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Dostoyevsky thread

About to embark on this fat fucker. What was your impression of this piece?

>> No.6604275

It's the most brilliant novel you will ever read.

>> No.6604287

>>6604259

I'm reading The Idiot right now. I'm thinking I should maybe stop and read The Brothers Karamazov instead.

>> No.6604300

It is brilliant. All of life is contained within it.

>> No.6604364

>>6604259
I finished Crime and Punishment some weeks ago. Can't wait to read BK.

>> No.6604458

>>6604275
>>6604287
>>6604300

See it's shit like this that makes me wonder if /lit/ only likes Dostoyevsky in an ironic way.

>> No.6604687

bumpity bump

>> No.6604742

>>6604259
It's shit. You will like it.

>> No.6604895

I can't pronounce anyone's names so I just recognize each character by the first couple letters of their name and the last one. And every time I see their name I omit any narrative cognition and just visualize the character.

>> No.6604900

>>6604895
so fucking typical of dostoyevsky

>> No.6604923

>>6604259
Skip any Aloysha chapter. Skip the Zosima chapter. Skip the last chapter. And skip the trial chapter. The rest is still boring.

also anything Aloysha says you can also skip. He's a whiny drama filled little cunt who is too feminine and dramatic for modern day soap operas.

>> No.6605304

>>6604923
Don't listen to this faggot, please.

>> No.6605747

>>6604259
Just started it today! Were in this together OP

>> No.6605790

>>6605747
Lets do it m8

Finished first few chapters. Of course, I totally forgot that Dostoyevsky needs to spend 10 trillion pages describing everyone and their 3rd cousins before the story actually starts

>> No.6605798

What translations should I be reading?

I've seen a lot of hate for the P&V lately, so I'm not sure what to get.

>> No.6605809

>>6605798
>05798
I'm reading the Constance Garnett translation, seems alright so far

>> No.6605965

>>6604458
Not everyone is an ironic memekid like you. Love for dostovesky is sincere.

>> No.6606094

"The Idiot" is the only underwhelming book I've read by Dostoyevsky. That being said the chapters in which Myshkin has flashbacks from life in Switzerland are top tier. Emotionally stunning are especially parts about the death penalty carried out in some little protestant town and the manner in which a grown man can influence children in a positive, didactic way. Brilliant psychology from Dosto as usual. From what I've read by Dostoyevsky, have in mind it's only my opinion:

Brothers Karamazov > Demons (The Possessed) > House of the Dead = Crime and Punishment > Idiot = Gambler

I still have yet to read Notes from the Underground, Poor Folk and The Raw Youth from his bigger works.

Now, some people may say it's cliche or mainstream, but I genuinly believe that if you have some tenacity and an open mind you'll appreciate Brothers Karamazov. Best book I've ever read for sure.

>skipping any chapters

Without major spoilers; Zosima's retrospection about his brother making peace with himself, God and family is priceless, Zosima's retrospection about his youth and dueling is greatly touching. The trail at the end is perhaps one of best images of rhetorical showmanship in literature and a major political statement. I can't describe the greatness of this book, it's too immense, just go and read it.

>> No.6606261

>>6605304
>please OP, on stradle my asshole

>> No.6606307

It's probably one of the best novels ever written and definitely one of my favorites

>> No.6607218

>>6605798
I enjoyed the McDuff translation. I chose by reading the first chapter in each translation, on Amazon preview.

>> No.6607236

>>6604259
>read it last year
>can't remember any of it thanks to terrible memory

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6607552

He's the inspiration for season 2 of True Detective

>> No.6607576

>>6605798
I picked up P&V copy of it, read the first few pages of McDuff and wasn't a fan seeing as he described the death as "cloudy and fishy" or something dumb which dostbro would have never wrote.