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Do I read the Idiot or Crime & Punishment first?

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>>23782887
>Mom bitched me out again
>Now I can't focus on my writing due to stress
One of these days she's gonna give me a stroke.

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Law & Reward

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>>23220275
An engineer

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>quotes himself in his own novels
What a fucking hack!

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Is he the epitome of "tell, don't show"? How can he get away with it?

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How the FUCK did this lil nigga get access to my diary and how do I get him to stop using it as source material?

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ITT: We post traits of a psued.
>his favorite writer is Dostoevsky

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What value does literature have over philosophy? Just a theme?

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iit: authors who write interesting books but can't acutally write well

dostoyevsky writes books with good themes/interesting ideas and characters but his actual prose, etc is dogshit

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Why is? Why does anything exist, and why does it exist the way it is? Are the laws of physics immutable? Aren’t things ever shifting slightly to the right, so imperceptibly that no instrument man could ever hope to devise would be capable of detecting it? Why are things the way they are, and not some other way altogether? Will red and blue be flipped tomorrow, and my memory of such a prior state of affairs vanish? Why must 2+2 = 4? Only after staring at the face of god will man be capable of answering such simple questions regarding the mere existence of reality. But what if it’s all impossible? That can never be, for even if we tore back the curtain we could never be convinced that we weren’t staring at mere shadows. Then how can one advance beyond solipsism? So quickly does the whole facade of existence collapse and I’m once more drawn into schizophrenic rabbit holes, only to be nursed back to self sustenance by the faint reprieve offered in nihilism. I embrace bleakness not from desire, but from inescapable vanity.

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my native language is German and I'm fluent in English, but I don't speak Russian. In general, am I better off with german or english translations of Dostoevsky?

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tell me what you think about reading specifically FICTION in translation (so no autistic german philosophers).

As someone familiar with a few languages I’ve always found redditor types who talk about “reading dostoevsky/proust/goethe” mostly wasting their time and only reading it for an ego boost because they’re not actually “reading” that author’s words.

I do say “generally” and for fiction specifically because:

1. I think classics + scripture are important enough to go beyond this (but learning Latin + Greek is still never a bad option).

2. Obviously we don’t have the time to learn every language.

I’ve just said we should accept we’ll never actually be “reading” those authors unless it’s in their native language. Go ahead and read them for historical context but don’t talk about “dostoevsky’s prose” when it’s literally anything but.

imagine trying to read joyce in translation.

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>fuck reason
Wow. So deep.

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>>19239826
>I'm reluctantly an A+ ascetic because I'm poor and women are ruined but if women were not ruined I would ruin them

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I read a bit past part 2 of Notes from the Underground by Dostoevsky until dropping it out of annoyance at the rambling. Are his other books like this too?

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I'm an English major
Trying to get back into reading for myself instead of just assignments and actually enjoy reading

Any suggestions on what to read and actually love this field again?

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Rank his works

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Favorite Dostoevsky chapter or moment?

For me it has to be Ivan's nightmare, it's a great end to his character arc.

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What's the "best" book from Fyodor Dostoevsky, according to you?
Btw, where should i start with F. Dostoevsky? I am thinking of Notes From the Underground, cuz taxi driver.

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