The Brothers Karamazov Playlist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5yMtpiGgdvAqMo.html Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina TABLE OF CONTENTS 3:24 Expectations vs Reality 9:00 Author and Publication Info 10:53 Dostoevsky's Gospel 14:00 Russianology 17:17 The Road Ahead

800 pages a struggle? Man I wish it would never end.

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

I hear you on that!!

@deflategate1297

Жыл бұрын

Better than doing other mindless things tbh

@UPGREK92

Жыл бұрын

Russian soul😅🤷‍♂️

@EscapeTheMatrixRightNow

9 ай бұрын

Easy enough when you are not dyslexic 😢

@samaralhayidi4748

9 ай бұрын

I really liked the religious aspects very much, but the lawyers speech at the end could have been shorter

Reading this book now, I am amazed at how deeply and sincerely he reveals the psychology of human nature and how modern everything he talks about. Many things are just prophetic and happen in this age.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly!

@nukenabber7228

Жыл бұрын

Nothing prophetic about it, human nature just doesn't change. We are just intelligent animals driven by hormones but surrounded by more technology over time.

@lunatico981

Жыл бұрын

That tells me that it was always like that, and always will be.

@deflategate1297

Жыл бұрын

@@lunatico981 atleast for the time being we are just living in a improved version of the ancient world everything we use pretty much the same we are nothing but apes thrown back into the digital Stone Age

Amazing novel. Masterpiece of human nature, philosophy, religion, love and sin. Absolute BEST of Russian literature.

Dostoyevsky must have pushed himself to the limits of his psyche, emotions and madness in order to write so humanly compelling as he does in this book. The words he uses to explain and go beyond feelings are better than years in psychotherapy. Edit: I never wanted it to end, either. Although it took me a few chapters and then I was hooked, and then the hook kept getting wilder and wilder. Utterly insane, sad, everything and funny, too. Mind blowing. Thankful to the humble master Dostoyevsky ♥️

@oligreen1192

7 ай бұрын

H has absolutely soul touching notes about a woman who committed suicide. It’s such deep gaze into something as scary and as sad as ending itself. I definitely agree with you - he is a true literary MASTER.

@ambermoon719

7 ай бұрын

@@oligreen1192 H… is that a He? 😜

Look at the editing!! You make the chunky book sound intriguing.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

:) Thanks

Reading this book; you can't stop and want to have it finished soon to know how it ends, and at the same time you do not want to finish because you already know that you may not read such good book again. Though it is 200 years old, it feels like it was written yesterday.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with 100% of these statements

@dianamuslimova6341

2 жыл бұрын

İ'm reading it now and have the same feelings. I don't want it to be finished. I am amazed at how deeply and sincerely he reveals the psychology of human nature and how modern everything he talks about. Many things are just prophetic and happen in this age.

@nanashinde9513

Жыл бұрын

@@dianamuslimova6341 hon reader is it easy to read I have fluency in English right from childhood that is no problem heard that hard to understand because text words are too hard or may be to put a dictionary on table to judge meanings pls reply a request from good reader

This is a book that requires total immersion. It really requires time and effort. Use notes. Use commentary. Read chapters more than once. It is stunningly deep.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

👍

@cjbfromda513

Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more; thank God for Audible, I am “reading” while delivering for Amazon so I’m drinking it in

@MarlboroughBlenheim1

Жыл бұрын

@@cjbfromda513 yes audible is good - I use that too!

Just finished the book and all I have to say is read it. Its a transformative experience

Hardest thing for me when I read crime and punishment was keeping track of the characters. Maybe if their names were like Jim, Bill, Angie… but the Russian names got me. Especially the fact that one person could be called several different things. Similar to formal/informal pronunciations. But once I finally got past that I could tell who was talking just by the things they were saying. The tension between the characters made the book amazing. The plot is one thing, the drama between the characters and the characters themselves is what makes Dostoevsky such a great author. I just started reading this book, I am excited to see who I meet.

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Sure, the difference with Russian names are something many people comment on.

