4

    That The Master and Margarita edition behind you has my favourite cover of all time!

  • @aditighosh619
    @aditighosh619 Před 3 lety +16

    You inspired me to start reading again! 💞

  • @machomatilda6375
    @machomatilda6375 Před 3 lety +3

    This is a looovely collection, and I adore this video. You seem so kind and smart.❤️

  • @aseaoftomes
    @aseaoftomes Před 3 lety

    You have so many great books in your classics collection! I love it! And those collector's editions are gorgeous!

  • @nayabzafar8299
    @nayabzafar8299 Před 3 lety +6

    i love how consistent you are :) I was literally sitting here an hour ago thinking 'when's emmie going to post a new video'.

  • @TheMasqerade
    @TheMasqerade Před 3 lety +1

    Such an amazing video! Thank you for such entertaining content! Would love to see mini-reviews of classic works or analyses on certain authors. Keep up the good work, much love.

  • @audiofandoms
    @audiofandoms Před 3 lety +68

    5:08 lol your disapproval of monica stings because that’s how i’ve asked out three different people. normally i put my number in the middle of the book because if they’re going to commit to me, they’re going to have to commit to reading the books i recommend them

  • @gennaroth
    @gennaroth Před 3 lety

    i am completely enamoured with your videos!! i only discovered you a couple of weeks ago, but I love putting your videos on in the background as i clean and do schoolwork- your whole aura is just so soothing

  • @MilenaReads
    @MilenaReads Před 3 lety

    I love that you also comment of the font and how comfortable an edition is to read. That’s always so hard to get right when you’re buying online!

  • @ileanaaaaa
    @ileanaaaaa Před 3 lety

    Your collection is so cozy! Makes me want to browse through your library 🖤

  • @AntoniasVideoJournal
    @AntoniasVideoJournal Před 3 lety +20

    this. this is the dream.
    so so wish to have a collection like that one day 💓

  • @jamesduggan7200
    @jamesduggan7200 Před 3 lety +15

    For Shakespeare I prefer the Arden editions. They're pretty expensive to own but the university library may have some of them.

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 Před 3 lety +2

      They are more expensive than mass-marked editions, but they are well made, and the critical apparatus is top notch.

  • @maile-fl8uv
    @maile-fl8uv Před 2 lety

    this is insane! i love seeing how passionate you are about these books and literature :))

  • @celina6259
    @celina6259 Před 3 lety +1

    Talking about Fonds and space between the lines : „we’re getting really specific here.“ this is why I’m here. I’m all for the detailed thoughts 🥰

  • @mariavalongo3796
    @mariavalongo3796 Před 3 lety

    baaabe, your videos are now my comfort space. soo happy i found your channel, you just exhale good vibes ✨✨

  • @kimvG666
    @kimvG666 Před 9 dny

    I love the explanations of the smell hahah
    The old grandma smell of books is the best thing in the world ❤ it's like freshly mowed grass. It's a smell you always recognize and love

  • @yahyaoa8694
    @yahyaoa8694 Před 3 lety

    Such a phenomenal collection. My mouth is watering now ahaha, I'm going straight to the bookstore now.

  • @chibiloki
    @chibiloki Před 3 lety +1

    This is so satisfying. I love thrifted books as well.

  • @frogsandfiction7466
    @frogsandfiction7466 Před 3 lety

    AH This video is so soothing :) I also love the little descriptors you give for each book, v entertaining.

  • @livy5986
    @livy5986 Před 3 lety +5

    Thoroughly enjoyed the smell descriptions. 10/10

  • @repulore13
    @repulore13 Před 3 lety

    Omg this is such a cool idea for a video Emma, loved it as always, your voice is sooo calming❤️❤️

  • @NeilBruder
    @NeilBruder Před 3 lety +23

    I'm really curious to see what the font/spacing situation is on those editions! Show us!! :)

  • @Books_Anime_92
    @Books_Anime_92 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for making me a fan of vintage Penguin Classics. Everytime I go to a Half Price Books, I hunt for them and I always buy them since they are usually the cheapest priced books in the whole store.

