Works mentioned: - Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights - Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre - Anne Brontë: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (+ Juliet Barker: The Brontës) - Charles Dickens: David Copperfield, Bleak House - William Makepeace Thackeray: Vanity Fair - George Eliot: Middlemarch
That puppy is adorable. And Steve...I love these western canon videos, and must concur with your other viewers. Please do an expanded, non-fiction version at some point.
Steve as much as I love your videos, this little pumpkin of a puppy just stole the show lol. The biting of your nose was priceless and it was hard for me not to think of that and laugh as the video continued. I will have to go back and watch it a second time, for the books lol.
It's so nice to discover that BookTube isn't inhabited entirely by 20-somethings, as much as I enjoy seeing them discover these books I've loved for decades. I love your description of Middlemarch, which I have taken out and either read or read parts of every couple of years (at least) for the past 50 years, though I never thought of it as narrated by God and God is a woman, but that's perfect. I love the idea of calling the puppy Victoria, by the way, that someone suggested in the comments.
You have got to be kidding me. I accidentally just stumbled upon baby Frieda! Oh, my heart. I've only ever known your videos to have Frieda. It's hard to imagine a time when she wasn't there. :')
Thanks so much Steve for a great list! I've read some of them and will pick up the ones I haven't! I think you mentioned the cuteness factor for your new addition, hard to tell, you're both adorable! I'm so happy you have a new addition to your family. She'll keep you busy for sure!
I think I could listen to you chat about the Victorian era for hours upon hours. The puppy is adorable and made me genuinely smile at the happiness she brings you. Congratulations on being adopted :)
Congratulations on the new addition to your family. She is so cute, and just what you need to keep you young! I think Malin's grudging tolerance is definitely a good start.
I seriously love this series of a starter kit! I'd really love to see extended 'must-read' lists of books from the Victorians/19th century, also outside the English/American lit. At least I know a few books I'll be reading in October now.
You made my day! I was torn between who was the more adorable! As far the Victoran era of literature...don't stop. Please do continue with not just our English friends of whom frankly one hears plenty or the eminent American novelist of the period but, please I would like to hear your recommendations of the worthy French, German, Italian, etc. novelists of the 19th century as well. The many jewels I have lovingly added to my library are there on your good recommendation. Thank you!
🐶❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️. What an adorable little face! She does love your nose! Well, for this starter kit I'm already off to a good start. I've read all of the Bronte novels mentioned. I've read two books by Dickens, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, both of which I really liked. I do want to read more by him, so I will continue with the ones you mentioned.
I'm so glad you're doing this before Victober, because I was a little lost in terms of what to read. I think Middlemarch might be my pick. Your nose-biting puppy is adorable!
You already know that puppy is about the most adorable thing ever. I hope she continues to settle in well. It will be lovely to watch her grow. I'm not a great reader of the classics (although I always mean to read more of them), but I have read most of the Brontes, including your three suggestions. I really want to read Dickens but so far have only read A Christmas Carol, and half of Bleak House (twice, sadly the first half both times). I found Bleak House enchanting, and still think it is the best book I've half read, twice. I have a beautiful edition waiting for me for when work consumes less of my time, which is not for a decade or more. I've never even attempted Middlemarch, but will some time- see previous sentence.
Nice addition Steve! She's so cute. I was brought up with most of the novels you mention and remember visiting the Bronte Sisters house while on a caravanning holiday in my youth. Still haven't attempted Middlemarch!
Did you do a Victorian American Starter kit? This one is titled Part 1, but I couldn’t find Part 2. I love the Starter kits! Some periods, like the Romans, shh!, are not my favorites, but I want to have a base of education of them. Thanks for helping.
Victorian era - brilliance and the giant leap in advancement of everything. Please recommend a few books that provide a survey of the era. This would help me as I read the novelists of the era.
Hey ID, say Steve wanted me to touch base with you and see how the literature reading list was going? Did Steve still need to scribble out a few doosies or are you good, thanks peckerhead?
