(long) classic books that are actually worth your time!

1:23 The Great Expectations 3:24 Emma 4:58 Les Miserables 8:32 Tess of the d'Urbervilles 10:31 Jane Eyre 12:37 Rebecca 15:05 Little Women 18:37 The Princess Bride 21:06 A Farewell to Arms 25:44 Anne of Green Gables 27:53 Don Quixote 32:40 War and Peace 33:43 Anna Karenina Done, for my own safekeeping in future 😀

I would add the Count of Monte Cristo, and Crime and Punishment. They are both highly readable and beautifully written.

The Count of Monte Cristo is so worth it, it’s my favourite book ever. It’s a revenge plot that’s so intricate and satisfying

As I’ve grown older I don’t pick up a book unless 450+ pages or more. When I turned 70 years old I determined to read nothing but classics I haven’t read. My list is still long at this age. Some favorites I read every year, especially Little Women. I wasn’t required reading classic literature in my school days until my senior year. I chose Gone With The Wind. It was my first reread at 70 and I’m having a good time. War and Peace is an excellent history, philosophy of life read to think on. Thanks for sharing.

Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky is an amazing book (my favorite)! It's is very deep and psychological but also the character development and plot are really great.

hi caroline i need to say this, you need to record an audiobook your voice is so soothing and rich that I could listen to it for hours plus the way you read with so much feeling actually makes me wanna read it right away so I would love it if you start your own audiobook podcast 🥰

Anna Karenina and Don Quixote are in my top 3 books of all time together with The Brothers Karamazov. I'm currently reading War and Peace and it's been a joy, each passage is so impactful especially the very personal thoughts of the soldiers during the war.

I loved Moby-Dick, unabridged. Read it in high school. Reread it at age 60. Still brings me joy, memories, laughs, thoughtfulness on the human condition and the consequences of our actions.

Hello Caroline. I love how you give us the frame of a book and just enough hints to how it might be furnished with characters. You don’t give too much away, but just enough to get us in the front door. Thank-you for your introductions and your enthusiasm.

My absolute #1 favorite book is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I read it in high school and I read it again now (in my late twenties) and it hit home even more. Absolutely incredible.

I love the way you talk about books and can't wait for you to read Count of Monte Cristo! It is 1200+ pages but flies by so fast because the plot and characters are so interesting

When I was 13, I read "Les Misérables." (Unabridged.) Never read a book much longer than 200 pgs. Knew nothing except I was intrigued with the cover. Reading such a large work in its entirety gave me an unparalleled & thrilling experience. One I worry many people miss out on when they avoid lengthy works of fiction: the utter, total immersion in another world. Even the longest Harry Potter novel had positively nothing on the scope & range of Hugo's generational saga. Its vivid reality, its seasonal progressions, its gritty details, its epic tone, its humans that change (or don't) over a long timespan, in lots of different geographical locations, and in history-defining moments. At their best, novels can offer this unique experience. It can be ""Les Misérables," or something else. I only urge the timid to get gutsy & dive into a novel that will do this for them. Nothing else can do it. No, not even television. And no, not even audiobooks! (Sidenote: I dislike the musical, but like the 1998 film adaptation. Also: when I read it was the early 2000s, just before you could search wikipedia about the Battle of Waterloo or the Paris sewage system. In a way, this perhaps put me closer to the pre-internet audience of the novel!)

Thanks for a brilliant and informative presentation. Tolstoy is also my favourite author and Anna Karenina and War and Peace are my favourite novels and it is wonderful to hear you speak of them so fondly.

I love your videos. You have such enthusiasm toward the classics, not dry and professorial, but energetic and fresh. Thank you for your videos. ❤️

This is the best Classic book review I've ever seen! You have a passion for the Classic and it shows. Thank you for this video.

I am reading Anna Karenina for the first time right now! I am absolutely obsessed with Levin 💕 thank you for your long book tips and encouragement! ✨📚

No one talk about classics like you, Carolyn! I absolutely love this video!💖📚

i am à homeschooling mom of 7. my 12 year old is an avid reader. she read The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe in kindergarten, and had read half of the wonderful books on this list. the great thing about classic literature is that even a child can read them, without encountering much inappropriate content (except for hemingway, at times). she and i LOVE watching your channel together, you share our same enthusiasm for classic literature. God bless

OMG!! I am 50 pages into Anna Karenina. As you said, the rambling in Leo Tolstoy books is absolutely amazing. Never have I ever felt so intrigued and involved by someone rambling. Great recommendations Caroline!

Years ago a coworker stated how he read Anna Karinina every year. I got a paperback copy online for a couple of bucks and was astounded how good it is. For a book that is so long it is a real page-turner.