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Good morning, how are you!

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It's such a nice day today

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I wish I could...

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...be in it.

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Welcome back to my channel, I suppose.

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Uhm, I'm Dakota.

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I'm 22.

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I'm from Melbourne, Australia

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and I talk about books...

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that's all there is to it.

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I've had like no motivation

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to film anything recently because

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lockdown blues but then

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I suddenly went

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perhaps talking to a camera would be nice!

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Anyway, here are ten actually good

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classic literature recommendations

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for actual beginners.

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Because I'm so hyperaware

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of how beginners don't have those

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preconceived notions that

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everybody seems to think they do

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we've all been beginners.

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These are all varying degrees

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of genre.

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You will definitely see a theme

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amongst my favourites.

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I'm not going to recommend

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an absolute beginner

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Dostoevsky... or Shakespeare.

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I think when it comes down to

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classic literature for beginners,

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there's a few aspects that

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need to be considered like

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the length of the book

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because if it's quite wordy and

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in older English or more advanced English

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it's... a lot to deal with

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especially in big chunks.

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And captivating...

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I think that captivating is

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an imperative aspect.

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Nobody wants to read a classic

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that just draaags on.

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That's gonna turn you off on classics forever.

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First few classics that

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somebody reads in their classic journey...

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sets the mark for their

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classic taste in life.

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New drinking game:

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take a shot every time she says classic.

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You will also notice

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that I source secondhand

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whenever I can and

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that's very attainable for classics.

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So the covers for these books

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will be interesting.

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I get a lot of messages asking

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where I got that edition from

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and where the people can find it

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and that it was $600 on Amazon and

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that's because I got it from Savers for $1.50.

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I'm sorry but covers don't matter

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is what's on the inside that counts.

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And without further ado,

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onto the books.

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The first book is very dear to me

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and that is: Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland

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slash Through the Looking Glass slash

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whatever you will.

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We all know what this book is about and

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I don't need to detail it too much but

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a young girl falls down a rabbit hole and

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is exposed to the world of...

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marvel and wonder and awe and

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bizarre adventures.

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This is written eloquently,

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it's wise, it's humorous, it's captivating

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from the get-go.

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As a 22-year-old, I am still captivated

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by this book.

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It's also a very fast-paced read and

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you can get through it quickly.

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A.) because you're captivated and

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B.) because it's short.

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I also find that it helps reading classics

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when you're in an unfamiliar territory...

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that you already have an idea of the plot.

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Try and look past the fact that it's a

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"children's book" and consider it

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to be a fantasy book with some

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deeper meaning and some hidden themes.

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Try to ignore

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the constantly changing lighting

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the sun is tucking itself beneath a new cloud

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every minute. So it's going to be

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a journey.

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The next recommendation that I have

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is more so an author than a book itself

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and that is none other than Edgar Allan Poe

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one of the most influential writers for me...

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in my entire life.

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"Father of the Modern Detective Story"

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not so much the "Father of the Short Story"

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though it definitely helps that gain momentum.

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Not so much the "Father of Gothic Horror,"

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though it definitely helps that gain momentum.

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Just a very influential figure

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in literature itself.

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I'm in love with his mind.

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He's a genius.

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His writing is eery, it's creepy,

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it's spooky, it's gruesome, it's raw...

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but it's not terrifying.

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Like it's not the stuff of nightmares

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that's going to keep you up awake.

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I recommend this book to anyone that

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asks me for... recommendations

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whether it be classics, gothic lit,

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gothic horror, detective stories,

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mysteries, anything!

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Everyone I've ever recommended

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Poe has thanked me with their life

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and so I will recommend Poe

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to everyone until the day I die.

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It's very easy to find his works and collections.

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I got this one at a bookstore

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and I got this one secondhand.

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They have a collection of his short stories

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and his poetry

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and I think that it's great

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because you can power through them,

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and you have that sense of accomplishment

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and achievement and you're powering through

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and you're finishing stories and

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so you can tuck all of these books

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under your arm at the same time.

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My favourite short story of Poe's is

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called the "Tell-Tale Heart."

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and it is essentially the story of

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an unnamed narrator who

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is trying to convince you, the reader,

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of his sanity.

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Whilst he is describing to you, the reader,

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of the crimes he committed.

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The poetry and prose is magical.

