WHERE TO BEGIN WITH SERIOUS CLASSICS

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• EV

  @evie2411 · 1 year ago

  It's a dark, cold, rainy Sunday morning in October, and this is just perfect with a cup of hot coffee! Thank you!

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• MA

  @markwalters2927 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Could the British government employ Tristan as a super-teacher - the English Literature teacher every schoolchild deserves?

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• QU

  @quietcomfortasmr · 1 year ago

  Oh, what a perfect treat for this cold, rainy Sunday! Tristan, I recently discovered your channel and have been LOVING watching all of your videos! I'm a lifelong book lover who has often felt self-conscious about not being "well-read" enough. You have reminded me of the pure joy of reading and  have inspired me to dive into books that might have intimidated me in the past. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm, what a gift to all of us!🧡

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• CE

  @cecethompson914 · 1 year ago

  What a Sunday morning treat!

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• BR

  @bradchristy5002 · 1 year ago

  Brilliant work! Thank you for your enthusiasm & skill. You are a jewel of YouTube

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• LI

  @lisashirtz7224 · 1 year ago

  This guy is really well spoken. Well done sir.

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• LA

  @laribex110 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The Great Gatsby and Of Mice and Men were standard high school readings in the United States, at least through the 1980s.  As a teen back then, I did not appreciate that we were exposed to the classics.  Thank you for the reminder!

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• MA

  @maryturko6490 · 1 year ago

  Wonderful! I just finished David Copperfield. I definitely fell into that book. On to Hard Times as a reread. You, sir, are an excellent professor of literature. Thank you.

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• IM

  @imwhisker · 1 year ago

  For those who wish to add the More Serious Classics to their shopping trolley:<br><br>1. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.<br>2. Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada.<br>3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.<br>4. The Painted Veil by William Somerset Maugham.<br>5. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.<br>6. Perfume by Patrick Süskind.<br>7. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.<br>8. Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves.<br>9. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.<br>10. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.<br><br>Good day.

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• WE

  @WeNeedaPieChart · 1 year ago

  I read a Tale of Two Cities as a 9th grader and absolutely loved it. Opened my eyes to literature.

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• YG

  @ygpsk3860 · 1 year ago

  Thank you for your channel, Tristan! &nbsp;I find as I’m getting older I more often look for more thoughtful literature to ponder the meaning of being. Your channel is a treasure trove to remind me of great books I forgot about and to discover new classics I either missed completely or had no idea what they were about. &nbsp;So many great recommendations!

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• PA

  @paulhammond6978 · 1 year ago

  You started talking about &quot;Alone in Berlin&quot; and I had never heard of the writer. &nbsp;But then you started describing the story, and I realised that I have seen the film based on this book already. &nbsp;Looking it up, I found that it was based on the true story of a real couple - the wikipedia article about it is fascinating.

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