Sophia ClefI decided to start 2021 by rereading one of my favorite books, Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. In this video, I try to analyze part three. My main goal is to discuss it with you in the comments and to broaden my perspective. I hope that the next video will be better than this one and that I’ll have more interesting thoughts to share!
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Anna Karenina (Part 3)Sophia Clef2021-01-21 | I decided to start 2021 by rereading one of my favorite books, Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. In this video, I try to analyze part three. My main goal is to discuss it with you in the comments and to broaden my perspective. I hope that the next video will be better than this one and that I’ll have more interesting thoughts to share!
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#tolstoy #annakareninaDECEMBER READING WRAP UPSophia Clef2021-12-28 | It's the end of 2021, so I couldn't end it without a wrap up of most of the books I read since filming the previous video. 1. Froth on the Daydream/ Foam of the Daze/ Mood Indigo by Boris Vian 2. Who Is to Blame? by Alexander Herzen 3. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 4. And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov 5. A Harlot High and Low by Honoré de Balzac 6. The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee 7. A Life by Guy de Maupassant 8 We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 9 The Vampire by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy 10. Dracula by Bram Stoker 12. Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 13. Short Stories and Sketches by Daniil Kharms
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1.The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy (The Man of Property,Indian Summer of a Forsyte, In Chancery, Awakening, To Let) 2.The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse 3.The Italian by Ann Radcliffe 4.The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 5.Pleasure by Gabriele d'Annunzio 6.Nothing to Be Frightened of by Julian Barnes 7.Là-Bas (Durtal #1) by Joris-Karl Huysmans 8.The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis 9.The Golem by Gustav Meyrink
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In this video, I try to discuss some of its aspect without spoilers. This is not a summary, but rather an introduction to it.
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#russianliterature #bulgakovBULGAKOV: WHERE TO START?Sophia Clef2021-07-05 | In this video I talk about Mikhail Bulgakov and I present a few of his works. Most of them are pretty short, and easy to read.
1. A Young Doctor's Notebook 2. Morphine 3. Heart of a Dog (or A Dog's Heart) 4. Ivan Vasilievich 5. The Crimson Island 6. Life of Monsieur de Molière
This is the sixth part of KLASSIK, a series that will, hopefully, inspire you to read Russian literature.
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#russianliterature #bulgakovReading Wrap Up: Cervantes, Balzac, Turgenev, HoffmannSophia Clef2021-06-15 | In this video i talk about the books I read in March and April. Better late than never.
1. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 2. La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac 3. Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac 4. The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost 5. Poor Liza by Nikolay Karamzin 6. The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller 7. Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller 8. Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev 9. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant 10. Little Zaches by E. T. A. Hoffmann 11. The Golden Pot by E. T. A. Hoffmann 12. Stoss by Mikhail Lermontov
Music Six Musical Moments, D. 780 - III. Allegro moderato in F minor by Franz Schubert Performed by: Sofja Gülbadamova Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/tRead like Dostoevsky | Dostoevskys favorite booksSophia Clef2021-05-31 | Have you ever wondered what your favorite authors read? I have, so I spent the past few months reading some of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s favorite books. He loved reading, but since he moved a lot, and his stepson didn't keep his promise to keep his library intact, I had to work with what we have, mostly with Anna Grigorievna's list. I finally fell in love with Balzac, and I finally one of the famous “positively beautiful figures”, Don Quixote. Here’s the list with the books and authors mentioned in the video (including Dostoevsky’s):
1. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 2. A Novel in Nine Letters by Fyodor Dostoevsky 3. Humiliated and Insulted by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4. The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky 5. The Writer’s Diary by Fyodor Dostoevsky 6. One Hundred and Four Sacred Stories from the Old and New Testaments 7. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 8. Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott 9. The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott 10. Waverley by Sir Walter Scott 11. St Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott 12. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott 13. Netochka Nezvanova by Fyodor Dostoevsky 14. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens 15. The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens 16. