I came across a passage from The Brothers Karamazov (in an Elden Ring lore video lol) that I enjoyed so I have been considering reading it. I’m not particularly great at interpreting literature and I also read a bit slowly, so I wasn’t sure if I would be better off starting with something shorter and simpler that he wrote. The passage in the video, a conversation between Ivan and Alyosha (mostly Ivan recounting stories of the suffering of children) seemed fairly straightforward to me, but I don’t know about the rest of the book.
Also I see there are a number of different English translations available for his works, are any of them particularly good or bad?
Feel free to disagree with me everyone, this is just my opinion, but I still agree with Nabokov (White Russian that he is) when he says that Dostoevsky is the worst of the great Russian writers. The Brothers Karamazov goes on forever. I’ve actually read the entire thing, think it’s good, and still remember many scenes after many years. But still, Gogol is the best Russian writer imo and also the most fun and most accessible. Anything you read by Gogol will be enjoyable.
Nabokov had high praise for Pushkin too
Nabokov also hated Gogol lol
Nabokov wrote an entire book about how awesome Gogol is.
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I love Tolstoy but there are many good reasons to hate him.
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:downbear: I protest! Dostoevsky is immortal!