I see a Tristan video, I hit like before I even watch it
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
Thank you. You are so kind!😀❤
@wcwright44
5 ай бұрын
Me too because you know they’re going to be wonderful.
@beth3535
5 ай бұрын
Me too.
@lorraineleach128
5 ай бұрын
Me too because we learn so much from all his videos!!!!😊
@Kemo___
5 ай бұрын
So do I.
@vanessasperling
5 ай бұрын
The Grapes of Wrath is personally important to me because my family was one of those who stayed through the Dust Bowl. My grandparents told me many stories of their childhood experiences surviving that time.
@patramirez5825
5 ай бұрын
Death comes for the archbishop takes place in NEW mexico, in the USA
@arlissbunny
5 ай бұрын
The Grapes of Wrath is, for me, a classic and I enjoy it but Death Comes for the Archbishop is a real favorite. These should be incredible discussions. I’m completely excited!!
@SimplyBeautiful516
4 ай бұрын
CRANFORD is such a delightful little treasure!! I love coming back to it, again and again. 😊
@suzannebousquet2710
5 ай бұрын
Willa Cather is one of my favorite authors. You can't go wrong with any of her writings!! Wonderful choice of books. They all sound amazing. I have never been part of a book group, however, I am now reading Don Quixote with a cousin. Perhaps I may find myself yearning to join a patreon group such as yours! Love your channel!!!
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
I'm really excited to read that one.
@carolorr4280
5 ай бұрын
Agree with you on willa cather.
@Felix_h198
5 ай бұрын
@@carolorr4280hi 👋
@kathleencraine7335
5 ай бұрын
Some wonderful choices. For those interested in pursuing more American provincial works, I'd recommend Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, set in small-town Minnesota; The Country of Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett, set in small town coastal Maine & written in vignettes/stories like Cranford; and a play (not a novel): Our Town by Thornton Wilder, probably the finest piece of literature that captures the essence of small-town America.
@cozycomfy589
5 ай бұрын
Main Street one of my top favorites. Just reread it.
@mame-musing
5 ай бұрын
@kathleencraine7335: I agree about Main Street. Years ago I went on a bit of a Sinclair Lewis binge. Thanks for recommending “The Country of Pointed Firs”. Until now, I haven’t heard of it or Sarah Orne Jewett. It sounds like a book I would enjoy.
@Dinadoesyoga
5 ай бұрын
When you said American novels, I was so hoping you would say Invisible Man by Ellison. It's probably my favorite American novel. Great topics and reads!
@ImogenValkyrie
5 ай бұрын
yes he did! 🥰
@Fernie4243
5 ай бұрын
I'm reading Lark Rise right now. I'm about halfway through. I grew up in a small community, and I know a lot of these characters. In the space of a generation, the people and community can change dramatically. Thank you for all your suggestions!
@CheffScott
5 ай бұрын
Tristan, your thoughtful selection of books and the thematic framework you've established for your Patreon reading list demonstrate a profound understanding of literature's ability to provoke introspection and foster community, inspiring us all to embrace the transformative power of reading.
@kathleensmith
5 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, I have only read Grapes of Wrath in the group. That was back in High School (let’s say several years ago). The way literature was taught in school, at least in my experience was not enjoyable, both on the students part and somewhat the teacher also. Looking forward to my reread. I am also looking forward to the other novels in this group.
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
School has a lot to answer for. I feel for the really good teachers who are hamstrung by the bureaucracy which only allows for mediocre teaching. I want to do a video about this topic. Can't wait to read this along with you, Kathleen.😀
@Yesica1993
5 ай бұрын
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 It's such a difficult situation. No one responds well to being forced to read things. And oftentimes kids can't really understand or appreciate some books, just due to their age. On the other hand, if I hadn't been "forced" to read Macbeth in high school, I probably would never have picked it up. (At least, not until Booktube came along!) I struggled with it at first. But I ended up loving it. Hm, I wonder if schools/teachers even know about Booktube? That might be a way to get kids more interested in good literature.
