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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 2:19:28 GMT
1. Did you enjoy it? 2. Did you read it in original Russian or a translation? 3. If an English translation, which one?
I struggled through it and didn't get enough from it to really enjoy it. A lot of it went over my head. I read the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 13:06:53 GMT
First book I truly loved.
I could actually feel the sweat and anxiety of Raskolnikov; the guilt eating him alive.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 15:25:33 GMT
First book I truly loved. I could actually feel the sweat and anxiety of Raskolnikov; the guilt eating him alive. Have you ever read Island in the Sun by Evelyn's big brother?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 16:11:23 GMT
Yes i enjoyed it, it's my fourth favorite Dostoevsky book. I like The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, The Gambler and Demons better.
I did not read it in Russian, i read it in Norwegian
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Post by darknessfish on Jan 18, 2018 16:48:26 GMT
Yeah, it's one of the few accepted classics that I unreservedly love, I thought it was pretty much magnificent. I'd recommend The Brothers Karamazov pretty damned highly too. Couldn't tell you what translation I read, but I'm pretty sure it was in English.
Never liked The Idiot though, seemed to go on forever, and felt very, very stagey. Lots of set-pieces with little narrative to link them.
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