@rogerpropes7129

10 ай бұрын

If you read it, when Katerina Ivanova came to beg Dmitry for money to save her father from scandal, did she offer to prostitute herself or merely humble her honor and social status? Could D even make this explicit in his day?

@user-sf3fe4bh2q

8 ай бұрын

I was sorry for Svidrigailov, though he was a villian, of course.

@user-sf3fe4bh2q

8 ай бұрын

​@@rogerpropes7129Of course she didn't offer herself, it was enough to comproment herself just by coming to a man alone in the evening.

Thank you for starting this community! I started this book last month but I can't wait to immerse myself into deeper discussions as I finish

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you enjoy the book!

Enlightening. Very helpful. Looking forward to reading it again. Thanks for this.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video guys! I’ve been reading this book for decades and this is the best intro I’ve ever heard. Also your back and forth editing reminds me of a back and forth between alyosha and Ivan. Intense

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

That's such a complement. Thanks! I love their banter.

Great editing and summary!! I'm excited to start!!

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

That makes two of us. Thank you so much :D

Fantastic video! I’m so impressed. Great introduction. I just read this but might have to join in because I loved the book so much. I will second your opinion that it’s not hard to read. Tolstoy has my head spinning with names in his long books but I never got anyone mixed up in Bros. K. Thanks for your hard work. Deb

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear more of your thoughts. I know you've shared your feelings on the ending.

This was absolutely fantastic!! Really looking forward to digging into this and I hope it captures me the way it did you guys.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

I hope so too!

This is absolutely a work of art! From the editing to the presentation of the plan for the read through - it was engaging, encouraging AND inspiring! I only *thought* I was hyped before, now I'm over here sliding my Bros K book over to me, ready to roll!

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Fine, let's go get some ice cream :P

@TheNerdyNarrative

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina Can I have 2 scoops?

You out did yourself with the editting on this one! The intro is SUPER engaging and almost got me to pick it up, almost 😅

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

:D Thank you!

I’m so ready to begin reading TBK!! This video was super helpful- I feel like I’m taking a literature course 👏 Also, I loved the cats hugging.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Krypto said I should put dogs in that part :D

Great video, can't wait to watch the rest of you guys' stuff

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

More to come!

This is great information. Thanks.

Excellent! Great explanation, great editing, great everything! 👏👏👏

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Barb!

Wow! Just wow! Awesome intro! Between this video and last night's livestream, I'm just about ready to dive in.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Let's do this!

We need more channels like this. People need to wake up and challenge their brains. Great work.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

It was an extremely challenging book but also very approachable. Very difficult to describe the Dostoevsky experience but it has it's own flavor and I love it!

Loved this video. Just subscribed to your channel. I’m starting this masterpiece tomorrow and I stumbled upon your video! Dostoevsky is one of my favorite authors. I love Crime and Punishment and now I can’t wait to read TBK!

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! I hope you love it! Dostoevsky is the best

Masterpiece, he has this ability to bring all the characters to a point where they have little bits of yourself in some way. Alyosha thinking of Katarena " And the vagueness of his apprehension increases the apprehension itself" So many examples of our beautiful uncertainty it makes you feel a real person.

Oh, brilliant...so well done and thoughtful too. Thank you so much.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

The pleasure is all ours. We really wanted to make this a special event for people :D

I have just started with the novel and I am very very excited about it. I have wanted to read it for many years but never got to it until now. I have read several of Dostoyevskis novels and I can say that there is no one greater than him. And this book is going to be my last of it for which I have been preparing for a long time through the reading of previous novels in order to prepare myself for the big event. Thank you for this video and that I have found this channel.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

He's such a great writer. His books have surprised people for centuries!

It is a deeply Christian book. It's not about "religion" not having answers per se. But rather he was a sort of Christian existentialist like Kierkegaard. But good video!

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers

I am glad to start reading this with you. Crime and Punishment was good. If this is better I am really excited.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Dude... you're going to love it!

@ginapiedra6383

2 жыл бұрын

for me that was my first novel of him when I was 25 years old, and it moved me so deeply that to this day, almost ten years later, for me Dostoyevski is The master!!!!!