@mlbuchina96
5 ай бұрын
I feel the same way about Madame Bovery. All I can remember from school is hating the book and wondering why the teacher was making us read it. I was in 8th or 9th grade (US). It is the June read for Patreon, and I'm hoping to have a much better experience reading it with Tristan and everyone over there.
@Felix_h198
5 ай бұрын
@@mlbuchina96hi 🤗
@giselleko6777
5 ай бұрын
Have any of you read William Maxwell’s short story “Love”? I taught high school English for a time and I wanted to use this story in my classes. The problem, however, is that no matter how many times I read it, I was brought to tears. I couldn’t very well be bawling in front of my students! After two years of not teaching it, I finally believed I could get through my classes without crying. I was wrong. I had to keep stopping during our discussions of this sweet masterpiece to compose myself and dry my eyes. This is probably my favorite short story of all time. I’ve never read anything else by William Maxwell but I plan to find the novel recommended by Tristan.
@davidparry3837
5 ай бұрын
Oh such great choices Tristan. Tristan University is the finest!
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
😂 thank you.
@SheriMaple
5 ай бұрын
What a nice list. I read Invisible Man last summer with a group. We finished reading Native Son by Richard Wright yesterday, and you can't read Invisible Man without reading Native Son, which was one of Ellison's influences.
@willieluncheonette5843
5 ай бұрын
I read Invisible Man and LOVED it. I still have not read Native Son. I think Ellison's book stands on its own.
@duffypratt
5 ай бұрын
Interesting selection. I’ve only read four of them (not Lark Rise, or Time will Darken It). There is no better provincial novel than Middlemarch, but that’s probably too big for your purposes. On Invisible Man, the narrator’s “present” is probably the 50s, but the action of the book takes place in the 1930s, toward the end of the Harlem Renaissance. Also, while it’s right to talk about the black nationalist movement, the book spends more time skewering the international communist movement and how it used blacks for its own purposes, and deals with the schism between it and the black nationalists. Other books I might put in here, which are both provincial and American, are O! Pioneers, Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, As I Lay Dying by Faulkner, and maybe a collection of the Nick Adam’s stories by Hemingway.
@Yesica1993
5 ай бұрын
Glad you're feeling better!
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
Thank you, Yesica.
@Shelia-b2f
5 ай бұрын
Yes!@@tristanandtheclassics6538
@Michajeru
5 ай бұрын
I am delighted with this list and intend to read them all.
@susprime7018
5 ай бұрын
The Grapes of Wrath formed my social conscience in the nineteen-sixties. Yes, I read Invisible Man.
@Yesica1993
5 ай бұрын
No spoilers/detail, but how bleak is The Grapes of Wrath? It's one of those, "I've always wanted to read this" books for me. But I can't handle anything too depressing right now.
@susprime7018
5 ай бұрын
@Yesica1993 It's about the Great Depression, so yes, bleak. Try some P. G. Wodehouse instead.
@nefraial
5 ай бұрын
@@Yesica1993 Yes. As much I love Steinbeck novels I have to be in the right mind to read them as he has a knack for writing misery. I'd agree with the suggestion to read some Wodehouse. Great for a laugh.
@Yesica1993
5 ай бұрын
@@nefraial Yeah, I figured. Thanks!
@Tuntee
5 ай бұрын
Great list! I read Inv Man last year (I did not enjoy) and I've read Cranford - loved. I put Lark Rise on my tbr sounds just up my alley. Grapes of Wrath I read decades ago but having very much enjoyed East of Eden this year GofW will go on my list for someday.
@Felix_h198
5 ай бұрын
Hi 🤗
@johnjabez6300
5 ай бұрын
An in depth by tristam on Invisible man now thats exciting
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
I'm looking forwards to reading it with everyone. 😃❤️
@comette4u
5 ай бұрын
I enjoy reading books that "talk to each other", so to speak. Four of these are on my TBR pile already! I'm looking forward to a reading journey boost.
