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  @Alexandre-Marius-Jacob9 күн бұрын

  It's also my absolute favorite, this is the book I would pick if I had to pick only one for the rest of my life, everything we need to know to start thinking against ourselve is in there. I'm very excited for the french movie coming up this summer even if I think it deserves a whole serie rather, I loved the 1998 with Gérard Depardieu, you need to watch it if you didn't, it's the best adaptation imo. Loved the vid ! ❤

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  @booksbyleynes9 күн бұрын

  Happy to hear you enjoyed it so much as well. I didn’t know about the movie. I will definitely check it out when it is released.

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  @ellelle22 күн бұрын

  COME BAAAAAACK!!!!! -- if you can do so while maintaining healthy of course.

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  @booksbyleynes18 күн бұрын

  I won't come back, I'm afraid. Sorry. <3 I'm veery active on Goodreads though, if you're interested what I'm reading. It's linked in the description. :)

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  @ellelle11 күн бұрын

  @@booksbyleynes😭 no worries. I appreciate your response.

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  @misterdaleboomshears8619Ай бұрын

  LMFAO

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  @booksbyleynesАй бұрын

  ...

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  @mdragzee282Ай бұрын

  You comparing Milady with Count is very interesting. And completely wrong, in my opinion. Let me explain. First, Count was imprisoned falsely. He didn't commit any crimes and got sent to jail because of other people's jealousy. After Count gets his revenge on the prosecutor he admits that he has gone to far and let's the last person go. This is without mentioning that he helped other people along the way, like Valentia, Morel and Haida. So now let's go to Milady. She was a shity person to begin with. Let's start with her seducing a priest. Then leaving him for Atoss. The priests brother got jailed for a short period for thet and the priest ended up committing suicide. Then she married Atoss, for money, probably, and when he found out what she did, he tried to hang her, but she escaped. Now, Atoss hanging her was never ment to see as a good thing. Just pointing that out. Anyways, Milady then went to England and married another man. While still being married to Atoss. Back then that was a big no no. Then, when his English husband wrote his will, she poisoned and killed him for money. Then she went back to France started, somewhat, working with Cardinal. There she met D'Artanjan and she didn't like him to begin with, because he dueled and spared his dead husband's brother. She wanted him to die, because then she would get more money. So she then kinda played with D'Artanjan while waiting for her lover, that she supposedly actually loved. Also she didn't like D'Artanjan because he dueled with her lover and injured him, quite seriously. Then D'Artanjan played "pretending to be your lover" trick. It's important to mention, that D'Artanjan wasn't proud about it and regreted it. Also when D'Artanjan said some shit to Milady as her lover, she got hella mad and wanted D'Artanjan to just straight up kill him. Interesting. So now we have arrived at the revenge part. She is really mad at D'Artanjan for pretending and she wants revenge! Then she got task from Cardinal to kill English Lord, where she was successful. By the way, she is crazy skilled in seduction, lying and gaslighting. Then for the revenge, she went to the lady that D'Artanjan loved and tried some stuff there, but D'Artanjan was a bit faster than she hoped for. So she just poisoned and killed her. And managed to escape. But D'Artanjan managed to find her, because of a note that fell out of Milady's acquaintance's pocket. Therefor, without that she would have escaped. So she was found, sentenced and killed. So, my dear, books by leynes, how exactly she is similar to Count? How she was mistreated? And how, in the world, do you see her as antihero?? She is a villain. Also she is really skilled in her own way. But she is the bad guy. And she got what she deserved in the end. What I saw, you kinda glossed over the part where she did actual villain stuff. Anyways, I want to hear your thoughts. Also, no hate. Just disagreement.

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  @mdragzee282Ай бұрын

  I apologise, if there are mistakes. I'm not that good at English and i read the book in my native language. It's Latvian language.

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  @dannyjorde2677Ай бұрын

  I personally prefer the translations of Peter Green. They're so spot on

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  @booksbyleynesАй бұрын

  Good to know. I'll keep that in mind. I definitely wanna reread Homer's work through different translations. :)

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  @brittkelly63262 ай бұрын

  Seriously drove me crazy how dumas says she is manipulative yet D’artignon tricks her into sex. I just. And women are emotional in the book yet the four musketeers get offended at the drop of the hat and kill people. Anger. Is. An. Emotion And yes she and the count! I was totally thinking that! How about her story?

