so I've been wanting to get into this for a while now and now think I might be ready. But before I begin I want to know if there is anything I should read beforehand.
I have an ok knowledge of the Bible, read C&P, and Notes but haven't read any earlier Russian Lit. Anything more I should read that's necessary to get the full experience?
Thanks
Camden Murphy
Its arguably the best book ever writtren.smerkavov killed the old man
Nolan Thomas
Depends where you're from and how familiar you are with Slavic culture and political circumstances of Eastern Europe of 19th century. If you're not you might be slightly confused at times, but internet serves as a brilliant and quick reference guidebook to learn about specific customs or habits. Other than that at least basic understanding of Catholic and Orthodox theology and hierarchical structure of those churches would help. Westerners might also miss out on some thinly veiled humor Dostoyevsky inserts between the lines, but it's a detail more than anything.
I've literally read this book as my first serious, classical literature novel at the age of 17 and it has blown me away so extensive literary knowledge isn't necessary. Stunning emotional and aesthetic experience. I still come back to it every now and then and each time I revel in Dostoyevsky's genius.
Sebastian Bailey
>smerkavov killed the old man no
Julian Baker
The version in your pic has endnotes so you're good
Luis Diaz
Then who?
Xavier Harris
You'll be fine desu.
Charles Evans
Should I read Notes from Underground before brothers K?
Wyatt Gomez
>to get the full experience It makes some references to Schiller, Faust and Gogol.
Juan Parker
I haven't read Brothers K yet, but you could probably finish Notes in a day so why not?
Christopher Rivera
You'll read this book and you'll either detest it or love it. The latter denounces you as a they-self of Veeky Forums which roughly translates to "pretentious young adult who wants to belong". Good luck wasting your time reading "The Adventures of the Russian Sherlock Holmes: I'm going to mash "The Idiot" with "Crime and Punishment" together edition™.
James Kelly
>in a day O-oh
Christopher Rodriguez
Great read. You are ready, go for it. Don't mind this spas, he doesn't know what he's talking about.
John Reyes
This
Jackson Clark
Too deep for you clearly.
Cooper Diaz
Don't worry user, it took me about a week as well.
Andrew Long
It was his first book that I ever read and I loved it. Since then I've read a few more books, a short story, and currently reading Demons/The Possessed.
Dylan Jackson
Yeah read Dead Souls to fully understand the whole Troika metaphor
Jaxon Wood
>Anything more I should read that's necessary to get the full experience? Every other major novel of course. Since you already read Crime and Punishment, you need to read them in the following order: >The Idiot >Demons >A Raw Youth >The Brothers Karamazov
Jace Morgan
I tried to read C&P and couldn't get past the first few chapters. I read this and loved it to bits. Am I a pleb?
Isaac Williams
Not OP. I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now, should I read Notes after then follow this list? I haven't read many books, but I just started Crime and Punishment and I'm sucked in since the translators introduction.
On another note, how do you know you get a solid translation? I'm reading Oliver Ready's translated C&P, introduction seemed great to me, has a LOT of information on Dostoevsky, biography stuff, end notes too.
Ethan Walker
>Not OP. >I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now, should I read Notes after then follow this list? I don't know anything about Notes from the Underground, since I never read it. It is well known among the English translations, but in my mother tongue (German) only the major novels are well known, including The Gambler.
I'd recommend reading the novels I've enlisted. But I'm not really interested in the short novels from Dostoyevsky, because I cannot imagine he could met his standards of psychological depth like in his five major novels.
Kayden Lee
Thanks for the reply, i'll save the list for later.
James Ross
The words can be scanned by your eyes in a day yeah.
Oliver Adams
You must extensively know the works of Pushkin and the orthodox Bible
Parker Thomas
>read a 700 page masterpiece >can't figure out the basic plot