@jonathonglover6488
5 ай бұрын
Been watching your videos for a while. And will see you in July for grapes of Wrath. I read East of Eden in January with another book club and loved it. Looking forward to jumping back into Steinbeck 👍
@cynthiadies9055
5 ай бұрын
Happy to see the new list! I'm looking forward to Lark Rise to Candleford, Death Comes for the Archbishop, and Cranford.
@Felix_h198
5 ай бұрын
Hi there
@JPT-kg8fm
4 ай бұрын
Good list. I'm tempted by Patreon. A copy of Grapes of Wrath has been looking at me for a while demanding to be read, so I'm pleased to have a reason to do it. I like the theme of the list, I tend to just read on impulse so a bit of organised reading is good.
@quatore-5886
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your channel, I really appreciate your approach to literature.
@Bleoberis1
5 ай бұрын
I’m in. Just joined your Patreon!
@maryfilippou6667
5 ай бұрын
I just saw your video today, Sunday, May 19th on 5 Great Non-Fiction Fiction books. Slipped off as I cook. Yes! I Would like to see a video by you on Slower living. I Love City life, but village life around the world has its plusses too and returning years ago to the rush- rush pace I'm used to, I knew would be a drawback at times.
@jennyaldridge4186
5 ай бұрын
Glad to see you looking (and sounding) better. Really looking forward to reading these books with the group, especially Grapes of Wrath. The only one I have read is Invisible Man but am more than happy to read it again. I always get so much more from a second reading.
@Felix_h198
5 ай бұрын
Hi 🤗
@Felix_h198
5 ай бұрын
How are you Jenny
@nedludd7622
5 ай бұрын
In the Ralph Ellison line, there are the early novels by Chester Himes, though Himes is much harder. A couple of titles, "If He Hollers, Let Him Go" and "The Lonely Crusade". Himes had a second period for which he is more well-known, that of the Harlem detective series. He has been compared to Chandler and Hammett. They are based on two recurring Black detectives Coffin Ed and Grave-Digger Jones and present a very definite social observation quality. In these, horrible things can happen which surprisingly make you laugh. Then, Himes had a late social criticism novel which is maybe my favorite from that period "Pink Toes".
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the recommendation 😊
@nefraial
5 ай бұрын
Lark Rise has been added to my reading list. Looking forward to hearing what people think of their reading experiences.
@CarolineLeSage-k7s
5 ай бұрын
Tristan, is your second channel, Tristan Talks Books, still running? I haven't seen any new video there in a long while. P.S. I love ALL your videos!!!
@brianwiggins7924
5 ай бұрын
William Maxwell edited The New Yorker, not the NYT. But, I agree, he is a magnificent author who deserves more attention.
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the correction 🙏
@brianwiggins7924
5 ай бұрын
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 your channel is superb, BTW. I so enjoy your enthusiasm for the classics.
@Scottlp2
5 ай бұрын
Steinbeck is an amazing wordsmith (read the first two pages from Cannery Row--1st paragraph below). I've read and chosen a number of his books for my book club, but I"ve avoided this one by request as people tell me they find it depressing.. Think I'll have to read it myself now.
@Scottlp2
5 ай бұрын
“Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Cannery Row is the gathered and scattered, tin and iron and rust and splintered wood, chipped pavement and weedy lots and junk heaps, sardine canneries of corrugated iron, honky tonks, restaurants and whore houses, and little crowded groceries, and laboratories and flophouses. Its inhabitant are, as the man once said, “whores, pimps, gambler and sons of bitches,” by which he meant Everybody. Had the man looked through another peephole he might have said, “Saints and angels and martyrs and holymen” and he would have meant the same thing.” -Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
@gaylaaustin7468
5 ай бұрын
Will be fantastic! Looking forward to it--thanks!!!
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
You bet!
@krzysamm7095
5 ай бұрын
Just read The Invisible Man at the end of last year and I still think about the the,es not just on a societal basis with differences in how one culture may view another or one individual might view another but also on a personal level. How am I viewing this individual just as that an individual who breaths and bleeds just Iike or do I make judgements based on a stereotype of the “ category” society has placed on all of us ? I am looking forward to Grapes of Wrath I read East of Eden and could feel the earth beneath my feet as he described the backdrop and could feel the emotions taking place between family members and friends. I loved both Samuel and Lee in my opinion everyone needs someone like them in their lives. Can anyone please tell me the book for June?
