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| next | My oldest TBR book is The Brothers Karamazov, which I've been meaning to read for 4 years now. I've gotten as far as the Grand Inquisitor scene, and then I stop. The crazy thing is, I like the book while I'm reading it, but then I stop for some reason and don't start again for months. Maybe its ... Atlas Shrugged
The Brothers Karamazov
To Kill a Mockingbird
Fahrenheit 451
On the Beach
Califia's Daughters
Hondo
A Distant Music (The Tin Whistle) (The Penny Whistle) It’s one book, sold under different names.
Alice in Wonderland
The Stand
The Hornet’s Nest
Dev ... ... suggest the following:
The Bible
The Federalist
The Lincoln/Douglas Debates
Das Kapital
The Wealth of Nations
The Brothers Karamazov
These are just a few of the books I expect would be useful to the next president.
I do have apreference in this race and it ain't John McCain ... 1. Don Quijote
2. Madame Bovary
3. Things Fall Apart
4. Great Expectations
5. Medea
6. The Brothers Karamazov
7. Pride and Prejudice
8. Tristram Shandy
9. War and peace
10. Molloy #84 - Sympathetic devils. Yes. I felt that way when I read The Brothers Karamazov as a teenager. I felt very sorry for Dostoyevsky's devil.
I've read a lot of adaptations of classics the past few years. Finding things that the kids can grasp. There was a nice children's adaptation of Paradise ... The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky
Mysteries by Knut Hamsun
Great expectations by Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Odessey by Homer
etc.
etc. etc. etc. :-)) ... nkin.
I have read lots of Russian Classics including Crime and punishment and other things by Dostoevsky, but not the Brothers Karamazov kjellika, I will definitely agree with you that The Brothers Karamazov is indeed a great novel. And one that I'd like to re-read at some point, though probably after I've read some of his other work. I've not yet got round to either Crime and Punishment or The Idiot... Some years ago I read The Brothers Karamazov and I think it would be nice to read it once again. It is surely a great novel written by one of the world's greatest authors. I hope someone else agree with me. ... us focus on books that we know we SHOULD read but are afraid to tackle (like W&P!). For me two biggies are Moby Dick and The Brothers Karamazov. ... Hunger; Simplicius Simplicissimus; History of the Peloponnesian War; The Histories by Herodutus; The Mabinogion; The Brothers Karamazov; Pensees; Ficciones; If On A Winter's Night a Traveler; Runaway Horses; The Count of Monte Cristo. ... e)
Dissertation on Roast Pig (Lamb)
Moby Dick (Melville)
Alice in Wonderland (Carroll)
Goblin Market (Rosetti)
Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky)
Remembrance of Things Past (Proust)
Transposed Heads (Mann)
Faustus (Mann)
Miss Lonleyhearts (West)
New Directions in Poetry ... I started with Brothers Karamozov and so far it's the only Dostoevsky I've read (though The Idiot is sitting on the TBR pile as my next crack at him.) I've also read "The Heavenly Christmas Tree", a heartbreaking short story by him.
The only tough thing about Dostoevsky (and Russian writers ... I'll second the nomination for The Brothers Karamazov! ... easy to follow, it's not too long, and since there aren't that many characters, it's easier to keep track of who is whom. The Brothers Karamazov is my favorite, but it's a lot longer, with more characters, and therefore potentially harder to read/get into if you're not used to his style. The ... 17: brlb21: I did not think that The Brothers Karamazov was Dostoevsky's second-best novel next to Crime and Punishment as many people seem to; I reserve that honor for The Idiot. It was; however, definitely a great novel. There are some slower points, but if you push through them, it is well ... I plan on starting The Brothers Karamazov and The Walleye War and hopefully finishing The Blade Itself and The Eagle and the Raven.
The Abercrombie book I have been trying to read for about a month now, and haven't found the time to finish it (but since it is Spring Break...). ... in the car; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on my ipod for when I'm on my walk and finally just started reading The Brothers Karamazov. Picked up this book for 20 cents at my local library book sale. I'm loving Huckleberry Finn. Not to sure about Orlando though. ... Sun and Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Palestine -- Dreamers of the Day by Maria Doria Russell
Russia -- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Scotland -- Death at Glamis Castle by Robin Paige
Sierra Leone -- A Long Way Gone by Ismael Beah
South Africa -- Cry, ... ... what books are on your inventory that you don't think will ever be mooched?
