/lit/ - Literature

was he retarded?

>The House of the Dead
>Demons
>Brothers Karamazov
What do I read next from this guy?

Humans don't talk like that.

Where to start with him?

Why is he so overrated in the West? Turgenev and Chekhov were way better writers.

Who is the most overrated author you can think of?

Most 19th century authors are shit and are only lauded because it's the done thing.

How many more decades until people realize that he was the greatest writer of all time?

What the hell was Dostoevsky's problem?

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please convince me to finish reading the idiot. I stopped at part one and I had the motivation to pick up any book since. it's been months.

Where do I start with him? As someone that has never read a dostoevsky before.

Rank his works

Rate his works

Why does lit love him so much?

Was Dostoevsky a fideist.?

Am I just reading shitty translations or do people in his books talk like fucking retards? I'm reading White Nights and I get that the protagonist is meant to be some kind of incel but at a certain point it just starts sounding ridiculous

>Nastenka,” I answered in a stern and dignified voice, hardly able to keep from laughing, “dear Nastenka, I know I describe splendidly, but, excuse me, I don’t know how else to do it. At this moment, dear Nastenka, at this moment I am like the spirit of King Solomon when, after lying a thousand years under seven seals in his urn, those seven seals were at last taken off. At this moment, Nastenka, when we have met at last after such a long separation — for I have known you for ages, Nastenka, because I have been looking for some one for ages, and that is a sign that it was you I was looking for, and it was ordained that we should meet now — at this momenta thousand valves have opened in my head, and I must let myself flow in a river of words, or I shall choke. And so I beg you not to interrupt me, Nastenka, but listen humbly and obediently, or I will be silent

This is 2 people who have known each other for a day. Are Russian's just like this?

Never read Dostoevsky
Should I start with the Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment or Notes from Underground?

Where should I start with Dostoyevsky?

How would you rank the dostoesvsky books?

Where do i start with this cutie?

>>16907300
here

Is Dostoevsky supposed to be funny or is it because of the translation?