How to Read a Classic 

I usually don't read the introduction. Sometimes i read the footnotes if i feel it is necessary for a better understanding

Hey Celine missed you so much. Thank you for this video ❤❤❤❤

Thank you for this guide !! I love your tips - they’re practical and real - honestly I do the wiki too and totally agree with you about the footnotes! I’m going to start doing it after every few chapters instead of flipping back and forth. Often there are spoilers there too… And I thank you so much for normalizing not getting everything !! I feel better to not understand everything in novels.. and I’m a native English speaker 😂

When I first started out with the classics, I avoided all introductions due to spoilers. The thing that helped me along the most was reading the chapter, and if I found that I was not precisely clear about that chapter, I read the summary on SparkNotes - this was a tremendous help reading Wuthering Heights.

The most fun classic I read was an old hardcover by Sir Walter Scott which I bought for $2. The pages were still uncut and the illustrations were etchings by J.M.W. Turner. No footnotes in that one. In terms of footnotes, they can definitely be annoying. If they're truly footnotes (at the bottom of the page), I usually read most of them. If they're endnotes, I'll just read that chapter's notes after I've finished the whole chapter so I don't interrupt my reading. I just finished a memoir where the footnotes were indicated by *, †, ‡, §, ‖, ¶ and the symbols inside the text were so tiny they were like dust motes, I read over them without seeing them and most of the notes were completely inconsequential so I was gasping with annoyance the entire book.

Hii 👋Celine , what are your book reading plans for next new year,can we know your plans for the chanel and content kindly we love to hear your thoughts about new year 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Good tips celine! I don’t read the intro all the time I just want read the story maybe after then I will but the intro are so long as well .same as the story .❤yes I don’t see alot of people do video of how to read a classic .

👋👋O hello Celine! It's odd you didn't talk about the Classics in relation to the broader discourse on that vexing phrase, the Western Canon. (Anyone interested in the subject should consult the late Harold Bloom's The Western Canon." Perhaps it was better that way you didn't bring it up. Kind of divisive these days. Actually, it's sort of refreshing😊. I can tell you're passionate about your subject: squinting eyes, animated eyebrows, you talking directly to the camera, breaking the fourth wall😅 Hmm

Honestly some editors turn classic fiction into nonfiction with their notes.

Hii 👋Celine , what are your book reading plans for next new year,can we know your plans for the chanel and content kindly we love to hear your thoughts about new year 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Hii 👋Celine , what are your book reading plans for next new year,can we know your plans for the chanel and content kindly we love to hear your thoughts about new year 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