On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov

Re:On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov by saberience on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:53AM (#36940484)

I don’t think you can objectively say Tolstoy was a worse literary artist than Dostoyevsky.

For me it’s absolutely the other way around. Dostoyevsky saw into men’s souls in a way no other writer perhaps barring Shakespeare could. Tolstoy for me is more mechanically or technically good, but Dostoyevsky was a true artist and saw through life and humanity at another level.

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Re:On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov by wholinator2 on Monday July 31, 2023 @07:12AM (#36940976)

That's what they said

> But Tolstoy was an infinitely better literary artist than Dostoevsky could ever hope to be.

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Re:On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov by dmvdoug on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:13AM (#36943838)

Right. Dostoevsky was perfect on the human element. Tolstoy on the writing.

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