It's good so far. Thoughts?
>>8170795
It's next on my to-read list
How are you liking it so far?
>hurrr look at me im reading this doorstopper you guys talk so much about, pls validate me!
You want a pat on the back or something kid?
are you reading it in russian?
>>8170799
Keeps you involved with the characters, and it's pretty good at describing the context in which the story takes place.
>>8170802
(you)
>>8170808
No, I'm reading it in Spanish.
>>8170802
>doorstopper
it's 500 pages
>>8170823
500 pages of rambling bone dry breadfaggot garbage.
>>8170802
he's right; anyone reading any classic is immediately an intellectual juggernaut by today's standards.
most normies never venture beyond GRRM etc
>>8170795
>Thoughts?
Yes, you're yet another mouth-breathing retard who doesn't know how to kick off a conversation.
Mine just came in and it's the Garnett translation should I even bother reading this version or get a new one?
>>8170795
I marathoned the first page once.
Couldn't into it, sorry.
>Thoughts?
Read the archive or something.
>>8170864
This.
Learn how to make a thread you dumbfuck.
>>8170869
The Garnett translation is fine, More than fine, if you like old victorian novels you'll like it. It's not completely accurate though, you might not feel like you are really "reading dostoyevsky".
remember when we used to talk about books here? good times
Ghastly rigmarole.
>>8170881
This will be my first Dosty I hope Garnett won't ruin the experience
>>8170883
Good times indeed.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor.
Dislike him. A cheap sensationalist, clumsy and vulgar. A prophet, a claptrap journalist and a slapdash comedian. Some of his scenes are extraordinarily amusing. Nobody takes his reactionary journalism seriously.
>>8170908
Beautiful
>>8170820
>No, I'm reading it in Spanish.
Which translation?
>>8170920
"La traducción de esta obra ha sido efectuada por Rafael Cansinos Assens [...]" It's from 1968. Uses a very old style of Spanish.
>>8170952
I read it in English but I heard that's not a good translation, anon. José Fernandez seems to be an alternative.
>>8170952
I prefer Zaragoza's one, but Casinos is good since it also translates directly from russian.
I read like 5 pages back in HS
I have this edition and the cover art always makes this play in my head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N33eSNLkXJ8
I started reading it a few months ago,
(I'm a student, so lots of my time is spent reading other things) and am now a little bit after the murder and he's called to the police.
From what I notice in the writing, is that there's text to move the plot, and then there's huge amounts of continuous streaming dialogue to reinforce the main idea. This is one of the main reasons why I'm taking so long with the book, because reading the same character go on for pages at a time is tedious. But upon reviewing those segments, I find that I understand them a bit more and appreciate them.
TL;DR?
tl;dr - The Book!
>>8170795
the first time i read it i hated it because it was for a class back in high school. i reread it last year though out out of a sense of weird nostalgia, and i'm obsessed with it
>>8170952
I got that translation too. The prose is excellent, but sometimes the old dialect does not help and end up getting bored or lost. I have dropped it 3 times already and read from where I left like a month later.
Why aren't you reading the clearly superior version OP?
>>8171119
oh god my sides
>>8170802
People generally say "doorstop" rather than "doorstopper." In fact, I've never heard or read the word "doorstopper" in my entire life, until now.
>>8171259
You mean in your general experience people say doorstop. I hear people say doorstop and doorstopper with near parity.
>>8170827
The book is full of exciting twists and turns. It's a pretty fun novel.
>>8171704
>>8171259
ITS A FUCKING WEDGE
>>8170795
I read it (in portuguese). The style of writing is very outdated and is sometimes hard to follow. I prefer Tolstoi.
>>8171156
>being this new
wow lad you can read a book that is read here
keep me updated, I can't wait to see what you're reading next?
in fact, why don't you post in the next bookshelf thread; I'd love to see your collection fellow reader!
>>8171770
Whatever limey
>>8171275
Yeah that's the one I got to
>>8170795
>muh russian orthodox values
>muh corrupted western philosophy
It's a masterpiece, of course.
First read it during Saturday school in highschool
The Idiot is better.
I don't even know who is trolling anymore.
It's a really really good book, especially when you realize it's better than most of modern psychological thrillers. I think the ending is stupid and has ruined the book, but until that it's perfect.
I'd say notes from underground is more interesting (because is way more unconventional) but I found crime and punishment to be addictive, and it gave me that deeply desire of read through the whole night again.
>>8170827
You're not even trying, anon. It's a pretty enjoyable, well paced, fascinating read. There's so much going on with the characters, you're bound to be hooked within the first 30 pages.
>>8172032
>falling for sensationalism
Philistine.
>>8172031
underrated post
The vast amount of Russian authors really makes me happy to know Russian, seeing other people enjoy the works of my countrymen brings me joy :3
Pic related is what I am reading now, it is Ivan Turgenev, currently on Rudin
>>8170795
Not just great content kind of which raised me from foolish adolescence into adulthood thanks to harsh teacher of literature in high school, but as I grow older I realize this book was pure style as well.
Some books are good, some are greatest of all time, some should be read by everyone.
>>8173682
It's a pleasure to bring you joy. Chekhov, Gogol, and Nabokov are among my favorite authors. You should be proud of your great countrymen! Though I still haven't read anything by Turgenev yet. I better change that.
>>8170795
read like 180 pages before I decided to but it on hold for awhile. When I was reading it I was also traveling through China so didn't make the effort to do the hard work of READING. From what I gathered thus far I found Raskolnikov to act in very strange and irrational ways (which is obviously the point considering the inhumanity of him murdering the houselady). I find it hard to relate or emphasize with Raskolnikov and I wonder what it is that I seem to miss in his actions. (inb4 hur dur just bcuz u cant relate u cant sherp de herp appreciate Salinger :d). Would like some opinions or insights into the character of Raskolnikov but as I have said Ive only read 170 pages of it which I did enjoy, it's just that I am still reading the Greeks and have put 19th century existential literature on hold for now.
>>8173731
My he central feature of raskolnikov's character is its duality (iirc it literally means 'the schismatic one' in russian). He kills out of spite yet he gives a his money to another family. He argues against God yet converts at the end. There are more examples, but I can't recall them atm
>>8172025
lol no
>>8173745
raskolit' means to split, i.e. "ya raskolol brevno" = I split the wood, so raskolnikov would mean the split one, or the schismatic one, so you were right my friend
>>8171119
can't tell if this is a meme or not