  • @roch6940
    @roch6940 Před 3 lety +1

    your copy of the wind in the willows is to die for! so cute

  • @SophiaAlexisBooks
    @SophiaAlexisBooks Před 3 lety +2

    I adore the Arcturus editions!! They are my favorite classics to collect 😊

  • @highschool6836
    @highschool6836 Před 3 lety +1

    I discovered your channel a few days ago, and now everyday before my reading session I watch a video of yours it somehow motivates me so much to read, haha! Love you, stay safe!

  • @learajkovic
    @learajkovic Před 3 lety

    i come back to this video every once in a while. you are such a sweet soul ❤️

  • @katesansom3841
    @katesansom3841 Před rokem

    I absolutely love visiting thrift stores/used bookstores and rescuing/ adopting books. This video makes me what to go out and do that asap. ❤

  • @Wolfhailstorm
    @Wolfhailstorm Před 3 lety +2

    Some very stunning covers! Also some classics for me to look out for... I really need to challenge myself and read more classics!
    I've just received that newer penguin English library edition of Dracula as a birthday gift :)

  • @bridgetlynn3190
    @bridgetlynn3190 Před 3 lety +2

    I just read the Bacchae for one of my classes and absolutely loved it!

  • @arnavkhushi857
    @arnavkhushi857 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for making my day Emma ♥️
    Love to watch all your videos.
    If you don’t mind can you make a video about how to Learn French, what books to read, Pronunciation and where to begin the whole learning process from so that it sticks. Thank you :)

  • @tommyboy1090
    @tommyboy1090 Před 3 lety +17

    “Oaky afterbirth” 😂
    The Office is life

  • @ianfarrugia4495
    @ianfarrugia4495 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Emma! I'm an art student debating whether I should shift to studying literature. But in the meantime I've began to build my collection further by thrifting! Which I've been able to do after moving to Wales for a bit. Thanks for inspiring me to do so! I've found a good few books from my tbr at second hand shops now. Sadly many are closed due to covid.

  • @Stephanie-gz5pt
    @Stephanie-gz5pt Před 3 lety

    I’ve recently found your channel and I’ve made it my goal to watch all your videos because I simply adore your voice and your personality. You are such a cute little bean and you warm up my heart so much. Thank you for doing what you do😊

  • @bubu10435
    @bubu10435 Před 3 lety

    I like your bookshelf especially the poetry editions. And I can see that you have Marge Piercy in your bookshelves. Especially 'He, she, it' is one of my favorite novels by her.

  • @alexiatondello
    @alexiatondello Před 3 lety +5

    you inspired me to start reading classics!!! i´ve read 4 this month. thank u

    • @emmiereads
      @emmiereads  Před 3 lety +3

      aaah amazing which ones???

    • @alexiatondello
      @alexiatondello Před 3 lety +4

      * e m m i e * the picture of Dorian grey, the phantom of the opera, the woodlanders and currently reading Jane eyre 🥰🥰

  • @lonezahid03
    @lonezahid03 Před 3 lety

    You live in a beautiful, beautiful place. You are lucky. You make me fall in love with classics. Thank you❤

  • @arijitgayen4674
    @arijitgayen4674 Před 3 lety +1

    A beautifully crafted work indeed!

  • @arayasunshinec
    @arayasunshinec Před 2 lety

    Monica’s out here taking risks😎
    Such a calming video, I really appreciate your variety of editions because of thrifting books, mine is a totally mishmash for that same reason!

    • @arayasunshinec
      @arayasunshinec Před 2 lety

      Also I really really would like to thank you for telling us so specifically how the books smell

  • @KatieManring
    @KatieManring Před 3 lety

    Yes! Faerie Queen! I took an English college course on this and still have it! I loved what I read.

  • @Fabian-ty2iv
    @Fabian-ty2iv Před 2 lety

    I totally feel you with the font problem. I have a copy of "The Alienist" with a serif font that is not very reader friendly to look and the font can really be impactful for the enjoyment of a book.

