Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: * Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. * Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful. * Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it. * When falsehood can

I found a couple of good videos that analyze Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground. Here are the videos:

Below are some quotes from the book Tess of the Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy: * A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away. * Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing

If you have read The Brothers Karamazov, you probably still remember The Grand Inquisitor. A review of this chapter is given by Thug Notes is provided below (with a street flavor, of course): A much cleaner version is given by Feeling Philosophical YouTube channel:

A review of The Brothers Karamazov by Thug Notes:

A few quotes from Lord of the Flies by William Golding: * Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us. * The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. * We did everything adults would do. What went wrong? * The greatest ideas are

Quotes from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: * We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. * The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. * There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. * The whole

Thug Notes summary of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck:

TED Ed on why you should read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy:

If you want to listen to summaries of classical literature work in a street talk style, Thug Notes is your go-to person. He has numerous videos on YouTube as part of the Wisecrack series on literature. Here’s an example he did on Jane Austen’s Emma.

I am halfway through War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It was both a surprise and a delight when I stumbled upon a video of Tolstoy as I went through old videos of The School of Life’s Literature series. Tolstoy was indeed an interesting, brilliant, and fascinating individual. Below