@@jimmytouchdown7146 Well, literally three years after my comment, I'm reading a bunch of Presidential Biographies. I'm hoping that will be satisfactory haha
Nice! I can pass that info off to Steve and put you down as a happy camper. Steve will soon be selling his eyebrows, thus a public offering soon! The eyebrows will be available 'on-a-per-hair-basis' and most happy campers a lining up. Thanks ID AND GOOD LUCK
Good call on the Dickens. Have yet to read Anne Bronte, and to tackle Middlemarch. I did give it a try when I was maybe 14, but it was too much for me at the time I think. As for Vanity Fair, well, I got to almost 100 pages and that was it, but I definitely want to give it another shot
Congrats Steve. What a sweet bundle of cuteness. I am in the process of adopting an older dog of myself. I hope that I find a friend half as lovable. Anyway, wonderful video (as usual). I am glad to add these books to my "Must Read" list. Thanks for doing this series, and congrats again on the new friend.
Your puppy is so cute! I just love her. Excited that your doing the Victorian Era. I love both literature and general history from this period. I might start on Vanity fair for this starter kit
I've been loving this series, Steve, and am so glad this installment came in time for Victober. I was already hoping to get to Middlemarch by the end of the year, and you've just made me even more eager to dive into it. Thanks as always for another great video, and congrats on the furry new addition to your family. :)
Aww Steve, I love dogs, but my husband grew up with schnauzers and I gave him an ultimatum, it was either me or a schnauzer. He caved and agreed to stay married to me and picked another breed. Those cuties will chase anything that moves and bark non-stop. Hope you have a tight leash and ear plugs handy.
You or the schnauzer! Oh my! Hah! Well, I'll have to hope for the best - I don't walk my dogs off-leash, and it's always been my policy with my dogs that there be no pointless barking - if they want to TELL me something (or you're startled, or momentarily overjoyed) fine, but no pointless noise.
Congradulations on your new family member, and I think you'll find that animals learn to co-exist much better than humans do, but you already know that. The Victorian era was a golden time for literature that I don't think we shall ever see the likes of again. David Copperfield was Dickens favorite novel and most autobiographical. Middlemarch in my opinion is one of the best books ever written, thanks Steve for a great list.
When I finished reading Middlemarch a few years ago, I was desperate to discuss it with anyone... But I had no one and I felt so alone with all I wanted to discuss. Anyways, now I have BookTubers to converse with, thankfully
Let's hope your nose will still be there by the end of the Western canon series! She's going to be a lovely pest. Thanks for the video Steve, couldn't wait for the Victorians.
The Victorian era is one of my favorites. I know a lot of people don't like Dickens but I've read numerous of his books and loved them all! As for the Bronte sisters, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights stand alone in their uniqueness. Great works of art. I much prefer Victorian literature to some of the political and social inadequacies passing as literature today.
I think the name Paige would be a wonderful and bookish name for that little princess! What do you think? I hope Malin continues to accept her. We want all fur babies to be happy!! 😊
Howdy Enchanted, yup Steve wanted me to check on your status for the "non-fiction western canon starter kit" and drunk commentary? Also, Steve will be selling Eyebrow Hairs (individual strands) to cover the cost of replying to RUclips comments and you appear to be sucking up alot of space. You ready to bid on the brows?
The little one is adorable (and probably a pain at night 😉). As for books: not a fan of Dickens either (Hardy also not so much...), "Tennant..." main female character was insufferable for me, I like "Wuthering Heights", love "Vanity Fair" and I'm one of those that "Middlemarch" left in awe and speachless. Those times that are in UK called Victorian really were explosion of creativity in many other places, I know so many fantastic non-english books written in this time, also in polish.
What do you mean: "She doesn't have a name"?:) I know it pleases her to chew on your nose but we kind of like it the way it is. Don't let her spoil it for us:)
Several years back, a poll was done of Oxford grad students. They voted Middlemarch the dullest classic of all time. I believe Moby Dick came in second.
