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05-24-2005, 06:26 PM
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
My personal favorite is Crime and Punishment. any other dostoyevsky fans out there?
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05-24-2005, 07:20 PM
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Prestuplenie I Nakazanie.
Yes, I read it in russian.
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05-24-2005, 08:17 PM
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interesting. (i'm barely conversational in russian, let alone being able to read much in it)
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05-24-2005, 08:22 PM
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The Brothers is insanity and Notes from the Underground is THE best character sketch around.
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05-24-2005, 09:02 PM
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I loved Crime and Punishment, I read Poor Folk and it was one of the most boring books I've ever read, second only to Tolstoy's Sebastopol. I have Brothers Karamazov but it's so old the smell hurts my head everytime I open it so I need to find a newer copy.
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05-25-2005, 03:19 AM
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Wow Drzava...hang on to that old "smelly" copy...It may become a collector's item some day! 
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05-25-2005, 12:01 PM
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I don't think it's anything valuable, just really dilapidated  |
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05-28-2005, 01:16 AM
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I have now come to a final decision on this after reading more: The Brothers Karamazov. It is brilliance!
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06-14-2005, 01:17 PM
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Preach on. My intent wasn't to reduce Notes to simply a character sketch, though I still think its strength rests primarily on its characterization of the narrator.
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06-14-2005, 07:29 PM
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I am actually just starting Crime and Punishment.
I'm reading it in English however, because my Russian (reading wise) is not so great anymore.
After living away from your home country for five years its amazing the things you can forget. Even the language.  |
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06-14-2005, 07:35 PM
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I've lived away from there for 7 years, my russian is as perfect as ever.
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06-14-2005, 07:42 PM
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I envy you then.
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06-23-2005, 03:12 PM
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"Crime and Punishment" is one of my favorite books. I remember it as being kind of funny. Dostoevsky would set up a situation and a hundred pages later the punch line would come through, by way of some subtle  action by a character or something that is said. The cat and mouse game between Raskolnikov (I think that's how his name is spelled) and the detective is freaking great. marl
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05-07-2006, 07:37 PM
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I'm about to read Part 4 of The Idiot, but so far (and until the end I imagine) i've been absolutely blown away by this book. Dostoevsky demonstates a ridiculously astute psychological insight. It is really tender in parts, and really quite moving. I'll read some of his other books one day.
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05-08-2006, 03:07 PM
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I'm about to read Part 4 of The Idiot, but so far (and until the end I imagine) i've been absolutely blown away by this book. Dostoevsky demonstates a ridiculously astute psychological insight. It is really tender in parts, and really quite moving. I'll read some of his other books one day.
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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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