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Why is this the worst novel from Dostoevsky? 2016-08-25 00:06:36 Post No. 8433836
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Why is this the worst novel from Dostoevsky?
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2016-08-25 00:06:36
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>half the characters serve no purpose at all
>anecdotes and pages-long rants that don't lead anywhere (Hippolit)
>best moments in the novel are what is spoken about, not what is seen (Liev talking about a man about to be beheaded in France. I want to read THAT book, not this one)
>subplot that do not lead anywhere (the mystery of Liev's father)
>the second part is 85% filler (after Parfen tries to kill Liev, everything after is filler)
>the ending is universally hated (and for good motive)
The real Idiot is who spent so much time reading this.
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>>8433836
>The real Idiot is who spent so much time reading this.
bravo
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>>8433836
Demons was worse
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>>8434695
Kirilov's suicide and the At Tokhin's chapter though
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>>8434704
Kirilov was the best part of the book. But that caricature of Turgueniev. Also, why did Stavrogin an hero?
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>>8433836
The idiot is his best work.
Also, I hope you read the Avsey translation
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>>8434714
Did you read a version that included the banned chapter?He raped a little girl who then killed herself because, if I'm remembering correctly, she claimed he had killed God by raping her.
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>>8433836
Myshkin is Dostoevsky's greatest character, so you're wrong.
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>>8434731
He's the most loveable for sure.
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>>8434727
My version doesn't have it. Although it has an introduction by Somerset Maugham where he talks about the banned chapter. Read it after the book, though
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