WHY READ SYBIL by Benjamin Disraeli?
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli is perhaps the best known of Disraeli's classic novels. But why read it?
This is the first video in a series on classic literature called "Why Read ...?" There are no spoilers in these videos but give a classic book synopsis and reasons for taking the time to read a particular classic book.
Classic literature or classic books are often noteworthy for the importance of their message or ideas. In Sybil, Benjamin Disraeli explores the nature of the tragic situation of the poor and common working man in 1830's Britain. Supposedly a love story, Sybil is important as a classic book because of the permanence of its political critique of the differences in society.
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - first of the series
1:07 - overview
8:24 - WHY READ IT?
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Welcome to the first video in the WHY READ series where we take an overview of a work of classic literature spoiler free. I will give you the reasons why I think this book is amongst the books which everyone should read. Have you read Sybil? Leave a comment below.
Just finished this book from your patreon list. What an exquisitely crafted piece of literature. Thank you for the recommendation. 🙏
Thank you 😊. I've just started reading the book with a friend. Your video has inspired me to continue, as I've found the first couple of chapters rather heavy going! Onwards and upwards ...
Such a good post. Thank youso much
Thank you for the video! I have not heard of this author. Looking forward to this new series!
Hi Chris, I hope that you enjoy it! Looking forwards to making it.😀👍
I was 15 when I watched the tv miniseries with Ian McShane about BD. I’m still a fan. But I never read anything by him.
Oh that sounds very interesting. I shall have to look out that series. Thank you.
Thank You, most interesting...
wonderful video, thank you, I'll give it a go for sure :)
I hope that you enjoy it 😀
Thank you. I will check this book out.
I have never heard of this author and I am intrigued by this novel. The first quote reminded me of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. In North and South the main themes are poverty and exploitation.
I added it to my classics I want to read.
Thanks so much for sharing this classic, looking forward to the In depth video.
Hiya Charmaine, hope you are well. North and South really does run on the same lines. The difference is that Gaskell is by far the superior storyteller and handles relationships infinitely better than Disraeli.😀❤
Disraeli's portrayal of the plight of the labourers is, in my opinion, more visceral and comes from the point of making a political statement.
May I ask you Charmaine; did I make it clear enough in the video that, as a story this was not the best but as a work of importance it is very much worth reading?
Thanks as always.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Hi Tristan, yes, you were clear about the story not being the best. Even though I don't like books with heavy political statement, I am intrigued by what you said that even though it was written more than hundred years ago, the political issues are still relevant nowadays.
Even though, I read for escapism I also love reading to learn. 😊
I guess I unconsciously absorbed Hazlitt’s point of view; always thought Disraeli was taking advantage of his fame to branch out into literature.
But this is at least the second discussion I’ve come across that praises his depiction of poverty and the class struggle. It looks like this will come up in September for me.
Thanks for another great video, Tristan.
ETA There’s a great line from an old American song: I owe my soul to the company store.
Well what can I say Gail? I knew you were a great mind on literature. It's good to know that Hazlitt is keeping up with you😀
Pleased that it came across that the novel itself is not necessarily the best but that its message was significant enough to demand a reading.❤❤❤
I'm looking forward to your planned series. I already know I'm going to enjoy them.
As for Sybil, I haven't read it but a human story with a focus on political culture sounds right up my alley. Great copy IMO too. None of that bland cover business and a glorious "page flop" that doesn't fight me to read it. I'll definitely be searching out a copy to read.
Thank you for the informative promotion of this book.
Hi Nicole, you must take some of the credit as you gave me the advice for showing off the book. As for the novel itself, I hope I made it clear that it isn't necessarily the best but its impact and historic value are very high and hence why I termed it a book that should be read. Did I make that clear enough?
I can't take credit for you doing all the work to show me what I like to see :). Thank you, and it is the historical value that interests me towards reading the book more than the depth of characters. You did make it clear where the story fails. I'm ok with that. It is the author's political ideas I feel I want to explore.
It's drawing me to read it and find out if it provides me with some interesting insight when I do. If it starts to bore me, or makes me despair of reading it, I can always put it down and pick up a different book. But I don't find there are many books I regret reading.