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The man is a genius.

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The next book, we love some vampire fiction,

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haha, just joking!

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It's Carmilla.

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Sheridan Le Fanu. Carmilla.

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Bram Stroke's predecessor and inspiration

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when it came to vampire fiction.

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I think it came out 26 years before Dracula

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We love some gothic romanticism

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this is a classic Victorian vampire novela

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and I think that is...

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such an amazing starting point for classics.

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Perhaps my affinity for gothic literature

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is showing through,

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in these recommendations.

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This is a very important book,

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in a historic sense.

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It's also written very easily.

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It's written beautifully

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but very easily to follow and

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it's a very quick read.

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And a great one to say

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you've actually read.

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Also an absolute... moment

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in homoerotecism.

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We love some lesbian literature...

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Sappho would be both proud

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and terrified with this novel.

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The next one is

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very commonly on the lists

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of classics for beginners.

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Which is the first book I've seen

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that rightfully so earned it's place

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on our board.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde is also a genius

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for your information.

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This is about

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a seemingly good-natured young man,

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who discovers the power behind...

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his exceptional beauty.

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It really explores the relationship

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between beauty and morality.

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Oscar Wilde plays a lot with

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the presumption that...

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gorgeous people are inherently morally good

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and that "ugly" people are,

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therefore, bad.

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But it's a fascinating book.

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It's considerably short

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and it's written in a very nice

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easy-to-understand way

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for a beginner.

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The next genre is exciting

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because it's a philosophical classic

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and that is

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Albert Camus' The Stranger slash

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The Outsider.

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It's the exact same book.

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It has two titles.

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This was published in '82.

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This was published in 2021.

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I'm not sure if it depends on translation

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or just the year of publication

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but it's the same book.

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Ahhh... ah books smell so good.

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It's about alienation of an individual

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from society, entirely self-inlicted

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because he refuses to conform to social norms.

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The first opening line of this book,

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his mother dies

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and he refuses to acknowledge his feelings,

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let alone show them,

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to uphold the expectations

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of those around him.

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And that sets up the novel...

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in a perfect way.

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It's written simply enough to grasp

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a good understanding of.

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But it's very fast-paced too.

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And it will leave you feeling,

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dare I say, enlightened.

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After I read this,

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after I read anything by Camus,

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I feel more mature,

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more intelligent, more philosophical,

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more spiritual, more cynical.

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I think that it's an amazing way

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to cross off philosophy and a classic

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in the same book.

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It's raw and it's real and it's honest.

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And I think it's a super book.

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Russian literature is my favorite.

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My absolute favorite due to its darkness, really.

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But much of it is not for beginners...

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except for The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy.

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You can see how small and short this is

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which is another great fast-paced read.

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This book is one of the most

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profound books I've ever read...

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because of its nature.

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As the title suggests,

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the book is about death.

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A man learns he's dying

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and the entire novel is about him

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coming to deal with that,

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and face the reality of that,

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and whatever that means...

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to him and the world around him.

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It is perhaps one of the greatest tales

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of redemption and forgiveness

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I've ever read.

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I can't give much away,

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but the last ten pages of this novella...

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you have to read it.

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It leaves you feeling sad,

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and scared, and pensive.

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It's just an all-around great book to read

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due to the writing style,

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the fast-paced nature,

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the context, the substance,

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and also the fact that it's from Tolstoy,

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who is an incredible writer.

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But much of his literature

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is really really long.

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The next book we have

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is a psychological thriller

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and that is, John Fowles' The Collector.

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This... is a genius book.

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It's so unsettling.

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It makes your skin crawl.

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It's basically about

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to, grossly condense,

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this man who is considered to be

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a reject of society.

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He collects butterflies,

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he is obsessed with butterflies,

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he dedicates everything to butterflies

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until he comes across

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a beautiful woman,

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an art student, and he decides

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he's going to collect her

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like one of his butterflies,

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by any means necessary.

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It's been dubbed

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as one of the most disturbing books

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ever written.

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And that's not because

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of the way it was written

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in a graphic sense.

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It's the way that it gets under your skin,

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and the way that... it creeps into your mind

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and you think about it for a long time

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after you finish the book.

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And I think that's the make up

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of an amazing book.

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It's not too long

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but it's not short either

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but it's so captivating

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that you're not going to want to put it down

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regardless of the length of the book.

