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Post by Marina on Jun 1, 2011 11:36:39 GMT -5
I should be reading Russian literature myself because it's my heritage, but of course I'd read a lot of short stories when I was younger. In the U.S, not many people seem to have heard of Alexander Pushkin, and if you love poetry and prose I would most definitely recommend checking him out.
As for the big guys like Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, I'm gonna hold off on them until I can get my hands on the Russian versions. My bragging rights will be through the roof.
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Post by alyoshka on Jun 1, 2011 20:44:00 GMT -5
I love pushkin  bragging rights? Interesting. |
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Post by Silva on Jun 1, 2011 21:04:37 GMT -5
I haven't gotten to Pushkin yet. Or Gogol, Turgenev, or Chekhov. I feel remiss in my duties to Russian literature. I'm on Tolstoy and Dostoevsky right now. Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment, respectively.
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 9, 2011 15:34:51 GMT -5
I have read Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky and I really enjoyed his writing. I am eventually going to read The Idiot and Crime and Punishment by him.
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Post by alyoshka on Jun 9, 2011 15:36:51 GMT -5
I have read Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky and I really enjoyed his writing. I am eventually going to read The Idiot and Crime and Punishment by him. The Idiot and Crime and Punishment is definitely written a lot different than the underground man. You should definitely though  |
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 9, 2011 15:47:58 GMT -5
I have read Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky and I really enjoyed his writing. I am eventually going to read The Idiot and Crime and Punishment by him. The Idiot and Crime and Punishment is definitely written a lot different than the underground man. You should definitely though I do know they are different but I just have this weird tendency to read some short works of whatever author I am getting into to start off. It usually gives me a somewhat good idea what to expect even in works that are substantially longer ^_^ |
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Post by alyoshka on Jun 9, 2011 16:52:59 GMT -5
The Idiot and Crime and Punishment is definitely written a lot different than the underground man. You should definitely though I do know they are different but I just have this weird tendency to read some short works of whatever author I am getting into to start off. It usually gives me a somewhat good idea what to expect even in works that are substantially longer ^_^ well, in my opinion, if you go by their short stories to form your opinion on an author, you might be very disappointed. >< |
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 10, 2011 12:16:32 GMT -5
I do know they are different but I just have this weird tendency to read some short works of whatever author I am getting into to start off. It usually gives me a somewhat good idea what to expect even in works that are substantially longer ^_^ well, in my opinion, if you go by their short stories to form your opinion on an author, you might be very disappointed. >< No no i must have confused you! I dont go by short stories to develop an opinion, but I go by short stories just to get a sort of handle on the writer before diving into the big stuff! Even if the short stuff is horrible it wont stop me from reading the big stuff since they is generally better written(few exceptions there). Sorry if i confused you :3 |
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Post by Marina on Jun 10, 2011 16:02:11 GMT -5
Guys, guys! I just found a hard copy of Anna Karenina is Russian for $15 I'm in tears of happiness! And two volumes of War and Peace.
I've died and gone to heaven!
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 11, 2011 10:26:43 GMT -5
Guys, guys! I just found a hard copy of Anna Karenina is Russian for $15 I'm in tears of happiness! And two volumes of War and Peace. I've died and gone to heaven! I found a used hardcover copy of War and Peace for $10 and it is in great condition |
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Post by Marina on Jun 11, 2011 10:51:35 GMT -5
Guys, guys! I just found a hard copy of Anna Karenina is Russian for $15 I'm in tears of happiness! And two volumes of War and Peace. I've died and gone to heaven! I found a used hardcover copy of War and Peace for $10 and it is in great condition Awesome!! It's just that they don't really sell classic foreign books (besides Spanish) in the stores, and on the internet usually they're kind of expensive. And I'd have to go to New York to find anything decent. But I love discovering treasure troves online! |
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 11, 2011 11:17:43 GMT -5
I found a used hardcover copy of War and Peace for $10 and it is in great condition Awesome!! It's just that they don't really sell classic foreign books (besides Spanish) in the stores, and on the internet usually they're kind of expensive. And I'd have to go to New York to find anything decent. But I love discovering treasure troves online! There is a great feeling when you find a great used book, online or not. |
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Post by alyoshka on Jun 11, 2011 17:21:06 GMT -5
Guys, guys! I just found a hard copy of Anna Karenina is Russian for $15 I'm in tears of happiness! And two volumes of War and Peace. I've died and gone to heaven! What translation did you guys get? |
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Post by Marina on Jun 11, 2011 17:56:07 GMT -5
Guys, guys! I just found a hard copy of Anna Karenina is Russian for $15 I'm in tears of happiness! And two volumes of War and Peace. I've died and gone to heaven! What translation did you guys get? That's the best part, t's not a translation! It's in Russian! ---------------- But I do have the translations already: Anna Karenina translated by Constance Garnett, translation revised by Leonard J. Kent and Nina Barberova. And War and Peace translated by Ann Dinnigan. But I haven't read them yet >_> |
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Post by Lilt on Jun 12, 2011 16:01:55 GMT -5
So relieved this thread exists.
I'm obsessed with Russian literature. Particularly the good kind ;D. I've only danced around the cannon, though. War & Peace, Anna Karenina, and most of Tolstoy's short stories and Novellas. (The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the best novella of all time, by the way. And that isn't opinion.)
Nabokov's Speak, Memory is flawless, too. Um, let's see: Dos' The Idiot is one of my favorites as well.
I think I single-handedly paid Pevear and Volokhonsky's mortgage.
A bunch of poetry too: Tsvetaeva, Blok, Akhmatova, Pushkin. My university has a pretty awesome Russian department. I've taken Women in Russian Literature, which was fantastic. We also have focus classes on Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Nabokov. Of which I've only taken Tolstoy, but probably will hit the others before I graduate.
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bragging rights? Interesting.
