/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18384686]

DostoevskyCHADS rule this board.

[Anonymous No.18384689]

>>18384686
Back to /v/ and /a/ with the console war retardation, discordfaggot.

But yes, we do.

[Anonymous No.18384724]

>>18384686
Finished BK last month after having first picked up Notes from Underground 15 years ago. I've now read his five major works, and out of sheer luck, read them in order.

[Anonymous No.18384735]

>>18384686
>>18384689
>>18384724
Tolstoychad checking in, psychologism is a cheap liberal trick

[Anonymous No.18384739]

>>18384735
...but "realism" isn't?

[Anonymous No.18384750]

>>18384739
They're both realists and that's good

[Nemo !!GgBWHLRiayD No.18384761]

He is a good author, but overrated in general, especially by Unitedstations.

[Anonymous No.18386336]

im reading the grand inquisitor right now and i gotta be honest, shits over my head

[Anonymous No.18386351]

>>18384761
Who gives a shit if he's "overrated" all that matters is he is good you contrarian shitstain.

[Anonymous No.18386671]

>>18384735
Tolstoy, the king of ">Tell Don't Show"

[Anonymous No.18386679]

>>18386336
Got any questions about it? If you're confused then it helps to know about the story in the Bible where Jesus is tempted in the desert by the Devil

[Anonymous No.18386862]

I finished Crime and Punishment (Garnett). I was disappointed by two small errors in
the story.

In the beginning, Raskolnikov "had never set foot in a tavern before", then later there's a flashback to an event that precedes the story's beginning, where Raskolnikov goes into a tavern. Maybe an artifact of translation?

Later, when Raskolnikov goes to the police to turn himself in, it's very late in the day, but when he arrives the lieutenant says, 'you're lucky to catch me here this early in the day'. Garnett marks this error with a footnote.

Regardless, it was a great book. Interesting, rich characters, unexpected turns in the plot. I lol'd once or twice, and felt moved by the ending. Even when the worst happens, life goes on.

[Anonymous No.18386905]

>>18384735
Based and tolstoypilled

[Anonymous No.18386919]

Dostoyevskychads, what am I in for?
I'm getting back into reading and diving immediately into the classics. I've got C&P and BK on the way (BK might have been lost by fucking USPS though, slimy little cunts, and it was signed as well).

[Anonymous No.18386941]

>>18386919
signed by who? did you get scammed anon?

[Anonymous No.18386950]

>>18386941
Signed by Melville. Cost me $40 off of Alibaba, so I don't think so.
(it was Eichenberg, the illustrator)

[Anonymous No.18386951]

>>18386919
You're in for long dialogues, raging alcoholics, tragic events, richly written characters who feel like real people, and really I mean really long dialogues.
Also avoid translations by P&V. Anyone besides them is fine. I can vouch for Garnett and McDuff.

[Anonymous No.18387033]

>>18386951
Sounds like the ones I bought were Garnett, so that's reassuring, thanks anon. What in particular is bad about P&V?

[Anonymous No.18387048]

>>18387033
To much commitment to preserving the original russian voice that it ends up feeling stilted. They're not nearly as bad as everyone on this board will make them out to be though.

[Anonymous No.18387161]

>>18387033
From what I understand, they take a mass production approach to translating, probably to make money, which results in inferior quality work.

[Anonymous No.18387172]

>>18387161
as apposed to what Garnett did? That's not why people think P&V sucks

[Anonymous No.18387193]

>>18387161
as opposed to what Garnett did? That's not why people think P&V sucks

[Anonymous No.18387217]

bulgakovpilled

[Anonymous No.18387548]

What do you guys think of Demons?

[Anonymous No.18387879]

>>18386951
>richly written characters who feel like real people
pfffftttt

[Anonymous No.18388028]

>>18387548
reading it now, im saddened at how much im seeing my own father in Stepan

[Anonymous No.18388047]

>>18384686
>Dostoevsky
who?

[Anonymous No.18388159]

>>18386950
I think I bought the exact same version, Anon
Melville signed it and added a few words:
"Here's your signed russian book, anon (my name)
I didn't write it but I heard it's very good,
with love, Melville
PS: I work for Alibaba now"

[Anonymous No.18388219]

>>18387879
I agree. It feels like reading a soap opera. Nothing wrong with that though

[Anonymous No.18388291]

Enjoyed BK and C&P but was disappointed by the Idiot (especially the ending). Any one else experience this?

[Anonymous No.18388297]

>>18384686
Tolstoy is way cooler.

[Anonymous No.18388345]

>>18388047
No one important.

[Anonymous No.18388508]

>>18388159
His immortal magnificence is truly a blessing. I wonder how his experiences at Alibaba will shape his next novel, Moby Dick, or The Chinese Whaler

[Anonymous No.18388805]

>>18384686
How the fuck did Tolstoy tolerate such a fucking pseud like Gorki?

[Anonymous No.18389023]

>>18387033
P&V is a fine translation. Don’t listen to these faggot contrarians, they just hate them because they’re popular.

[Anonymous No.18389068]

>>18384686

Will I enjoy Dostoevsky if I liked Pathologic 2?

[Nemo !!GgBWHLRiayD No.18389162]

>>18386351

1. There is gradation of what is good, and he is frequently erroneously graduated by the "Protestantistic" rationale.

2. Important & obvious facts matter; the patent obvious should be reported; the latent important should be unloaded.