a dostoevsky reading guide | major novels, lesser known works, & short stories 📚✨

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• PA

  @parismaereads · 8 days ago

  I just read crime and punishment and it was my first by him and I’m OBSESSED. I’m about to reread and go down the Dostoevsky rabbit hole

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• SP

  @Spicyfingers1 · 1 day ago

  My favorite part of The Idiot was when Dostoevsky said "and events happened which would make you think this was a novel" (I paraphrased and that's what my translation said)

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• AB

  @AbedOkbaldet-z9f · 6 hours ago

  Everyone can read, but by nature, some are better at being readers and understand books on a different level than others.

• RY

  @ryananthony8543 · 2 days ago

  I usually only read nonfiction but you have convinced me to give Dostoyevsky a try!

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• TH

  @theliterarylist · 7 days ago

  &quot;Above all, do not lie to yourself. A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth either in himself or anywhere around him, and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others.&quot; <br>—from THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (1879–1880) by Fyodor Dostoevsky<br><br>I have three videos dedicated to Dostoevsky on my channel, but unfortunately, hardly anyone has watched them. Thank you very much for your excellent reading guide.❤

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• SA

  @SACHA411 · 3 days ago (edited)

  Great video, subbed. I started with The Brothers Karamazov and pretty much fell in love with his writing. Would love if u did Tolstoy and or Dickens next

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• DI

  @dineshjagai · 14 hours ago

  Appreciate notes from the underground being mentioned! it&apos;s such a good take on post enlightenment rationality! I&apos;ve also enjoyed reading his letters - they provide a good insight to his psyche and and the experiences that underlie much of his work. If you haven&apos;t already you should read his letter to his brother after he was reprieved and sentenced to prison in Siberia for being part of a liberal group that opposed the ruling regime. You should do Kafka next!

• PO

  @poohoff · 11 hours ago

  Wonderful guide, thank you

• TR

  @trinityflow · 1 day ago

  Nice guide! I really enjoyed Father Zosima’s role and back story in Bro’s Karamazov. My favorite part of the book. I just read the short story White Nights and that is excellent as well.

• DO

  @DostojevskiFjodor · 5 days ago (edited)

  When I was in university (around 4 years ago) I met two older men who would meet up everyday, smoke a cig and go on a walk. I would often smoke at the same time so we got talking. One had been a &apos;problem solver&apos; in the highest levels of Dutch finance, he&apos;d solve the unsolvable. The other had been a painter and philosopher. They knew each other because they were both terminally ill. Before passing they gifted me the collected works of Dostoevsky. Because of this gift I was able to read his entire body of work. The memories of these two remarkable individuals will never leave me. Forever inextricably intertwined with FFD.<br><br>For sure my favorite author. I like your order list, but mine would be radically different. <br><br>The only book I COULDN&apos;T get through was &apos;the adolescent&apos;. I tried multiple times as an adolescent but just couldn&apos;t finish it! <br><br><br>Brothers Karamazov is the greatest novel ever written. <br><br>Hi from the Netherlands! :)

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• YA

  @yashshah8688 · 5 days ago

  Vote for next video on leo Tolstoy

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• PA

  @Paul-j9h7m · 4 days ago

  You right Aliocha is just the perfect character written by the perfect writer !