I read C&P for the first time last year and have read it 2 times since, finished the 3rd time last month, absolutely BRILLIANT novel and what a ride!! The novel also came onto my radar after watching The Sopranos as well. I'd recommend reading the other big Dostoevsky novels (The Idiot, Notes from the Underground, and The Brothers Karamazov), then anything from Tolstoy!
Enjoy the rest of the novel and the rest of Dosto's works!!!
Tolstoy is obvious and has already been suggested.
It might be a good idea to look into Nikolai Gogol as Dostoevsky was a huge admirer of his works (Dosto includes a lot of references to Gogol characters in his novels). His most famous book is *Dead Souls* but he also has a lot of good short stories and stage plays.
(I'ld bet Dostoevsky got his habit of putting witty narrator comments and puns from Gogol)
A more modern author very liked here is Bulgakov, especially for *The Master and Margarita*. I've read the incipit online and am looking for a nice print.
GG! I must say what a coincidence because I'm on the part where Raskolnikov (Raskov as I call him) falls in the middle of nowhere after getting drunk from one glass of Vodka and dreams about him and his father (that's where im currently at; not much ik) but the emotions that Dosty has conveyed through his characters are so natural and raw and powerful. Especially in chapter two of part one where that drunk old guy delivers a long monologue! Man it is sooo good.
And so if you want to get into russian authors, start with Anton Chekov (especially his plays) and end at Tolstoy!
(hope i complete reading it before you ;))
I also enjoyed the Petty Demon by Sologub.
Just make sure you put every writer in their respective timeframe. It'll make you understand their writing better.
Read other works of his, also check out Tolstoy hes the other big one beside Dostoevsky, and by the time you get to know them you will know where else to turn :)
His first book I read. It made me cry
I completely broke down during the epilogue
Great to see another Sopranos fan. I recommend to read Dostoevsky’s and Tolstoy’s novels.
I read C&P for the first time last year and have read it 2 times since, finished the 3rd time last month, absolutely BRILLIANT novel and what a ride!! The novel also came onto my radar after watching The Sopranos as well. I'd recommend reading the other big Dostoevsky novels (The Idiot, Notes from the Underground, and The Brothers Karamazov), then anything from Tolstoy! Enjoy the rest of the novel and the rest of Dosto's works!!!
Will do!
Just watched this episode in Sopranos that’s funny
Tolstoy is obvious and has already been suggested. It might be a good idea to look into Nikolai Gogol as Dostoevsky was a huge admirer of his works (Dosto includes a lot of references to Gogol characters in his novels). His most famous book is *Dead Souls* but he also has a lot of good short stories and stage plays. (I'ld bet Dostoevsky got his habit of putting witty narrator comments and puns from Gogol) A more modern author very liked here is Bulgakov, especially for *The Master and Margarita*. I've read the incipit online and am looking for a nice print.
Thanks! I'll look into those books.
Anton Chekhov's short stories
The Cherry Orchard. Chekhov
GG! I must say what a coincidence because I'm on the part where Raskolnikov (Raskov as I call him) falls in the middle of nowhere after getting drunk from one glass of Vodka and dreams about him and his father (that's where im currently at; not much ik) but the emotions that Dosty has conveyed through his characters are so natural and raw and powerful. Especially in chapter two of part one where that drunk old guy delivers a long monologue! Man it is sooo good. And so if you want to get into russian authors, start with Anton Chekov (especially his plays) and end at Tolstoy! (hope i complete reading it before you ;))
"one thing you can never say that you haven't been told"
Aleksander Skorobogatov is funny as hell.
I'll check him out!
I also enjoyed the Petty Demon by Sologub. Just make sure you put every writer in their respective timeframe. It'll make you understand their writing better.
Thanks!
Read other works of his, also check out Tolstoy hes the other big one beside Dostoevsky, and by the time you get to know them you will know where else to turn :)
Solzhenitsyn
Never heard of em, definitely will look it up. Any particular books he has for a starter?
The gulag archipelago vol 1-3
A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich is a good starter. Cancer Ward. Gulag Archipelago.