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 17. The mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe 18. The Italian by Ann Radcliffe 19. The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr by E. T. A. Hoffmann 20. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey 21. Little Zaches by E. T. A. Hoffmann 22. The Golden Pot by E. T. A. Hoffmann 23. Edgar Allan Poe 24. The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin 25. The Robbers by Friedrich von Schiller 26. Don Carlos by Friedrich von Schiller 27. Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky 28. Mary Stuart by Friedrich von Schiller 29. Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin 30. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 31. Reineke Fuchs by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (The story of Reynard the Fox) 32. The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky 33. The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky 34. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 35. La dernière Aldini by George Sand 36. The Uscoque by George Sand 37. Jeanne by George Sand 38. La Marquise by George Sand 39. Lucrezia Floriani by George Sand 40. Spiridion by George Sand 41. Eugenie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac 42. Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac 43. The Wild Ass's Skin by Honoré de Balzac 44. Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac 45. The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo 46. Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo 47. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 48. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 49. Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky 50. A Gentle Creature by Fyodor Dostoevsky 51. The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky 52. The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost 53. The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky 54. La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils 55. The Red and the Black by Stendhal 56. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 57. Eugène Sue 58. Charles Nodier 59. Frédéric Soulié 60. Charles Paul de Kock 61. The Village of Stepanchikovo by Fyodor Dostoevsky 62. Ronsard 63. Malherbe 64. Phèdre by Jean Racine 65. Iphigénie by Jean Racine 66. Le Cid by Pierre Corneille 67. Cinna by Pierre Corneille 68. William Shakespeare (Hamlet, Othello) 69. Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky 70. Voltaire (Candide, Micromegas) 71. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (mostly his Confessions, but I talked about Julie and Emile) 72. Denis Diderot (I talked about Jacques, the Fatalist) 73. Dante’s Divine Comedy 74. The Iliad by Homer 75. Thucydides, Tacitus, Pliny, Flavius Josephus, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Herodotus (he was interested in their works)
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Questions 1. We are all special and unique - what are your unique special powers? 2. Every superhero needs a nemesis. Name your bookish enemy. What is your kryptonite? 3. If you could wish for any super power what could it be? 4. By day you are mild-mannered Clark Kent. What do you do when you aren't being a bookish superhero? 5. Mwah ha ha... Name your favourite bookish villain. 6. Defenders of the Earth unite! Which bookish superhero would you collaborate with? 7. Tag others! Be sure to share your super powered tag with at least one small booktuber.
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1. Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola 2. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 3. An evening with Claire by Gaito Gazdanov 4. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert 5. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 6. The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton 7. The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector Noah's take on it (from Everyone Who Reads it Must Converse) : youtu.be/aYDQKR1KcvU
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#tolstoyWrap Up: Dostoevsky, Steinbeck, Perrault, StyronSophia Clef2021-04-11 | Not a monthly reading wrap up, but it's a start. In this video I discuss Charles Perrault's fairy tales, F. M. Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" and William Styron's "Sophie's Choice". Part 2 coming soon!
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#tolstoy #annakareninaAnna Karenina (Part 7)Sophia Clef2021-03-26 | In this video, I try to analyse part seven from Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. My main goal is to discuss it with you in the comments and to broaden my perspective. I hope that the next video will be better than this one and that I’ll have more interesting thoughts to share!
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#tolstoy #annakareninaCrime and Punishment Analysis (Part 6 and Epilogue)Sophia Clef2021-03-22 | This is my analysis of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. In this video I discuss the ending, I analyze all the hidden details, I try to decipher the allusions and symbols, and to talk about its optimism. If you read the book, I would be glad to discuss it with you in the comments, and I think other readers would be interested in your insights as well. If you have suggestions for future videos, feel free to write them in the comments or contact me on goodreads or Instagram (links on the channel page).