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  @booksbyleynesАй бұрын

  Yes, yes, yes.

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  @greatrulo2 ай бұрын

  Thank you for the info on Wilson's translation, I've been listening to a very old version, I'll just funish that then start again with the Emily's version.

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  @booksbyleynes2 ай бұрын

  You‘re welcome. Hope you’ll enjoy the Wilson translation.

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  @pattube2 ай бұрын

  My favorites: 1. Everyman's Library. In general, these are my favorite for the combination of great quality and great price (relative to quality). 2. Modern Library. Similar to Everyman's Library in terms of the combination of quality and price. I tend to prefer Everyman's slightly more, but honestly it could be more or less a toss-up between Everyman and Modern Library depending on the particular book in question (e.g. Moby Dick in the Modern Library has Rockwell Kent's absolutely beautiful artwork). 3. MacMillan Collector's Library. These are great little books as long as one doesn't mind the fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand size. They're super affordable too, at least in the USA. Currently around $15 or less. 4. Library of America. As is obvious from the name, it only has American literature (e.g. Melville, Twain, Faulkner). Also, the paper is a bit thin, with associated issues (e.g. bleed-through), whereas I tend to like heavier gsm which tends to be more opaque like in Everyman and Modern Library. Still, the Library of America produces high quality volumes that are worth owning. 5. Thomas Nelson seasonal collection. A bit big, bit beautifully designed and affordable. Currently, there isn't a huge selection. 5. Folio Society. As most bibliophiles know, this is the highest quality, but also the highest price. I'd love to own one of these someday, but I won't be able to afford it any time soon!

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  @booksbyleynes2 ай бұрын

  Great selection! I like the Everyman‘s editions as well!

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  @robertebbs32942 ай бұрын

  Unfortunately perhaps not readily available in GB/Europe: Library of America, regrettably the dust jackets are uniformly black but the acid-free paper and nice flop are big improvements over older editions; New York Review Books, unfortunately very stiff on the flop so much so that unless you are willing to break the binding you must hold the book firmly and almost crane to read the last word at the break; Everyman’s Library, best version of many unheralded classics (Joseph Roth, Ítalo Svevo). Also earlier Modern Library before the tie-in covers to the latest movie or BBC version of the novel.

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  @booksbyleynes2 ай бұрын

  I know of these editions, unfortunately, I don’t like to read collected works, I prefer single editions, if that makes sense. :)

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  @Fankas20003 ай бұрын

  The problem with "Black" is that it's attributed to mixed raced people, who hardly look African anymore all the time. It doesn't matter if 3/4 of your grandparents are white, if you're a tinge darker than olive, you're black. Dumas was mixed.

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  @Mezzy..3 ай бұрын

  very interesting thank you

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  @booksbyleynes2 ай бұрын

  you're welcome

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  @Momomeeks893 ай бұрын

  Thank you for this video and education

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  @booksbyleynes3 ай бұрын

  You’re very welcome. ☺️

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  @RA10H563 ай бұрын

  Isn't it common knowledge?

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  @booksbyleynes3 ай бұрын

  apparently not

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  @RA10H563 ай бұрын

  @booksbyleynes well not everyone had the benefit of growing up in the wilds of Iowa!

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  @pamzaluikham39164 ай бұрын

  Anyone who doesn't value Oxford World Classics, for their scholarly endeavours are just design and aesthetic freaks

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  @booksbyleynes4 ай бұрын

  I dunno. I prefer the Norton Critical editions when it comes to studying texts, they‘re way more thorough.

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  @maria11254 ай бұрын

  The criticism of Dumas by white elite may have also been because his work actually criticized the "elite" that had no noble blood. That stung many people at the time this book was written because it portrays the working class doing anything they can ( like Napoleon) to move up the social ladder. There was racism and it will always exist, but let's not be so ignorant as to say this was the only factor these whites criticized Dumas. When the elite are exposed they tend to try and destroy the person ( regardless of race) any way they can...even stoop to the level of personal attacks.

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  @hothemeep12192 ай бұрын

  The most important reason some of these elites criticized Dumas was because he was too popular. His stories (by the time serialized in magazines) were read by too many people to be considered intelligent, profound and worth reading. The elites didn't try to destroy Dumas but a good portion of them didn't have a lot of esteem towards him, and Dumas' goal wasn't to expose the elites (in fact he wanted to join the French Academy but he was rejected like Balzac or Stendhal) and himself was pretty much a member of the elites.

