Which one is the best?
I just can't decide...
2006-08-16 04:47:17 · 12 answers · asked by sagittarius 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I've already read all of them, so I don't ask for advice on which one to read first. I just wanted to know what the others think of them.
2006-08-18 05:24:43 · update #1
Brothers K, definitely! Has more variety of characters, more colors of mood. Three different brothers, all different, all believable. Similar variety of female characters. Has THREE romances, at least. Has a chapter that can stand on its own as a philosophy/theology masterpiece, but is a "mystery novel." A complex novel of ideas and a potboiler with National Enquirer overtones. My favorite book of all time, for the past 30 years.
2006-08-16 05:38:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-06-10 09:45:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I shall again to offer an opinion. The three masters of russian literature are Tolstoy, Dostovoesky and a playwright. All the books you referenced from Dostovoesky are classics. Brothers Karamazov is considered the broadest in sweep , historically, generationally, political hence, to most it is considered his masterpiece, akin to Tolstoy's War and Peace. I agree the consensus. Also, the chapter "The Grand Inquisitor" has been regarded as the finest, most profound theological debate ever offered in prose. If nothing else read that chapter, although it is detached from the "flow" of the novel. But not really. Crime and Punishment is indeed considered with ethics as opposed to morality, which Brothers Karamazov takes writ large. The Idiot is more a novella and is intense in subject and as it is in brevity, Dostovovesky coming into his powers, not as complete but for small investment of one's time a prelude to his complete novels, the power is undenialble. Perhaps start with The Idiot, then engage the other two. Also, may I suggest Portrait of the Artist, not James Joyce. Another Dostovesky powerhouse of a short story. Not as a Young Man, but as a phenomenal talent that rests secured in the canon of world literature.
2006-08-17 04:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Idiot is the shortest in length, but Brothers Karamazov is interesting, especially the chapter on the Grand Inquisitor. Crime and Punishment is slow.
2006-08-16 04:58:07 · answer #4 · answered by tigranvp2001 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I loved the first two, but I tried to read 'the idiot' and didn't like it.
I don't know if I could choose between the first two, they are both So Amazing.
Maybe 'Crime and Punishment'...
2006-08-16 04:53:30 · answer #5 · answered by Cina 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Crime and Punishment should be read first as the other two have complex themes and narratives that should be eased into. I also personally enjoy C&P with the deep development of R.'s character... his inner battle, the consumption of guilt....it is realism at the core.
2006-08-16 06:00:13 · answer #6 · answered by floridajunkiegal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If I had to pick one, it is The Idiot. It is the least deep but the most real, the most relevent to my life at least. The other two were far more existential while Mishkin was real to me. But really, when argueing The Big D, it's like looking at rainbows and asking which is prettier--they're just perfect, each and every one!
2006-08-16 05:13:21 · answer #7 · answered by Alobar 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You cant chose wrong, but then if you have to, I would say that you read Crime and Punishment first (especially if you are interested in ethics)
2006-08-16 04:57:30 · answer #8 · answered by arsen m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of the above.
Ok if I have to choose- Crime and Punishment.
2006-08-16 04:58:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cime and Punishment is one of my all time favourite books.
Not that I feel you need to decide on any of these three. All of them are great.
2006-08-16 06:44:38 · answer #10 · answered by The Roo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