Ты так прекрасна. Я обожаю всем сердцем тех, кто читает, особенно русскую классическую литературу. Такая прелесть.

I feel reading Dostoevsky in chronological order is a good idea. It's a difiicult but i think the most beautiful D.'s novel. I finished russian studies and love your channel!!

I’m from Russia and when I see someone abroad reading our authors,it makes me so happy💗 I hope u will like this books!

Quiet flows the Don is basically War and Peace of the 20th century :)

@user-wg9xo1pi8h

2 жыл бұрын

But this is such a unique work. Sholokhov began writing as a teenager. I sobbed and laughed at the piercing prose of this writer

So happy you want to read more french litterature ! Here's some of my faves : - Émile Zola is my ult fave, he was such an amazing man and he wrote a looooot of books. My favorite being "the joy of living" which was also Van Gogh's favorite (you can see a copy on one of his painting), I also love "Nana". But I believe the most well known is "the paradise" - victor hugo's poetry is some of the most beautiful I've ever red, - the memoirs of hadrien is a fantastic book written by Marguerite Yourcenar, its a 20th century classic about the emperor Hadrian (kind of like a 20th song of achilles aha), - Obviously Proust.. this one is a hard one to go through but I cant recommend him enough, most of his works are mindblowing and beautifully written.. So many others : Simone de Beauvoir, Louis Aragon, Stendhal, Flaubert, Romain Gary ... Hope it gave you some ideas ! 😊

@cindyhuang6827

2 жыл бұрын

- I’m currently reading Les Misérables, loving it so far - Read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père last year, made it onto my all-time favorites list! - Hope to read Zola, Proust, and The Red and the Black by Stendhal

@gammaanteria

2 жыл бұрын

If you are ever up in the Bar Harbor/Acadia National Park area in Maine, you should definitely visit Madame Yourcenar (haha she disliked all but close family and friends addressing her with her first name, as she thought it conveyed a false sense of intimacy, must be an old-school-French thing?)'s house where she lived there, called "Petite Plaisance." I remember she had an extensive library of books in her house, all organized by categories (time period, etc.). Yes, "Memoirs of Hadrian" is a great book!

God, you're so cute! Love Russian literature. Love your videos. Love from Greece!

I'm currently reading The Master and Margarita. I'm really enjoying it so far. It isn't really like anything i have ever read before.

@suzanyildirim5431

2 жыл бұрын

I know right 😁

@ba-gg6jo

2 жыл бұрын

Caught me off guard, but in a good way. Wonderfully satirical and cutting statement on the Soviet system. I am surprised Stalin didn't send the author on a long holiday.

@TheJennifer122

2 жыл бұрын

@@ba-gg6jo it wasn't published until nearly 30 years after the author's death!

I really recommend reading something of Andrei Platonov. He is lesser known since he was even more heavily censored than Bulgakov. Some of the best anti-Stalinist satire (but in a way that is melancholic for the lost potential of the revolution). The Foundation Pit and Chevengur are good starts. If you are interested in sci-fi, you should also read something by the Strugatsky brothers. For instance Roadside Picnic, or Hard to be a God.

@theodorapantelich2535

2 жыл бұрын

The Foundation Pit is truly brilliant. I think very few books can help one understand the impact that communism had as well as it can! Just bought a book of Platonov's plays and can't wait to read more of his work.

I haven't yet read The Brothers Karamazov, but I am intrigued by this quote: "A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself."

Definitely read Dostoevsky in chronological order, I am Russian Orthodox and most of my friends favorite book is Brothers Karamazov.

@peterivankovich2990

2 жыл бұрын

You all fancy the book because God is traceable in it?

@burggraf738

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterivankovich2990 Yea that's definitely a contributing factor, I really loved reading about Alyosha's relationship with Father Zosima.

@peterivankovich2990

2 жыл бұрын

@@burggraf738 I appreciate your answer. Can you define to me please what was so attention-grabbing for you in that relationship to the point that it captured your mind and took a hold of it?

