I got my degree in history with an emphasis on WWII. I agree that those of us who were not in the military really don't know how the individuals who were in the wars were and are affected by it. I would love a read along on that topic.
Yes, I would love the November read suggestion. It's my favorite time period and I only kew and read "All Quiet On The Western Front" and a beautiful poem I cannot recall, but read decades ago. I just know you know it! Off the WWI subject, I checked your other videos and am now reading "The Old Wives' Tale" by Arnold Bennett. A slow reader who has taken your advice and my progress is amazing! But not 4 books in a month. I enjoy the story of books! ❤❤❤
Yes, I would like you to set up such a readalong in the month of November. Thank you for this . I read GOODBYE TO ALL THAT long ago and found it heart rending.
I can't believe you were reading Woman in White for August. This is my book for this month's reading and I am loving it. I wish you were also active on the app called fable.
Oh I haven't read any of these but the woman in white sounds like a book I'd really enjoy! I also finished a study in scarlet a while back and it was quite enjoyable. 🙂❤📚
I’m currently coming to the end of The Woman in White and I have to say I wasn’t expecting it to be as good as it is. I’ve been glued to this book. I’m looking forward to reading more of his work.
I went to school in the 1970s, and for our O Grade History, we did WWI, the Russian Revolution and Britain 1815-51. For our O Grade English, we did the WWI poets. Our English class read All Quiet On The Western Front, and the other O Grade Class read Goodbye To All That (among other books). It was only when watching Blackadder Goes Forth I realised that English schools might have been teaching the same stuff! 🙂 Of course, if you were a child in the 1970s, almost every adult male you met had served - My dad did his National Service, my Grandas both served in WWII, and there were still plenty of older men who served in the Great War. I only realised that once I was an adult, because here's the thing: None of them talked about it. I've never really trusted those who come back from war and "regale" people with their tales of derring-do. My maternal granda was a POW in Germany for 2 years: he never watched a war film or read a book on the subject once he came home. But he always distinguished between Nazis and the German people. It scarred the whole of society for generations, though it also instilled certain expectations of behaviour and stoicism. I've noticed that, as these things recede from memory to history, war has become "glorious" again.😒 As for how it fitted into working class slums - there's a reason that the same people were cannon fodder and factory fodder. The incipient Edwardian welfare state only came about because the working classes were too sickly to fight in the Boer War.
This was a delightful and thoughtful comment. I thoroughly appreciated how you put things here. War is glorious to those who haven't faced it, I suspect. Ernst Junger seems to see war in a somewhat glories light. I can't remember who said it, but there was a very insightful comment once made about war and society. In essence it said: "The world will only ever know peace when the conscientious objector is held up as the hero for all."
Ok first, thank you for your channel. Definitely my favorite booktube channel. I love the classics and not many channels talk about them as in depth and with the amount of passion that you do. Secondly, I first heard about The Woman in White from you so thank you for that. Lastly and the main point. I’ve finally started The Woman in White less than a week ago and it is one of the best books I’ve ever read and I’m not even finished. I just got to the end of the second epoch and have been absolutely blown away the entire time. I’m very confident that the third epoch will be just as amazing and will solidify this novel as one of my all time favorites along with The Count of Monte Cristo (which you also had a hand in pushing me to read) and Dracula. I’ve got a lot more books that you recommended to get to, so please keep doing what you’re doing. Love it!
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 he really is, but they all are in their own way. Even Frederick Fairlie, the man is insufferable, but I absolutely enjoyed his portion of writing in the story, all worried about creaky shoes. And I don’t know how Wilkie did it, but after Walter had to say goodbye to Laura and then Mr. Gilmore had to say goodbye, I felt that saying goodbye to Laura Fairlie, must be one of the worst experiences there is.
Hey Tristan, can you do a video on your book shelf? I mean not the books but the furniture it self. I have seen most of the Book Shelves sag after few month or years especially made of MDF. Yours seems very aesthetically pleasing and in very good condition and quality, also how do you take care of your books, and in open bookshelves does the dust not accumulate within a few days? Is that not harmful for books? I wish to keep my books for my entire lifespan for the least and thus buying everyman library editions for the books I truly adore, though feel scared of marking or annotating them, though I am thinking of doing it because without annotating I am unable to digest a book as I want to...
I loved reading The woman in white after you recommended it before and wouldn't mind reading it again. November war read sounds good. I have read lots about WW2 so something about WW1 would be interesting. I am still reading War And Peace. I did leave off during the summer so lots left yet. I am near the end of volume 1, part 3. Surprisingly I am enjoying the war part more than I thought I would.
Read The Woman in White long ago, pretty copy. I read Robert Graves I, Claudius, when it was reissued because of the popularity of the television series with Derek Jacobi, which I loved. How does Storm of Steel compare to All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, which was a book that I actually used my own money to buy at a used bookstore in 1966.
