r/dostoevsky

Hey all, I plan on reading Brothers K but in the meantime (as I can’t start that yet) I was going to perhaps do one of his as an audio book (I think brothers k is a bit sophisticated so maybe better to read the text?). What’s the sort of easiest to listen to with highest pay off? Do you think crime and punishment would be good? I have audible credits so if there is a particular version you recommend please let me know.

So, i bought all his books at once and i plan to read them all back to back, in chronological order. 7688 pages. Has anyone ever done this? Any advice? Should i take a break and read other stuff in between? What should i know before starting?

I know a lot about him already and i read crime and punishment and underground man 10 years ago, but they will be read again in chronological order now. Anyway, i thought about reading a good biography about him first? Should i learn about 19h century Russia to better understand the context? If so, any tips?

Which one is more convenient to read first??

This is the first time I am reading dostoevsky, and I thought I should start from notes from underground. And I am relating way too much from him. The overthinking is getting worse after reading it. I am on chapter 3 of part 2, and everything thing he yapped about in 1st part and up until now is making too much sense. I wanna disagree with him, but as I keep reading, I am slowly realizing that I have been an underground man. I dont go outside much. I dont consider myself an introvert, but maybe part of me is just sick of people outside. The purpose of my post is to find out if this is normal? Did you also feel like you're an underground man? Is something wrong with me to relate to him, and does something need to be changed? Because I dont wanna wake up one day at 40 and feel as miserable as him. And as I keep relating with his words with each page, I turn the fear of becoming him at 40 keeps growing.

Just finished reading notes from underground which was my introduction to Dostoyevsky.
The ending left me with an eerie feeling. Making me rethink the meaning of love and suffering.
If everything is transactional in life and we decide we love someone because they give us something in return and get something in return. (Security, social status, belonging need)
How are we to ever know if the feeling that we have is actually love if there is no way to define it.

I came across a penguin classics version of Demons, recently. Haven't tried Dostoevsky before, should I start with this or pick something else ?

Kolya, The Brothers Karamazov

Not finished reading so please don’t spoil, just wanted to express my annoyance at this child.

That’s all, thanks.

Crime and Punishment is the first Russian book I've attempted. I've tried thrice to get into it. The first time I didn't even make it to the murder. The second time I had a bit more success, but I still ended up putting it down shortly after the murder. This time I'm bound and determined to get to the end.

I've been SLOWLY making my way through (this thing has been on my coffee table for over a year now)... I'm a little over 200 pages in and folks I gotta admit, I don't have a damn clue what I'm supposed to be getting out of this book. He killed a lady, stole her gold, hid the gold, worried so much about someone finding the gold that he threw it away (am I remembering that right?), quite literally worries himself sick, and people talk a lot about a bunch of things that are of no concern.

I KNOW I'm missing everything I should be getting out of this book, what sort of mindset change should I employ/what new perspective should I approach the remainder of the book?

It was embarrassing how much I related to the narrator. His pride and envy really stuck with me. Reading this felt life changing, or at least it made me hope for a change. I hope to change myself and not become the narrator. I hope to become a “man of action” like he speaks of. I don’t know if I will, but I will at least remember this book as a lesson.