I’m absolutely loving the “books everyone should read” series!

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ayusha that means a lot. I hope that they continue to satisfy.

Anne Brontë is my favourite of the 3 sisters. I think the themes she puts into her writing are so powerful but they’re not done as dramatically as her sisters. It’s a calmer experience to read Anne, but I think it sinks in deeper that way. Great to hear your enthusiasm for this wonderful book xx

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Amanda. I am on your side regarding the sisters. Anne is my favourite too. Calmer is definitely the right word. She has a very thoughtful approach to her writing.

Great review Tristan. I love The Tenant of Wildfall hall and Anne Bronte in particular in fact she is my favourite of the three sisters. In my humble opinion Anne was a contemporary author of her time and her two novels are still relevant nowadays. Consider Agnes Gray in that novel she pointed the struggles of the Governess. Even though Governess aren't common nowadays it could be related to teacher and how badly sometimes are treated. In my humble opinion The Tenant of Wildfall hall is still relatable not only because of the domestic violence which unfortunately still happening nowadays but as you said well is about how to raise boys and girls. Still nowadays there are differences on how we treat our children. When it comes to girls we tent to be more gentle, like girls are fragile. On the other hand boys are treated more roughly. I consider this a bad attitude. Unfortunately not much changed from the Victorian era in those aspects. Sorry once again for my long message and thanks for your hard work, surely you made me want to reread this gem of a book.

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charmaine. Love your comments. You are completely right, Wildfell Hall is still very relevant today on scores of different levels. My main issue with the educating of boys and girls is the lack of morality being taught. Education is only seen from an intellectual level which has very little to do with happiness if it is not based upon a standard of goodness.

I never want to feel like I am being lectured to by the author. This is a problem I have with Priestly. He presents a situation the reader can understand but then proceeds to explain it. I love his stories but my enjoyment is sometimes dimmed. I understand he wrote in many different fields and genres so perhaps that had an effect on his fiction. So kudos to Miss Bronte for letting her characters do the work.

Tristan, I am so glad to have discovered your channel. I think you are brilliant and I love to listen to you talk about books! You have definitely made me want to read this book ASAP. Thank you for your insightful commentary. I think you would have made a wonderful teacher!!!

Great review, Tristan. It has been a couple of years since I read this, but I remember feeling a bit unsettled about Gilbert. His treatment of Helen's brother could not be excused and should have been a big red flag. I wondered if she had gone from one abusive relationship into another.

@sylvanaire

2 ай бұрын

I haven’t read the book, I’ve only seen the movie. This is my main reservation about the story. Yes she gets away from her husband, but it sounds like she could potentially be ending up with someone just as violent. I’m conflicted.

@shellysolomonart

2 ай бұрын

I feel like she got someone WORSE tbh I don't like the ending at all. The man held no religious convictions, barely any self-control, and was a violent liar. Ew I guess she had to get with someone but good lord.

I did read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall but it was long ago. Thanks for the review. She saw her brother Branwell's drunken dissapation, but everyone reaches the end of the rope in dealing with a drunk, even when they realize it is an illness, which the Victorians did not believe (they saw it as a moral failing and weakness) and I think the Bronte sisters reached their saturation point with brother Branwell. There was a fine biography of the Brontes that came out in the late nineteen-eighties that covered Branwell's struggles.

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks SuS. You make a good point about how the Victorians only saw it from a moral perspective. While perhaps and early moral training might assist with this problem it surely goes beyond this once the spiral begins. Branwell being a case in point. Today, alcoholism is sadly a pandemic. And thank you for adding (yet another) tempting book to my shopping basket.😂👍

Great discussion Tristan. Finally, some well-needed attention for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall!!!!!! This book spoke to me…. I found it so incredibly relevant to today’s world regarding bringing up children, how experience can change /form us and having the strength to speak your mind even when against societal norms. I loved the way Anne revealed all of Helen’s experiences through her diaries once her ideas and feelings are already presented early in the narrative. Wonderful piece of work, which is somewhat underestimated in the canon of well-known classics. Visited AB’s tombstone in Scarborough this summer to pay my respects….. Ages Grey is on my “must-read” list for 2023.

