I finished reading The Brothers Karamazov and I loved the message

>>8827603
>I finished reading The Brothers Karamazov
>I loved the message of being in love with life and the general positive vibe
Wow you completely missed the point of the novel

>>8827618
It's clearly a joke.

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>>8827603

>>8827618

What else could Dmitri's "I have learned first to love life, then to find the meaning of it" mean? How have I missed the message of the book?

Can I jump straight into Karamazov or is it recommended to read his earlier major works first?

>>8828005
You need to have read the entire bibliography of Dosty before tackling the Karamazov monster. It's that dense. Also it helps reading up on russian war history, Bultmann's dialectical theology and the philosophy of Sun Tzu.

>>8828015
fug!
But yeah I thought as much, good to know.

>>8827603
the dream of a ridiculous man

>>8828018
(You can just start with Karamazov)

>>8828018
he was joking.

I'd at least read Crime and Punishment first

>>8828015
read some schiller too!

>>8828018
Read it. Fall in love with the man and read the rest of his works. Then re-read it.

>>8827603
Reeds Michel Foucault
Personally I'm halfway through Anna Karenina and it's very difficult to stay interested

>>8828023
fucking love this story. I felt pretty positive after finishing k bros as well. have you read gogol's portrait yet?