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It shouldn't take you long to learn I'm sure. And it's really worth it--it's my favorite language.

The one in the video is a 2019 edition by Colindale in modern Portuguese. I think I got it on Amazon

@@TheLinguistsLibrary I can’t ready Portuguese :(. I decided to purchase the edition published by Livraria Lello.

@@eric.aaron.castro Sweet! Have fun☺

They publish in all three of these languages: EN, ES, PT.

It wouldn't be a good library without Cervantes. Thank you for stopping by xoxo

You got it! Working on my list as we speak.

Eu nasci no Brasil 🥰

Thank you xo

This is the first time I'll be reading Howell D Chickering, Jr's translation and commentary, I'm buzzing about it. I know you'll love Clarice, her most experimental stuff is probably Agua-Viva and Passion according to GH. What didn't Le Guin write about? The woman was an icon!

@@TheLinguistsLibrary: yes, I'm really excited about coming to Lispector. I've just got the Benjamin Moser bio, which should be fun also. He certainly interviews really well, & is very passionate about Lispector's work. So much to look forward to.

@@apoetreadstowrite He's done a lot to keep her work relevant, so I respect him for that. Happy reading!

This keeps all the French parts, I could be wrong but I think all editions of Maude's translations keep the original French dialog.

That's very kind, thank you. But Fernando Pessoa is one of my favorite poets of all time. I already have a copy of the Book of Disquiet and I want to make a video dedicated to Pessoa. I'm just working my way up!

Yay! I hope you love it☺😘

You're so right, I love him! He's on my wishlist but my bank account is really the one in charge, so I have to wait for the next book haul.

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Perhaps a interim substitute could be the 2005 motion picture production: Kingdom of Heaven by Ridley Scott?

@@eric.aaron.castro OOoh, didn't know about it, thanks! Sounds interesting

What could a king ask of a man like me? A better world than has ever been seen. A kingdom of conscience. A kingdom of heaven. There is peace between Christian and Muslim. We live together. Or, between Saladin and the king, we try. Did you think that lay at the end of Crusade? It does. - Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

@@eric.aaron.castro 🥰

After watching some of your videos, I recommend you start with Apple in the Dark or Near to the wild Heart. I think you'll like Clarice.

I just started and the first line is so iconic!

Thank you, same to you!🙂

You should start with my video on how the Italian language was created by poets. I talk about a few Italian classics there. Thank you for your comment and good luck on your learning journey!

Sounds like a plan! All I need is a reason to gush about Clarice

Thank you! It's just a normal layered haircut, I believe.

Should I do a 'where to start with Clarice Lispector' or an 'all about Clarice Lispector'?

Or should we do a read along of her novels in chronological order?

Which one of Woolf's novels is your favorite? That would help me tell you where to start with Clarice. Yes, I saw your reply, and its been marinating in my mind.

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Oh, easily The Waves is my favorite of hers. It's poetic, abstract, highly experimental (perhaps her most experimental), close-knit to interiority, elongated across decades of time, yet tight to time in fragments of impressions. I adore that work (will probably make a video on it when I push myself to).

@@ToReadersItMayConcern The passion according to GH and Agua-Viva could be up your alley. But I hope you read 'Hour of the star' one day.

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Excellent, thank you! I'm going to start with The Passion According to GH (love the strange premise).

Petrarca wrote some stuff in Latin in too, the manuscript 3196 is in Latin I believe. But yes, Canzoniere is in Italian.

A must-have

Thank you for watching! If his epilogue was your favorite part you should try The Prince by Machiavelli by the way.

Thank you so much for saying that, it means a lot.

I'm Brazilian-Italian

El hambre. Habreia mucho menos caos en mi opinión.

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Es un problema y gordo, como lo harias?

That is what's great about a classic like this, there's so much to unpack. Of course, there's no comparison between a translation and something in the original language. Thanks for your comment. Maybe I'll read this in Russian one day if I ever get around to it.

@@TheLinguistsLibrary you are welcome beautiful human, even Russians get hard time to read it in Russian because of the old style, you don't need to read in Russian, just be more careful with names, cause they are chosen for a reason, and there are lots of metaphors everywhere, If I am not mistaken, the copy that you have read keeps lots of items' names in Russian. One last tip, Tolstoy didn't believe in anything(religion,politics) except life, which means technically he believed in everything, hence the paradox of his character, therefore, of his novel.

@@sarkisdrejian5395 ☺🤗

Yes, soon hopefully!

Thank you. I hope you get around to it one day. But yes, absolutely, it was meant to be published as series it is much more manageable that way. Have a great day

I remember that, it was funny. Natasha was supposed to be his perfect woman and it shows, she kind of reminds me of that song 'Beautiful Disaster'.

by 311?

