Thanks for this helpful video. I actually started with pride and prejudice and great expectations. I wanted to read all Austen novels, but I was taken by dickens and now I want to read all of his novels. Till now I have read 7 I believe. Currently I am reading north and south, and i am enjoying it so much.
I did Jane Eyre for my O level, but being a 15-year-old boy I hated it. The first Victorian classic I read was The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad when I was 30 odd, then I read a couple of other Conrads until I got fed up with him killing off his heroes. A bit later I read Pride & Prejudice in an attempt to understand women better, and was surprised to find it more readable than I anticipated. I found Dickens rather stodgy at school but I decided to give Great Expectations a go in 2012 when he turned 200. Great Expectations is still the best classic I have read, and what got me into reading classics.
I'm just discovering the wonderful world of Victorian literature in earnest (although I have read "A Christmas Carol" every year in December for many years.) Now, I'm really delving into the period's literature. I started "Wuthering Heights," but I wasn't really getting into it. Instead, I picked up "Jane Eyre," and thus far, I love it and am moving through it at a good pace. I also found your wonderful channel, and as you can tell, am going through your videos on Victorian literature. I appreciate content like yours very much; keep it up!
I love this channel! Because of you I might even read some Dickens. By the way your face looks like it came right out of a 19th century portrait - dark, piercing eyes and lovely skin!
Thanks for putting in the funny part at the end I loved it! I'm looking forward to trying some of these books. Agnes Grey and North and South in particular.
I am 13 and am almost done with Jane Eyre and though it technically is not my first Victorian novel but, it is making me more into Victorian literature. I read Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice and hated the former and loved the latter. Thank you for making me more dedicated. After I finish Jane Eyre because of your videos I am going to start with North and South.
"The best place to start with Victorian literature? At the end." Made me laugh! Loved this video so much and now my plan is that if I end up loving the Woodlanders reading Desperate Remedies after that. I keep hearing so many people rave about The Picture of Dorian Gray - it sounds so entertaining! Now you've made David Copperfield sound so wonderful - so many Dickens that I have to get to! You DEFINITELY must get to Sylvia's Lovers!! So much atmosphere and symbolism and so so good! And also so different from her other books. Victober is rocking my world!
I'm so glad you made this video!! Hopefully some Victorian Lit newbies will feel the love with these picks. I'm hoping to get the Richard Armitage-narrated David Copperfield audiobook for Christmas :D
I love Victorian lit and started with Dickens and Scott (though he predates the Victorians) A book that I love and which is a modern fantasy, though set in the late Regency Era, is Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel by Suzanna Clark.It reads very much like an Austen and Dickens novel, I highly recommend it, however, if you're not in fantasy, take a pass......
I hear such such good things about Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel. I think I'd really like it (magic and the Victorians, sounds wonderful), but haven't got round to it yet!
I think Lucy's super busy with novel stuff :) And yes, this video is quite old now! Villette is great, but the French language is quite tricky! Your Villette video is sitting in my very long watch later playlist. I love Rachel Ray, it's a great Anthony Trollope, but Dickens is always going to be my favourite :) I hope you like Jane Eyre!
No Sherlock Holmes? D: THE most accessible Victorian hero! I would have exchanged DC with GE, much shorter and (perhaps) a bit more accessible. And the DR collection chapter in the middle is brilliant! (don't you wanna know about diamonds and rubies and paintings and flowers? :D) Nick is right, the novels during the final years of the cessation of the Victorian period are rather easy to get into. But where's Dracula? >:) That's a very accessible novel too. Did you film this in the wardrobe?
Ah, I've only read one Sherlock Holmes so don't have much to say on those books. No, I did not film this in a wardrobe. Why would I keep books in a wardrobe?! I just filmed it by the door to the room.
I haven't gotten around to reading North and South, which I feel guilty about LoL, but I have seen the mini series I agree that its better than Pride and Prejudice.
Thanks for the sugestions. I got Wuthering heights and Jane Eyre here, was thinking of reading WH first, but i'll just go with Jane. I guess the first(and only) victorian book I have read is Pride and Prejudice. It was okay. Kinda felt real slow, I didn't seem like any thing intresting happend until half way throuh the book(wich as about 180pg in the edition I read), which gave a sort of, wow, she took up half a book just to set up mildy intresting plot, and from their it just plateaued feel. I sort of got the sensation that P&P would be good to read if I were to be in a situation where I just needed something easy and simple to read, nothing that would force me to think, don't know if vic.lit. is like that in general but that is the idea that has stuck in my head, although I did read it in portuguese, since that was what was at hand, so I do assume that lessend the experience abit.
I hope you enjoy Jane Eyre :) Pride and Prejudice is pre-Victorian (1813), and for me Victorian literature (i.e., 1837-1901) tends to be a bit more pacy and plot-driven than earlier works like Austen. Jane Eyre is certainly a more dramatic read.
Should I conclude from this that Victorians were by-'n-large fiction readers, 'cept for folks like this Ruskin? Or is it that the topic has little interest to those who upload info to the internet?