Intro, spoons, owls and asses 00:00:00 Feathers, strings and arrows 00:05:14 Bells and hooks 00:10:27 Who killed? 00:13:46 Porfiry's trace 00:16:24 On comfort and suffering 00:18:42 Air 00:20:35 Hens and Eggs 00:22:17 The sun should be the sun 00:26:49 Svidrigailov 00:29:12 Adrianopolis 00:48:55 The Flood 1:01:04 With Pulcheria and Avdotya 01:08:07 The crosses 01:13:47 The Haymarket and Golgotha 01:19:53 Becoming the Sun 01:25:17
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crime and punishment review crime and punishment analysis #dostoevsky #crimeandpunishment #russianliteratureAnna Karenina (Part 6)Sophia Clef2021-02-25 | In this video, I try to analyze part six from Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. My main goal is to discuss it with you in the comments and to broaden my perspective. I hope that the next video will be better than this one and that I’ll have more interesting thoughts to share!
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#tolstoy #annakareninaCrime and Punishment Analysis (Part 5)Sophia Clef2021-02-20 | This is my analysis of “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I’m currently rereading this novel and I’d love to discuss it with you in the comments!
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crime and punishment review crime and punishment analysis #dostoevsky #crimeandpunishment #russianliteratureAnna Karenina (Part 5)Sophia Clef2021-02-13 | In this video, I try to analyze part five from Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. My main goal is to discuss it with you in the comments and to broaden my perspective. I hope that the next video will be better than this one and that I’ll have more interesting thoughts to share!
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#tolstoy #annakareninaCrime and Punishment Analysis (Part 4)Sophia Clef2021-02-07 | I decided to re-read and analyse Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. My main goal is to discuss it with you and to broaden my perspective.You can tune in every week and share your thoughts in the comments and ask questions, so that we can create a community of open-minded people who want to dive deeper into the books they read.
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crime and punishment review crime and punishment analysis #dostoevsky #crimeandpunishment #russianliteratureAnna Karenina (Part 4)Sophia Clef2021-01-29 | I decided to start 2021 by rereading one of my favorite books, Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. In this video, I try to analyze part four. My main goal is to discuss it with you in the comments and to broaden my perspective. I hope that the next video will be better than this one and that I’ll have more interesting thoughts to share!
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#tolstoy #annakareninaCrime and Punishment Analysis (Part 3)Sophia Clef2021-01-26 | I decided to re-read and analyse Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. My main goal is to discuss it with you and to broaden my perspective.You can tune in every week and share your thoughts in the comments and ask questions, so that we can create a community of open-minded people who want to dive deeper into the books they read.
The dream from “The Last Day of a Condemned Man” by Victor Hugo “Suddenly I heard a noise somewhere in the other rooms of the house. A faint, strange, indistinct noise. There was something in the air which froze us. We were afraid. […] It seemed to me that the door from the drawing-room into the dining-room was not in its usual place. […] We thought that some one was behind the door. I raised my hand to close it, but could not. Startled, I pulled harder, when suddenly it yielded, and we saw a little old woman, her hands hanging down and her eyes closed, standing motionless, as though caught in the corner of the wall.[…] She neither spoke nor moved, but stood with closed eyes. […] One of us gave her a push. She fell forward. She fell like a block of wood, like a dead thing.[…] “Put the candle under her chin.” I did so. She half-opened one eye,—an empty socket, dull, frightful-looking, which could not see. […] “Ah! at last! Now answer, you old sorcerer! Who are you?” […] She opened both eyes slowly, looked first at one, then at another of us, and suddenly leaning forward, she blew out the candle with an icy breath. At the same time I felt three sharp teeth clutch my hand in the darkness.”
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crime and punishment review crime and punishment analysis #dostoevsky #crimeandpunishment #russianliteratureCrime and Punishment Analysis (Part 2)Sophia Clef2021-01-19 | I decided to re-read and analyse Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. My main goal is to discuss it with you and to broaden my perspective.You can tune in every week and share your thoughts in the comments and ask questions, so that we can create a community of open-minded people who want to dive deeper into the books they read.
