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thank you very much. 16:14 lol.

I've really enjoyed your book reviews/discussions especially the ones on Dostoyevsky. I look forward to more in the future.

Many don’t realise that the deckled edges are intentional. 😂 people in reviews on sites keep pointing it out as a flaw. Thank you for showing these. Just ordered lord of the flies after this video!

I'm amazed how much our tastes in books align. I own so many of the books you do. I also tend to listen and read a book, switching back and forth. I'll read at the end of the day a bit, and when I'm doing chores or at work I'll listen to the audiobook. My local library is pretty great, I can find almost any audiobook for whatever physical book I've bought. I would say you're killing it in terms of reading progress. I ran into a wall recently and need to get back into it. Great video, as usual. Also, side note; your hair is amazing!

I’m so glad you are back!

Miss your videos! 🤍

How many pages this book has ( poor things)?? Can you tell me please?

Currently reading and I’m just at lost of words.

I got a deluxe edition novel from Amazon and originally thought the uneven cut pages was cus something was wrong with the paper cutter during production

Your description of Stoner you wrote was beautiful. I feel like that is exactly how it affected me, too.

Good review on your part. I love Cormac McCarthy's haunting novels. I'm sorry to hear that you lost someone close.

I’m glad you came back to RUclips and I’m glad I found your channel. I enjoy your book reviews and you’ve inspired me to pick up books I probably wouldn’t have considered.

I have this edition…. It’s so beautiful!

My favorite ASMR channel!

Clothbound books are great if they are bought from publishers that aren’t bad. Suntup Editions, Centipede Press, Amaranthine Books, Everyman’s Library, Conversation Tree Press, etc They open flat and are sewn bound instead of glue bound Hardcovers can be really expensive, but it’s worth it for any book you treasure. If the book is something you don’t care about or value enough to revisit, always get an ebook or paperback

She cries uncontrollably because she agrees with him. You can put on a facade of indifference, but that facade doesn't fool your soul. Yes, he's an asshole to her, because it's one thing to think such things about someone in her position, but it's quite another to say it to her, especially in the manner in which he says it. It might be somewhat forgiveable if he were tryin to help her, trying to get her on a better path (as you say), but we don't get the feeling that that's his purpose. And, really, he might be saying "horrible" things to her, but it's how society thinks about her, so it can't be too terrible to let her know what we all know and believe. You can't talk sweetly about her, as if she's living a good life, as if she doesn't have explaining to do (she does, at the very least to herself for the choices she's making), as if she's powerful. She's not powerful. She is resigned to the life she has chosen (or been compelled to live, to some extent), but that should not take away from the fact that she's living a miserable type of life. She is a human being living a life in which she can take no pride in. Her existence is one of resignation: a whore's indifference to what others tell her and think about her, and to some extent what she thinks of herself, but that indifference is not impenetrable, and so she finally succumbs to reality and breaks down. Would you really be proud or happy living her life? Would you consider yourself strong or powerful? It's because human life has worth, which implies a value system, that she feels bad about the life she is leading. The whore cries because her humanity is not lost: her judgments are our judgments, her values are our values. Okay, the agent that forced her to confront her reality is a douchebag -- but he's far from wrong in what he tells her. In other words, deep down, his judgments are your judgments. This asshole you talk about with such genuine loathing is, if we're being honest, you -- and me. Our primary instinct should not be to protect people's feelings. That's how you become an evil Liberal douchebag, which all Liberals are. Our primary instinct should be to be honest. I say all this without having read the book -- just going by what you've been describing, which you do so well, so take my words with a grain of salt.

Not referencing only this video, I like your taste in books. I appreciate that you're obviously a conscientious reader. There is no pretention with you. Keep up the videos.

What an amazing review. I probably never would have given this book a second thought, but after your video I’ll order it.

I read a poetry collection by him, and loved it. Excited to read the book of disquiet this year hopefully.

I’m loving the classics deluxe editions. Really beautiful covers (maybe not that Anna Karenina one!) The threads sub series are lovely, and the couture range. Lots of other good ones too. Highly recommend seeking them out. Thanks for the vid, great to see some of the other editions. 😊

Wow! So interesting. Now I don’t know if I want to read it or not.

I’m bingeing your videos. I love your content,but your voice is ASMR for me. lol I have The Thursday Murder Club on my shelf and I’m sorry to hear it wasn’t that great.

I loved Lord of the Flies. It’s an important commentary on human nature.

You are better than any ASMR channel for me!

I read War and Peace at 72 yr. You have plenty of time. 😉

Hey, new upload! Im reading Dostoevsky in publishing order and I finished Underground. Felt pretty much the same way as you about it. It was the first book of his I liked. Next up for me is Crime & Punishment.

This is my first time viewing your video. I enjoyed watching your video and subscribed. I thank you for sharing your Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions. I have the 50 year anniversary edition of The Master and Margarita. I love that edition. I ordered the Iliad edition while watching you. Thank you so much! I am a retired widow and just starting to read the classic literature books! My new retirement hobby.

I find your videos to be incredibly helpful for finding new reading material, Carol. Thank you! 😊

I encourage you to read the Iliad! I’m reading it right now, the translation by Emily Wilson and it’s incredible. And the only really hard part about reading it is keeping track of all the names and places and trying to remember the important ones 😂

Really comprehensive & informative, as well as great choices . Thanks

The covers you dislike are my favourite.

Carol, great selection.

Love this review, Carol! Do you have any tips of reading Russian literature? Such as the books you mentioned at the start of your video. I’m a bit intimidated since classic literature is hard for me to understand

The Penguin Deluxe editions are my favorites. I love the cover art and I’m a big fan of deckled edges. I have around 10 of them and can’t wait to get more.

I've heard nothing but bad things about the clothbounds. I would buy the english library books, but the covers remind me of wallpaper or something.

I love the design covers but one thing I don't like that much is the paper edges. I prefer smooth clean edges.

How can anyone hate The Lord of the Flies? It’s sublime.

I found your channel while looking for Penguin Deluxe books. I love your videos; very chill, like talking books with friends. I actually read The Metamorphosis for the first time a couple months ago. I initially hated it and was bored with it. But after time i found it pretty interesting. The writing wasn't great, but I feel like people can take different things away from that story. Keep putting out videos! They have a good vibe.

I love The Master and Margarita so much! It’s my favorite book. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did

Master & margarita cover is the prettiest omgggg

Nice video. Might pick up some Kafka for myself to read. If you like loneliness in fiction I must recommend Judith Hearne by Brian Moore or the hill of dreams by Arthur Machen. Machen has a slightly difficult style of writing but its rewarding :)

Want to read War and Peace.

I’m so in love with these classics ❤❤great video😊😊

Hi Carol, thanks for this video. May I know where you purchase these beautiful editions? Thanks.