Brothers karamazov how long

That might be the only thing that would get me through it or another Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment has been a favourite of mine from childhood, and really got me into crime fiction as well. So many really memorable scenes — much more of a sense of place than the Kamarazovs, which is just any old rural town in Russia….

Thank you, hope it helps! I try not to mind not having read certain classics, nor be ashamed about it. But this one was bugging me because I do love the author otherwise! I consider myself an avid reader, have been reading since the age of 4.

BUT somehow I read so much less than you do…? I used to read much more challenging stuff when I was younger despite my failure to appreciate the Karamazovs — including philosophy, literary theory and so on. And the relaxing books are usually quite easy and quick to read but I forget them reasonably quickly. Very kind of you to say I write so well, but I really tell myself I need to cut down on the reviewing at least can never cut down on the reading , so that I can get my own writing done.

However Sakhalin Island has just come in to the library and I was able to collect it before Lockdown, so watch this space. Not a novel, but definitely Russian! My advice with Sakhalin Island is not to worry too much about the stats and footnotes and so on, but just enjoy the anecdotes and personal impressions.

I loved it so much! But then, I read anthropological studies for pleasure. How right you are that we all have at least one of those books, Marina Sofia! I most especially agree with you about translations. I just happened to buy this edition years ago, without worrying too much about the translator, but other experts reliably informed me that it was a good translation. And I certainly found it flowed really well. So happy you found a way through, although I think that with some books it has to be the right time.

Can you do Ulysses next?! Actually, I think Ulysses is really beautiful in parts — if you treat it like poetry and dip in and out of it. Perhaps not all in one go. All wonderful advice — clear your schedule being crucial I think! It does make such a difference. Glad you enjoyed it this time around. Great post. And congrats on finishing the book. I totally agree with you about skipping boring parts and finding the right translation.

What a great post! I love your tips for reading this book, it makes me feel like I could attempt to read it at some point. But I appreciated those quotes, still as relevant now and demonstrating what an accessible translation this edition offers. It was simply not jarring in its quaint old-fashiodness. Great advice! I keep starting and giving up on Les Miserables.

Maybe I should switch to the ebook which I also have and skim, as you suggest. This is excellent advice for any long book! But the translation is excellent and really brings out the humour of the text: both things you mention here!

I read it ages ago, in my 20s, and then tried to re-read it for a book club a couple of months ago. The same happened to me with Persuasion, by Jane Austen. I find I am more patient now than I was in my youth… at least with the classics.

Less patient with mediocre current publications. But watch out — Persuasion is my favourite Jane Austen and I reread it every few years. I personally love the character of Alyosha. It's a great story and very enjoyable read. Kurt Here is a tip for other english readers feeling challenged by the long russian names. Modify all those names with short nicknames, the novel is then very manageable and I did not find it at all difficult.

It's effectively a sort of literary crime novel , and is in some ways quite typical of its time. First published in , Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment is widely considered to be one of the best realistic psychological novels ever written. What is perhaps less widely known is that some of the story's realism stems from being based on an actual criminal and the murders he committed.

Finally, these novels broke new ground with their experiments in literary form. The average reader will spend 13 hours and 44 minutes reading this book at WPM words per minute.

If we know why we are here; if we have a reason for our existence — we feel more connected, more alive. Dostoyevsky's last and probably greatest novel, Bratya Karamazovy —80; The Brothers Karamazov , focuses on his favourite theological and philosophical themes: the origin of evil, the nature of freedom, and the craving for faith. The Brothers Karamazov is the story of the lives of three Russian brothers who are very different in body, mind, and spirit , and are often thought of as representing those three parts of mankind.

Although the statement "If there is no God, everything is permitted" is widely attributed to Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov Sartre was the first to do so in his Being and Nothingness , he simply never said it. The average reader will spend 13 hours and 33 minutes reading this book at WPM words per minute. In Pulkheria Alexandrovna's letter to her son, Marfa Petrovna is said to have vigorously defended Dunya against Svidrigailov, and introduced her to Luzhin.

She leaves Dunya rubles in her will. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon According to the graphic, it takes an average of Dare I say this about a classic? It was boring. Long and boring. I really think a page Brothers Karamazov would have been worth reading. At over pages, The Lord of the Rings is a good read mild understatement.

So yes, I stopped reading a classic a third of the way through. Actually, the final nail in the coffin for me was when I found out thanks Wikipedia that The Brothers Karamazov was a great influence for Sigmund Freud.

Witty, Brothers Karamazov is not. Reading any translated novel is tough. And the Russian novels are particularly dense. Millions agree with you, myself included. No…that would be my mother, Hilary! I told her about your blog when you posted about me. Thanks for the tip on what not to read…I think I got it for free on my iPhone, though, so no harm done.

Have your read Crime and Punishment? Great, even if dark. It will take you over the edge. I might try again sometime. Know what you mean about keeping everyone straight.

I appreciated it, though Franci and I tried reading it out loud together, and somehow it got to be too much for out-loud reading. Hello everyone. Really good.