I think it's partly the latter (and the fact it's hard to find online; any searches for Victorian non-fiction take you to sites about the best modern non-fiction ABOUT the Victorians, not the best actually Victorian non-fiction) and the fact that more essays and short non-fiction in literary magazines were read than non-fiction inbook form.
I find it quite interesting that you do not choose anything by Austen, especially since most other BookTubers at least recommend Pride and Prejudice. I look forward to reading the ones you listed, however. I've actually obtained The Moonstone by Collins, which I will read soon.
Hi! That's because Jane Austen is pre-Victorian - she died in 1818 and the Victorian period is 1837-1901. I love Jane Austen and highly recommend her in terms of 19th century literature, but she is not Victorian. I hope you enjoy the Moonstone :)
Books and Things Oh right! I forgot she wrote before the Victorian era! I'm sure it will be a delightful and engaging read and I look forward to it. Thank you!
Books and Things Aren't there books that were written after 1901 that are written in the style of Victorian Literature? I've read 5 Henry James novels and he was obviously influenced by Victorian Literature.
i started with Jane Eyre!
Thanks for this helpful video. I actually started with pride and prejudice and great expectations. I wanted to read all Austen novels, but I was taken by dickens and now I want to read all of his novels. Till now I have read 7 I believe. Currently I am reading north and south, and i am enjoying it so much.
I'm so glad you're enjoying North and South. I hope you enjoy the rest of Dickens.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is by fat the quickest classic I've ever read. Super easy to get into and through and an absolute favourite
It really is great.
@@katiejlumsden also, did I really just type "by fat" omg😂😂😂
i love your small book editions of those famous titles!
I love the Collector's Library editions too. I'm so sad they've changed the design now!
I did Jane Eyre for my O level, but being a 15-year-old boy I hated it. The first Victorian classic I read was The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad when I was 30 odd, then I read a couple of other Conrads until I got fed up with him killing off his heroes. A bit later I read Pride & Prejudice in an attempt to understand women better, and was surprised to find it more readable than I anticipated. I found Dickens rather stodgy at school but I decided to give Great Expectations a go in 2012 when he turned 200. Great Expectations is still the best classic I have read, and what got me into reading classics.
I'm glad you like Great Expectations. I really must read The Secret Agent some time.
I have Jane Eyre, Shirley, professor and Vilette by Charlotte Bronte!!!
All great books.
@@katiejlumsden Thanks, have you read them all??
I have!
I'm just discovering the wonderful world of Victorian literature in earnest (although I have read "A Christmas Carol" every year in December for many years.) Now, I'm really delving into the period's literature. I started "Wuthering Heights," but I wasn't really getting into it. Instead, I picked up "Jane Eyre," and thus far, I love it and am moving through it at a good pace. I also found your wonderful channel, and as you can tell, am going through your videos on Victorian literature. I appreciate content like yours very much; keep it up!
This was so very helpful! I actually bought two Charles Dickens books recently and can't wait to get into them!
Great! I hope you enjoy them :)
Nick is HILARIOUS! 🤣👍
Currently reading David Copperfield and it's quickly becoming one of my favourite books!
Great! I love it so much.
I love this channel! Because of you I might even read some Dickens. By the way your face looks like it came right out of a 19th century portrait - dark, piercing eyes and lovely skin!
Ha thank you - I highly recommend some Dickens!
Thanks for putting in the funny part at the end I loved it! I'm looking forward to trying some of these books. Agnes Grey and North and South in particular.
Thanks! I hope you enjoy them - North and South especially is a wonderful book,
A Thankyou Katie, I started as you did with Jane eyre and I've read it three times and so love it!
It's such a great book!
Thanks Katie! Always enjoy your recommendations, and your thoughts on them.
Thank you :)
I am 13 and am almost done with Jane Eyre and though it technically is not my first Victorian novel but, it is making me more into Victorian literature. I read Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice and hated the former and loved the latter. Thank you for making me more dedicated. After I finish Jane Eyre because of your videos I am going to start with North and South.
I hope you enjoy North and South :)
Wonderful information, Thankyou so much. I started with Jane Eyre!
Thanks very much :)
"The best place to start with Victorian literature? At the end." Made me laugh!
Loved this video so much and now my plan is that if I end up loving the Woodlanders reading Desperate Remedies after that.
I keep hearing so many people rave about The Picture of Dorian Gray - it sounds so entertaining! Now you've made David Copperfield sound so wonderful - so many Dickens that I have to get to!
You DEFINITELY must get to Sylvia's Lovers!! So much atmosphere and symbolism and so so good! And also so different from her other books. Victober is rocking my world!
You must read Dorian Gray, and David Copperfield too! I really need to read Sylvia's Lovers soon!
I'm so glad you made this video!! Hopefully some Victorian Lit newbies will feel the love with these picks. I'm hoping to get the Richard Armitage-narrated David Copperfield audiobook for Christmas :D
You should. It's a beautiful audiobook.