Thanks again for a very informative video. This is my year to read and reread all of the works of the three Bronte sisters. I confess I have not read any of Anne's works but I have the books and am very much looking forward to them.

Silly really but i was so daunted by the book for my book club that I watched the DVD instead!!!BUT now I have heard you enthuse and present what AB wanted to say, I WILL read it and actually cannot wait!!

Great analysis Tristan, thank you. I read this one about 40 years ago, but you've tempted me to read it again now.

I’ve read this book recently, and am a big fan of Anne, but I disagree with it being a ‘feminist’ book. Helen makes the decisions she does for the safety of her child, she is constantly saying she would put up with it if it were just her. She even goes back to Huntingdon in the end. Those who claim that it is feminist suggest it is so because she leaves her husband and seeks employment as a painter - 🤦‍♀️ women were doing this already, women of lower classes had been employed in work for themselves as young as they were able. They seem to not notice that Rachel is gainfully employed by Helen, earning her own wages. Richer women could leave their husbands and live separate from them, though it was not easy, and often they did not want to lose status, etc. I could agree with the feminist thing if they were saying it was about divorce, as divorce was difficult to procure for women, though not impossible (and was being discussed in parliament at the time of her novel) but with Helen’s status and her beliefs I am led to believe that she would not of filed for divorce anyway, as she did not try to seek it under these circumstances when she had full justified reason to do so, mainly because of her beliefs which only grew stronger as the novel progressed. We also need to take into account that Anne wrote this from experience of living in large houses as a governess (oh look, a young woman working!) and her experience was of the ‘Lady’ of the house ruining her brother, leading him on into a relationship, which when she finished led him to be a drug addict and alcoholic which in turn killed him, with Anne nursing him on his death bed - so she was not intentionally thinking of how the men in her society ruin women when writing this book - she was thinking (as is seen in her characters) that both men and women can ruin others lives - so again, I use this in defence of Anne not writing a ‘feminist’ novel.

Indeed I will get the book to read.

I will read it. You are so awesome. Thank you.

Good day Captain! Great review. The discussion on raising children is one of my favorite parts. "..You'll spoil his spirit, and make a mere Miss Nancy of him...". I love Helen's steadfastness in this chapter. You definitely get the feeling that Anne saw some interesting behaviors as a governess. Loving the videos my friend. Many blessings to you and yours.

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Steadfastness - what a good word to describe Helen. The governess lifestyle really had an influence on all three of the Brontes. It comes spilling out of their words very often.

Yes! I read TTOWH earlier this year. I agree very much with your comments here. The only thing that I disliked was how many chances Helen gave her husband and how “devoted” she was to him even though he was a complete pig. I think she pushes her “biblically correct wife” ideal too far. She was sometimes a little too preachy and too much of a martyr for me as well. Is that Anne’s devout Christianity coming through? What do you think about that? I agree 100% with your opinions on the education of boys Vs. girls as depicted in the novel. It is a great question to grapple with - even today. Love your videos! Keep up the great work.

@apollonia6656

3 ай бұрын

I agree. That part really a noted me. Her religious believed made her look stupud....abused but still take the risk of going without sleep to nurse that pig.....she should have been thinking about her son. She could have fallen I'll and leave Arthur with her dearest friend ? But still stupid. Tell the truth: I waited to see what happened to Rover 🤔 Anyway, I preferred this book by Anne to Emily"a Wuthering Heights. Not sure why I find the Brontes odd!

@apollonia6656

3 ай бұрын

PS: So sorry....UTube is really irritating me with its typos 🙄

Thank you for this detailed review

A marvelous book and an amazing video!Thanks so much!!

