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How does he compare to other Russians like Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Did he surpass them or was he worse?

>> No.17098032

Tolstoy > Gogol > Dosto

>> No.17098047

>>17098011
chekov > turgenev > tolstoy

>> No.17098052

>>17098011
Mandelstam > Gogol > Pushkin > Dostoevsky > Chekhov > Tolstoy > Mayakovsky > Turgenev > Nabokov

>> No.17098069

>>17098011
>R*ssians
That nation of subhumans never produced anything worthwhile to mankind. I can't believe we didn't nuke them when we had a chance to do so without any retaliation. What could have been!

>> No.17098080

read the nose, it will tell you all you need to know

>> No.17098110

>>17098011
emo faggot just like edgar poe

>> No.17098116
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>>17098080
Indeed.

>> No.17098295

>>17098011
His short stories are extremely comfy so there's that

>> No.17098341

>>17098069
>American spotted
Please go away

>> No.17098433

>>17098011
Dosto > Gogol > Tolstoy

>> No.17098457

I think the only reason he's not considered the GOAT is that he wrote so little.

>> No.17098475

Dead souls, later short stories and plays are all awesome. His very early short stories not bad.

His essays - boring.

Read him anon.

>> No.17098730

Tolstoy > Dosto > Goncharov > Lermontov > Gogol > Turgenev

>> No.17098740

>>17098295
Indeed. I love "My First Goose."

>> No.17098746

>>17098740
Gogol and Babel are different authors you idiot.

>> No.17098912

He not only surpasses all other Russian authors, he literally paved the way for their writing. Without him there wouldn't be a Dostoyevsky or Tolstoy

>> No.17098924

Dosto > Gogol >> Tolstoy

>> No.17098946

After reading Nabokov, everyone else seems like a worthless hack.

>> No.17098947

Tolstoy > Gogol > Dostoevsky > Nabokov > Pushkin > Turgenev > Chekhov > Lermontov > Goncharov

>> No.17098951

Why did Russia stop producing great authors?

>> No.17099039

>>17098951
because communism ended and capitalism began

>> No.17099115

>>17098069
This. The bolsheviks should have starved them all to death.

>> No.17099118

>>17099039
most of Russia's great writers were pre-1917 buddy.

>> No.17099125

>>17099039
all the good russian authors lived in pre communist russia, you monkey

>> No.17099942

>>17098946
Terrible opinion

>> No.17100028

>>17098080
He's a jew?! DROPPED

>> No.17100080

>>17098946
Plebeian, not even Nabokov would agree to you.
Do yourself a favor and read "the overcoat".

>> No.17100091

>>17098052
>Mayakovsky that high
cringe

>> No.17100138

>>17098052
That's just retarded. Nabokov is dead last though, even you can see that >>17098032
Acceptable opinion, although both are vastly superior to Dostojevski
>>17098069
Kill yourself
>>17098110
What in hell's name did you read to get to that conclusion?

>> No.17100462

>>17098951
Vodka was invented

>> No.17101257

>>17099039
Retard.

>> No.17101270

He was Ukrainian wasn’t he?

>> No.17101290

>>17101270
It was still under Russia’s rule at the time if I remember correctly but yes

>> No.17101310

>>17098047
holy based
t. russian

>> No.17101333

>>17100080
The overcoat is based

>> No.17101413
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17101413

>every take is completely different

>> No.17101422

>>17098047
aбcoлютли бeйceд

>> No.17102553

>>17101413
AGHHHHHHH HOW CAN I DECIDE

>> No.17102562

>>17101310
>>17101422
But where is Gogol in that ranking?

>> No.17102617

>>17101270
No major difference

>> No.17102634

>>17100080
portrait is better

>> No.17102885

>>17101270
Yes

>> No.17103362

>>17098011
I like Gogol a lot. He is first tier, along with Dosto, Chekhov, Bulgakov, Goncharov and Lermontov

>> No.17103538

>>17098032
>>17098047
>>17098052
>>17098947
>>17103362
All this talk and no mention of Bely!
>>17100138
It's not really a j

>> No.17103606

>>17098011
He doesn't surpass Tolstoy or Turgenev, but he is essential in the course of literature that lead us to Tolstoy and Turgenev.

>> No.17103614

>>17100028
No, he's not, he's actually notoriously anti-Semitic.

>> No.17103806

>>17101290
That shouldn't matter if hes Ukrainian then he is a Ukrainian even if they were under Russian rule, you wouldn't call a Welshman or a Scott an Englishman would you?