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crime and punishment review crime and punishment analysis #dostoevsky #crimeandpunishment #russianliteratureAnna Karenina (Part 2)Sophia Clef2021-01-13 | I decided to start 2021 by rereading one of my favorite books, Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. In this video, I try to analyze part two. My main goal is to discuss it with you in the comments and to broaden my perspective. I hope that the next video will be better than this one and that I’ll have more interesting thoughts to share!
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#tolstoy #annakareninaCrime and Punishment Analysis (Part 1)Sophia Clef2021-01-11 | I decided to re-read and analyse Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. My main goal is to discuss it with you and to broaden my perspective.You can tune in every week and share your thoughts in the comments and ask questions, so that we can create a community of open-minded people who want to dive deeper into the books they read.
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crime and punishment review crime and punishment analysis #dostoevsky #crimeandpunishment #russianliteratureAnna Karenina (Part 1)Sophia Clef2021-01-06 | I decided to start 2021 by rereading one of my favorite books, Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. In this part, I try to analyze part one. My main goal is to discuss it with you in the comments and to broaden my perspective. I hope that the next video will be better than this one and that I’ll have more interesting thoughts to share!
00:00 Intro and Tolstoy facts 02:48 The Oblonskys 05:01 The Levins and Levin’s conversation with Oblonsky 09:08 The Shcherbatskys, Levin, Vronsky and Kitty 13:42 ANNA 15:34 The Ball, the dress, the dance 19:46 The English novel 21:09 The Karenins
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#tolstoy #annakareninaBest Books of 2020Sophia Clef2021-01-04 | In this video I discuss some of my favorite books of 2020 and my reading plans for 2021. Most of the works I picked are very short, so you can read them in one or two days. If you have any recommendations, please write them in the comments!
If you want to read Crime and Punishment and/or Anna Karenina with me, here’s the announcement video: youtu.be/eYAAyVvgles
1. The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo 2. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 3. A Part of Speech by Joseph Brodsky 4. The History of a Town by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin 5. Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz 6. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 8. The Writing Box by Milorad Pavić 9. Maurice Maeterlinck (The Blind, The Seven Princesses, The Death Of Tintagiles, The Blue Bird) 10. Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Village of Stepanchikovo, A Faint Heart, A Novel in Nine Letters) 11. Anton Chekhov (The Teacher of Literature, Ionych, The Story of an Unknown Man) 12. Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow (Man Carrying Thing’s video: youtube.com/watch?v=o1ujAMOA27Y )
SUBSCRIBE HERE: youtube.com/channel/UCwvMSTDzsdTTzJ3-kvFtIZA?sub_confirmation=1 Music Six Musical Moments, D. 780 - III. Allegro moderato in F minor by Franz Schubert Performed by: Sofja Gülbadamova Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/tANNA KARENINA and CRIME and PUNISHMENT (announcement)Sophia Clef2020-12-22 | If you need some motivation to read Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky and/or Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy in 2021, this is it! You don’t NEED to watch or read anything to enjoy these books, but if you want something extra, I'd be glad to talk about them!
The Anna Karenina Readalong will begin on the 6th of January and end on the 24 February, and the Crime and Punishment one will begin on the 10th of January and end on the 14th of February.
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#dostoevsky #tolstoyREADING 1 STAR REVIEWS OF MY FAVORITE BOOKSSophia Clef2020-12-19 | In which I read and react to one star reviews of my favorite books. Most of the reviews are from Goodreads. To make this more interesting, I tell you the titles only after I read the reviews. Let’s see if you’re good detectives!
Let me know if you've read any of these books mentioned and if you liked them!
Intro and reviews of BOOK 1 00:00 BOOK 1 REVEAL 05:55 BOOK 2 REVEAL 09:16 BOOK 3 REVEAL 13:07 BOOK 4 REVEAL 14:24
Music Six Musical Moments, D. 780 - III. Allegro moderato in F minor by Franz Schubert Performed by: Sofja Gülbadamova Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/tCHEKHOV: WHERE TO START?Sophia Clef2020-12-13 | Chekhov is one of the most approachable Russian writers. Most of his works are quite short and sweet, so they would be a good introduction to Russian classics. One of his friends said that in his presence everyone felt a desire to be simpler and more truthful, and I think that you can feel this when you read his short stories, novellas and plays.