@theodorapantelich2535

2 жыл бұрын

It's so brilliant! I'm Orthodox too and at uni I'm studying the influence of Dostoevsky's faith on his novels. It's been fascinating!

the master and margarita is my favourtie book of all time. you're in for a treat!

Oblomov also has to be on the TBR!

I hope you continue doing Russian videos..they are my favorites! It's hard to find reviewers that regularly review Russian classics(or at least I haven't found any) so I'm so grateful you do!

I adore the Master and Margarita!

The Master and Margarita certainly is something, haha. I think it might have been the most difficult and complicated book I read last year. But absolutely worth it.

It's so cool when you find a person among bloggers who would love the literature of your country so much. Сan't wait for your opinion. I am adorded by "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" and "Queen of Spades". Master and Martharita is amazing book, sooo deep and so moody. One day in the life i guess is not my cup of tea. I read it in the scholl and reread during my final uni year and its not impressed me so much. The book is as depressing as those years were for people in a similar situation. I hope you`ll engoy all of your picks in 2022. From french novel i recommend Frederic Beigbeder "French Romance", Boris Vian "Foam of Days", "Father Goriot" and "Eugen Grandet" Balzac. Victor Pelevin is a very interesting contemporary author. We studied Dostoevsky's "Humiliated and Insulted" at the university, I really liked it. I also love Dostoevsky's "Demons".

@Floridiansince94

2 жыл бұрын

Russian Literature is my very favorite! Dostoyevsky is my favorite writer!

@peterivankovich2990

2 жыл бұрын

Could you explain to me, please, what you like about ''Demons''? I fail to grasp what fans of Dostoevsky find so attractive in ''Demons''. I have read and reread this book, and I keep failing to catch on to its charm. To my way of thinking, it`s a book that deals with the current problems in Russia in the middle of the 19th century. If you want to impress upon me that those problems are eternal, prove it cogently to me. I don`t think so. I would certainly not suggest this book to learners of Russian. If one talked like characters in ''Demons'', no one in present-day Russia would take such a person seriously!

@theodorapantelich2535

2 жыл бұрын

I just started Demons for the first time and I'm loving it!

Definitely save “Brothers Karamazov” for the end! With Dostoevsky you have to earn every book

Hey! I adore Russian literature (like literally I want to study Russian literature in university) and I love watching you talk about books and I swear when you talk about Russian literature I feel like im DYING OF HAPPINESS YOU MAKE ME SO HAPPY ILYSM

I may be the discordant note, dont mind me too much... I started reading Dostoevsky by The Brothers Karamazov, and enjoyed reading all the rest afterwards, like a puzzle if that makes sense, like... brothers K. left a huge imprint on me, so somehow I compared other books, plots, characters... to it, and to its characters. And each time I find a hint or something that had evolved/had been dealt with in brothers k. later on I get a blast of joy, for it brings such memories and warm feelings (i know, so cheesy 😅). It feels as an embrace. A trick for Crime and Punishment: again I know this is not a very shared view, but I like to approach it as a gothic novel, the insight this approach provides me in regards the characters mind is fascinating. (I loved reading it in conversation with Interview with a Vampire, believe it or not. Interesting mirrored themes)Also to notice the relationship between raskolnikov and his sister. So as equals, so refressing for the time! Now, I know you went with LesMis and would have preferred an abridged version... but have you tried NotreDame de Paris? It is my favorite book ever, I would so gladly watch your views on it. I would even get into a read along if someone is up to it. And about Spanish literature... I used to like Espronceda a lot at school, and Becquer too. Lorca I enjoyed too. And in regards prose, Emilia Pardo Bazán and her gothic tales has always been my favorite.

