http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5361 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Thu, 21 May 2026 04:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5361&cpage=1#comment-37570 girldetective Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:50:18 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5361#comment-37570 Amy, HA! Ritalee, I like how the stories keep whirling around, and I'd forgotten about the kids. I'm excited to see how this ties in the Karamazov ruckus. Amy, HA! Ritalee, I like how the stories keep whirling around, and I’d forgotten about the kids. I’m excited to see how this ties in the Karamazov ruckus.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5361&cpage=1#comment-37519 Amy Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5361#comment-37519 I wondered if critics back in the day complained that Kolya didn't talk like a real teenager. I wondered if critics back in the day complained that Kolya didn’t talk like a real teenager.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5361&cpage=1#comment-37516 Ritalee Sun, 04 Aug 2013 20:45:20 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5361#comment-37516 I found it satisfying to return full circle to the story of Ilyusha and Aloysha's involvement with him, via the impetuous little egomaniac Kolya. All the personalities Dostoevsky has created and wound up are beginning to mesh together, and the village is alive. Again Aloysha shows up as one of the few characters in a pitiless world who is able to feel sympathy for others and actually has power and respect because of it. I think it's going to be a lot of pure excitement to the finish. I found it satisfying to return full circle to the story of Ilyusha and Aloysha’s involvement with him, via the impetuous little egomaniac Kolya. All the personalities Dostoevsky has created and wound up are beginning to mesh together, and the village is alive. Again Aloysha shows up as one of the few characters in a pitiless world who is able to feel sympathy for others and actually has power and respect because of it. I think it’s going to be a lot of pure excitement to the finish.

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