anything else worth checking out ?

[Blood_Bane]

hey ive just read dostoyevsky's The Idiot regardless of my friends opinions who all think russian litterature is excrutiatingly long. Have to say i enjoyed it, the humanity of it spoke to me. Any other of his work i should check out ?

[Radio Saturday]

I hate to state the obvious, but... All of it!

It's been my experience (and, I'll admit that I have yet to read all of Dostoyevsky's works, but I have read most of them) that you simply cannot go wrong with D. But if you mean what should you read next, then I recommend going on to "Crime and Punishment" or perhaps some of the short stories, like "White Nights."

Welcome to the wonderful world of Dostoyevsky, Blood_Bane!

[lerik]

I would recommend reading "The Brothers Karamazov".It is very long,but there are some scenes which are touching and absolutely amazing

[MikeK]

I agree with both of the above replies; you should read everything else of his that you can, and "The Brothers Karamazov" is my favorite.

I actually think that "The Idiot" is my least favorite of his major novels.  People who really enjoy that book seem to be serious Dostoevsky fans.  If you enjoyed it, you will probably also enjoy his other major novels.  If you want something a little shorter right now, he also wrote some good short stories.  My two favorites are "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" and "A Gentle Creature"/"A Meek One" (Same story, different title in translation).

[Blood_Bane]

thanks a lot ill deffinetly check those out

[bigtommyg]

It seems like FD's most overlooked "major" novel is Demons (AKA The Possessed). I haven't read The Idiot, but from what I understand its themes are very much in contrast with Demons, so if you want a totally different side of FD and some of his most striking portrayals of evil, check it out.

[Blood_Bane]

Cool so yeh i pre-ordered the brothers K and the possesed for now. Can't wait to read them. In the mean time, ive read somewhere that D's major influences counted Voltaire and Diderot so being an already avid French litterature fan, (Camus, Sartre and on a more contemporary level, Michel Serres) i got Diderot's Jacques the Fatalist and i must say i've been greatly enjoying it. It's plannified randomness and the way it feels like Diderot is right there over your shoulder as you read the book is ace. I highly recommend it.

[Mogwai]

It seems like FD's most overlooked "major" novel is Demons (AKA The Possessed).

Agreed.  The last two hundred pages or so of Demons is riveting literature.  TBK is his best work, imo.

[Trouse]

 I'm new to these boards and would just like to say hi.

I don't know about others, but I find reading D.'s influences are great too, I'm currently working on Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche. Riveting stuff, also, I see that many people refer to D. as a philosopher. I do not by any means disagree, but if you want to see more of D.'s philo roots check out Nietzsche (I think that's correct spelling haha).

[tzar]

I'm new to these boards and would just like to say hi.
I don't know about others, but I find reading D.'s influences are great too, I'm currently working on Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche. Riveting stuff, also, I see that many people refer to D. as a philosopher. I do not by any means disagree, but if you want to see more of D.'s philo roots check out Nietzsche (I think that's correct spelling haha).

er... welcome on board, though...

[poor knight]

Welcome,

But oh, I'm afraid you have it backwards. Nietzsche published BG&E five years after FD died. If you want to see the roots of Nietzsche's philosophy (or Kafka's or many others) look to Dostoyevsky first!

[Trouse]

My apologies! Thanks for the correction.

[Lia]

I also think The Demons is a great choice, in my oppinion one of the most fascinating books ever written. And you can´t go wrong with TBK.