  • @c.s.hayden3022
    @c.s.hayden3022 Před 3 lety

    Nice to spot Borges’ complete fictions in the background; he certainly appreciated literary culture. I own most of those with more of an emphasis on poets. That’s a great foundation.

  • @felixfelix7447
    @felixfelix7447 Před 3 lety

    Omg you're in my head...what a fantastic collection....😗😊

  • @daesusasa
    @daesusasa Před 3 lety +2

    You have great books all around!
    Some comments for the sake of conversation:
    Candide - I love it! It's funny and if you have read Leibniz before, it is even better.
    The Matter of Britain (King Arthur) - What can I say? A lot of fun. My favorite is Chrétien de Troyes.
    The Lady of the Camellias - I read it in highschool and it is one of my favorites. The prose is beautiful.
    The Prince - The beginning of what we consider Political Theory. The writing is far from engaging but it is a necessary addition to the speculum principium genre.
    Not many people on Booktube seem to love Dr. Moreau, but you do and I appreciate that!
    So many more things to say, but I will finish with this: I recommend to you two Hawthorne's books: A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys and its sequel, which are two retellings of Greek myths (I know you like those) and they are very entertaining. Thanks for the video!

  • @jadepark333
    @jadepark333 Před 3 lety

    I adore your collection. Thank you for sharing.

  • @uselessstrawberry737
    @uselessstrawberry737 Před 3 lety

    I watch this whenever I feel sad, thanks for making me feel good

  • @bellamckinnon8655
    @bellamckinnon8655 Před 2 lety

    Oh my god your points on the fonts, spacing and font size - same. Honestly same. I cannot stand tiny writing and close spacing; certain fonts just do not do it for me. I am so so glad to see someone else think similarly because honestly I just thought I was being too picky. But gosh darn, you should be able to be picky about these things! Thanks haha. Loved the video. New sub.

  • @gavmonn5901
    @gavmonn5901 Před 2 lety

    oh my god i love watching your videos. it doesnt matter i watched all of your bookshelf tours, let me watch basically the same thing. (probably i watched this one before too)

  • @kristinamitrova5210
    @kristinamitrova5210 Před 3 lety +2

    I’m not sure how I got into this nook of the internet but all I can say is...somehow this video is so satisfying. Books and unintentional ASMR? What more can one ask for😂

  • @maryw9808
    @maryw9808 Před 3 lety

    Absolutely great collection! I am a little kind of jalous of some of your editions :D

  • @uptown3636
    @uptown3636 Před 3 lety

    I have spent more time wandering up and down the aisles of Barnes & Noble--while sipping tea, of course--than I care to admit, and I strongly agree with your assessment of their book designs. So much so that I often choose to leave B&N and drive straight to another bookshop to buy any classic I wish to read.

  • @mpiraalfa
    @mpiraalfa Před 3 lety

    Greetings from Greece! What a nice book collection you own!

  • @venz_between_the_lines3748

    SooOoo Gorgeous collection Emma :)

  • @beccaoquendo1795
    @beccaoquendo1795 Před 3 lety +5

    Hi! I'm new to your channel so maybe I've already missed it, but I was wondering if you could do fall classics recommendations? We all know Dracula and Frankenstein, but what are your other favorite classics to read during fall? Anyways your videos are always so cozy and sweet and I've loved watching them

  • @christianeelizabeth5602
    @christianeelizabeth5602 Před 3 lety +12

    Emmie, can you do a video on learning languages? I’m very interested in beginning French or Italian (eventually Greek and Latin as well) and have no idea where to start!

  • @ninac.5921
    @ninac.5921 Před 3 lety +1

    Tbh I didn't think I was gonna watch until the end bc my attention span is very bad but you are so funny and entertaining!

  • @ambermoore8208
    @ambermoore8208 Před 3 lety +2

    I love your videos so much ❤️❤️ keep up the great work x

  • @sukki6052
    @sukki6052 Před 3 lety

    i just finished my revision for the day and this came!

  • @protonmarine3047
    @protonmarine3047 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi from Greece...thanks alot for your good comments on books dear Emma...You have chosen good field...wish you all the best dear...

