The guy could have said the same thing in half the pages

>>7385631
spends the entire first half lying in bed, almost gave up on anything actually happening.

>>7385631
Are you seriously this retarded?

>>7385678
>spends the entire first half lying in bed
Did you even read the book?

ghastly rigmarole

But he didn't and here's the beauty of writing/art.

and he'd of been paid half

give him a break

>>7385678
Fevered monologues, murdering the old lady, more fevered monologues, interactions with characters. I'd say that counts as things happening. With that said I'm not a C&P defender, I do believe It's essential in the canon of Russian literature but as a reading experience it can be a little jarring if you're an anxious/paranoid person.

>>7386411
>murdering the old lady
Spoilering this is like spoilering the end of Romeo and Juliet.

>>7385631
The wikipedia page does it in eight paragraphs. What's your point?

>>7386452
I'm still reading the Greeks so no Shakespeare spoilers please

I think if it was shorter then it'd be less painful for the reader and existentialists make it their job to convince everyone that everything is as unpleasant as possible

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>>7386478
>finds dusty painful

>>7386477
kek

>>7386477
If a character's name is the title of the play, that character dies.

>>7386524
If the character is in the play (tragedy), he likely dies