Yes ! I get to recommend French lit 😇 First, to improve your French I would advise reading The Little Prince in French (which I don’t doubt you have a copy of 😉 and are probably planning on reading in French if you haven’t already !🙃). Two of my favorite French works are The Lion (le lion) by Joseph Kessel (I don’t think I cried so much for any other novel!) and the other one is a wonderful play which reconciled me with reading plays: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. Also, I can’t wait to know what you think about Gorki’s work as the only thing attached to his name for me is that of a performance of one of his plays I saw/slept through part of/was seated behind a pillar, and I’m still wondering what the fridge I just saw/it was about 😂! I guess if you consider that great works of art are those that stick the longest, it was definitely one then 😅 Love from Paris 🇫🇷

I am rereading The Master & Margarita via Audible. I love it and Heart of a Dog. Have you ever read any Par Lagerkvist? I read through his short novels (he wrote short but deep books) about the same time I discovered Bulgakov. His novel, The Dwarf, is amazing as is Barabbas. AND Akhmatova is amazing, but do you love Marina Tsvetaeva? Her & Mandelstam are big favs of mine.

I'd like to reccomend you some italian novels (me being italian): If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Calvino, The Late Mattia Pascal by Pirandello, Le Jardin des Finzi-Contini by Bassani, If this is a Man by Primo Levi, The tartarre Steppe by Buzzati, History and Arturo's island by Elsa Morante, Ocean Sea by Baricco and Elena Ferrante's works. I hope you find these suggestions interesting!

@alexe2255

2 жыл бұрын

I can second If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler.

@maria83maria

2 жыл бұрын

Wow this selection is on point!!! Bravo!!!

Carolyn, as someone who adores Russian lit as much as you do, I'd recommend A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. He's an American writer but I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book so much!!! It is set in Moscow around the time of the Revolution and the premise, the characters, the setting, the writing...ALL THE FEELS! It is the one book that is my comfort read and when I'm not reading it I'm thinking about reading it lol. It feels me with warmth and joy more than about any other book I've read and I'm much older than you so I've read tons of books...I think you'd enjoy the book as much as I have.

@theodorapantelich2535

2 жыл бұрын

YESSSS the ultimate comfort book

I have The Brothers Karamazov’s everyman’s library edition and I adore it!

Note from the underground aaah 😭💔 its so so good and it ate my heart 😔 I felt everything he felt .. also don’t read The Brothers Karamazov until you finished the others please bc you will feel another feeling like. You will say goodbye to him in good way 👀😂❤️🥲

@Rekickit

Жыл бұрын

I also love notes from underground.

When I was learning French, my biggest accomplishment was reading “The Stranger” by Albert Camus and I absolutely loved it. I highly recommend! As for italian literature, I think you’d love “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante. Can’t wait for you to read “Master and Margarita”, it’s my favorite book of all time😍

This made me even more excited for my own Russian lit journey. I'm reading Dead Souls now as my first Gogol. So far I'm finding it very funny.

I like your idea of reading those russian Christmas stories over Christmas. The last three or four years I've read dickens Christmas stories between about December 15 and december 31. (over the two weeks I go visit and stay with my family). It's been a really nice tradition to start up.

I didn’t even think of reading Dostoyevsky in chronological order! What a great idea! When it comes to Italian lit, a book I think is fitting during this time is a book called Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I will let you know it’s a bunch of short stories being told over a 10-day quarantine outside of Florence! It’s really good, and my best friend (from Italy) says they read it in school and it stuck with him all these years later!!

Master & Margarita is a very cool book!

Solzhenitsyn was a brilliant man. I would highly recommend reading or viewing his commencement address to Harvard in 1978, which was quite controversial at the time (he delivered an intense, brutally honest speech, not a peppy, bright-eyed 'tell the students what they want to hear' speech), followed by a great reflection on it written by Wanda Urbanska (who was graduating that day) entitled "Solzhenitsyn in My Inbox" (in Harvard Magazine). His novel "Cancer Ward" has a wonderful scene which to me perfectly encapsulates the tensions between the (for lack of a better word) 'humanistic/existentialist' point of view versus the 'scientific positivist' point of view...a tension which reverberates even to today with COVID.

@mityakosyakov

2 жыл бұрын

And he also was an antisemite and nuclear war worshiper. And a bad writer.

