/lit/ - Literature

>>22087919
It's just an idealised style, of course a more accurate depiction of a poor Russian man would be an unshaven goblin, but why should it have to be accurate? I think a big reason for all the art is because many foids were put on to Crime & Punishment from tiktok and now simp for him. Personally I like the e-boy look, it's how I saw him in my head.

>>21885835
>highest levels of enlightenment
I don't know what exactly you mean by this phrase, but it is quite possibly a fiction.

With that out of the way: no, I don't think so. To the extent that enlightenment can be thought of as an upwards motion, there's nothing more enlightening than climbing out of a hole. Seizing the reins to one's mind and overcoming, say, addiction, is a rather enlightening sort of experience.

>>21883406
>but'thougheverbeit
In the city of R'lyeh, dead C'thullu lies dreaming.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!!

>>21550514
I think it helps, because some of the best writing is revelatory of a part of being 'human' that most would rather remain ignorant of, or regard as an offence to their moral/ethical values. I dont think you 'need' to get to the point of destitution, but I also dont think you'd be writing about murdering an old lady and her sister with an ax and expounding on religious axioms if you were in a much more cheerful state either.

>>21456401
I don't think i have a fully formed opinion, I'm a novice to Dostoyevsky and a novice to literature in general. Perhaps the more i read of Dostoevsky and read in general ill have a well versed opinion but for now Katz seems to be fine for me

I must ask, im looking to buy the brothers Karamazov after I'm done with C&P and I'd like to know what translations are recommended so i can compare myself to see which one fits me better

To read twice as much and to enjoy the books i read

>>21434359
>>21434379
Both of you are horrifically wrong. Raskolnikov obviously looked like this, have you even read the novel?

Do you have any? I only have this Raskolnikov
I think it's pretty funny to post them and only a few people get it.