  • @amymartinez2019
    @amymartinez2019 Před 3 lety +4

    i love your voice so much, its nice and soothing

  • @vedashreepitre7588
    @vedashreepitre7588 Před 3 lety

    Gosh I love listening to your voice it's really soothing!

  • @tomasfish4422
    @tomasfish4422 Před 3 lety +2

    Font and spacing are important! I can totally be put off a book if I'm not in the mood to make my eyes work hard to decipher a weird font.

  • @ainguyendoan3028
    @ainguyendoan3028 Před 2 lety

    Thank you Emmie, your soothing voice is perfect for ASMR

  • @a.j.andthings8021
    @a.j.andthings8021 Před 3 lety

    Oh I have that edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray! Also The Turn of the Screw from that same series, they're both so beautiful and were on clearance a books a million so I snatched 'em

  • @sybylrivera6161
    @sybylrivera6161 Před 3 lety

    Yayyy!!! Been waiting for this! Tysm~ 💕

  • @fso9638
    @fso9638 Před 3 lety

    your voice is sooo impressive. I can listen whole day💜💜

  • @Ava-hu4gc
    @Ava-hu4gc Před 3 lety

    I have that same edition of metamorphoses!! it was such a treasure to me when i found it in the used bookstore. love me some penguin classics🥺

  • @PolishCentral
    @PolishCentral Před 3 lety +58

    *”It’s a sweet, oaky afterbirth”*
    Me: .. what. 😂

    • @iiFlowerss
      @iiFlowerss Před 3 lety +11

      it's a joke from The Office hahahahaha

    • @nityarao672
      @nityarao672 Před 3 lety

      Thankyou for commenting that so I don't have to 😂😂😂

  • @borbalaschneller70
    @borbalaschneller70 Před rokem

    My favorite are the Arcturus ones. They are just sooo beautiful.

  • @shelorck5118
    @shelorck5118 Před 3 lety

    wow this is video is just so purely wholesome. made my day honestly :)

  • @keirahemingway3498
    @keirahemingway3498 Před 3 lety +2

    I have The Three Theban plays because I had to read it for drama and I have been so tempted to read the other two. This video kinda makes me wanna do it lol

  • @jojodogface6557
    @jojodogface6557 Před 3 lety

    Oaky afterbirth, nice Office reference-- loved it

  • @kendallconstable7861
    @kendallconstable7861 Před 3 lety +1

    Have you ever made a video on how you annotate?? Or would you possibly in the future :) i need to start doing more than just circling things haha

  • @eire02
    @eire02 Před 3 lety

    On Amazon UK the “Wordsworth classics” are almost always £2.25-£3. I got myself a copy of Mrs Dalloway today for £2.25 instead of the £6.49 for the penguin classic! I really want to collect the clothbound classics because they’re gorgeous! I wish I had decent second hand stores near me - can’t wait to have a look during uni times in London!

  • @Faye_L
    @Faye_L Před 3 lety +1

    My random thoughts while watching:
    Most of my classics came from used bookstores, so I understand the smelly randomness of a classics collection. 😂
    I have some Arcturus editions! But I'm Canadian, too, so that doesn't answer your question.
    I have that exact edition of Dracula! Love it!
    I don't love the Dover Thrift Editions either, but whenever I need to buy a book new I usually reach for those because they're so affordable. Or sometimes when an Amazon order comes really close to qualifying for free shipping, I'll throw a Dover into my cart and consider it a freebie. 😂
    I'm reading that exact copy of Le Petit Prince right now!
    OMG Stop inhaling the ancient dust! 😂

  • @jackiesliterarycorner
    @jackiesliterarycorner Před 3 lety

    I'm glad I found someone else collects the Arcturus editions. I have Jane Eyre. Bleak House, David Copperfield, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories, Sleepy Hollow (hardback), Ethan Frome and Other Stories, Far from the Maddening Crowd, Inferno, and The Pickwick Papers. I also two classics in Word Cloud editions. I kind of like the Barnes and Nobles editions with each one being different colors.