Forget those boring British authors and read Stendhal's The Red and the Black, Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (or The Brothers Karamazov) and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina instead.
I like this...but I think you might restrict Dickens to one novel and give Eliot two, the other being Daniel Deronda... the first half of it. I can never forget the astonishing scene where the woman, Gwendolen, watches her (psychopathic?) husband drowning and hesitates to throw him a rope. That scene alone is worth all of D*****s. (this last is hyperbolic, I guess)
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Works mentioned:
- Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights
- Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre
- Anne Brontë: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
(+ Juliet Barker: The Brontës)
- Charles Dickens: David Copperfield, Bleak House
- William Makepeace Thackeray: Vanity Fair
- George Eliot: Middlemarch
Thanks for allowing me not to have to sit through this.
Whoah some of my favourites and holding significance for my life experiences especially The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
David Copperfield😩👎🥵
What a sweet puppy. Hopefully the dogs continue to coexist peacefully.
That puppy is adorable. And Steve...I love these western canon videos, and must concur with your other viewers. Please do an expanded, non-fiction version at some point.
I am soooo happy to be seeing this old video and meeting Frieda for the first time! She has grown so much already.
You had me at "you have to read Wuthering Heights".
She is precious! They always finds their way to you when the time is right.
Steve as much as I love your videos, this little pumpkin of a puppy just stole the show lol. The biting of your nose was priceless and it was hard for me not to think of that and laugh as the video continued. I will have to go back and watch it a second time, for the books lol.
I'm so glad this series exists! I'm using it to create my 2023 reading list ^^
It's so nice to discover that BookTube isn't inhabited entirely by 20-somethings, as much as I enjoy seeing them discover these books I've loved for decades. I love your description of Middlemarch, which I have taken out and either read or read parts of every couple of years (at least) for the past 50 years, though I never thought of it as narrated by God and God is a woman, but that's perfect. I love the idea of calling the puppy Victoria, by the way, that someone suggested in the comments.
You have got to be kidding me. I accidentally just stumbled upon baby Frieda! Oh, my heart. I've only ever known your videos to have Frieda. It's hard to imagine a time when she wasn't there. :')
Thanks so much Steve for a great list! I've read some of them and will pick up the ones I haven't! I think you mentioned the cuteness factor for your new addition, hard to tell, you're both adorable! I'm so happy you have a new addition to your family. She'll keep you busy for sure!
I think I could listen to you chat about the Victorian era for hours upon hours. The puppy is adorable and made me genuinely smile at the happiness she brings you. Congratulations on being adopted :)
Congratulations on the new addition to your family. She is so cute, and just what you need to keep you young! I think Malin's grudging tolerance is definitely a good start.
I seriously love this series of a starter kit! I'd really love to see extended 'must-read' lists of books from the Victorians/19th century, also outside the English/American lit. At least I know a few books I'll be reading in October now.
Miniature Schnauzers are just the best dogs. They are very intelligent.
I'm not a dog person, but I'll admit when you held that little puppy up I said, awww. Adorable. I've been waiting for you to get to the Victorian era.
You made my day! I was torn between who was the more adorable!
As far the Victoran era of literature...don't stop. Please do continue with not just our English friends of whom frankly one hears plenty or the eminent American novelist of the period but, please I would like to hear your recommendations of the worthy French, German, Italian, etc. novelists of the 19th century as well. The many jewels I have lovingly added to my library are there on your good recommendation.
Thank you!
🐶❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️. What an adorable little face! She does love your nose! Well, for this starter kit I'm already off to a good start. I've read all of the Bronte novels mentioned. I've read two books by Dickens, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, both of which I really liked. I do want to read more by him, so I will continue with the ones you mentioned.
I'm so glad you're doing this before Victober, because I was a little lost in terms of what to read. I think Middlemarch might be my pick.