This is where you could start: 1. The Man in a Case 2. Ward no. 6 3. The Black Monk 4. The Lady with the Little Dog 5. The Seagull 6. Uncle Vanya
This is the fifth part of KLASSIK, a series that will, hopefully, inspire you to read Russian literature.
#chekhov #russianliteratureTHE ANTI-TBR TAG | BOOKS I WILL NEVER READSophia Clef2020-12-05 | Hey! Today I decided to do the Anti-TBR Tag! I didn't tag anybody, but if you want to do it, consider yourself tagged ;)
•QUESTIONS• 1. A popular book EVERYONE loves that you have no interest in reading? 2. A classic book (or author) you don’t have an interest in reading? 3. An author whose books you have no interest in reading? 3.2 A problematic author whose books you have no interest in reading? *you can combine questions 3 & 3.2 or you can answer them separately if you have an answer for both* 4. An author you have read a couple of books from & have decided their books are not for you? 5. A genre you have no interest in OR a genre you tried to get into & couldn’t? 6. A book you have bought but will never read? (this can be a book you have unhauled/returned to the library unread) 7. A series you have no interest in reading OR a series you started & have dnf’d? 8. A new release you have no interest in reading?
The TAG was created by Nicole & Her Books Here’s her video: youtu.be/4j_11fD44EU
Music The Carnival of the Animals - VII. Aquarium by Camille Saint-Saëns Performed by: Seattle Youth Symphony Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/tNOVEMBER WRAP UPSophia Clef2020-11-29 | Here's the wrap up for this month!
00:00 My Life by Anton Chekhov 02:40 A Dreary Story (or A Boring Story) by Anton Chekhov 04:48 The Strangled Queen by Maurice Druon 05:57 The Poisoned Crown by Maurice Druon 06:45 Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov 11:58 The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky 13:21 The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 16:21 Novel with Cocaine by Mark Ageyev 17:53 Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima 19:03 The Seven Who Were Hanged by Leonid Andreyev
In addition to these books, I read some sci-fi this month, such as Dune by Frank Herbert, The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Here's the link:
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1. Dune by Frank Herbert 2. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham 3. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
I'm new to this, so if you have any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them! Thank you!
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#booktubeBOOKTUBE NEWBIE TAGSophia Clef2020-11-14 | This is my response to the Booktube Newbie Tag.
Books mentioned: Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Questions 1. Why did you start this channel? 2. What are some fun and unique things you can bring to Booktube? 3. What are you most excited for about this new channel? 4. Why do you love reading? 5. What book or series got you into reading? 6. What questions would you ask your favorite booktubers? 7. What challenges do you think starting a booktube channel will be the hardest to overcome? 8. When did you start reading? 9.Where do you read? 10. What kind of books do you like to read?
Music Six Musical Moments, D. 780 - III. Allegro moderato in F minor by Franz Schubert Performed by: Sofja Gülbadamova Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 #booktubeSCI-FI READATHON | DISCOMFORT ZONESophia Clef2020-11-07 | Hi! Welcome to my Sci-Fi Readathon TBR! I'm going to read science fiction for two weeks. I'm new to this, so if you have any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them! Thank you!
(And I'm sorry about the jump cuts!)OCTOBER WRAP UP (VICTOBER 2020)Sophia Clef2020-10-31 | This is my WRAP UP for VICTOBER 2020! If you have any suggestions, feel free to write them in the comments!
