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I was filtered by Russian names.
Sorry, I just cant remember two dozen characters and distinguish them by formal name, last name and nickname on the fly.

>> No.18956250

retard

>> No.18956275
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Just write them down

>> No.18956286

>>18956242
idiot
you'll get more used to them once you continue reading, you're not studying/memorizing for an exam.
stop worrying about all of the names and just read

>> No.18956309

>>18956286
This

>> No.18956321

What the fuck do you mean by 'nickname'
Are you talking about dimunitives? Is it so unthinkable to understand how Alexey becomes Alyosha and Pavel becomes Pasha?

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>>18956321
Yeah its stupid.

>> No.18956344

>>18956286
>dont worry about the content bro just consume the words

>> No.18956367

>>18956242
Are you talking about the first chapter of War and Peace?

Write them down. Also you can put a picture next to each one to make the characters vivid in your mind. Use Hollywood stars. /lit/ will offer you suggestions if you like.

>> No.18956374

>>18956242
This video helped me

>> No.18956381

>>18956374
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jpjgezhcKA&t=104s

>> No.18956387

>>18956286
Oh, so that's where all these people who read at least a book a week for years and still know nothing, nor can form a critical judgment about anything, are coming from. Thanks for clarifying!

>> No.18956466

>>18956367
I am reading Dostoevskys The Idiot, while I struggled to find out whether Gavril Ardalionovitch was the Lieutenant or his father the retired General (he was introduced as Ganya, why not just use that name?) and I just cant remember who Yevgeny Pavlovitcht is, what really pissed me off was Part 3 Chapter 4
>Do you remember Ferdyshtchenko?" he asked Myshkin.
No I fucking dont, I looked it up and he was the tenant at Ganyas flat at the beginning of the novel, you know, that legendary character.

I hate it when writers throw in random names from all over the novel to fuck with you.

>> No.18956499

All foreign names in literature should be rendered into English ones

>> No.18956557

>>18956499
*gives all book characters private made-up nicknames in my native anglaise tongue*

>> No.18956583

>>18956336
Filtered

>> No.18956587

>>18956242
Real simple, friend. Most first names have very simple English equivalents:
>Pyotr = Peter
>Ivan = John
>Sonya = Sonya
>Mikhail = Michael
Then "middle" name is a patrynomic, which denotes the person's father's name:
>Mikhailovic = son of Michael
>Ivanovna = daughter of Ivan/John

For last names, just write them down on your bookmark, which should just be a folded piece of paper.

>> No.18956591

>>18956499
kys

>> No.18956625

For me it's Korean names

>> No.18956709

Same problem I had reading Demons so I dropped it. I will pick it up someday but man I hate flipping back pages to make sure they're talking about the same person.

>> No.18956745

>>18956242
Grab a piece of paper. Write down the names of the characters per family with their first name-patronyme and the nickname. The nicknames are always the same for a name.

>> No.18956762

>>18956745
>The nicknames are always the same for a name.
False

Diminutive and affectionate forms are derived by adding various diminutive suffixes (-ochk-, -echk-, -onyk-, -enyk-, -ushk-, -yushk-, -yush-, -yash-, -ul-, -ush-, -un-, -us-, -k-, -ik- &c.). Diminutive forms can be derived from both short and full names. For example: from Maria (full form) following diminutive forms can be derived:

Maria Maryunya, Marunya, Marusya, Maryusha, Maryushka and Maryasha.
Masha (short form) Mashka, Mashenyka, Mashulya.
Manya (another short form) Manechka, Manyusya, Manyusha, Manyasha etc.
Diminutives derived with -k- suffix carry a pejorative tint, (Sashka, Grishka, Svetka etc.) This is related to a historical tradition to use semi-names to refer to oneself when speaking with a person of higher social status. However, among peers this form didn't have such a tint, indicating only simplicity in communication and close relation. Nonetheless, in modern Russian diminutives like Vasyka, Marinka, Alka are considered stylistically lowered.

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