We’re talking about how Joyce killed the novel, why all Victorian writers (including Dostoyevsky) sound like Dickens, reading books aloud in serial form, patience vs binge-consumption culture, why I love Everyman and Loeb books, and my footnote reading challenge.
What Books Are You Reading This Month?
Here are links to the books I’m reading this month along with timestamps for the video:
- 0:00 – The Craft of the Novel
- 0:33 – Ulysses
- 0:45 – Oliver Twist
- 0:59 – Crime and Punishment
- 2:10 – The Green Mile (original novelettes)
- 6:55 – On the Soul
- 7:08 – Horace’s Satires
- 7:20 – Michel de Montaigne’s Essays
- 8:00 – Lives of the Painters
- 8:36 – Ficciones
- 8:55 – Chekhov’s Short Stories
- 9:00 – A Sportsman’s Notebook
- 9:53 – Cousin Bette
- 10:05 – The ABC Murders
- 10:25 – Metamorphoses
Mentioned in the video:
- The Psychological Significance of the Classic Myths (Podcast)
- Let’s Deep Read Chekhov’s Short Stories Together (Video)
Also, a question for you:
If you could build your library from only Everyman collection books or Loeb Classical Library books, which one would you choose and why?