World War November sounds interesting. I've read the Graves and Junger. Enjoyed them both. Haven't read Woman in White for whatever reason. Morrison sounds very interesting but I haven't gotten any yet.
Women in White was fun, but I would like to say that it is also a classic and not just easy read. There is a lot you can discover in Collins books. Worth to mention a Moon Stone, another of title of his.
I have read the Woman in White and enjoyed it; also the recent BBC miniseries (2018) was an excellent adaptation. I read the Graves a few years ago; the early parts about his school years were less interesting, but the later parts were well worth reading. Storm of Steel is new to me. I would participate if you had a Great War November. Another book that looks at class in WWI is Rebecca West's The Return of the Soldier. I picked up A Child of the Jago based on your previous video, but haven't read it yet. I plan to pair it with Jacob Riis' piece of journalism (with his ground-breaking photos) called "How the Other Half Lives" (1890). This is a famous non-fiction expose about the terrible conditions on the Lower East Side of NYC. I thought it would be interesting to compare the two "East" sections of two of the largest cities in the world in the 1890s. Was is it about East sides???
The edition of the Morrison book that you show, I’ve had on my potential purchase list since you referenced it a while back. And now I’m really interested in reading it for the Victober challenge. Can you tell me whether the introduction and the notes in that edition are good and worth the purchase? I love those Oxford world classics, but I could read the book just through Project Gutenberg, or another source. But if the notes and introduction add flavor and depth to the text, I’ll definitely go that way.
A person after my own heart, Michael. I do love good notes and intros too. Personally, for this book, I would recommend the Oxfords Worlds Classics edition.
I got my degree in history with an emphasis on WWII. I agree that those of us who were not in the military really don't know how the individuals who were in the wars were and are affected by it. I would love a read along on that topic.
Yes, I would love the November read suggestion. It's my favorite time period and I only kew and read "All Quiet On The Western Front" and a beautiful poem I cannot recall, but read decades ago. I just know you know it! Off the WWI subject, I checked your other videos and am now reading "The Old Wives' Tale" by Arnold Bennett. A slow reader who has taken your advice and my progress is amazing! But not 4 books in a month. I enjoy the story of books! ❤❤❤
Yes, I would like you to set up such a readalong in the month of November. Thank you for this . I read GOODBYE TO ALL THAT long ago and found it heart rending.
It was solemnly painful. Pleased you're up for a November readalong.
World War November sounds like a wonderful idea, Tristan. As always, you’re awesome. Your videos bring me and many others true joy
I can't believe you were reading Woman in White for August. This is my book for this month's reading and I am loving it. I wish you were also active on the app called fable.
I definitely love the idea of a WWI-themed read along, and what better month than November - I’m in! 😁
I'm so glad!
Oh I haven't read any of these but the woman in white sounds like a book I'd really enjoy! I also finished a study in scarlet a while back and it was quite enjoyable. 🙂❤📚
Oh I'm pleased that you enjoyed Study In Scarlet. Woman in Whie is a thoroughly enjoyable read.
I’m currently coming to the end of The Woman in White and I have to say I wasn’t expecting it to be as good as it is. I’ve been glued to this book. I’m looking forward to reading more of his work.
So pleased that you enjoyed it. The Moonstone is a great book if you want more from Collins.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 it’s actually on my shelf waiting to be read
I loved The Woman in White! Definitely want to reread it this month ☺️
It's so good!
I went to school in the 1970s, and for our O Grade History, we did WWI, the Russian Revolution and Britain 1815-51. For our O Grade English, we did the WWI poets. Our English class read All Quiet On The Western Front, and the other O Grade Class read Goodbye To All That (among other books). It was only when watching Blackadder Goes Forth I realised that English schools might have been teaching the same stuff! 🙂
Of course, if you were a child in the 1970s, almost every adult male you met had served - My dad did his National Service, my Grandas both served in WWII, and there were still plenty of older men who served in the Great War. I only realised that once I was an adult, because here's the thing: None of them talked about it. I've never really trusted those who come back from war and "regale" people with their tales of derring-do.
My maternal granda was a POW in Germany for 2 years: he never watched a war film or read a book on the subject once he came home. But he always distinguished between Nazis and the German people.
It scarred the whole of society for generations, though it also instilled certain expectations of behaviour and stoicism.
I've noticed that, as these things recede from memory to history, war has become "glorious" again.😒
As for how it fitted into working class slums - there's a reason that the same people were cannon fodder and factory fodder. The incipient Edwardian welfare state only came about because the working classes were too sickly to fight in the Boer War.
This was a delightful and thoughtful comment. I thoroughly appreciated how you put things here.
War is glorious to those who haven't faced it, I suspect. Ernst Junger seems to see war in a somewhat glories light.
I can't remember who said it, but there was a very insightful comment once made about war and society. In essence it said:
"The world will only ever know peace when the conscientious objector is held up as the hero for all."
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Thank you
The Woman in White, thanks to you, is probably one of the classics that I’m most excited to read soon.