This is awesome... It helped me get through my reading slump.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Thanks guys, very informative. I am just about to order this book to start reading it, but I was feeling a bit daunted. Yoi have put me more at ease now.

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

What a lovely video! THE crowning jewel and THE magnum opus of his life - and that's saying something when you've written the books he's written!!! Good god I love this book so much 💟💟💟

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thanks chaps, really useful video. I’ll be reading along with you. I read Ulysses recently, and that book really taught me the importance of understanding the context of the times in which the novel is written (both of the country and the author). Excited for the read along.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Joyce in general is one for contextual analysis! Ulysses is no small undertaking!

@Idazle

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina I'm now reading Ulysses with all the necessary support (Gifford's Ulysses Annotated, Killeen's Ulysses Unbound, etc.) and after reading A Portrait of the Artist". Are you planning to do a review of Ulysses?

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

@@Idazle I’m in the camp of interested to retry but hesitant and scarred. 2022 is centennial so I tell myself I’ll reevaluate it then.

@Idazle

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina 2022 would be a good time! 😊 For the time being I’m sharing a journal of my progress on Instagram: instagram.com/p/CKtMBXnhAQb/?igshid=1rslzzxw9b9my

This is a fantastic intro. I read the funeral scene/alyosha's speech to the kids two more times after i saw this vid. Perfect book to just get absorbed into for weeks.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Agreed it's a great book to get lost in.

Awesome introduction can't wait to read it.

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

I hope you enjoy it!

Great work guys hats off to your dedication and efforts.

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words

You guys really do an awesome job. Good stuff.

@TheCodeXCantina

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words

Applause for your wonderful work on this vid👏👏👏👏👏😍

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Many many thanks

Starting this today, and I’m so excited to start it. I’ve made my way through crime and punishment and the idiot (by the way, I’m excited about parts 3 and 4 of ur videos on the idiot) and I believe I can understand a dostoyevsky novel pretty well. I’ve noticed that since listening to his word, I find a very comforting feeling from his writing. I recommend Dostoyevsky by Charles Bukowski, it represents how I feel about dostoyevsky. I’m happy for the work u guys do, and I hope to find more brilliant novels through u guys!

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to check it out. I have yet to read any Bulkowski

Few things, that especially young people might find confusing about this book (and all other Dostoevsky's great novels) is, first of all, abundance of "family stuff". I suggest you take a piece of paper and write down geniological tree and all the family relationships and names, as this is really a hard part. This guy was born there, his father was this and that, his mother was unknown, and his father was (for example) of military origin, and his sister is X and Y, and she had first husband, who was beating her, but then died, and now she lives with her nephew, and rents house from another nephew and so on, and so forth - a lof of people will quit right there :) Take it as a challenge. At the end of the day, it's not that much. Also combining it with 3 format of russian names, some people may go insane. The second frustrating things is the old Russia religious language and terminology. Very challenging. But just get used to it, its going to be there in probably 2 out of all 9 books.

I'm watching because I love his books, all of them but reading Brothers K feels like climbing Everest at 71, my age. A recent book about his wife and D's gambling addiction has given me clarity. The book is sitting on bedside table for months. Thank you for this intro.

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

👍

@bobgraff1796

Жыл бұрын

71 also. Just finished crime and punishment and have brothers on kindle. Trying to get to some of the books I missed (recently did Iliad/odyssey..may never finish Ulysses or moby Dick )

I'm a fan of complex and well fleshed out characters, and this book probably takes the cake in that regard. I don't remember it being 800 pages. It didn't really feel that long to me because it was just a joy reading.

LOVED THIS BOOK - I recommend reading it twice - I also recommend using a Kindle as there's a lot of references to look up and characters to track (sometimes characters have multiple names - I think it's a Russian thing)

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

It is so good!

