Literature

5418 readers

5 users here now

Pretty straightforward: books and literature of all stripes can be discussed here.

If you're interested in posting your own writing, formal or informal, check out the Writing community!

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

remington

alyaza

Kamirose

Any Dostoevsky fans? (self.literature)

submitted 2 years ago by wxboss to c/literature

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I started reading his works late last year, and I've had a hard time putting them down. I've finished his 5 major works and have read a few of his lesser known stories.

Are there any fans of his here?

top 8 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Humanoid 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dostoevsky is one of my all-time favorites! The Idiot made me weep the first time I read it.

[–] _cnt0@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

I think I've read other stories, but The Idiot left a mark. It's the only story I remember, and I've read it ~20 years ago.

[–] Shard28@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've been reading the brothers Karamazov. Is a bit of a slog. But the prose is amazing. Which other works of his would you recommend?

[–] exuberantlime@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I love Brothers Karamazov, remember it picking up in the second act. Crime and Punishment is great also. I'm planning on reading Notes from the Underground soon.

[–] hadrian 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Note that, depending on how much of a slog you're finding it, the Pevear/Volokhonsky translations are amazing. They're a couple, one is a native English speaker who understands Russian, the other is a native Russian speaker who understands English. Their translations are modern, easy to read (well, relatively, given that it's Dostoevsky lol), and accurate. Can't recommend them highly enough.

[–] Shard28@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'll be sure to try these translations in the future. Thanks mate. I'm at 52% of the brothers Karamazov rn. Has picked up quite well. He captures the way people think and behave in a captivating and thought provoking manner for me.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Demonstrable_Legume 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't read any of his work before but I just started Crime and Punishment. I really like it so far.

[–] grogg 4 points 2 years ago

Same here, haven't read any of his books before either, but I’m about 100 pages in on Crime and Punishment