Really hope you enjoy it, David
. Let me know your thoughts.
Ok first, thank you for your channel. Definitely my favorite booktube channel. I love the classics and not many channels talk about them as in depth and with the amount of passion that you do. Secondly, I first heard about The Woman in White from you so thank you for that. Lastly and the main point. I’ve finally started The Woman in White less than a week ago and it is one of the best books I’ve ever read and I’m not even finished. I just got to the end of the second epoch and have been absolutely blown away the entire time. I’m very confident that the third epoch will be just as amazing and will solidify this novel as one of my all time favorites along with The Count of Monte Cristo (which you also had a hand in pushing me to read) and Dracula. I’ve got a lot more books that you recommended to get to, so please keep doing what you’re doing. Love it!
@davidcornetta2918 delighted that you are enjoying Woman in White so much. Count Fosco is a good character isn't he?
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 he really is, but they all are in their own way. Even Frederick Fairlie, the man is insufferable, but I absolutely enjoyed his portion of writing in the story, all worried about creaky shoes. And I don’t know how Wilkie did it, but after Walter had to say goodbye to Laura and then Mr. Gilmore had to say goodbye, I felt that saying goodbye to Laura Fairlie, must be one of the worst experiences there is.
Hey Tristan, can you do a video on your book shelf? I mean not the books but the furniture it self. I have seen most of the Book Shelves sag after few month or years especially made of MDF. Yours seems very aesthetically pleasing and in very good condition and quality, also how do you take care of your books, and in open bookshelves does the dust not accumulate within a few days? Is that not harmful for books? I wish to keep my books for my entire lifespan for the least and thus buying everyman library editions for the books I truly adore, though feel scared of marking or annotating them, though I am thinking of doing it because without annotating I am unable to digest a book as I want to...
I loved reading The woman in white after you recommended it before and wouldn't mind reading it again.
November war read sounds good. I have read lots about WW2 so something about WW1 would be interesting.
I am still reading War And Peace. I did leave off during the summer so lots left yet. I am near the end of volume 1, part 3. Surprisingly I am enjoying the war part more than I thought I would.
Read The Woman in White long ago, pretty copy. I read Robert Graves I, Claudius, when it was reissued because of the popularity of the television series with Derek Jacobi, which I loved. How does Storm of Steel compare to All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, which was a book that I actually used my own money to buy at a used bookstore in 1966.
World War November sounds interesting. I've read the Graves and Junger. Enjoyed them both. Haven't read Woman in White for whatever reason. Morrison sounds very interesting but I haven't gotten any yet.
Pleased you are interested in a November readalong. I'll definitely set yhat up.
As for Woman in White, I think its a very worthwhile read.
Women in White was fun, but I would like to say that it is also a classic and not just easy read. There is a lot you can discover in Collins books. Worth to mention a Moon Stone, another of title of his.
Both are great. Thanks for mentioning Moonstone.
I think I might read The Woman in White for Victober.
Will you have any special or recommended books to read for October or Halloween? I love Wilkie Collins now. It took me a while to get used to him.
I have read the Woman in White and enjoyed it; also the recent BBC miniseries (2018) was an excellent adaptation. I read the Graves a few years ago; the early parts about his school years were less interesting, but the later parts were well worth reading. Storm of Steel is new to me. I would participate if you had a Great War November. Another book that looks at class in WWI is Rebecca West's The Return of the Soldier. I picked up A Child of the Jago based on your previous video, but haven't read it yet. I plan to pair it with Jacob Riis' piece of journalism (with his ground-breaking photos) called "How the Other Half Lives" (1890). This is a famous non-fiction expose about the terrible conditions on the Lower East Side of NYC. I thought it would be interesting to compare the two "East" sections of two of the largest cities in the world in the 1890s. Was is it about East sides???
The edition of the Morrison book that you show, I’ve had on my potential purchase list since you referenced it a while back. And now I’m really interested in reading it for the Victober challenge. Can you tell me whether the introduction and the notes in that edition are good and worth the purchase? I love those Oxford world classics, but I could read the book just through Project Gutenberg, or another source. But if the notes and introduction add flavor and depth to the text, I’ll definitely go that way.
A person after my own heart, Michael. I do love good notes and intros too. Personally, for this book, I would recommend the Oxfords Worlds Classics edition.
I vote for WW1 November read along, I would like to read Vera Britton's memoir.
Brilliant! Thanks for the feedback 😀
Vera Brittain's memoir, Testament of Youth, is fantastic and terribly moving, and so important as a view from a woman working as a nurse in the war.
I would love to be a part of the World War 1 readalong. Thank you
That’s a nice edition of The Woman in White you have, may I ask what it is?
WW 1 Had the greatest Truematic Effect on the the British Nation never surpassed before or since
Read the new book by Charles glass on soldiers and madness
That sounds fascinating. I'll definitely check that out.
Read 30 pages into goodbye to all that and threw it in trash. Not interested in this guy or his views.