THE CHALLENGES: 1. Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that equates to your favourite modern genre 2. Lucy’s challenge: Read a Victorian diary or collection of letters 3. Kate’s challenge: Read a new to you book and/or short story by a favourite Victorian author 4. Readers’ challenge: Read a Victorian book from a previous Victober TBR that you didn't get to, or one you’ve been meaning to read for ages 5. General challenge: Read a Victorian book while wearing something Victorian/Victorian-esque
#victober #victober2020PUSHKIN: WHERE TO START?Sophia Clef2020-10-25 | Alexander Pushkin is undoubtedly the most influential Russian writer. He’s not as popular outside Russia, but you should give him a chance! This is where you could start: 1. Eugene Onegin 2. The Queen of Spades 3. The Captain's Daughter 4. The Little Tragedies 5. Tales of Belkin 6. The Tale of Tsar Saltan
This is the fourth part of KLASSIK, a series that will, hopefully, inspire you to read Russian literature.
#pushkin #russianliteratureTHE FRENCH LIEUTENANTS WOMAN BOOK REVIEW (VICTOBER 2020)Sophia Clef2020-10-18 | This is my review and analysis of “The French Lieutenant's Woman” by John Fowles. This isn’t a book for everyone, but it’s so unique and complex that I had to review it. It would be particularly enjoyable for people who are familiar with Victorian literature. No spoilers…
MUSIC: Six Musical Moments, D. 780 - III. Allegro moderato in F minor by Franz Schubert Performed by: Sofja Gülbadamova Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 #victober2020 #victoberTHE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY BOOK REVIEW (VICTOBER 2020)Sophia Clef2020-10-14 | This is my review and analysis of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde. I think that it’s a wonderful book, worth reading and rereading. No spoilers…
MUSIC: Six Musical Moments, D. 780 - III. Allegro moderato in F minor by Franz Schubert Performed by: Sofja Gülbadamova Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
#ThePictureofDorianGray #OscarWilde #victoberSEPTEMBER WRAP UP (PART 2)Sophia Clef2020-10-10 | Hey! This is my September reading wrap up. I couldn't fit all the books I read into one video, so this is part two.
00:00 Intro 00:08 Moby Dick 04:08 Anton Chekhov 10:33 French books (The Iron King) 11:32 Tolstoy 14:09 Outro
Books mentioned in the video: 1. “Moby-Dick or, the Whale” by Herman Melville 2. Anton Chekhov: • “The Black Monk” (short story) • “The Duel” (novella) • “A Nervous Breakdown” (short story) • “Anna Round the Neck”, or “Anna on the Neck” (short story) • “Misery” (short story) • “The mask” (short story) • “A Horsey Name” (short story) • “A Marriage Proposal” (farce) 3. “The Phantom of the Opera” by Gaston Leroux (novel) 4. “The Human Beast” by Émile Zola (novel) 5. “The Last Day of a Condemned Man” by Victor Hugo (roman à thèse) 6. “The Iron King” (The Accursed Kings #1) by Maurice Druon (novel) 7. Leo Tolstoy • “God Sees the Truth, But Waits” (short story) • “The Three Hermits” (short story) • “The Fruits of Culture”, or “Fruits of Enlightenment” (comedy in four acts) • “The Devil” (novella) • “Karma” (short story) • “What I Believe” (non-fiction) • “The Living Corpse” (play in six acts)
MUSIC: Six Musical Moments, D. 780 - III. Allegro moderato in F minor by Franz Schubert Performed by: Sofja Gülbadamova Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0SEPTEMBER WRAP UP (PART 1)Sophia Clef2020-10-06 | Hey! This is my September reading wrap up. I couldn't fit all the books I read into one video, so I will post part 2 on Saturday. Books mentioned in the video: 1. “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque 2. "Steppenwolf" by Hermann Hesse 3. "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf 4. “Dubrovsky” by Alexander Pushkin 5. "Tales of Belkin" by Alexander Pushkin
THE CHALLENGES: 1. Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that equates to your favourite modern genre 2. Lucy’s challenge: Read a Victorian diary or collection of letters 3. Kate’s challenge: Read a new to you book and/or short story by a favourite Victorian author 4. Readers’ challenge: Read a Victorian book from a previous Victober TBR that you didn't get to, or one you’ve been meaning to read for ages 5. General challenge: Read a Victorian book while wearing something Victorian/Victorian-esque
You can watch the soviet adaptation of "The Canterville Ghost" (with English subtitles) here: youtu.be/VrqMqJGThk0
#victober #victober2020TOLSTOY: WHERE TO START?Sophia Clef2020-09-30 | Tolstoy was one of the most influential writers. Although he hated his “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina”, he wanted to ensure that everybody who wanted to read his books could do so for free. Here are some book recommendations on where you could start with Tolstoy, if you want to become familiar with works.