@ZenityStudios

2 жыл бұрын

I am loving it but it is taking me 6 months to finish (final 100 pages rn). Can’t imagine reading it again, tho I would love to because it truly is great

I cried at the end. Truly touching.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

100% understand! It's amazing

For everyone’s information, this book is free when you sub to audible. I’m on book 3. My only complaint so far I’d the nicknames. He’ll sometimes refer to the boys by several different names and it can get confusing, but I’m loving the book so far

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

So awesome that you’re loving it! It’s free even for non Audible users too. You can use librivox or Gutenberg for free versions too if you have electronic resources available. Cheers

@ghrohrs2020

Жыл бұрын

It's free on KZread. F audible!

@timrowley123

6 ай бұрын

Here’s a name code that may help: Alyosha / Alexi Ivan Dmitri / mitri/ mitor All brothers have the middle name fyodorovich too so will often hear their nickname followed by this, E.g. Dmitri Fydorovich

I am down and am picking up the book and am reading it. Thank you!

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss! I hope you enjoy!

@storyplace3612

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina it has been amazing. I am now reading it to my girlfriend and she likes it 2. I have 2 reading locations. Repeating is actually helping me along with your series.

This is the first video that I've seen on your channel, and it was fantastic! Quite a perfect introduction to this classic that I've been thinking of reading for many years. I'll probably read it on my Kindle, which has a way of making long books seem less daunting, as I usually turn off the "page count." Which translation do you think is best?

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes! It’s a great book. We put a lot of effort into the “Before you Read” videos so I’m glad you like it

I am currently working on a project developing a musical about Dostoevsky. I know, I know it sounds like an SNL skit but the material is so rich and the challenge so great i could not resist the attempt to suffer through the process. I recently met a young Russian lady who when I told her that I was cast as Dostoyevsky himself looked at me very seriously and said softly, “I am so sorry”. Of course I am doing all sorts of research on the man himself and am slowly working my way through The Brothers Karamazov. So far I have found it the richest source of info about the man himself. I too am a writer and know that any writer who has found his voice is ultimately writing about himself. So the three brothers represent three aspects of D himself which is most helpful in understanding this genius. The musical is entitled ANNA AND FYODOR and looks at his life through the lens of their relationship. It is being developed at The Lambs Club of NYC, America’s oldest theatrical social club. It will be a long, long slog and may never get beyond the development stage. I don’t mind though because the journey as difficult and filled with suffering as it may be is worth the opportunity to learn about human society, my own place in it and grow in spiritual understanding.

I'll be getting into this near the end of your run going through this.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Woo!

Instant Subscribe! Just finished this book - your channel is invaluable as my head is spinning... in a good way!

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! It's an amazing book!

Impressive video guys!

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Reading it now. My third attempt. Since my last attempt I’ve learned to love McCarthy and Faulkner. So this time around I’m really enjoying D’s comparatively straightforward style. And of course his wonderful psychological insights.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Hope you enjoy the book this round!

@user-sf3fe4bh2q

8 ай бұрын

You should read " Humiliated and insulted" by the same author. It is simpler, shorter, easier to read.

I am looking forward one day will read this book!

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

I hope you love it

The flashes of the cats hugging and Conan the barbarian were awesome

This is one of the best books I've ever read. 10/10

This was on my TBR , now I'll have to read it ASAP

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

I hope you love it

This was wonderful guys! I’m only on chapter 5 and already loving it. We will see if it changes my best book of the year. At the moment it’s Les Miserables.

@TheCodeXCantina

9 ай бұрын

I hope you continue to love it

I love so much Dostoievski and all his books.

This was awesome. So interesting. Well done! So you are saying I should read this book? I'll think about it. lol

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Let's talk about it.... you free about 7pm tonight? :D

@amusicalbookworm

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina hmmm.. yeah I think that works for me! lol

Brilliant fellas. *slow clap building to uproarious applause*

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you

Definitely want to read this book

I might be losing my mind with how good this video is

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

You might be making me blush

Though it is not my favorite novel of his, it is hard to argue against anyone that says this is his greatest, possibly the greatest, at least one of the greatest, novels ever written. I definitely need to reread this, but every time I pick it up, I just end up reading "The Grand Inquisitor," or some other small section. I am always behind when it comes to these readings that people do together. I find out too late. I will have to listen to the discussion up to where you are at!