Btw.. I read a few of the books from your last haul video, meaning I've read nearly all of them now. I really enjoyed A Month in the Country. It is a sweet little read. I also managed to pick up some Maugham novels cheap so I have no excuse not to read that one now lol.
Thanks, I've just downloaded it for my Kobo.
This is sitting on my bedside stand as we speak. I was pulled into it specifically for the political stuff that was happening at the time; that and it was one of the time when it seemed as though the 'Jewish' question might be starting to be settled. Yeah wishful thinking. I will be starting this some time this year for certain. Excellent review, thanks
WOW Tristan, bravo!! I am so excited for this new series ☺️ And the passages you read for us were just stunning. Thank you for adding that rich imagery to my day. Have you ever read The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot? A student of mine adores it and recommended it to me, so I've just started it and would love to hear your "Why read it?" insights on that title.
(Also, your video looks AMAZING! May I ask what camera you're using? I'm in the market for an upgrade and your setup is FABulous 🤩🙌)
Awww thanks Shelby, that means a lot. Mill on the Floss is amazing. It has one of the best heroines in literature. I will eventually be getting around to an In Depth video and a Why Read video for this book. So many books!!!
As for my camera setup, I have little idea how to set up correctly. What I am using is the Canon EOS250D (In N America I think it is called the Rebel T3.) Importantly the lens I am using is the 50mm or "nifty fifty." It gives that slightly blurred background effect.
I wish that I understood lenses better because I feel that it is still too close, but nobody seems willing to share all the specifics to get the look they have.
Loving your channel by the way and can't wait to see you hit the 1k subscriber mark. I shall give you a shout out on my next Shakespeare video, which I hope will be soon.😀👍
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 So glad you recommend it! I'll tear through it with more verve now 😜📖 Looking forward to hearing more about it from your engaging, thoughtful perspective.
I can't wait until YOU hit the 1K subscriber mark as well! I am beyond grateful for the future shout out. Would you like me to do a performance of your next Shakespeare speech? You pick whatever monologue you like and I'll post it (and give a shout out to you too!). That way you can feature something that specifically relates to your analysis! Contact me through my website and we can find a time brainstorm if you like 😄 www.shelbylewisofficial.com Always looking for next speech ideas! (And thank you for the camera info! Very helpful.)
sound in your many videos are very low ....kindly make sure your mike and sound is set properly thanks
Great, thank you. Please could you tackle "Vanity Fair"
Hey Stephen, great to hear from you again. Vanity Fair, you say? That is a book I'd like to cover but I will have to buy another copy first. The one I have has print so small i'd need a microscope to read it. But your request is duly noted.
Had a system in the Americas that had to do with how people live that were coal miners sharecroppers etc. a step away from serfdom and feudalism where you could shop at the company store you had your pay but your pay was relatively little and then sharecropping you raised your crop and then split whatever was earned from the crop with the owner at the end of the season the interesting thing about this is is that during the season when you were not receiving an income but waiting on your crap you could shop at the Company store soda speak and the prices were higher of course than anywhere else making it all most impossible for you to work your way out of the mastersMasters the owners those who own the properties dead isn’t it interesting how societies touch one another
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I would say the proviso especially on the politic of a society is that yes politics go forth there’s nothing new under the sun and did things go in a manner from the first transgression and even if you believe in such and I do what has happened is an aggregate of power a consensus of difficulties some people would say evil that must be considered if we consider a pivotal date in mankind time 1914 not so long after the time of just really not even 100 years we see a drastic alteration in global society where the first really global world war comes to be and that is an alterationIn the sense nothing new under the sun for they have always been wars and reports of wars as Jesus said there would be but the kind of wore the impetus of war the power and the life taking that occurred with World War I and World War II only meant that nothing new under the sun and yet what if you came more so than ever before
The idea of women being able to stay at home is a very modern, middle class, first world phenomenon.
There's a guardian article that talks about this.
The majority of women have had no choice but to work, and in the Victorian era and early 20th century children had to work too.
No birth control meant poor families were large and had to be be fed and clothed somehow.
The word "grist" as in 'grist for the mill" it's pronounced like wrist.
I'm surprised you don't know that