Alright...

"Dawn with her rose red fingertips" (x 90)

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aw is that guy who made the sneed meme?

I didn't realize he was beloved by the Russian people at the time and also that he was so straight up about the Jewish question

Every day with this fuck. Yawn.

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>mfw reading "Demons" and coming to the scene of the meeting of local branch of the society
>most of the people there look like the fedora tippers of today
It scares me how much insight Dostoevsky had

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No that was Voltaire

I remember having that gif on like my cosmos lol

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blocks your path

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I was waiting for this.

But let's face it, Anna karenina was a snoozer compared to the Brothers karamazov.

You're all insanely stupid.

We're definitely not alone in thinking that Tolstoy and dostoevsky are the best authors ever.

>didn’t understand what Anna Karenina was an allegory for

Based unaware retard

but the PROSE, the PROSE

I'll be honest, I don't know what you're talking about-- is there a unifying allegory in the book, or just several small allegories/symbols/etc? I definitely assumed the latter during my first reading. Im humble enough to ask-- what do you mean by this?

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imo I liked Anna Karenina better. The only Dostoevsky books I like are C&P and The Brothers Karamazov. The rest are a snooze. I've never been bored by anything Tolstoy has written.

I'm guessing you like Jane Austen or some shit

The idiot is pretty good. Not as much action, per se, but it's very thought provoking. It's also very "dostoevsky" if you know what I mean. Many things from his life bleed through into it-- such as his mock execution and stuff.

Also, perhaps his most underrated of all is his first, Poor Folk, which is still one of my favorites of all of his. So many parallels and such. Amazing little story. And thankfully not nearly as long as is typical for him.

You have to understand-- he was really pressed for time on many of the books. He didn't really have time to perfect his prose-- but i feel still like he COULD have.

He once said:
“If I was paid as much as Turgenev, I would certainly write just as good!”

All you plebs forgetting Gogol. There is not not a more perfect novel then Dead Souls, except for the next volume, which he burned, and then starved himself to death. Though Dostoyevsky and Tolstoi are both great students of his

I’m about to start the Idiot, how good is it compared to his other works? I’v only read C&P and Notes.

Im actually just finishing it up. It's a very personal novel-- much of Dostoevskys personal life with capital punishment, epilepsy, etc are in it. Classic dostoevsky-- never fails to captivate.

I might recommend (inb4 angry people) the constance Garnett version over the pevear/Volokonsky one. Sometimes p/v just don't do it for me.

who's angry? the Garnett version is the Yea Forums approved version. Pevear Volkonsky is known to be bullshit and to be avoided at all costs

He hated Turgenev, so that was obviously meant facetiously

Generally people I talk to dislike Garnett. Personally I prefer her to p/v by far on every book other than the brothers karamazov. I haven't really done much with the Garnett version of that one though-- so maybe I'll like hers there too. Lol. But yeah theres some supposed superiority of them in some academic circles. I personally think they're terrible to read.

Of course, I'm working on trying to read them in real Russian.

Classic Dos-bro-evsky

Just finished the idiot.
It's my favorite so far.
I've also read Notes From the Underground, C&P, and TBK.

Dosto hated Turgenev? that is a serious fault on his part, Turgenev is brilliant

I know you haven't actually read every book there is, but how many books would that be anyway? 300? 400?

At the end of the day how can you say this when people like Joyce, Proust, Pushkin, Gogol, and Shakespeare existed?

Dostoyevsky is the better writer but Anna Karenina is several levels above anything he wrote

I usually put my opinion like this:
>in terms of writing (prose, style, even plot) there are better writers. Tolstoy is exhibit A
>but in terms of profoundness, soul (Pyccкaя дyшa), and exploring the human condition, I think Dos. has most authors (including Tolstoy) beaten.

>you can’t have an interesting life and not have an interesting life

he had great ideas but as far as story-writing goes, never enjoyed reading his books. his characters never felt real to me. never liked the long strings of dialogue either. just my personal preference.