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Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)

464 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Pocket, 2004

A towering work of criminal psychology
It's seldom that I root for the evildoer of a novel or movie, but Dostoyevsky definitely had me doing it with "Crime and Punishment". Early in the novel, impoverished student Raskolnikov murders two innocent older women in order to make a quick buck (and also for deeper reasons revealed later in the novel). We then accompany Raskolnikov through the tumultuous aftermath, during which his ...

IDIOT

83 reviews
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY

MODERN LIBRARY, 1983

Is the title ironic? or pragmatic?
I had read just two Dostoevsy novel before this - 'The Brothers Karamazov' and 'Notes from the Underground', but lots of Turgenev and some other Russians - Kropotkin, Goldman, .... I also have some connection with Russian people because some of my work colleagues are Russian ex-patriots (one even carries a family name mentioned at one point in 'The Idiot'). Russian naming is difficult for ...

The Idiot

LeClue22, 2008

Dostoevsky's motives for writing The Idiot stem from his desire to depict the "positively good man". This man is naturally likened to Christ in many ways. Dostoevsky uses Myshkin's introduction to the Petersburg society as a way to contrast the nature of Russian society at the time and the isolation and innocence of this good man. This is highlighted by his conflicts and relationship with Rogozhin. Indeed, Myshkin and Rogozhin are contrasted ...

Notes from underground; and The grand inquisitor

134 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. NY, 1960

Brilliant
Fortunately, I missed reading this in high school- after finally reading it in my twenties, I honestly couldn't imagine having gotten nearly this much out of it. It's a brilliant character study of a sublime anti-hero. If this was "put on you" in high school and you hated it, I would strongly recommend giving it another go.

The Brothers Karamazov (Modern Library Series)

216 reviews
Constance Garnett

Modern Library, 1996

Amazing
"All religions are based upon this desire and I am a believer." He comes as close as any author to expressing truth in fiction.

The Brothers Karamazov (Giant Thrifts)

3 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dover Publications, 2005

Greatest translation of Dostoevsky!!!
I have read the Constance Garnett translation of "The Brothers Karamazov" three times since I was a sophomore in high school, and it is still far superior to the latest translation that I read recently. I know Constance Garnett has had her detractors (i.e. Vladimir Nabokov & Joseph Brodsky), but the passion and poetry of language seems much more unaffected in Ms. Garnett's translation. Enough ...

The Adolescent

11 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

The Most Modern Novel I've Read in a Year
If you judge this book on plot and style - you would probably be inclined to toss it after the first hundred pages. However, plot and style are not parts of what modern art is all about. Every reader is, essentially, a passive consumer, sometimes endowed with a degree of healthy curiosity. And every writer's goal today, in my opinion, is to penetrate deeply into the heart and mind of such a ...

Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics)

4 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Signet Classics, 2006

A Hard Read
This book is excellent but readers should take the time to read the Translator's Preface before jumping in. This will help to understand the names of the characters and other nuances that apply to a book translated from another language. The book is about redemption. It's worth the effort to get through it. I woud not have understood or appreciated the book in my youth.

The Brothers Karamazov (Vintage Classics)

30 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Vintage, 1991

A Must-Read, Thoroughly Engrossing Masterpiece
In an attempt to cultivate a more enlightened self, I recently chose to read Fyodor Dostoevsky's, The Brothers Karamazov. I have never read anything quite like this, though admittedly, I am not extensively read in the classics, and most assuredly, this is a literary masterpiece. A most enjoyable read, clever, humorous, but most importantly, an extremely thought-provoking piece of work, this ...

Notes from Underground

8 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

bnpublishing.com, 2005

A few comments and an interesting fact
Dostoyevski's underground man character, although conceived in 1864, presages by more than 50 years the alienation and disaffection that became so widespread in the 20th century, especially in the so-called "lost generation" that grew up between the two world wars. As such, it became the pattern for generations of other literary anti-heroes whose existential angst was to reverberate through ...

The House of the Dead (Penguin Classics)

23 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Penguin Classics, 1986

Days of fear and hope
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "The House of the Dead" is one of the most powerful narratives about life in prison. A quasi-autobiographical work, the writer used the days he spent in Siberia prison to create powerful moments of sadness, fear and hope. Not many were able to be released from there, but he was one of them, and with this work he reminds everyone what it is about to be a political prisoner. ...

The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1935 Random House (The Modern Library)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Random House, 1935

Beautiful Illustrated 1935 edition.

Brother's Karamazov (Signet Classic from New American Library)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Signet Classic, 1957

paperback, now 50 years old but in very good condition. unread. not a delightful comedy but another brooding brilliant psychological portrait by the master manic depressant.

The Grand Inquisitor: With Related Chapters from the Brothers Karamazov

3 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Hackett Publishing Company, 1993

An interesting Christian view
This book is a collection of select chapters from "The Brothers Karamazov." There is a lengthy introduction that explains in detail the author's philosophy and how it is revealed in each of the four chapters presented here. "The Brothers Make Friends" is simply here to introduce the two brothers Ivan and Alyosha. Ivan is the Europeanized lover of science, and Alyosha is the young Romantic. ...

The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue (Penguin Classics)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Penguin Classics, 2003

Translated with an Introduction by David McDuff.

The Dostoyevsky Collection, 2008

Some of the most notable works by the classic Russian author including his most famous, Crime and Punishment, and his first book, Poor Folk all in one collection (With an active table of contents): Crime and Punishment, The Gambler, The Grand Inquisitor, The Idiot, Notes From the Underground, Poor Folk, Possessed (The Devils)

The Gambler

B&R Samizdat Express, 2008

The classic Dostoevsky novel.

Notes from the Underground

B&R Samizdat Express, 2008

Classic Dostoevsky novel.

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