@@emiliodelira42 by Kelly Clarkson

@@TheLinguistsLibrary wow, yeah, thanks for the song

Just looked it up. I don't know much about it but it is brave to write a redemption arc so soon after Crime and Punishment. It's rated at 4.16 on goodreads, why didn't you like it?

@@TheLinguistsLibrary well it was over 30 years after C&P. I have never read it. It just has an abysmal reputation. I’ve never met anybody who liked it.

@@Tolstoy111 To be honest, those themes don't really interest me. But thanks for the tidbit.

Glad some of us never stopped enjoying them!

A polyglot king, yes! Thank you so much for watching and for this historical tidbit.

Semper

Aww, you're very kind, thank you. Not sure where you got all that from this chaotic video but again thank you.

I gave it 5 stars on goodreads, it was a great ending, just not what I pictured for Natasha and Sonia. Why did she have to stop singing? Couldn't she grow from his enchantress to a mature lady who still kept her talent?

Oh yes, I forgot about that detail of Natasha. Well, I agree, she could have kept singing. Maybe the reason of why Tolstoy wrote this way is because he saw himself in Pierre and probably made Natasha in the way he saw what a perfect wife would be, witch include this kind of sacrifice. Tolstoy had an unhappy marriage and wrote in other books same weird ideas about the ideal marriage.

@@igoralmeida4677 Yes, Katie: Family Happiness and Anna Karenina deal with that. Also, I know Pierre was based on Tolstoy and I liked his character arc but I was team Andrew all the way.

I exaggerated a bit, but I was surprised to see some characters have to hire tutor to improve their written Russian.

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Many Russians struggle with the Russian language. One of the toughest in the world :)

@@evgeniytsarkov5679 Very true. But I do believe it was part of their character arc to stop using French so much and incorporate a bit more Russian into their daily lives. That's why I mentioned it in the video.

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Well, maybe... Haven't read War and Peace for quite a time. What I know for sure is that the Russian Aristocracy used to speak French to look like Europeans whom they considered to be advanced in every regard - fashion, lifestyle, education etc. At some point some of them may have wanted to start using Russian more frequently to be closer to common folk - Tolstoy himself abandoned his high-society life in Moscow and moved to the countryside to spend more time with nature and teach peasant kids how to read.

No, they didn't necessarily know Russian perfectly. A great portion of them weren't even of Russian descent.

Hopefully I'll get to it soon, thanks for the rec. I'm reading Anna Karenina next.

Thanks for watching!

Thank you, I'm going to buy a better edition for my home library because I love it so much.

Congratulations! Wonderful accomplishment

@@TheLinguistsLibrary would that be self-pompous of me to say that my writing will be reminded in the history of coming present? Let it be an arrogant remark, but I am self-assured to the fact of the success the book will amass.

I don't judge your attitude at all. Everyone who has ever changed the world had to believe they could first.

@@TheLinguistsLibrary so me of you to say that. Have fun, have life.

I love magical realism so I know I'm going to love 'Kafka on the Shore'. Murakami's writing is just flawless I'm really looking into buying all of his oeuvre. Thank you for watching

@@TheLinguistsLibrary: the representation of gender is a pickle though, isn't it? But, yes, I love him - very enjoyable. I look forward to being challenged by your reading of 'Kafka on the Shore'.

Hello fellow poet, I just subscribed to your channel, so glad to have found it. I think 'In Cold Blood' made me think I like true-crime but I honestly just bought that book because of the spooky statue on the cover. Thank you for your comment!

@@TheLinguistsLibrary: Ah, I've always wanted to read that Capote book. I must get to it. Yes, sometimes we shouldn't turn away from things that need to be sensitively interrogated. I think you're right.

Yes, at 3:32 I mention that this is the Maude translation

@@TheLinguistsLibrary , oops, sorry about that. Thanks!

@@erichodge567 That's okay. Thank you for watching!

Did you get the Penguin's edition? I want to buy a different edition with a bigger font.

@@TheLinguistsLibraryyes, I actually got the Penguin Classics Deluxe edition. If you like deckle edge paper, it’s great. The paper is high quality, and the font is large with good spacing between lines.

@@jbriaz Thank you, will add it my wish list.

do you recommend the Anthony Briggs?

@@mohieddinebilalamraoui1259 I love Maude's translation, I just had a problem with this Wordsworth edition. I'm going buy the Three-Volume Boxed Set by Everyman's Library for my reread because it is easier to carry around.

I will be reading Anna Karenina in August, I have to finish a few books till then lol. Thank you so much for watching!