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that Grand Inquisitor is like the light source and I'm a bug. I get drawn to it and zapped every time!! We have plenty of books planned. Perhaps you'd find one interesting you'd want to read with us?

As a russian, it's always so fun to hear how people say Dostoevsky's name!)) Not many can get it right😆

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. The names are very hard for me. I will continue to practice

@naastyaaaaaaaaa

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina oh, I didn't mean to be rude. You're doing much better than many people, including most of the narrators for the audiobook)))

Great video!

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

i picked this book up with no serious intention of actually reading it, i just saw this dummy thick book at my school library. well, ended up finishing 2 chapters there and borrowed it for a week i ended up reading like a madman and finished the book in 2 weeks! i never ever thought i would’ve enjoyed such a book like that but my GOD it was a transcendent experience. the second i finished that book i thought « i am… a changed woman. » like there’s no coming back after that it’s been years since i last reread, but TBK still haunts me to this day, and i still have many quotes memorised by heart. (also, i read this book as a nihilistic atheist and finished it with a completely different philosophy and world-view. i mean, im still an atheist, but it’s different now. it’s so hard to explain, i’ll just leave it at that).

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

That's great and we love the book too. Thanks for sharing.

You are great!!!

Nailed it!

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

100% true. This is quite possibly the best novel ever written. Unfortunately, it is a bit tough to grasp for people with a modern education (mostly poor) who have not taken it upon themselves to read enough books to understand the references in most classical literature

@barryking3714

Жыл бұрын

Read it for the fifth or sixth time recently. I get something new from every reading. Would like to read another translation. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are pretty good, but I prefer Oliver Ready's Crime and Punishment and keep hoping he'll do a translation of the TBK.

@charlescharliecharlotte

Жыл бұрын

wait what does being poor have to do with it? poor doesn’t equal stupid 😂

@barryking3714

Жыл бұрын

@@charlescharliecharlotte I think he means a "Poor" education.

Im 16, and trying to fit in one more book before uni applocation season starts 🙏

The quality of this video is deserving of 10 times its views. Looking forward to reading the book

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Very kind of you to say

Omg, okay, well, I'm OBSESSED with this video wtf. I was literally sitting here this morning all scared about starting this book but NO MORE! Idk if I'm going to make it to the actual livestream today because I haven't started it hehe

@TheNerdyNarrative

3 жыл бұрын

I haven't started either, so come be at the back of the class with me!

@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace

3 жыл бұрын

The reading hasn't even started yet, soooo welcome to the front seat both of you! 🤣

@GetWriteOnIn

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace PHEW!!! Hahaha I am just so looking forward to this either way

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

As Christy said, you're on time as usual, sir!

Just bought it today. I can't wait for my freeweek to start

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@paulthomassen5007

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina, some of these russian classics are very intimidating. And some translations very difficult to follow. I just finished the master and margarita a month ago. A very good book, but it doesn't translate well.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulthomassen5007 thanks for the tip. I was planning on reading that next year. Which translation did you try?

@paulthomassen5007

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina i got the one from penguin. I chose it because it was better than the other alternative. I know a little russian so I had a look at both available translations to se which was better. The penguin one was slightly better

@paulthomassen5007

2 жыл бұрын

They also have a great dramatisation of "Idiot" here on KZread with English subtitles. The same for The Master and Margarita.

Can you introduce yourselves? I would like to know your background. thanks for this great video

Excellent book

Reading it right now and it takes a while to get familiar with the characters names.

So much about flow of reading depends on which translation one refers to. Magarshak's translation has been the best one so far, in my experience, while the easily available, even free, translation by Constance Garnet is INSUFFERABLE. I have watched an Italian version done in episodes on TV which was superb, and am in the middle of reading it in Italian. As the presenters say, each experience with the book is amazing. (here is a "THINK about it" question: How many brothers are there?)

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I know the translation can be really important for many!

@therium-4823

2 жыл бұрын

Ciao, sono interessata al tuo parere, avendone la possibilità è meglio leggere il libro in inglese o italiano? Che traduzione italiana hai scelto? Poi sono curiosa di sapere di che serie stavi parlando.