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I think if you're looking

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into psychological thriller

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or just... books that get under your skin

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this is an amazing recommendation for classics.

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The next novel also pops up

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on a lot of the classics for beginners lists

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and this one's actually warranted.

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George Orwell's 1984.

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You would've heard of this

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you might not have,

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I shouldn't assume.

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How to condense this plot,

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a lot happens.

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Ah, residents of this super state oceana,

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are under this constant government surveillance,

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this omnipresent, dooming,

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government surveillance

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called Big Brother.

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There's war, manipulation,

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and a lot of truth.

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Truth to the year it was written– 1949?

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Truth to the year it was intended to be written about– 1984.

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In truth to the year of now– 2021.

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It's a dystopian novel

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and it's terrifying

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but it's not frightening in the way of it

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being gothic horror, psychological horror,

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or thriller.

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This also discussed a lot amongst literature

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it's referenced a lot,

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discussed a lot,

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studied a lot,

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it's in a lot of set texts,

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it's really helpful

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to just have a grasp on this book.

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When I tell you the next recommendation

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is Shakespeare,

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I don't want you panicking

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thinking I'm recommending you

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Hamlet or Macbeth

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or Antony and Cleopatra.

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I want you to panic because

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I'm recommending you poetry for kids.

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This is Starlight and Moonshine Poetry of the Supernatural

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and it is esentially just a compilation

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of extracts from plays

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that can be gorgeous poetry

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and prose.

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Maybe I'll read you one.

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I'm going to read you Love Song

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from a Midsummer Night's Dream Act 4 Scene 1.

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"Come, sit thee down upon this flowery bed,

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While I thy amiable cheeks do coy,

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And stick muskroses in thy sleek smooth head,

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And kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy."

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I just think it's so pretty.

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Reading Shakespeare

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in Shakespearean language,

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in the very particular way that his plays

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are constructed, is a lot.

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Especially for a beginner.

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But when you take extracts,

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and put it into nice, neat poetry stanzas,

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that have one main focus,

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it becomes really easy to grasp.

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And it's an amazing gateway

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into Shakespeare

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and Shakespearian type,

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plays, and language.

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Hamlet's soliloquy... chef's kiss!

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"To be, or not to be, that is the question,"

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Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer,

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The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

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Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

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And by opposing end them.

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To die—to sleep, No more;"

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I did thrift this book

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and I am unsure

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how easy it would be to find

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a duplicate copy.

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But I did take the liberty of looking up

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Shakespeare poetry

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and there is an abundance

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of various forms of Shakespeare poetry

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for "kids."

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It doesn't even need to be "for kids"

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but I just like "for kids,"

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it feels safe and nice.

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I must say, whosever idea it was to

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create plastic slips...

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should not have had that idea.

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If anybody ever recommends me

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a plastic slip book, they will ruin the day.

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The last book, you guessed it,

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you were probably wondering

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where it was.

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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I set this as a text for my book club for August

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and it got some mixed reviews.

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A lot of people are dappling into classics

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for the first time,

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and said it was drawn out and lengthy,

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and a lot of people said

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"This was such an amazing introduction to classics!"

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And I think that very much depends

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on your patience

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because it is a mid-length book,

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and there are multiple chapters,

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that it's just him rambling on about his journys

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and his melancholy.

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I talk about this more in-depth

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in my first video, I believe,

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about books that I'd sell my soul

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for to read again.

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So that very much says enough

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about this book!

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But it's such an essential

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imperative read in the world of classics.

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It's such a common misconception that

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Frankenstein is the monster.

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Frankenstein is a scientist!

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It's also such a common misconception

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that Frankenstein kills the monster

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or Frankenstein builds the monster a wife!

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This really clarifies the plot for you

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and most people love it,

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if you hate it,

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you only have to read it once to say you have

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And to recap,

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here are the 10 classic literature books

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that are actually good

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for actual beginners.

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And these are for me,

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I know I say this a lot,

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and dare I say it again,

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God-tier.

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I suppose now it's time to conclude the video.

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Which is kind of sad

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because this has been the most social interaction

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I've had in two weeks.

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Follow my social media,

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I talk about books a lot more frequently on them

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because YouTube is a drag

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in a very lovable way.

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love and support.

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