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  @booksbyleynesАй бұрын

  I never said it was the only factor. I agree that Dumas was criticised for various reasons, one of them being his popularity, it was the same for Dickens and other mainstream authors.

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  @Luke.Van.Houten4 ай бұрын

  Hi there, I have question about your highlighting. How do you prevent the ink from bleeding through the page?

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  @booksbyleynes4 ай бұрын

  Using pastel/lighter colors usually works. My highlighters are from STABILO, not sure if they’re available in your country.

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  @jakefastf4 ай бұрын

  Complaining about Deception to Milady is like complaining about killing nazis. What goes around comes around.

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  @booksbyleynesАй бұрын

  Likening Milady to the Nazis is a wild take that I thoroughly disagree with but you do you. And no human being deserves to be r**ed, no matter their crimes.

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  @jakefastfАй бұрын

  @@booksbyleynes I’m not likening I’m using an analogy for your intended comprehension.

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  @booksbyleynesАй бұрын

  @@jakefastf "An analogy is a comparison that aims to explain a thing or idea by likening it to something else."

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  @kastiyana4 ай бұрын

  I've just read Jane Eyre and I'm 35 pages into "Wide Sargasso sea" , I'm excited to keep reading and analyzing

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  @booksbyleynes4 ай бұрын

  Happy reading! :)

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  @elizabethjonczyk68184 ай бұрын

  This is an impressive list. I think you might enjoy reading Esi Edugyan, specifically Half-Blood Blues.

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  @booksbyleynes4 ай бұрын

  Thanks! And I'll check it out. :)

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  @salamalmahi5415 ай бұрын

  When my sister and I found out about this we were shocked how it’s never talked about. Appreciate your deep dive into his family history, did not see that in the quick wiki search 🤭

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  @booksbyleynes5 ай бұрын

  Omg, hi Salam. Hope you’re doing well. <3 And yes, I was surprised as well which is exactly why I wanted to make this video. :)

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  @dianekokko62545 ай бұрын

  I read my Penguin Clothbound version of Vergil's Aeneid. I tipped the book as I read it instead of cracking the spine. And even with the minimal handling, multiple soldiers were damaged. It essentially made me stop buying them. I'll grab them in 2nd hand shops (and a badly damaged copy at B&N on clearance), but I'm not willing to invest in them anymore.

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  @booksbyleynes5 ай бұрын

  Yes! I feel the same way! Out of my only three copies I only bought one new. They're not worth the hustle.

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  @Jaycarbrownie125 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much

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  @booksbyleynes5 ай бұрын

  You're welcome. :)

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  @mr.noprobz34126 ай бұрын

  It's funny how the Illiad and the Odyssey heavily played a role in the stories of the West, Journey to the West played a large role in Eastern literature, and (I believe) the Contendings of Horus and Seth played a role in African lit.

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  @booksbyleynes5 ай бұрын

  Very true!

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  @Sherlika_Gregori6 ай бұрын

  I think you should read Beowulf as well. It seems it inspired Tolkien to write Lord of the Rungs.

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  @booksbyleynes6 ай бұрын

  It is on my list. :)

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  @AdamDavis-ph8io6 ай бұрын

  Total lie. His dad was half black and half white. His mother was white. How the hell do you get black from 3/4 white? Just another long line of lies re-writing history.

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  @booksbyleynes5 ай бұрын

  You do realise that race is a social construct, right? Dumas is mixed. He was perceived as Black by part of his peers.

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  @Ukucrazy6 ай бұрын

  Thanks for sharing your thoughts, interesting channel. Where'd you get your sweater? It looks great

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  @booksbyleynes5 ай бұрын

  Thanks! I got it from a shop here in Berlin, I can't remember.

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  @catherinelf4106 ай бұрын

  Hello! I love your videos and would be happy to see more! As someone who recently moved to Germany from Canada, where do you buy English books?? Do you mostly order online? I have a Graf and a Thalia in my city, but the English sections are so small 🥲

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  @booksbyleynes6 ай бұрын

  I‘m not sure if I’m any help because I live in Berlin and there’s lots of bookstores that focus on English lit. I‘m sorry. :(

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  @davidthom71277 ай бұрын

  My autism causes me to need as many books to look uniform. So I need black spines.

