What is it about some books that make us fall in love? The team at The School of Life YouTube channel have decided to explore this question with the “Why We Love Certain Books” video.
The video embedded above features references to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Théophile Gautier’s Mademoiselle de Maupin, and the Kama Sutra. It has drawn more than 142,000 views.
Alain de Botton, the founder of The School of Life, serves as the narrator of this video. To hear more from de Botton, follow these links to check out his TED talks on “A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success” and “Atheism 2.0.” To see more literary-themed videos from The School of Life, click on these links to view “What is Literature for?” and “The Sexiness of Bookish People.”