Thank you for taking us on a tour of your classics bookshelves. I so enjoyed the trip :) One book I think you should look out for is the Puffin in Bloom version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The illustrations are beautiful, and next to the original classic by John Tenniel, they are my favorite❤

@MaryAmongStories

24 күн бұрын

thank you so much for watching 🥰 and yes, I'd love to get that edition! so beautiful ✨

i love that you do these videos annually. watching one a few years ago, you showed the faber classics edition of tess, which is the edition i ended up buying!!

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

ohh right, I remember that 🥰

You should definitely give A Clockwork Orange a go! It’s hard to get into it at first because the writing style is incredibly unique, but once you get the gist of it it’s so, so worthy! It’s a one of a kind book :)

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

interesting!! thank you for sharing your thoughts 🥰✨️

I love tours of bookshelves, especially classics! My favorite editions have to be either the penguin black classics or the wordsworth classics. I hope you have an awesome holiday, Mary! ♥️✨

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

They're beautiful! Thank you lovely, and you too 🩷✨️

@enfermagembenfermagemb2251

Жыл бұрын

Do you like the Wordsworth black ones? Because I’m scared to buy them due to the font.

I bought Little Women from the Wordsworth Edition, I had not seen that cover before I watched your video and I had been looking for a pretty edition. Thank you.

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped! 🥰

Haha, I always confuse "Crime and Punishment" with "Pride and Prejudice" 😅😅😅. I even tend to say "Pride and Punishment" a lot 😅😅😅 (that would be a good one, where a very proud man is punished to live the rest of his life with a chatty mother-in-law 😂)

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

hahaha I would read that book 😝

Gorgeous collection:) The Seasons are my favorite and I was exited when they announced they were re-releasing Pride and Pride and Prejudice along with Nortanger Abbey and Mansfield Park. One other edition I would recommend if you're looking for one in future is the Everyman's Library edition.

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much, Tasha 🥰 oh yes, those are gorgeous as well!

Like you, I am also collecting the penguin paperback editions and hardbacks because I adore them

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

they're so beautiful! ahh yes, that was disappointing :c

I’ve read and loved a lot of Edith Wharton, but I’m afraid you won’t like her books much. I think you’ll strongly dislike the main character of The House of Mirth 😅 You talking Portugese is so gorgeous. I remember always hearing Fado everywhere when visiting Portugal. It’s beautiful.

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

aww thank you

YOUR TOLKIEN COLLECTION

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

I love it so much 😭

What a gorgeous collection!

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

thank you! 🥰✨

I have that same red edition of Anna Karenina! Your collection is so beautiful 🥰❤️

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

they're so pretty! 🥰✨️

I love your classics videos! Your previous one was the one that made me discover your channel and it also inspired me to get this beautiful Sisterhood edition of Heidi. :)

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

aww that's lovely! ❤️

I love this collection. I love this video. I love the way you talk you speak I just love it❤ I just followed you you are amazing and cannot wait for more videos❤

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

you're so kind, thank you dear Adriana 💚

video I love all your classic editions! I adore classics and I have quite a lot of those as well I love the penguin origianl classics editions too because they have such a warm/cozy flair to them 🥰your Greek Mytoholody collection 😍😍they are gorgeous! I hope you are doing well ~ Have a wonderful day Mary 🌸 tons of hugs!

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

yes that's it, they're very cosy and warm! thank you dear Kasumi, hope you're doing well ❤️

Lovely collection.

@MaryAmongStories

7 ай бұрын

thank you! ✨

Oh no my comment got eaten! I think I said something about enjoying the fact that you have so many collections of editions you are gathering when you find them. And that I am happy to see some shakespeare for your future as well

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying A Clockwork Orange to some extent! looking forward to hearing your final thoughts ✨

I love hearing you speak in Portuguese, so beautiful ❤️

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much 🥰

@jordanelizabethborchert

Жыл бұрын

@@MaryAmongStories I know Spanish and a little German but unfortunately I don’t know Portuguese, I wish I did!

Excellent tour of your Classics collection, except now I'm going to have nightmares after seeing the cover of Grimms's Little Red Riding Hood!😁💝

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

hahah it's very creepy 👻

🎯A gorgeous,valuable & most beautiful collection of books,Mary. They are a magical doorway to great minds,wisdom & understan- ing of our human psyche.I see that 'smelling books' is familiar for all book lovers.Much bestwishes.🌟♾️🌟💐..

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

absolutely! 🥰

@sbbaruah6230

Жыл бұрын

@@MaryAmongStories 💙👍♾️

I first became interested in Pessoa after watching a documentary about how he and a very well-known greek poet, Kavafis accidentally met on a cruise ship to America in 1928. I believe a documentary about it was made in Portuguese too. Anyway, I have had the Book of Disquiet for years, but every time I try reading it I am moved to tears, I don't know why!

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

oh my gosh that documentary sounds so interesting! ahh Pessoa can have that effect on you 🧡

I am told that The Clockwork Orange is a book with 21 chapters, broken into 3 sections of 7 chapters each. The movie stops at chapter 20, to appeal to the American audience. The final chapter totally changes the whole perspective and meaning of the book (and rather the opposite of the movie). Because of the flowerful invented language, it can be a difficult read. Without really knowing what you have read or liked in depth, I will make these recommendations. I see the ones that you own, but it was sometimes difficult to know which ones you read versus unread. I would recommend Homer's Odyssey and the Iliad, because it is referenced so many times, either directly or indirectly. It would build a solid foundation to Western Literature. It also depends upon which translation you use. Research THAT before digging into those two (I am unsure if you are reading English or Portuguese translation). I also recommend The Count of Monte Cristo. A very fast read and in my top 1% ( I think I read it in less than a week). So many plot lines are stolen from this book. You may find it interesting to discover that your favorite action/fantasy book or movie with a unique plot or twist actually has borrowed it from this book.

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

thank you for the recommendations, I actually plan to read The Count of Monte Cristo this year!

Ammmmmmmazing collection ❤️

@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

thank you! 💕🌻

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@MaryAmongStories

Жыл бұрын

🥰💕