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

>> No.17166117

>>17166110
>Never read Dostoevsky
>Should I start with the Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment or Notes from Underground?
You should start with deez nuts

>> No.17166125

>>17166110
Read Tolstoy

>> No.17166126

Notes then C&P then Idiot then Demons and then Brothers

>> No.17166146

>>17166117
>>17166125
this board fucking sucks
>>17166126
this is the order i'd give. haven't read demons so would possibly switch The Idiot with Demons but idk. As long as you read Brothers last you'll be good.

>> No.17166147

>>17166110
Notes from Underground

>> No.17166149

>>17166126
Came here to post this

>> No.17166159

>>17166110
Crime and Punishment or Notes first.

>> No.17166180

>>17166125
0-100 iq: tolstoy > dostoevsky
100-140 iq: dostoevsky > tolstoy
140-200 iq: tolstoy > dostoevsky

>> No.17166190

Don’t get filtered by the first half of Notes - it’s a snoozefest. The second part is pure kino

>> No.17166207

>>17166180

900 IQ+ Gogol> Dostoevsky And Tolstoy

>> No.17166214

>>17166159
Seconded, got my friend both of these for christmas.

>> No.17166335

I'll start with Notes from Underground and then go for Crime and Punishment, thanks bros.

>> No.17166370

>>17166110
>>17166335
Notes opened my mind.

>> No.17166564

I just finished The Idiot
I am sad bros
I fear that I may go insane as well.

>> No.17166624

>>17166110
Here's a good order for some of his key works: C&P, The Idiot, Demons, Brothers Karamazov.

>>17166125
Based and levinpilled.

>> No.17166733

>>17166146
>this board fucking sucks

then leave

>> No.17166763

>>17166110
Start with Brothers Karamazov because life is short, his books are long, and that's the best one.

>> No.17166768

In fact now that I think about it you should read him in reverse order of publication because he got linearly better with time.

>> No.17166980

>>17166110
White Nights or the Dreams of A Ridiculous man

>> No.17166990

>>17166146
>As long as you read Brothers last you'll be good
Why?

>> No.17166996

>>17166110
Notes

>> No.17167042

>>17166110
Don’t start with TBK because it’s all downhill from there. Probably Demons

>> No.17167091

>>17166990
I made the mistake of reading Brothers then C&P and Brothers is just such a tour de force that everything pales in comparison. If you read C&P and then Brothers you can go from thinking "wow C&P is fantastic" to "wow I thought C&P was good but Brothers is truly one of a kind" rather than just think "this is pretty good but not as good as Brothers"

>> No.17167100

>>17166110
Start with the gambler then go from shortest to longest

>> No.17167129

>>17167100
>>17166980
these

>> No.17167174

>>17166146
Damn I read Brothers first :/ what should I do

>> No.17167203

>>17166110
>should I start with this author's largest and most complex work?
yes that sounds like a good idea, especially outside of a classroom environment where no one can help you understand the things you missed.
Start with Notes. Then Crime and Punishment. Then take a break and read something else. Read The Idiot and Demons at some point in the next couple years and then eventually, once you've hit middle age, you might be ready for Brothers Karamazov.

>> No.17167231

>>17167174
You just read the best first. Go on with the other if you enjoyed it