Huge January Book Haul: Joyce, Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Denton Welch, Non-Fiction and more... 

" Anna Karenina, a small but immensely beautiful novel. You must wonder why I should include a novel in my list. Just because I am crazy! I like all kinds of things. Anna Karenina is one of my most loved books. How many times I have read it I can’t remember. I mean the number of times - I remember the book perfectly well, I can relate the whole book. If I was drowning in the ocean and had to choose just one novel out of all the millions of novels in the world, I would choose Anna Karenina. It would be beautiful to be with that beautiful book. It has to be read and read again; only then you can feel it, smell it, and taste the flavor. It is no ordinary book. Leo Tolstoy failed as a saint, just as Mahatma Gandhi failed as a saint, but Leo Tolstoy was a great novelist. Mahatma Gandhi succeeded as - and will remain forever - a pinnacle of sincerity. I don’t know of any other man in this century who was so sincere. When he wrote to people ‘sincerely yours’ he was really sincere. When you write ‘sincerely yours’, you know, and everybody else knows, and the person to whom you are writing also knows, that it is all bullshit. It is very difficult, almost impossible, to really be ‘sincerely yours’. That’s what makes a person religious - sincerity. Leo Tolstoy wanted to be religious but could not be. He tried hard. I feel great sympathy with his effort, but he was not a religious person. He has to wait at least a few more lives. In a way it is good that he was not a religious man, otherwise we would have missed Resurrection, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and dozens more beautiful, immensely beautiful books."

Really interested in those Boorstin pick-ups

Hello, I recently chanced upon your channel; and with the titles you chose to read, I promptly subscribed. Curious to hear where you picked up that clutch of Everyman titles? I'm guessing all previously owned by the same person. I've tried Mahfouz in the past but couldn't get into his writing. His trilogy is widely well-known. I'm presently reading my 2nd Thomas Bernhard & again I'm totally engrossed. After Loser & Extinction which would you suggest to follow?

Bonsoir, Naguib Mahfouz était un écrivain égyptien décédé en 2006.C'était une belle personne, il a beaucoup oeuvré pour la paix et la liberté. Son style est beau lui aussi et ses romans font souvent penser à des contes.Le prix Nobel lui a été attribué en 1988, ses filles se sont déplacées pour le recevoir, car Naguib Mahfouz n'aimait pas les voyages.Il n'a pratiquement jamais quitté Le Caire et en particulier Gamaleya le quartier de son enfance. Son discours de réception du prix Nobel est une merveille que je vous recommande ! Bonne soirée !

I am reading W. Scott's Waverly novels in published order. My next one is Rob Roy :)

Massive book haul and so many good authors! The Daniel J. Boorstin books are tempting. Glad to see you've found some nice editions of Denton Welch for your academic project; these are precious additions. Hopefully you manage to read these superb classics despite their length, at your own pace, and enjoy them.

Very nice haul. Some beautiful editions. Also hello from mostly a lurker and new viewer, first comment here. 👋

Thanks for that fantastic haul video! I've never seen half of those titles in the editions you found (and I look at a lot of books). Where are you going to put all those tomes? I hope not on the shelves right behind your head?! Best wishes from California