@nikkivenable3700

2 жыл бұрын

The West is moving, more and more every day, to a place like the one Solzhenitsyn warned us about. In America I am watching in horror at those who are blindly following what the media is regurgitating every day....it's terrifying what's happening to the West. What's so interesting is how many people don't know history. Communism killed 100 million people in the 20th century and if we do not educate ourselves we are swiftly going to end up in the very place these survivors warned about. I've read most of Solz's work. He's brilliant.

Excellent selections!! Master and Margarita is such a clever, fun book!. I reiterate a previous recommendation of "Il Gattopardo" by Lampedusa, together with the film by Luchino Visconti, what an interesting moment in the history of Italy, you are going to love it. What do you make of St Petersburg by Andrey Biely ? Also great autobiography : Coetzee's Boyhood, Youth and Summertime..he also has The master of St Petersburg, a remembrance of Dostoyevsky during the revolutionary upheaval of 1869. As I previously told you , Cervantes novels, Don Quixote, Exemplary Novels and the Spanish Golden Age playwrights are wonderful selections: Calderon, Lope, Tirso...so much to look forward to!! Thanks for your great insights and videos.

That's a jaw-droppingly stunning edition of Zhivago! 🤯 (Meaning I literally sat there with my mouth open for a couple of seconds) The portrait on the cover is by his father Leonid Pasternak, quite a well-known painter at the time, and, a fun fact (which I'm sure you'll enjoy as an illustrator): he was picked personally by none other than Tolstoy to work on the original Resurrection illustrations!

Lovely video, it is always an inspiration for me, Carolyn, thanks a lot!

I really love your channel and your personality. I, too, adore Russian lit, but also Russian film, which I believe you would love, too if you will discover it. I would reccomend Sergei Kozlov's " Hedgehog in the mist", an amazing book, which might seem at first a children book, but it is very deep. The book was turned into a short film ( available on YT) and this film is still considered by many to be the most beautiful animation film ever made. It's only about 15 minutes long and I am sure you will love it.

@theodorapantelich2535

2 жыл бұрын

I watched that recently and had no idea it was a book! I need a copy asap

I immensely enjoy your videos. Such a pleasure to listen to someone who loves the Russian classics so much. If one day you decide to host a classics reader's club, I'll be the first to join🙂. About your current reading list, I'd say it might be a good idea not to read Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and My Childhood in a row as they are both such doom and gloom that one needs some time to recover😌.

Russian literature video!!!!! My favorite subject on your channel!!!

omg you're going to LOVE Master and Margarita! I just read it and it is now one of my favorite books of all time!

I love those rereading traditions. I've always wanted to reread at least one book every year. Persuasion, Jane Eyre and Little Woman are quite close to be that for me 😊

I read the three sisters 2 years ago, cannot wait to hear what your opinion is and compare. Another great vid. My heart sings when I see a new vid.

I recently purchased Dostoyevsky’s Netochka Nezvanova that I didn’t know existed ❤️ and it is in my 2022 TBR

@snowyhut5205

2 жыл бұрын

It is an unfinished novel, but when i read it, I loved the way in which Dostoevsky manages to write from a female POV. We complain and laugh now about how stereotypical women are when written by male authors... but Dostoevsky is not into that cathegory at all. His character is deep, and her thoughts as interesting as those of any male character, (male authors, specially of the time, tend to make female characters orbitate in regards practical, domestic matters. -ex. Tolstoy- Dostoevsky's Netochka doesn't go that path). It is a fantastic portrait of the soul of an artist, a coming of age tale interrupted in a cliffhanger. And the love story on it! So refreshing and open minded! It is one of my favorite Dostoevsky's. And another unfinished one, to make it painful. Because good old Fyodor took great pleasure torturing me.

As for Chekhov.s plays may I please recommend Harold Pinter theatre version of Uncle Vanya with Toby Jones. It’s remarkable and very Chekhov,s. Also worth reading the story of Moscow Art Theatre and Stanislavsky. That might give you deeper perspective how and why Chekhov and Stanislavsky changed theaters forever.

Solzhenitsyn is amazing, I really hope you like his work! Happy reading :)

I would recommend the Neapolitan Novels written by Elena Ferrante. I've read the first two books and I think they are amazing!