I really liked this book. I just read it last month. I remember this discussion in the book and it spoke to me because 1. I have two 20 something young men and 2. I used to hear arguments similar to this when I was homeschooling them (and deciding what to and not to expose them to when). I loved Helen!!

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more, Penny. I homeschooling too.

I loved this analysis! Well done, now I want to pick it up. 😊

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it Amalia! It is a great book. I'd love to hear you do a review of it.😀

I just discovered this channel, it is great!

I've been wanting to try this one, it's great to see a video on it!

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Lucy, you really should have a look at this book. It is quite something. Would love to hear your views on it.😀

Thank you Tristan, for this eye-opening lecture. I am half-way through reading, stumbled across this, and then decided to re-read chapter 3. I can see more clearly the connections between Chp 3 and the rest of the novel. :)

So absolutely satisfying and thought provoking! Thank to You Tristan I started to read classic this month and started to look at each story with more in-depth questions and dialog with the author. I am devouring Madame Bovary at the moment and loving the experience! Thank You so much for making classics so approachable, I feel like You helps me overcome fear of reaching for this kind of literature!

@tristanandtheclassics6538

Жыл бұрын

That's amazing Kasia! 👏 So pleased that you are enjoying the Classics. Madame Bovary is a very thought provoking book. It's a key book in the development of the realist genre of fiction.

I just read chapter three. Wow! If I could write so brilliant. Absolutely mind blowing.

Wonderful review Tristan

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you miss jenny. I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😀

@missjenny1953

2 жыл бұрын

@@tristanandtheclassics6538 I have just downloaded from my library a book by Nick Holland. In Search of Anne Bronte, so readable with so much background on the family I never knew

Patty-I love your perspective of this book. I've heard so much about how this book is a feminist book that I was becoming tired of hearing it. You give a fresh perspective. I truly love her other book, Agnes Grey. It doesn't get as much attention, but I feel it is a great novel. Thank you for a wonderful look into this book.

Brill video, I will definitely read this book soon thank you 💌

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Please do Chandna! I'd love to know what you think about it. Please let me know your thoughts when you've finished.😀

Have the book but not read it.Will read it now. Thanks!

What I understand about this book is that it's what would have happened if Catherine, or any woman, had actually married Heathcliff.

"Give me the boy as a child, and I will give you the man." A quote originally attributed to Aristotle, this was also a saying of the Jesuits (a RC order of the priesthood) and was attributed to Fr Xavier, who was a missionary to Japan. Their premise being that if you take a child from birth and educate, indoctrinate, socialise him until he reaches the age of seven then that defines his character when he reaches maturity. I suppose there is truth in the argument for this and some would say that its not necessarily true, case for and against. But I feel that there is a lot of truth inherent in this old maxim...and also what makes the chosen and for young Arthur, even more interesting. I wonder if it was at all present in the mind of Anne Brontë when she penned this book?

@bad-girlbex3791

6 ай бұрын

I think the original quite said "Give me the child at 7, and I will give you the man."

How do you rate Somerset Maugham? So many of his works were made into films even now. I am primarily a short story fanatic and once an author grabs me with a short story I then have to read their novels.

@tristanandtheclassics6538

Жыл бұрын

I think Maugham is fantastic. Such a thoughtful and vivid writer. Even when speaking about the mundane, there is a depth of current in it.

Gostei muito do livro, comprei pra tentar aperfeiçoar meu inglês, ouvindo e lendo 😊

@purplesprigs

8 ай бұрын

"I really liked the book, I bought it to try to improve my English, listening and reading."

Just curious Tristan in this 100 books everyone should read series, is there any order? If so would The Tenant of Wildfell Hall be #100 in your opinion?

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jason. The 100 books are not in any particular order. Perhaps I'll try that once the list is complete. ... Which will be a while yet.😀

There are no books that everyone "should" read - you are foisting your opinions and tastes on others and acting like the arbitrator speaking for all. (That is particularly problematic when most of your selections are by white European or American authors). People should be free to read what they want, or to read nothing at all.