I have:
Volume 2 of a random edition of The Brothers Karamazov
Debi Gliori's Pure Dead Wicked with weird page-cuttings
Elizabeth Goudge's The White Witch (no relation to Narnia)
A ratty old copy of Treasur ... ... to it. Perfect example was yesterday. I went into Barnes and Noble(my local bookstore) and I planned on buying ONE book, The brothers Karamazov, but I ended up with SEVEN books. It was like I was in trance. I walked past shelves and I kept seeing books that interested me. By the time I was ... Started The Brothers Karamazov yesterday. Reading Frankenstein at lunch, plan to hit Dracula sometime soon. I'm thinking about Moby Dick and The Brothers Karamazov later in the year. Do the James Bond books count? 8^} ... by white people
1. E. M. Forster, Howard's End
2. George Eliot, Middlemarch
3. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
4. William Faulkner, The Unvanquished
5. John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
6. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
7. Dap ... I'll be reading the Pevear-Volokhonsky version soon. I've already read their The Idiot, Demons, The Brothers Karamazov, Anna Karenina, and Crime and Punishment, but honestly I'm no wiser on whether they're good translators or not, since I don't know Russian. There were a few points in ... Today I broke down and bought War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Brothers Karamazov, Vanity Fair and A Confederacy of Dunces. I think this might keep me busy for a long time. ... originally intended for and often published in a single volumes, but which are sometimes published in two volumes, like The Brothers Karamazov or War and Peace?
b) Or will only long novels like the Man Without Qualities or Joseph and his Brothers qualify? How we can ensure the ... ... cred
5. Ashes of Waco
6. Divine Horsemen
7. The Invasion Within
8. Decolonizing the Mind
Russian/Ukraine
1. The Brothers Karamazov
2. The Possessed
3. The Idiot
4. Notes From Underground
5. Dead Souls by Gogol, Nikolai
6. Doctor Zhivago
7. The Word and Wax
8. ... ... off the top of my head, here I the ones folks have listed that I have read any thoroughly enjoyed:
Anna Karenina
The Bothers Karamazov
Beowulf
Gone with the Wind
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The 237th Star Trek/Star Wars Novel
;o)
See, all is not lost. >82 Well, actually, the devil in The Brothers Karamazov is dressed in a cheesy fashion and the question of taste is central to his characterization. He's depicted in part as a kind of embarrassing relative. Of course you're right that the metaphysics are different.
One thing that has clearly ... ... let's face it, attraction) is part of a general human equation.
To cite a few examples: the dialogue with the devil in The Brothers Karamazov. It's the necessary "minus sign" which helps a person to make sense. Or, in baby-boomer culture, the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil." Or, ... The Brothers Karamazov would be a really nice One Book. I've started it once before, but I was in the wrong state of mind, and put it down before it killed me. Maybe I'll try again soon, but there are a lot of books calling from my TBR... ... Maria Rilke
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Gulag Archipeligo by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Church Dogmatics II.2
Autumn Rhythm by Jackson Pollock
I am sure there ... ... CHALLENGE!"
You know, that one! Let's polish off those lingering doorstops this year, who is up for it?
My book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Have at it, folks . . . :) ... Down has been my favorite book since 1982. A very close runner up is The Lord of the Rings. My mom's favorite book is The Brothers Karamazov, my grandmother's is Salem's Lot, my best friend's is Reaper Man.
(Of course, I know someone who hates LotR ... and I saw the book I hate the ... ... myself numbers-wise though there are some volumes I've had for a while that I'd like to get to this year War and Peace, The Brothers Karamazov (which i had started about 20 years ago but unfortunately a weird thing happened - the book was missing around 40 pages; not physically, but there ... ... the Rain King
Sister Carrie
6. Unread classics (may or may not be on Random Modern Library top 100)
Lolita
The Brothers Karamazov
7. (Relatively) New and well reviewed - fiction
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
The Kite Runner
8. Just for fun (both fiction and ... The Brothers Karamazovwhen I was young and (too) impressionable; later, if we count essays (and why not?), Orwell's "Inside the Whale". mikeepatrick - this is not the Russian novel Brothers Karamazov -- this is a distinctly American book. I wasn't clear from your post if you were referring to the same book. The Brothers K was written by David James Duncan. ... epic" or a grand love story as say War and Peace or Anna Karenina, but his books are good in other ways. I read The Brothers Karamazov and it's a decent book in its own right, a tad dark but still a good read. Like rebeccanyc stated, it's all a matter of taste. I plan to read Anna Karenina which is on my shelf.
