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smurfitup
10-25-2005, 02:23 AM
best novel ever. that is all.
The Yugoslavian
10-25-2005, 02:52 AM
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best novel ever. that is all.

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Perhaps a bit strong...but ur not far off.

Yugoslav
pryor15
10-25-2005, 03:03 AM
aren't you forgetting the obvious?

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10-25-2005, 03:21 AM
Yup, one of my favorites. The Idiot is also very good.
rmarotti
10-25-2005, 04:57 AM
This is pretty much the best post ever.
diebitter
10-25-2005, 05:08 AM
Yeah, I liked it.

But I have to say, I couldn't be sure if the long, dullish stretches helps it seem so good, cos when you get to the good passages, they are so much better than the rest you can't help but appreciate the quality.

Does that make sense?
Skjonne
10-25-2005, 05:44 AM
On these forums I would've thought that The Gambler would be considered as his best work
10-25-2005, 05:51 AM
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On these forums I would've thought that The Gambler would be considered as his best work

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Great short but doesnt compare to Karamoz, Crime or The Idiot.
Vish
10-25-2005, 06:12 AM
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On these forums I would've thought that The Gambler would be considered as his best work

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Oh, I get it. We're gamblers, so our favorite books are about gambling.
ilya
10-25-2005, 06:15 AM
it is great. up there with anna karenina and swann's way.
raisins
10-25-2005, 06:36 AM
I know everyone thinks the scenes with the children are great but I thought they were overwrought and too sentimental. Still a great book but my favorite of his is The Posessed (The Demons).

raisins
smurfitup
10-25-2005, 02:24 PM
has anyone here read notes from the underground? that's what started my dostoevsky craze
smurfitup
10-25-2005, 02:30 PM
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On these forums I would've thought that The Gambler would be considered as his best work

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Oh, I get it. We're gamblers, so our favorite books are about gambling.

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i remember reading somewhere that dostoevsky had a crippling gambling addiction and that he had to write one of his major novels (the possessed, maybe) in a really brief amount of time to pay off his gambling debt.
Phoenix1010
10-25-2005, 02:35 PM
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has anyone here read notes from the underground? that's what started my dostoevsky craze

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The Brothers Karamazov is the best novel I've ever read, and Notes From Underground was the reason I read it.
Phoenix1010
10-25-2005, 02:36 PM
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On these forums I would've thought that The Gambler would be considered as his best work

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Oh, I get it. We're gamblers, so our favorite books are about gambling.

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i remember reading somewhere that dostoevsky had a crippling gambling addiction and that he had to write one of his major novels (the possessed, maybe) in a really brief amount of time to pay off his gambling debt.

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This is in the foreword to Brothers. I believe it was the Gambler that he wrote in three weeks.
Blarg
10-25-2005, 03:51 PM
One of those on my list that I never seem to get any closer to.

I've read Notes from Underground, The Gambler, and Crime and Punishment. Liked them all, a lot, too. Just haven't gotten around to any more.
BadBoyBenny
10-25-2005, 05:36 PM
True dat.