Your nose-biting puppy is adorable!
You already know that puppy is about the most adorable thing ever. I hope she continues to settle in well. It will be lovely to watch her grow. I'm not a great reader of the classics (although I always mean to read more of them), but I have read most of the Brontes, including your three suggestions. I really want to read Dickens but so far have only read A Christmas Carol, and half of Bleak House (twice, sadly the first half both times). I found Bleak House enchanting, and still think it is the best book I've half read, twice. I have a beautiful edition waiting for me for when work consumes less of my time, which is not for a decade or more. I've never even attempted Middlemarch, but will some time- see previous sentence.
The puppy is super cute! I hope both dogs continue to get along. Also I'm really enjoying your Western Canon Starter Kit Series.
Nice addition Steve! She's so cute. I was brought up with most of the novels you mention and remember visiting the Bronte Sisters house while on a caravanning holiday in my youth. Still haven't attempted Middlemarch!
I love these Western Canon Starter Kit videos. Hopefully I will get through all of the works you have mentioned.
Juliet barker's biography of the brontes is a masterwork in itself. Then again it would have to be to live up to the books remarkable subjects.
Did you do a Victorian American Starter kit? This one is titled Part 1, but I couldn’t find Part 2. I love the Starter kits! Some periods, like the Romans, shh!, are not my favorites, but I want to have a base of education of them. Thanks for helping.
The only one I haven't read yet is Middlemarch, but that is on my tbr. Moving up on the pile.Nice Video and cute puppies.
Victorian era - brilliance and the giant leap in advancement of everything. Please recommend a few books that provide a survey of the era. This would help me as I read the novelists of the era.
Once you've done the western canon starter kit. Could you do an American Literature reading list or something? I love these videos.
Hey ID, say Steve wanted me to touch base with you and see how the literature reading list was going? Did Steve still need to scribble out a few doosies or are you good, thanks peckerhead?
@@jimmytouchdown7146 Well, literally three years after my comment, I'm reading a bunch of Presidential Biographies. I'm hoping that will be satisfactory haha
Nice! I can pass that info off to Steve and put you down as a happy camper. Steve will soon be selling his eyebrows, thus a public offering soon! The eyebrows will be available 'on-a-per-hair-basis' and most happy campers a lining up. Thanks ID AND GOOD LUCK
Yay! You said you're committed, that's all I needed to hear! 😊 I hope sweet Malin will continue to tolerate her.
Good call on the Dickens. Have yet to read Anne Bronte, and to tackle Middlemarch. I did give it a try when I was maybe 14, but it was too much for me at the time I think. As for Vanity Fair, well, I got to almost 100 pages and that was it, but I definitely want to give it another shot
Congrats Steve. What a sweet bundle of cuteness.
I am in the process of adopting an older dog of myself. I hope that I find a friend half as lovable.
Anyway, wonderful video (as usual). I am glad to add these books to my "Must Read" list.
Thanks for doing this series, and congrats again on the new friend.
Your puppy is so cute! I just love her. Excited that your doing the Victorian Era. I love both literature and general history from this period. I might start on Vanity fair for this starter kit
Yay! She's such a sweet puppy! It'll work out. You're Steve the Dog Whisperer of Boston!
I've been loving this series, Steve, and am so glad this installment came in time for Victober. I was already hoping to get to Middlemarch by the end of the year, and you've just made me even more eager to dive into it. Thanks as always for another great video, and congrats on the furry new addition to your family. :)
I too found Dickens difficult. I would consider Great Expectations and Oliver Twist much more essential.
Aww Steve, I love dogs, but my husband grew up with schnauzers and I gave him an ultimatum, it was either me or a schnauzer. He caved and agreed to stay married to me and picked another breed. Those cuties will chase anything that moves and bark non-stop. Hope you have a tight leash and ear plugs handy.
