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« on: December 13, 2003, 01:12:06 PM »
On this board, we'll be discussing Dostoevsky's lesser works.  Which ones are they?  You tell me.
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2003, 02:57:32 AM »
uncle stepanchokovo's village,I can also think ofthe dream of a ridiculous man,a novella of sorts then white nights,The insulted and the humiliated,Notes from the house of the dead
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2003, 08:28:52 AM »
I've read excerpts from House of the Dead and liked it.  Anyone else read the full book?  Thoughts?  Translation recommendations?

As far as The Dream of a Ridiculous Man and White Nights are concerned, those are two of my favorite shorts stories - excellent stuff...
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« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2004, 10:57:07 AM »
The Double: A Petersburg Poem. My personal favorite of Dostoyevsky's. Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2004, 01:36:37 PM »
 i read the house of the dead and the gambler recently
in the house of the dead i liked the story but there too many characters-granted it was set in a prison. I found frustrating that i had to wait for later in the book for a character for a mentioned character to develop fully. Is that a literary style
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« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2004, 08:03:46 AM »
I think the term for it is "unreliable narrator". It was popular back in the 19th century with authors like Gogol, Hoffmann, Dostoevsky, and the infamous Edgar Allan Poe.
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« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2004, 08:39:16 AM »
What is "White Nights" about?


"A silly story" i also liked a lot.  Quite good content & more humour than usually in a D.-work.
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2004, 08:57:27 AM »
Quote from: Worm on March 16, 2004, 08:39:16 AM
What is "White Nights" about?


"A silly story" i also liked a lot.  Quite good content & more humour than usually in a D.-work.

I loved White Nights.  I've read it 2 or 3 times.  The thing dear to me is that the plot basically happened with me in real life.  Cry
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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2004, 08:59:34 AM »
Ah, interesting.  And what is the book basically about (plz, without spoiling the book for me)?  How many pages is it?
And .. helpfull to have read a book by Dostojewski about something you went through yourself?
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« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2004, 10:05:45 AM »
It might be helpful, but I have never had an exact duplicate of me take my life (at least that I know of). Wink
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« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2004, 11:20:09 AM »
Does anyone here know where I might find commentary for D's short stories? I hate reading books alone... I like bringing other's viewpoints to my own experience. Mr. Google isn't being very helpful right now.  Cry
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« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2004, 03:17:53 PM »
my library, for example, offers great literary resource, where I just type in the title of the piece and it brings up a ton of essays/critiques about it...unfortunately you have to be a member....but your local public library might offer a similar service.
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« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2004, 05:11:26 PM »
The Pevear/Volokhonsky translations always have good endnotes. I also like the Norton Critical series.

I'll recommend "The Eternal Husband". This one is very unlike most of D--'s work.
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« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2004, 08:17:40 PM »
>>I'll recommend "The Eternal Husband". This one is very unlike most of D--'s work.

In my opinion The House of the Dead is unlike all his other works....in it he stays away from the metaphysical aspect of the story, and he keeps huge distance from the characters.
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« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2004, 06:15:40 PM »
Quote from: Alyosha on April 01, 2004, 05:11:26 PM
I'll recommend "The Eternal Husband". This one is very unlike most of D--'s work.

What is The Eternal Husband about and why is it so different from D's other works?
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