tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post7050468695440529683..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Leatherbound Classics: Fyodor Dostoevesky, The Brothers KaramazovLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-13281619036126087672011-03-24T10:18:52.722-05:002011-03-24T10:18:52.722-05:00I read the Pevear & Volokhonsky translation la...I read the Pevear & Volokhonsky translation last year, and I agree that it served the novel well--I'd read another translation a dozen years ago (by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin?) and...I'd appreciated the book but hadn't really enjoyed it, and found the reread (whether due to translation or simply it being a reread with me older) to be far more powerful.Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-60003969084065741402011-03-23T21:35:30.884-05:002011-03-23T21:35:30.884-05:00I'll try to keep that translation in mind, as ...I'll try to keep that translation in mind, as I read this old one only because I'm reading/reviewing books from the Easton Press (and occasionally Franklin Library) <i>100 Greatest Books Ever Written</i> limited-edition collection.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-48324022446357951812011-03-23T19:32:57.595-05:002011-03-23T19:32:57.595-05:00Ditto everything Spencer said.
Except I think Not...Ditto everything Spencer said.<br /><br />Except I think Notes from Underground is more everything (I can't think of the right word) than Brothers Karamazov. I also don't think Notes is a 'novel.' Brothers is much more ambitious in multitude of themes, progression, and development but... oh well. I think I'm having an internal argument between my 'favorite' and what I think is the 'best' book written.Chad Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-30700124686207403472011-03-23T12:08:21.836-05:002011-03-23T12:08:21.836-05:00I consider this to be the greatest book ever writt...I consider this to be the greatest book ever written (although I'm not nearly so well read as you), so I was pleased to read your review. Next time you read it you should read the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation; in my opinion it's the best of the bunch.Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588339923534272559noreply@blogger.com