I would like to re-try The Brothers Karmazov which I gave up on years ago.
I would like to read something by Virginia Woolf maybe To the Lighthouse or Orlando
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
And I plan to read A suitable Boy
... ... to activist to contemplative - but, rather, their reading.
To give one example, each of them had read Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov as young adults. I could make the argument that this one, powerful book alone changed the course of each of these reader's lives. But it wasn't ... ... Patrick O'Brian
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Harry Potter series
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Honorable mentions:
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
... ... at the time it takes me to get through a slightly lengthy book when I have so much work to do.
This morning I finished The Brothers Karamazov, which I enjoyed, minus a few of the lengthier bits, especially as spoken by Ivan.
Does anyone know why certain author touchstones just turn red, ... ... - Henry Green
118. Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey
119. The Road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell
120. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky ... haven't posted in this thread in a really long time!
Lately, I've been good, except for books for school. I've bought:
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The First Princess of Wales by Karen Harper
The Mermaids Singing ... ... with fancy-pants language. And Jude the Obscure is so incredibly depressing. It's one of my favorite books, as is the Brothers Karamozov actually, but it's depressing as hell. I find it interesting that they put It and The Bothers Karamazov on the same list. Was length the only qualifier for this list? I loved the Brothers Karamazov. I think it was my first attempt at Russian literature, but that was years ago. I have read many of the Russian's since then. My biggest challenge these days is Marcel Proust. I read Swann's Way a few months ago and found it a bit daunting. Although I still ... ... only two books that I have actually started and failed to finish: one is Jude the Obscure, and the other is Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov.
... s.
I liked the Ball and the Cross which is, perhaps, a little quirky and too far off the beaten path to be a "classic." The Brothers Karamazov is probably overall a better fit into your scheme (and a better book in my opinion) than Crime and Punishment. You might check out some J.G. Ballar ... I kind of thought Dostoyevsky wrote every novel imaginable in the The Brothers Karamazov. I've read The Brothers Karamozov, The Possessed, The Idiot, and Crime and Punishment. So, same number of Dostoyevskys, but not all the same ones. I went on a Dostoyevsky binge in my twenties, and have reread all but the Possessed, which didn't really grab me, once or twice since then. Haven' ... ... A tale of two cities in the near future. I probably haven't read as much Dostoyevsky as you. Looking at my list I've read The brothers Karamazov, The Possessed, Notes from the Underground and The Double. I liked the first three and wasn't that keen on the last. I like his villians the ... ... than what comes after on a reread, though, so it makes sense. Hope it "clicks" for you soon, xicanti.
I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; I need to have it finished within the week, so no time for anything else unfortunately. ... am reading The Red Tent by Anita Diamant and Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin right now. I'm hoping to read The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Loving by Henry Green later in the week. I know just what you mean, scrivener, about different books resonating on different days.
I was just thinking about The Brothers Karamazov this afternoon: Ivan's story about the Grand Inquisitor "reluctantly" concluding that Jesus would have to be put to death once again if he came back to ... ... include great classics but now I get it (and why, e.g. P&P was allowed!). So consider A Song for Arbonne replaced with The Brothers Karamazov. Now there's a classic :-D The Brothers Karamazov; Fyodor Dostoevsky ... I had a little nod of satisfaction at the end anyway! Going to crack on with Why Don't You Stop Talking and must finish Brothers Karamazov before it is due back at the Library!! ... through the major Russian novels. Crime and Punishment was one of their earlier translations. I read their translation of The Brothers Karamazov, and it was excellent. ... Mere 128,876 Pages).
Mine (At least for now)
The Lord of the Rings
Zen Flesh Zen Bones
The Bible
The Brothers Karamozov
That Hideous Strength or Perelandra
Delta of Venus
Foucault's Pendulum
On the Road
Leaves of Grass
Waiting for Godet ... ... what you would vote as the best work of nineteenth century fiction?