1. The Death of Ivan Ilyich 2. The Kreutzer Sonata 3. Father Sergius 4. The Living Corpse 5. A Confession 6. What I Believe
P.S. I love Anna Karenina and War and Peace, but they would be the obvious answer to the question...
This is the third part of KLASSIK, a series that will, hopefully, inspire you to read Russian classics.
#tolstoy #russianliteratureGOGOL: WHERE TO START?Sophia Clef2020-09-26 | If you want to read Gogol, but don't know where to start, here are some recommendations. From independent noses and cursed portraits to writing dogs, his prose can suit all tastes. 1. The Overcoat 2. The Diary of a Madman 3. The Portrait 4. The Nose 5. How the Two Ivans Quarreled 6. The Government Inspector
This is the second part of KLASSIK, a series that will, hopefully, inspire you to read Russian classics.
#gogol #russianliteratureFRENCH READATHON WRAP UP | DISCOMFORT ZONESophia Clef2020-09-22 | In this video I discuss the books I read for the French Readathon. 1. "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux 2. "The Beast Within" by Émile Zola (also known as "The Human Beast") 3. "The Last Day of a Condemned Man" by Victor Hugo
CURRENTLY READING: "The Iron King" by Maurice Druon (the first part of "The Accursed Kings" series)
#frenchclassics #frenchdiscomfortAUGUST WRAP UPSophia Clef2020-09-19 | This is my August reading wrap up. You might have noticed that all the books mentioned in the video were written by women. This was a deliberate choice. Since most of my to be read pile consists of white males from the 19th century, I rarely get to books written by women. This does not mean that I judge their works by different standards, or that I go out of my way to read them. If you are offended by my review of a certain book, feel free to disagree in the comments. I am open to your suggestions.
1. "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt 2. "Zuleikha (Opens Her Eyes)" by Guzel Yakhina 3. "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker 4. "The White Dove of Cordoba" by Dina Rubina 5. "Geisha, a Life" by Mineko Iwasaki 6. "Who's to Blame?" by Sophia Tolstoy 7. "Possession" by A. S. Byatt 8. "The Sea, the Sea" by Iris Murdoch 9. "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston 10. "The Gadfly" by Ethel Lilian Voynich 11. "The Ring of the Löwenskölds" by Selma Lagerlöf 12. "Charlotte Löwensköld" by Selma Lagerlöf 13. "Anna Svärd" by Selma Lagerlöf
SUBSCRIBE HERE: youtube.com/channel/UCwvMSTDzsdTTzJ3-kvFtIZA?sub_confirmation=1 #readingwrapupFRENCH READATHON | DISCOMFORT ZONESophia Clef2020-09-15 | Hi! Welcome to my French Readathon TBR! I'm going to read some French classics this week.... MUSIC: Flower Duet by Léo Delibes (me playing the kalimba)
#frenchclassics #frenchdiscomfortDOSTOEVSKY: WHERE TO START?Sophia Clef2020-09-12 | If you want to read something by Dostoevsky, but don't know where to start, here's a list of some of his short works, that aren't as intimidating as his bigger novels. It includes some of his famous works, such as "Notes from Underground" and "The Gambler", but also some of his lesser-known gems, such as "The Eternal Husband" and "The Landlady".
This is the first part of KLASSIK, a series that will, hopefully, inspire you to read Russian classics.
ART: Vedran Štimac, The Gambler Vendi Vernić, The Crocodile Alexandre Alexeieff, Notes from Underground
ADAPTATIONS: The Gambler (1972) The Eternal Husband (1990)
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