Do you know if Dickens and Willie Collins collaborated on theatrical works?
I also started with Jane Eyre and to this day it is still my favorite
It is such a great book.
I love Victorian lit and started with Dickens and Scott (though he predates the Victorians) A book that I love and which is a modern fantasy, though set in the late Regency Era, is Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel by Suzanna Clark.It reads very much like an Austen and Dickens novel, I highly recommend it, however, if you're not in fantasy, take a pass......
I hear such such good things about Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel. I think I'd really like it (magic and the Victorians, sounds wonderful), but haven't got round to it yet!
It took her 10 years to write and it is very well crafted.....not quite Victorian, but it is a joy to read......English Magic!
This is almost two years in the past: We find ourselves in the 1st wk of Victober and thx to you and LucytheReader's vids
I think Lucy's super busy with novel stuff :) And yes, this video is quite old now! Villette is great, but the French language is quite tricky! Your Villette video is sitting in my very long watch later playlist. I love Rachel Ray, it's a great Anthony Trollope, but Dickens is always going to be my favourite :) I hope you like Jane Eyre!
No Sherlock Holmes? D: THE most accessible Victorian hero!
I would have exchanged DC with GE, much shorter and (perhaps) a bit more accessible.
And the DR collection chapter in the middle is brilliant! (don't you wanna know about diamonds and rubies and paintings and flowers? :D) Nick is right, the novels during the final years of the cessation of the Victorian period are rather easy to get into.
But where's Dracula? >:) That's a very accessible novel too.
Did you film this in the wardrobe?
Ah, I've only read one Sherlock Holmes so don't have much to say on those books.
No, I did not film this in a wardrobe. Why would I keep books in a wardrobe?! I just filmed it by the door to the room.
I don't know. Trying to find Narnia maybe??
I haven't gotten around to reading North and South, which I feel guilty about LoL, but I have seen the mini series I agree that its better than Pride and Prejudice.
I highly recommend reading it :)
Thanks for the sugestions. I got Wuthering heights and Jane Eyre here, was thinking of reading WH first, but i'll just go with Jane.
I guess the first(and only) victorian book I have read is Pride and Prejudice. It was okay. Kinda felt real slow, I didn't seem like any thing intresting happend until half way throuh the book(wich as about 180pg in the edition I read), which gave a sort of, wow, she took up half a book just to set up mildy intresting plot, and from their it just plateaued feel. I sort of got the sensation that P&P would be good to read if I were to be in a situation where I just needed something easy and simple to read, nothing that would force me to think, don't know if vic.lit. is like that in general but that is the idea that has stuck in my head, although I did read it in portuguese, since that was what was at hand, so I do assume that lessend the experience abit.
I hope you enjoy Jane Eyre :)
Pride and Prejudice is pre-Victorian (1813), and for me Victorian literature (i.e., 1837-1901) tends to be a bit more pacy and plot-driven than earlier works like Austen. Jane Eyre is certainly a more dramatic read.
Thanks a lot for the suggestions.
Thanks :)
Read Trilby by George Du Maurier
What do you think of The Woman in White?
How about "Oliver Twist"? I think for a good and smooth start it's kind of easier than "David Copperfield".
Love this video!!
Wow, I also started with Jane Eyre when I was 13.
It's a good age!
What were the best-selling non-fiction works of the Vic. period? Just wondering.
I'm not sure, and can't find it anywhere. Ruskin was probably one of the bestsellers.
Should I conclude from this that Victorians were by-'n-large fiction readers, 'cept for folks like this Ruskin? Or is it that the topic has little interest to those who upload info to the internet?
I think it's partly the latter (and the fact it's hard to find online; any searches for Victorian non-fiction take you to sites about the best modern non-fiction ABOUT the Victorians, not the best actually Victorian non-fiction) and the fact that more essays and short non-fiction in literary magazines were read than non-fiction inbook form.
I’ve done Jekyll and Hyde and now I’m on Dorian grey
I hope you enjoy it :)
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what editions are those? they're gorgeous.
They're called the Collector's Library editions - although sadly since Pan Macmillan acquired them, they've been slightly redesigned!
I find it quite interesting that you do not choose anything by Austen, especially since most other BookTubers at least recommend Pride and Prejudice. I look forward to reading the ones you listed, however. I've actually obtained The Moonstone by Collins, which I will read soon.
Hi! That's because Jane Austen is pre-Victorian - she died in 1818 and the Victorian period is 1837-1901. I love Jane Austen and highly recommend her in terms of 19th century literature, but she is not Victorian. I hope you enjoy the Moonstone :)
Books and Things Oh right! I forgot she wrote before the Victorian era! I'm sure it will be a delightful and engaging read and I look forward to it. Thank you!
Books and Things Aren't there books that were written after 1901 that are written in the style of Victorian Literature? I've read 5 Henry James novels and he was obviously influenced by Victorian Literature.
I love you. That's all, bye! :*