Dostoyevsky's “Dream of a Ridiculous Man” (2014)

Re:Dostoyevsky's “Dream of a Ridiculous Man” (2014) by manu3000 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @02:37AM (#18739485)

the big 3 are "Notes from the underground", "Crime and Punishment", "The brothers Karamazov" (from this podcast https://historyofliterature.com/169-dostoevsky/)

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Re:Dostoyevsky's “Dream of a Ridiculous Man” (2014) by qxzw on Saturday December 22, 2018 @02:54AM (#18739522)

I'd only recommend to take out Notes from the underground and replace it with Idiot, which Dostoevsky himself liked the most of all his works. Devils and Gambler are just below these three. Also, Humiliated and insulted allegedly made Nietzsche cry. But that one I haven't read (yet).

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Re:Dostoyevsky's “Dream of a Ridiculous Man” (2014) by vfinn on Saturday December 22, 2018 @11:20AM (#18741153)

If you're having nihilistic thoughts, Notes from the Underground is a must. Idiot is good if you have a Jesus complex. :)

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Re:Dostoyevsky's “Dream of a Ridiculous Man” (2014) by qxzw on Sunday December 23, 2018 @11:10AM (#18746822)

I think Zossima's arc from Brothers Karamazov feeds Messiah complex better than Idiot :)

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