You or the schnauzer! Oh my! Hah! Well, I'll have to hope for the best - I don't walk my dogs off-leash, and it's always been my policy with my dogs that there be no pointless barking - if they want to TELL me something (or you're startled, or momentarily overjoyed) fine, but no pointless noise.
Pip ! You must call her Pip. I've been wanting a dog . Mine passed away two years ago and I think I am ready again. But anyway she looks like a Pip.
Yes to another Western Canon series!!
Congradulations on your new family member, and I think you'll find that animals learn to co-exist much better than humans do, but you already know that. The Victorian era was a golden time for literature that I don't think we shall ever see the likes of again. David Copperfield was Dickens favorite novel and most autobiographical. Middlemarch in my opinion is one of the best books ever written, thanks Steve for a great list.
When I finished reading Middlemarch a few years ago, I was desperate to discuss it with anyone... But I had no one and I felt so alone with all I wanted to discuss. Anyways, now I have BookTubers to converse with, thankfully
I'm in love!! 😍🐶
She is so cute, she needs a literary name.
Let's hope your nose will still be there by the end of the Western canon series! She's going to be a lovely pest. Thanks for the video Steve, couldn't wait for the Victorians.
The Victorian era is one of my favorites. I know a lot of people don't like Dickens but I've read numerous of his books and loved them all! As for the Bronte sisters, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights stand alone in their uniqueness. Great works of art. I much prefer Victorian literature to some of the political and social inadequacies passing as literature today.
I couldn't agree with you more.
The puppy knows.
I think the name Paige would be a wonderful and bookish name for that little princess! What do you think? I hope Malin continues to accept her. We want all fur babies to be happy!! 😊
Bless Frieda 💚🐾
I can't wait for the Non-fiction Western Canon Starter Kit! Hint hint. ;-)
Howdy Enchanted, yup Steve wanted me to check on your status for the "non-fiction western canon starter kit" and drunk commentary? Also, Steve will be selling Eyebrow Hairs (individual strands) to cover the cost of replying to RUclips comments and you appear to be sucking up alot of space. You ready to bid on the brows?
What a sweetie, what a sweet bundle of love ❤️!
Puppy!!!!!!!!!!💕😄💗
The lovely Frida❤️
Any spot for Jane Austen in the starter kit?
I know. I meant that the Romantic Period in which she, Mary Shelley and Sir Walter Scott wrote was skipped over.
Where's her mummy 🐺... Or brother and sisters?🐺🐺
You didn't mention music. Gotta go a bit earlier because of Beethoven. Or are you limiting to England?
I understand Jane Austen is not Victorian but in the way you have divided up the western canon you have cut her out. INEXCUSABLE.
The little one is adorable (and probably a pain at night 😉).
As for books: not a fan of Dickens either (Hardy also not so much...), "Tennant..." main female character was insufferable for me, I like "Wuthering Heights", love "Vanity Fair" and I'm one of those that "Middlemarch" left in awe and speachless.
Those times that are in UK called Victorian really were explosion of creativity in many other places, I know so many fantastic non-english books written in this time, also in polish.
Love your cute nose-nibbler!
What do you mean: "She doesn't have a name"?:) I know it pleases her to chew on your nose but we kind of like it the way it is. Don't let her spoil it for us:)
Several years back, a poll was done of Oxford grad students. They voted Middlemarch the dullest classic of all time. I believe Moby Dick came in second.
Forget those boring British authors and read Stendhal's The Red and the Black, Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (or The Brothers Karamazov) and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina instead.
Awwwwww... No name 😕
I think you should of went to Russia
Ooo no no no hi
Steve you only spent nine out of 19 minutes talking about Victorian authors.
"... narrated by God. And God is a woman." 🤡
I like this...but I think you might restrict Dickens to one novel and give Eliot two, the other being Daniel Deronda... the first half of it. I can never forget the astonishing scene where the woman, Gwendolen, watches her (psychopathic?) husband drowning and hesitates to throw him a rope. That scene alone is worth all of D*****s. (this last is hyperbolic, I guess)