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
I love how you describe your experience with East of Eden and Invisible Man. Looking forward to reading these books with you. June's book is Madame Bovary.
@zibilanna
5 ай бұрын
Thank you, Tristan, for putting together this list! Some of these will be a challenge, others a treat. I'll be looking forward to Lark Rise (I very much enjoyed the TV series) and Cramford (also watched it). It's good to be challenged to read classics I've been a bit afraid of.
@cozycomfy589
5 ай бұрын
In a previous video, you had discussed Time Will Darken It. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it. My kind of book. Thank you for recommending.
@Felix_h198
5 ай бұрын
Hi 🤗
@NadineTouzet
5 ай бұрын
Of Invisible Man, which I read for university decades ago, I have no recollection ☹️. I listened to Cranford last year and found it entertaining. The rest have just joined my ever-increasing reading list 😊.
@Felix_h198
5 ай бұрын
Hey 👋
@janeylfoster6197
5 ай бұрын
Wonderful as always. Looking forward to your Live Event and off to research a couple of these titles for now. Thank you ❤
@tonybennett4159
5 ай бұрын
The Grapes of Wrath is, of course a piece of Americana but also a severe critique of the systems of finance and governance in America. Any book by Willa Cather fulfils the brief. I hope that her status grows because her writing incorporates all the traits of novels set in the mid and south West, normally perceived of as being masculine, with a sensibility that enhances the writing. My personal favourite of hers is "The Professor's House" which includes elemental descriptions of landscape, with the Stoner-like character of the professor. "Time Will Darken It" is a bit strange because I remember as I read it thinking that it was fine writing. Now, I remember nothing about it. Some books are like that. I've been tempted by "Invisible Man", but because I'd also read "Native Son" and several books by James Baldwin, I'd not got round to reading him. This will be the spur!
@nicolehockeygirl
3 ай бұрын
Hi Tristan! I tried reading The Grapes of Wrath a few years ago, and I couldn't stand the ex- preacher character. Today, I read up to chapter 8, and I stopped reading it again. The language used in the book really turns me off. It's not an American classic in my book.
@shadowmaster5709
5 ай бұрын
Bro, please make videos on how to improve my creative writing😭😭😭😭😭😭
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
OK that's a good idea for a video. 😃👍
@Video81501
4 ай бұрын
I didn't like Grapes of Wrath. He was too over-the-top in his espousal of socialism. He also reminded me of a 12-year-old who was impressed with his discovery and practice of profanity. Outside of that, he can weave a gripping tale.
@dawnmorgart4038
5 ай бұрын
Where do I find the chats about these books?
@subjectiveexperiences1072
5 ай бұрын
I don't think with your audience you really need to worry about being attacked as "woke." Though I could be out of touch I suppose. I just feel bad because I can imagine the anxiety content creators probably go through. Anyway, great video! =) Thanks again!
@tristanandtheclassics6538
5 ай бұрын
It is a curious world in which we live. Sadly tribal, easily offended, and careless with listening. As you say, that doesn't describe my audience. But one still has to tread carefully. 😃❤️
@subjectiveexperiences1072
5 ай бұрын
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Makes sense, and I'm sorry to hear that!
@Yesica1993
5 ай бұрын
I haven't seen that to this point, and I hope I never do. We'll see!
@stefashaler8340
2 ай бұрын
Food for thought in which you may or may not be interested: The United States is not America. The Americas stretch from the.Arctic Circle to near Antarctica encompassing 35 countries. Speaking of feeling invisible (Invisible Man), there are Latin American people who deeply resent the USA being called America. After 500 years under the boot of US domination, they decry the exceptionalism inherent in the US owning their collective name. On another note, many heartfelt thanks for the many, many remarkable videos.
@heatherboo1
5 ай бұрын
Okay wow. This got me. I’m looking into how to join patreon
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