Outstanding! Will revisit some old favorites and new discoveries thanks to your mention

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Great! Glad to be helpful

Your videos are very enjoyable. I read The Death of Ivan Ilyich a couple of months ago because of your recommendation. I really enjoyed it. I’m reading Brothers Karamazov now - for the second time. Read it in college years ago and simply wanted to read it again.

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. Brothers Karamazov are a tough thing, glad to know that people enjoy it and tend to reread

I read some of these books in school as a teenager and now at my advanced age I think I shall read them again. During Covid I did re-read War and Peace. It bored me when young; now I find it riveting and the descriptions of social mores and characters wonderful and often amusing. Who knew? War and Peace! entertaining as well as profound insights regarding human experience and behavior! Thanks for the list and descriptions, look forward to reading more Russian literature and re-reading some too.

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! So glad to hear that people rereading such fundamental books and find them wonderful

Thank you for this top ten. I'm motivated to read the ones I've missed.

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad to hear it:)

Thank you for this list. I've read all ten on the list and will read them again. I have not yet read The Death of Ivan Ilych but I do plan to do so.

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Oh my, you surely will be surprised as a minimum

I’ve read most of these books, barring Eugene Onegin. I’ve read a lot of Chekov’s stories and plays and love them all, (Cherry Orchard, anyone?). Fathers and Sons was my introduction to Russian Literature and I’ve loved it all ever since. Glad to see another video from you Mike. How’ve you been?

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I've dived in routine of my work, spending a lot of time with my wife and one-year-old son and playing Diablo IV) How are you?

@FisherKing9633

10 ай бұрын

Pretty decent all told. Dividing my time between working and writing. A little too much work and not enough writing, but hey, that’s life. At least for the moment.

I am reading The Idiot right now as my first Dostoyevsky, and it is blowing my mind. Definitely going to check out all the books you've mentioned. I'm new to Russian Literature, and I am so glad I've decided to go on this journey, so thank you for making videos like this.

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! You are the reason I do it

@birddaword5598

10 ай бұрын

Russian literature is amazing, the harsh circumstances along with the Russian culture has created profound literature, there is nothing like Dostoevsky. Definitely recommend Crime and punishment or Demons (though I found that novel to be challenging)

I have read all the books on the list apart from 'The death of Ivan Ilyich'. I am curious to see what makes it such a good novel. I am gonna read it today. Your channel has been a joy to watch thusfar, please continue! (P.s. my personal favourite is crime and punishment, my first ever classic russian novel)

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Wow, so nice to hear it, thank you! I'm sure you'll be in a very special state after reading 'The death of Ivan Ilyich'. Will be glad to hear your opinion on it

@mayankdwivedi9719

10 ай бұрын

Dr Viktor Frankl recommended this novel to the convicts on death row in America. The death of Ivan Ilych" is profound and will change you.

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

That's true

@birddaword5598

10 ай бұрын

@@miketyulpakov Wow, just wow. I hadn't expexted this from a short novel. I still feel a bit weird after reading it. Great recommendation!

@birddaword5598

10 ай бұрын

@@mayankdwivedi9719 I can see why he'd say that

As always I enjoyed your video very much. I have read several books on your list. I only regret that I can’t read them in Russian.

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I have the same situation with French literature.

I'm on chapter 15 vol 3 war and peace. It is monumental ! Thought brothers karamazov was brilliant and crime and punishment marvellous. Anna karenina up next. !!!

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Wow, good for you! Glad to hear that Russian classic literature is so popular right now

Happy to see another one of your videos ! Maybe it's an idea to not put the names of the books in your top 10 in the timestamps, otherwise people will just read the timestamps instead of watch the actual video to find out which books get which place

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Yes, maybe you’re right. I try doing this and another way.

I am currently reading the Idiot. Wonderful book. Your choices are interesting but the highlight for me was hearing you pronounce the Russian authors. My pronunciation often has the emphasis on the wrong syllables. 🤭

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

I use to mimic to English pronunciation, so in Russian almost all of them are pronounced differently. It is hard to immediately turn off my poor imitation of English accents and turn it on just after one name)

@penelopegough6050

10 ай бұрын

Mike your English is excellent and your accent superb. A pleasure to listen to. I am always envious of those who can manage other languages with ease or so it seems to me. Your videos are great and I look forward to them.

I am very soon going to read "The Idiot". You make it sound like my effort to read it will be worth it.

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Yes, It surely worth it. Be prepared to the volume of the book and to the specific Russian names and settings)

I’ve read all the books in your list but “One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” and “Dr.Zhivago”, fortunately they have been in my wishlist for a few months. There’s a Dostoevsky’s book that I rarely see on Tops: “Demons”. I have not decided yet wich One is my #1, If that or “The Brothers Karamazov”. Russian literature it’s absolutely wonderful

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! It means to me so much. It is tough time for Russian culture and I'm glad to know that the greatest things of it are timeless

@sanay111

10 ай бұрын

Should I read The Devils or The Idiot first?

@marcosmontes3198

10 ай бұрын

@@sanay111 I would suggest reading them according the release date (First “The Idiot”, next “Demons”). Actually that was my mistake: I read “Demons” before everything else, and to me, It was the peak of storytelling, character building and all that Dostoevsky’s works has to offer; so, when I read the rest of it, I Felt kind of “down “. Until “The Brothers Karamazov”

@CourtneyReads

10 ай бұрын

Devils (Demons/The Posessed) is amazing! Possibly my favorite Dostoevsky.

Which translation is better for The Idiot, Constance Garnett (Wordsworth Classics) or David McDuff (Penguin Classics) translation?

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

My voice goes to Constance Garnett. She lived almost the same time as Dostoevsky and had a speach of the time

@WG55

10 ай бұрын

@@miketyulpakov I've often been told that when there is a choice between a translation by Constance Garnett or the husband-and-wife team of Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky that the latter is always better. Do you have an opinion on the big names in English translation?

No Gorky at all? But Solzhenitsyn is on the list? Idk.

I am not a literature expert by any means. I have just gotten into russian literatature. I am reading Crime and Punishment right now, and so far, I really am enjoying it. But I dont think I liked the death of ivan ilyich that much. It was a great read. The themes about how the sympathy from his slave became more valuable than anything in his life, and how his wife became intolerable for her, I really liked all of that. But personally, I dont think the book gave me anything new to think about. It didnt change me. A good example of that would be "notes from Underground". The attack on rational utopia really did change me. I guess I like the psychological side of things a bit more, as I found myself enjoying Dostoyevsky more than Tolstoy.

@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

Yes, you’ve seen the true differences between these two great writers! Dostoevsky in that way is closer to the abstract western world, and Tolstoy to the eastern.

@mayankdwivedi9719

10 ай бұрын

I too was a little confused after I finished reading it, but when I read Dr Frankl's take on the book on google, it was an epiphany, and it cleared the clouds. I suggest, you do likewise and it will be wow! Many a times, even the obvious, has to be pointed out.

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@miketyulpakov

10 ай бұрын

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