Planning to start this book cause of a video where Crash Course mentions Ivan and his struggle with understanding Evil, thereby he did not want to be with God even if he existed. I might have mixed up the intent but I am going through the exact phase and thoughts. Hoping the book will help calm my mind by the end, or at least think clearer.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the Rebellion and Grand Inquisitor chapters!! I hope you enjoy!!

@dharmani_youtube

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina wow thanks for the quick reply. I understand this is a book channel but do you have thoughts on the movie as well? Like did it do any semblance of justice to the book?

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

@@dharmani_youtube I’ve never watched the movie. If you watch it and enjoy it, let me know. I may have to check it out

@dharmani_youtube

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina will definitely do. Will let you know. You have a good one. I look forward to more from this channel 😊

What translation would you recommend?

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💓💓💓 Excellent!

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

🙏

This is my next book!!!

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Small project 😎

I used Cliff Notes in high school.

Guys, I highly recommend you to read one of the famous novel of 20th century in Russia ( USSR) and even now "THE MASTER AND MARGARITA " ( by Mikhail Bulgakov)💔 Also you should read about the writer at least in Wikipedia and about Soviet Union for better understanding the novel. Thank you)

Doing the lord's work with this channel, boyos

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

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The grand inquisitor struck me immensely, absolutely love it. But I was similarly struck when I read The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and find that even more powerful. More ppl need to read that as well!

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

His short stories are great! We plan to do more of them!

@citydrums7525

Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite short stories...

@ElonMuskrat-my8jy

3 ай бұрын

Dream of a Ridiculous Man has his major themes rolled into a powerful short story. I think it's a great entry point for his major works.

I have 2 books that I haven’t start reading yet, underground and demons. Excellent writers from the 1800s

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Nice, we’re reading Demons now! I absolutely love it!!

I read Crime and Punishment last year (best read in 2020 actually) and was planning to read The Idiot in 2021. But maybe I should consider to read TBK first.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Oh nice, we're doing The Idiot later on this year if you wanted to sync up

@Idazle

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina I certainly would like to! Thanks Una!

One of the greatest books in any language. Not really difficult to read. “Crime and Punishment “ is much harder because his style at that point is too dense, to say the least.

I find myself in all three Brothers, perhaps Pop too.

Okay, you won me over with the cats snuggling.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

It was a hard choice looking at cat and dog snuggle videos

@nozecone

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina Yeah, a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it ...!

This is great, i am sold to read this book. 8 minutes in only lol.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Woo! I hope you enjoy!

Good vid! My experience: Reading #1--superb novel Reading #2 30 years later--superb Reading #3--the Audible book--10 years later--am quite a bit less impressed. However, I think the Audible is a Constance Garnett translation and my prior readings were whoever translated the Norton Edition. Big difference in the quality of the translation, possibly. As I consider all I have read am thinking maybe this is excellent but a bit overrated, maybe more a book that impresses youngsters instead of older codgers as myself who might have less appreciation for the in your face moralizing and life questions long ago answered. It is maybe a little out dated . Man Without Qualities, Middlemarch, Quixote, the Arnd translation of Faust, William Meister, Quixote, are some that I presently rate above BK. Tolstoy maybe roughly equal--better and less in different ways.

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I definitely get what you mean about how books impact is differently at different points in our lives!

@ratherrapid

Жыл бұрын

and, Master and Margarita, forget to include that in my list of better.

@barbarajohnson1442

Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm, maybe I will try Faust instead, thanks

"sent to jail" No. He was sent to Sakhalin Island. Where people were chained to wheelbarrows. Great video.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Ooof, my mistake. I always swap the words "Jail" and "Prison." Life long struggle. Same with "Pink" and "Purple." It's frustrating. From my notes I took from my library's biography on him I have written down the words "Katorga prison camp." Isn't Sakhalin Island over in the East? I think I have heard about a Chekhov book about it but I can't say I'm terribly familiar with it.

@user-rn3bd9zc3s

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina yes, he was sent to Siberia (Omsk), not Sakhalin

❤️ this. Related random comment, did you see Schwarzenegger's video to the nation where he pulls out his Conan sword?

