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05-10-2006, 01:44 PM
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The Brothers is insanity and Notes from the Underground is THE best character sketch around.
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Crime and Punishment is a classic character sketch of nihilistic insanity, but "Brothers" has the one line that should be included in the bible as the eleventh commandmend--- Love thy neighbours but hate the Jews.
In the current atmospere of political correctness people tend to forget that GW was running around saying that Jews cannot get into heaven because they are not "saved" (his mom shut him up on that) and that Jimmy Carter supported an anti-Zionist resolution in the U.N. when he was president 
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06-04-2006, 09:28 PM
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everyone recommends THE IDIOT to me. even amazon.com. ive only read NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND, but liked it enough. let us know how the book turns out.
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Yes, it turned out good. I recommend. |
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06-17-2006, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by EminemsRevenge
Crime and Punishment is a classic character sketch of nihilistic insanity, but "Brothers" has the one line that should be included in the bible as the eleventh commandmend--- Love thy neighbours but hate the Jews.
In the current atmospere of political correctness people tend to forget that GW was running around saying that Jews cannot get into heaven because they are not "saved" (his mom shut him up on that) and that Jimmy Carter supported an anti-Zionist resolution in the U.N. when he was president
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I am a Messianic Jew. I loved Fyodors books and my favorites to date are Crime and Punishment and Anna Karinena, I just loved kitty and her brother in law the ridiculous and hopelessly unfaithful and silly Anna's brother.
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12-03-2006, 12:19 PM
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everyone recommends THE IDIOT to me. even amazon.com. ive only read NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND, but liked it enough. let us know how the book turns out.
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Well, Crime and Punishment and Brothers Karamazov are thematically great
but for sheer narrative finesse and tempo The Idiot is unsurpassed.Do read
and watch out for the Myshkin - Rogozhyn and Natasha- Alyesha
character juxtapositions. A very gripping intense novel! |
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12-20-2006, 12:13 AM
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Hey, anyone who's interested in existentialism, Sock just started a thread on it in the Lounge section.
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12-20-2006, 12:45 AM
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I love FD! To be truthful, I've only read Crime and Punishment and the Brothers Karamazov, but I've requested more for Christmas so here's hoping!
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12-20-2006, 12:53 AM
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I just finished Notes From Underground. It' s intense and strange. The scary thing is when the protagonist is acting like a complete jerk and justifying it to himself in existentialist ways, I reflected on some of the more embarrassing events in my life and realized I justified stuff in similar ways too. Yeeps!
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12-23-2006, 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Mungye
I am a Messianic Jew. I loved Fyodors books and my favorites to date are Crime and Punishment and Anna Karinena, I just loved kitty and her brother in law the ridiculous and hopelessly unfaithful and silly Anna's brother.
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Great stuff, though, Anna Karenina was written by Leo Tolstoy.  |
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12-28-2006, 11:04 AM
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I've read all of Dostoyevsky novels, and The Brothers Karamazov still remain the best for me. He's a genius for psychological portraits but also really talented when he's talking about metaphysics. Karamazov is the best balanced novel for me for this sole reason: you get both characters and metaphysics in a much more advanced way than most of his other books.
I've started addings some of this book on my website, if you want to print them or read them on a mobile e-ink device, this could be usefull: http://beta.feedbooks.com/discover/view_author/2 |
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01-03-2007, 10:38 PM
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Didn't Nietzche say that Dostoevsky was "the only person I have anything to learn from", after reading Crime and Punishment?
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02-11-2007, 08:49 PM
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I'm in the mist of reading Crime & Punishment. The way it delves into the guys pysche is pretty cool.
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02-13-2007, 01:16 AM
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Just more of the same...Brothers Karamazov was insanely awesome....a master of writing it would seem...although many classics seem to leave similar impressions.
I have The Idiot sitting new and unopened on my desk, waiting to be read. But I'm going through a few other, lighter reading books.
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03-01-2007, 03:46 PM
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I don't know why but the Brothers Karamazov wasn't my favorite book of his. I definately liked The Possessed (or The Devils depending on the translation) better. Crime and Punishment was great, same with The Gambler, House of the Dead and Notes from Underground. White Nights is one of my favorite short stories. And like you Dephere, I still have The Idiot sitting on my desk waiting to be read.
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03-03-2007, 07:08 PM
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I loved The Idiot. I'm always astonished when people say they don't get it. *whack* (yes, it happens)
Also loved the Brothers Karamazov and Notes
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04-04-2007, 06:52 PM
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Dostoyesky is a genius! I read Crime and Punishment while a freshman in high school --it was so utterly amazing, unlike anything I've ever encountered before. But my favorite would have to be the Brothers Karamazov ..it's ineffable insanity dealing deep into human psychology. Dostoyesky is THE reason why I took 4 years of Russian as an undergrad just so I could read his books in their original format... never regretted a day of it. If anyone cared, my Russian is still good too.. =)
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