Comments on: “The Karamazov Brothers” by Fyodor Dostoevsky http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5390 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Thu, 14 May 2026 04:29:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5390&cpage=1#comment-37845 girldetective Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:20:33 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5390#comment-37845 Sherry, those aren't excuses, those are TRUTH. My husband and I read Les Mis last year, together. The buddy system really helps to keep going. I started out with the unabridged translation in MMPB, but it was too small for my aging eyes, plus I didn't like the translation. I switched to the Penguin one and fared much better. I flat out loved Bleak House when I read it last winter, and am doing a readalong this fall/winter of David Copperfield with Amy: http://www.newcenturyreading.com/2013/06/historic-london.html I noticed a difference in then/now when I recently re-read The Screwtape Letters. I remembered it as a quick, funny read. I found it dark, depressing, and thorny this time--I think because I've lived long enough to recognize so much of the slippery behavior it details. And then, what a kick to read Karamazov, and there are at least TWO scenes in it that to me distinctly prefigured Lewis' talking demon. I can see going back to Grand Inquisitor and the readings of Father Zosima periodically through life now. This book is a keeper. Sherry, those aren’t excuses, those are TRUTH. My husband and I read Les Mis last year, together. The buddy system really helps to keep going. I started out with the unabridged translation in MMPB, but it was too small for my aging eyes, plus I didn’t like the translation. I switched to the Penguin one and fared much better. I flat out loved Bleak House when I read it last winter, and am doing a readalong this fall/winter of David Copperfield with Amy: http://www.newcenturyreading.com/2013/06/historic-london.html

I noticed a difference in then/now when I recently re-read The Screwtape Letters. I remembered it as a quick, funny read. I found it dark, depressing, and thorny this time–I think because I’ve lived long enough to recognize so much of the slippery behavior it details. And then, what a kick to read Karamazov, and there are at least TWO scenes in it that to me distinctly prefigured Lewis’ talking demon.

I can see going back to Grand Inquisitor and the readings of Father Zosima periodically through life now. This book is a keeper.

]]> By: Amy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5390&cpage=1#comment-37843 Amy Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:15:59 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5390#comment-37843 I'm really glad I read it, so thank you for choosing it. I even want to read more of his books now. Well, not right this minute. But you know what I mean. ;-) I’m really glad I read it, so thank you for choosing it. I even want to read more of his books now. Well, not right this minute. But you know what I mean. ;-)

]]> By: hopeinbrazil http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5390&cpage=1#comment-37832 hopeinbrazil Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:48:04 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5390#comment-37832 I am so daunted by this book. Thanks for suggesting a translator that you thought was readable. I do plan to give it a try SOMEDAY. I am so daunted by this book. Thanks for suggesting a translator that you thought was readable. I do plan to give it a try SOMEDAY.

]]> By: Sherry http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5390&cpage=1#comment-37831 Sherry Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:33:25 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5390#comment-37831 I read this one a long time ago, and The Grand Inquisitor section is the most memorable part for me. There are several books--- The Brothers Karamazov, Dickens' novels, Les Miserables, Tolstoy, etc.--that I would like to re-read someday. I read them so long ago, about 30 years ago, and I think I would get something different and more out of them a second time around. I tried with Les Miserables last year, but I didn't get very far. I do believe my attention span has been shortened by the chaos of family life and by the Internet. Or are those just excuses? I read this one a long time ago, and The Grand Inquisitor section is the most memorable part for me. There are several books— The Brothers Karamazov, Dickens’ novels, Les Miserables, Tolstoy, etc.–that I would like to re-read someday. I read them so long ago, about 30 years ago, and I think I would get something different and more out of them a second time around. I tried with Les Miserables last year, but I didn’t get very far. I do believe my attention span has been shortened by the chaos of family life and by the Internet. Or are those just excuses?

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