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

>> No.16781542

Its suppose to be funny.

>> No.16781553

There is some humor, but I wouldn't say dosto is a funny guy

>> No.16781641

>>16781553
This. He tries to be funny but he's not good at it

>> No.16782789

I think he’s hilarious
>in bk when dimitri attacks his dad and knocks the vase over as he runs to him, dosto stops mid-action to say “and it wasnt an expensive vase”

>> No.16782875
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>>16782789
Second this.
Ippolit reading his manifest is sitcom material.

>> No.16782883

>>16782789
>that part where myskin gets increasingly nervous about breaking that very old and expensive chinese vase
>he gets coincidentally placed right next to it
>starts ranting about the catholic church
>bumps into the vase, breaks it
what is it with dosto and breaking vases?

>> No.16782899

>>16781410
He doesn't write many jokes. But when he does, I burst out laughing. They aren't even real jokes, more like funny and ironic situations or character traits. Also he is one of the comfyest writers. Almost as comfy as Dickens.

>> No.16782969

>>16781410
Notes from the Underground is comedy gold in Russian.

>> No.16782985

>>16781410
Nabokov, who hated Dostoevsky otherwise, had to admit that his dialogue is extremely funny at times, and he obviously read him in Russian.

>> No.16783066

>>16782875
hahahha it truly is. I cringed so hard

>> No.16783068

>>16782883
that scene made me meta cringe as I love myshkins nationalism/patriotism however the level of foreshadowing led to an unbearable level of tension

I feel like most of The Idiot is lost on anyone who doesn’t love myshkin

>> No.16783076

every scene in crime and punishment with porfiry and raskolnikov is hilarious

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>>16781410
House Of The Dead has several funny moments. I recommend it!

>> No.16783177

It's a dark comedy but it can go the other way as well. Also, as someone who lives in a post-commie country, Dosto nails the wacky feel of the conversations around here, especially among boomers.

>> No.16783210

>>16782985
I've read several translations of dostoyevski and Tolstoy and Tolstoys always read way better. Is he just way better at prose in Russian?