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14703534 No.14703534 [Reply] [Original]

ok, I've already read (in chronological order):
>The Idiot
>Notes from Underground
>The Double
>The Brothers Karamazov
>The Gambler
>Poor Folk
>Demons
>Netochka Nezvanova
>The Eternal Husband
>The Village of Stepanchikovo
>many short stories, as well (Bobok, A Gentle Creature, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, etc.)

Should I:
>keep the joke going and go for The Adolescent
or
>fuck off, just read Crime and Punishment dumb fuck

>> No.14703548

>>14703534
Well tell us your opinion about those books you've read Anon. Don't spare the details I'm honestly curious.

>> No.14703549

Why would you ruin this absolute mad-ladery: The Adolescent

>> No.14703563

depends on which Dostoyevski you liked, the Young one or the One that went through the hell that was the Tsarist Gulag. I loved Crime and Punishment, but haven't read the Adolescent.

>> No.14703575

>>14703563
They were both written after he was put through the gulag...

>> No.14703577

>>14703534
The Gambler was a dumb book, why didn't Alexei keep the money and settle down in a bit nice datcha with a trad qt wife? It makes no sense.

>> No.14703586

>>14703548
Shut up

>> No.14703615

>>14703548
quick reviews for some of them:

>The Idiot
>Notes from Underground
read when I was 15/16, but liked a lot. should revisit.

>The Double
didn't like as much, but still a pretty good book. maybe would appreciate more now.

>The Brothers Karamazov
just perfect. 10/10

>The Gambler
>The Eternal Husband
extremely fun. laughed a lot.

>Demons
maybe my favorite one, but that's due to the subject. wouldn't recommend it for people who aren't somewhat familiar with the period, though.

>Netochka Nezvanova
',:-)


>>14703549
thanks anon, I won't.

I'm also considering House of the Dead.

>> No.14703622

>>14703615
Thanks mate!

>> No.14703631

>>14703577
>why was the protagonist flawed???

>> No.14703912

>>14703534
My advice is read something less fucking depressing. How is it helping you succeed in life?

I read Crime and Punishment as a teenager, it was okay, but I don't think it's an essential read.

Read books that are positive and life-affirming. They will improve your life for the better.

>> No.14703949

>>14703912
> How is it helping you succeed in life?

lol

>> No.14703964

>>14703615
>I'm also considering House of the Dead.

Great story/description of prison life in Siberia and in general. Quick read, too.

>> No.14703974

>>14703912
>Dostoyevsky
>depressing
I really don't get that! yes, the plot is usually sad overall, but who cares? can't you purely appreciate a work of art by how insanely well done it is? I find that in the end I take way more joy by reading such works than any sadness the plot may provoke on me.

moreover, I find Dostoyevsky extremely funny, and I know I'm not the only one.

>> No.14703983

>>14703964
I'm really into the Kolima Tales (read half of them so far), so I think it should be really interesting to see how Siberia was before Stalin.

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14704253

>>14703912
name one "positive and life-affirming" book that is neither self-help nor corny

>> No.14704721

>>14703577
You cannot make sense of the Russian spirit

>> No.14705113

>>14703912
>helping you succeed in life?
>positive and life-affirming.

pure onions

>> No.14705150

>>14703912
lmao, sounds like something my mother would say.

>> No.14705250
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14705250

>>14703974
Fair enough. The only book of his I read was Crime and Punishment. It was good I guess, it makes you think about the consequences of crime, even if you think it's justified.

But yeah it was just pretty depressing. That's probably why I haven't read any of his other books.

>>14704253
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

>>14705113
>quite literally SEETHING because i speak the truth
Pure s.o.y. Now go back to your cuck cage and go read something "deep and mysterious" while you seethe that every dude is getting chicks and you're not.

>>14705150
Yeah, well it's true. Turns out parents have had a lot of life experience and they've got some good advice. When you get a bit older like me, you'll realise that too.

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14705479

>>14703534
Crime and Punishment is an insult to Russian literature and it is popular only becase English translation is better than the original. Also it might be that my school teacher just gave me aversion to this novel, I dunno. His other books are good as fuck though. Read Lermontov's "A Hero of Our Time" if you want to keep up the meme, although it has the edgiest main hero I've ever seen in a book.

>> No.14705503

>>14703534
>Joke
Who's laughing?

>> No.14705521

>>14705250
>>14705479
literally retarded
>>14703534
You really should have saved TBK for last because it's the apex of his literary career. Anyway read Notes from a Dead House & The Adolescent before reading C&P

>> No.14705533

>>14703534
Now you should right down what you've learned and organize it into a coherent ideology.

>> No.14705838

>>14705521
>unbridled butthurt
>unbridled stupidity resulting in an inability to refute the things that make you butthurt
Thanks for admitting that we're right.