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

I can't say I have.

@RaisedtoWalkTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina you have to watch it. It's awesome in general, but then he pulls out the Conan sword at the end. It fit his speech and the point he was making, but you could also tell that he REALLY loves that movie. Lol

thanks for this. debating which one of his novels to read first. do i go right for his best or start off with something like The idiot?

@TheCodeXCantina

11 ай бұрын

I would look at either Crime and Punishment or Bros K and decide which one has more appealing plot or themes

@Yuddder

11 ай бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina Thank you! I was able to find a PDF and free audiobook for 'Notes From Underground' which I started last night. I was told to start with this or Crime and Punishment, so I will pick up the latter afterwards cause Notes isn't a long read. What are your thoughts on Notes From Underground?

@TheCodeXCantina

11 ай бұрын

@@Yuddder I love it. It is very much the most psychological and philosophical. Next year we’ll do some content on it I think. Could be a great first read depending on what you’re looking for. Any place can start well for certain people with Dostoevsky. There’s not a universal wrong answer in the same way there’s no universal right answer. It just tends to be certain books tend to work more often across many people. Hope you enjoy.

@Yuddder

11 ай бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina thank you, sounds great! I'm about a third of the way through and the main character is the worst human being i have read but he also has some traits (such as the mouse and wall theory) that i kind of agree with which isnt ideal

Our modern system is still the same with corporations and wage slaves. People should be having employee-owned companies, cooperatives, profit shares, and royalties as the standard for prosperity in the whole world.

@ElonMuskrat-my8jy

3 ай бұрын

At least serfs were given a place to live.

" Just a single man, Fyodor Dostoevsky, is enough to defeat all the creative novelists of the world. If one has to decide on 10 great novels in all the languages of the world, one will have to choose at least 3 novels of Dostoevsky in those 10. Dostoevsky’s insight into human beings and their problems is greater than your so-called psychoanalysts, and there are moments where he reaches the heights of great mystics. His book BROTHERS KARAMAZOV is so great in its insights that no BIBLE or KORAN or GITA comes close."

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Which other 2 Dostoevsky novels would you chose for your top 10?

@willieluncheonette5843

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina That is from a talk by Osho. Offhand I can add this. "In another masterpiece of Dostoevsky, THE IDIOT, the main character is called ‘idiot’ by the people because they can’t understand his simplicity, his humbleness, his purity, his trust, his love. You can cheat him, you can deceive him, and he will still trust you. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The idiot is a sage. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. Dostoevsky’s idiot is not an idiot; he is one of the sanest men amongst an insane humanity. If you can become the idiot of Fyodor Dostoevsky, it is perfectly beautiful. It is better than being cunning priest or politician. Humbleness has such a blessing. Simplicity has such benediction. THE IDIOT is only the name, but the person he calls the idiot in that great novel… That novel has to be considered one of the ten great novels in the whole world literature. There is no way to think that anything better than Fyodor Dostoevsky’s IDIOT can be created. The idiot is a sage. He is called idiot by the people because they can’t understand his simplicity, his humbleness, his purity, his trust, his love. You can cheat him, you can deceive him, and he will still trust you. That’s why people think he is an idiot. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. His trust is so much that it does not matter that you deceive. It does not matter that you cheat him; that is your problem, it is not his problem. His love, his trust will continue."

@ElonMuskrat-my8jy

3 ай бұрын

​@@willieluncheonette5843I agree up to saying he's greater than the Bible. I'm sure you're aware that Dostoevsky was an Orthodox Christian and has numerous Biblical themes and references in his works. He was very familiar with the ascetic tradition of the Orthodox Church which focuses on fighting and being healed from the passions which many times come in the form of thoughts.

OH MY GOSH you guys this is AMAZING! Thank you so much!!! I agree, Dostoevsky is so good at showing multiple points of view. So far TBK is MIND BLOWING in that way! Good point about the comedy! There has actually been more raunchy humor than I expected so far 🤣

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Sooooo funny to me!

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