My vote would go to:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov ... of geographic placement is marred by the fact that people might tag their books for location - this could explain the Brothers Karamazov's stint in New York. ... Stranger by Camus and Silmarillion are about music. The Da Vinci Code seems to be situated in New York, as well as Brothers Karamazov. Oh, and I’m happy to know that Les Misérables is a satire. And finally, Canterbury stories by Chaucer, The DaVinci Code, Brave New World, ... ... Stranger by Camus and Silmarillion are about music. The Da Vinci Code seems to be situated in New York, as well as Brothers Karamazov. Oh, and I’m happy to know that Les Misérables is a satire. And finally, Canterbury stories by Chaucer, The DaVinci Code, Brave New World, ... ... really made me think, and was totally fascinating all the way through.
Before I read this, I read about 236 pages of The Brothers Karamazov. I liked it, but I found I just couldn't face 470 more pages of it, not when I knew that The Dispossessed was waiting. ... that Humbert feels for Lolita), I can't find much to interpret.
P.S. margad, Wikipedia says that Smerdyakov is from the Brothers Karamazov. I'm fairly weak on Dostoyevsky, so can't really comment, but the scene sounds fascinating. I think most people recommend Jane Austen, but I find her very fluffy and almost obsolete.
My personal favorites are The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky
which has such great underlying themes, and such full-hearted characters. It was a classic that really touched me. (Don't get ... I LOVED The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The characters and the issues he wrote about really stayed with me long after I closed the book. The flagged reviews of Mists of Avalon and The Brothers Karamazov did not contain price nor format information, just short opinion. Those reviews were flagged because a purist user deemed them too short. ... think can be appreciated in the abstract. And Dostoevsky is so essential, I wish there were room for The Idiot as well as The Brothers Karamazov. One really must have examples drawn from life to ever begin to understand the kinds of dilemmas people face in the real world when various ... ... -- and I loved it! It astounded me to think it had been sitting on my shelf all these years, unloved. I am going to re-try The Brothers Karamazov next year. And I would like to re-read some of my favorites from my 20's such as A Hundred Years of Solitude, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Cat ... Is there a page or form where I can report misuse (as I interpret it) of a review flag? Consider The brothers Karamazov. Many of the reviews are flagged, incorrectly I think, as not-a-review. From my LT only:
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
Fathers and Sons by Turgenev
The Seventh Son by Reay Tannahill
The Long Shadow: Inside Stalin's Family by Rosamond Richardson
Children of the Arbat by Anatoly Rybakov The Brothers Karamasov byFyodor Dostoevsky
The Aunt's Story by Patrick White
Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene
Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn
Mothers and Sons by Colm Toibin ... where to maintain strict accuracy and where to combine characters, fudge the time-line a bit, etc. Edith Pargeter's Brothers of Gwynedd Quartet is a particularly well-researched set of novels (as far as I can tell from my limited knowledge of Welsh history), and I love her writing -- but ... 1. The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky
2. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
3. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
4. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
5. The Tragic Muse by Henry James
6. The Ramayana by Anonymous
7. Passage to India by E.M. Fors ... ... ten years since I've looked at the book, though. I've always much preferred Dostoevsky's approach to the devil in The Brothers Karamazov, though. ... and John Did Next by Mick Sturbs
The Prince and the Lily by James Brough
Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens ... by Jostein Gaarder
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
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Opened Ground: selected poems by Seamus Heaney ... Novels that have an appearance from either God or the Devil or both - for a reading list.
We've come up with the usuals: Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky; Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov; Dennis Wheatley: various Satanic books; Mr Weston's Good Wine by T. F. Powys ... ... fix that) and Crime and Punishment. I then deleted An Accidental Family to readd it, and this time it's combining it with Brothers Karamazov. I know that his books appear under other names sometimes, but Accidental Family is separate from either of these books.
What should I do? Today, at Borders, I got The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky in the translation by Richard Pevear and Clarissa Volokhonsky, and Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.
Both books had been on my "wanted" list for quite a while. Does the scene where Ivan talks to the devil in the The Brothers Karamazov count as a monologue? dchaikin: there are two Singers that I love, both in the etc.: The Brothers Ashkenazy by israel Joshua Singer (the big brother) and by isaac Bashevis singer: The Slave, The Manor, Gimpel the Fool, The Magician of Lublin, Shadows on the Hudson, the Family Moskat, etc. If you ... |