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  @booksbyleynes7 ай бұрын

  I get that. Luckily, Penguin is able to provide that!

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  @jensraab29027 ай бұрын

  When you said that after _The Hobbit_ instead of LotR one could also read... I was thinking "you're not gonna recommend folks to jump right into the Silmarillion?!?" but then you held up _Roverandom_ and _Perilous Realm_ ! That was unexpected but nice to see these "minor Tolkiens" get a shoutout. Hardly anybody ever talks about them, it seems. Ich habe mir ein paar deiner verlinkten Rezis auf GR angeschaut und gesehen, dass du eine Landsmännin von mir bist! Hab mal gekuckt, welche Bücher wir gemeinsam haben und das allererste war ein TKKG-Buch! 😁

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  @booksbyleynes7 ай бұрын

  TKKG einfach unschlagbar. Mochte die Bücher damals unheimlich gerne! Tolkiens Universum ist so reichhaltig. Da ist eigentlich für jeden was dabei. Ich fand das "Silmarillion" fast leichter zu verdauen, als "Der Herr der Ringe", aber ich weiß auch, dass viele (vor allem Erstleser*innen) ihre Schwierigkeiten mit dem Text haben. "Roverandom" und "Perilous Realm" hingegen sind sehr verspielt und recht leicht zu verstehen, das sollte eigentlich niemanden überfordern, so zumindest meine Überlegung. :>

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  @radroatch7 ай бұрын

  The Norton Critical Editions are so bad at the same time as being so so good! I buy them sometimes in addition to an alternate version just so I have the massive amount of extra content. They are not the best for readability with the small text and thin paper (excluding the use footnotes which is awesome). Also, they use unusual translations (not the academic standards), being as they go for more academic readers, though I guess this is down to the publisher monopoly of Penguin RH etc. I wish I could find their work in hardback with bigger text.

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  @booksbyleynes7 ай бұрын

  I totally agree with you! The additional information they provide is unmatched but in terms of quality of the binding/pages/font etc. there's lots of room for improvement.

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  @radroatch7 ай бұрын

  @@booksbyleynes Yes, I wish they could up their game on it even if it cost a bit more. I guess they went with a compromise of having all that content while still being affordable.

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  @radroatch7 ай бұрын

  Penguin Clothbound Classics review: I actually really like them and I think Leynes was a bit unfair, mostly... They do have a huge problem, which is the graphic comes off really easily, including from being in your hand reading them, without a cover on. If that doesn't bother you I find they are as good a quality as most hardbacks at that price: Good print, well spaced, always comfortable to read I Like the paper, nice thickness (edit - excluding ones 1000~ pages), nice white colour, can see the print on the previous page a little, but I've not highlighted or annotated them They aren't floppy, but none of by hardbacks at that price are Translations are normally good if you want more modern prose Normally quite good intros and notes etc

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  @booksbyleynes7 ай бұрын

  Thanks for your review. I know that opinions differ on these editions, they're quite controversial. :) I don't know if my review of them is biased bc I mainly own very thick books from them (Bleak House & Don Quixote both have over 1000 pages) but the paper is thin, it's not as bad as bible paper but "nice thickness" is not something I personally would use to describe them. I know book prices differ from country to country but here in Germany you can get much nicer editions (from German publishers) for that price.

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  @radroatch7 ай бұрын

  @@booksbyleynes Yes, TBF they have given them the impression of aesthetics over substance when the graphic comes off just from reading them or peeling the sticker off 😂 Judging by the cover can cut both ways. That makes sense, I've got Metamorphosis around 750 pages and the paper is actually bit thinner than my others, so maybe the paper is even thinner on the 1000+ ones (I'll edit the OP to make that clear). I got a bunch for a steal when they were half price in Waterstone, in the UK, but I think they are around the same price as ones like the Everyman Library clothbound Hardbacks here, which are good too. Really appreciate you showing us your collection :)

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  @booksbyleynes7 ай бұрын

  @@radroatch Yes, very true. But the design of them is indeed gorgeous. Coralie Bickford-Smith's designs usually are! So excited for you that you got a bunch of them for half the price. What a steal!

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  @radroatch7 ай бұрын

  @@booksbyleynes Waterstones, our biggest retailer, must have had a bad Christmas that year as they stuck all hardbacks on half price on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas), so they were basically cheaper than the paperbacks!