brothers karamazov

[raisins]

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).

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[smurfitup]

has anyone here read notes from the underground? that's what started my dostoevsky craze

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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]

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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]

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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.

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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]

True dat.