@gammaanteria

2 жыл бұрын

This. Ferrante is an amazing writer!

That copy of Master and Margarita is so incredibly gorgeous--hope you enjoy it! It's truly a brilliant book, right from the opening chapter! I've been reading Gogol's earlier short stories (Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka) and they're lovely and funny, and occasionally wonderfully spooky as well! (Also, listen to your heart--reread War and Peace!!)

Thanks Carolyn! As a Russian literature lover (and fellow Tolstoy fanatic) your content always makes my day. I'm also planning to read Fathers and Sons this year. Italian literature that I liked a lot: The Leopard / Il Gattopardo French literature: Guy de Maupassant (short stories are amazing), Stendhal and Camus

Chekov's plays are best watched first on film before reading.

I admire your enthusiasm. I am almost finished reading Анна Каренина. Started back in November

@CarolynMarieReads

2 жыл бұрын

That’s wonderful! 📚✨

So glad you love Russian literature 😍🇷🇺 Anna Karenina is a beautiful novel! Also I like Tolsloy’s thought-provoking story “Father Sergius”.

if you're into Russian stuff I would recommend some Andrei Tarkovsky movies, like Stalker, Solaris or Andrei Rublev! love your channel :)

Thank you Carolyn for making me find out Backman’s books. I am reading a man called Ouve and i really love it. So different than my usual reads! I am also a Russian lit lover and i am so glad i found your channel. Thank you thank you. By the way i am writing to you from a small island in Mediterranean sea, Cyprus so my best regards.

@sharedoverteacom

2 жыл бұрын

I am in Cyprus too, and too just recently discovered this amazing channel. 😊 Greetings ☺️

OMG!!! You have Rock, Paper, Scissors! I just got that book. Can't wait! Thanks so much for this recap, please let me know how you liked all the Russian Lit

I would draw your attention to other russian writers: Michail Lermontov ("A Hero of Our Time"), Andrei Platonov ("Chevengur", "The Foundation Pit"), Ivan Bunin ("Dark Avenues", "The Life of Arseniev"), Aleksandr Kuprin ("The Duel", "The Pit").

As a French viewer myself I would highly suggest you to read Victor Hugo and Emile Zola ! La crème de la littérature française :)

I’m just finishing Fathers and Sons now, and so enjoying it. It’s quite funny and the insights about generational differences remain as relevant as ever. Pushkin is mentioned quite a bit and between that and your adoration for Yvgeny Onegin, I know he has to be my next Russian read!

I'm still working my way through Zola. Oxford world classics translated his entire Rougon Macquart series. Proust is godly writing. A good blend of Flaubert and Proust is Guy de Maupassant. He has many short stories and novels with beautiful language.

3:40 By the way, Maxim Gorky would be great for one of your graphic works (the writers' postcard series). His portrait is very powerful and with a very impressive presence).

I am currently reading Master and Margarita! I read Dead Souls last year... and found it hilarious. I also have A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, but I am saving it to read it slowly, carefully, and try my hand at annotating. As for The Brothers Karamazov, I tried it a few of years ago, but I was not ready and the size overwhelmed me... It is currently in this years TBR.

I'm going to purchase 'The Master and Margarita' it sounds so intriguing. Thanks for making me aware of its existence.😊

@ba-gg6jo

2 жыл бұрын

You won't be disappointed.

queen of spades is amazing!!

~Another fantastic video!

French - I liked Old Goriot in high school. French poetry is my fav, I would recommend Jacques Prevert or Charles Boudelaire. If I think of something else I will add it here, it's been a long time since I've read anything in French or just translated French work. Italian - try Dino Buzzati short stories, I remeber liking them, but that was about 15 years ago so I am not sure how I would feel about them now, all I know is that I did enjoy them. Russian - you got Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and now adding Solzhenitsyn, so you're in for a treat :) I hope you enjoy reading whatever you pick, I'm looking forward to watching your videos :)

“The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa is one of my favorites italian books. And, as a brazilian, I really recommend “The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas” and “Dom Casmurro” by Machado de Assis (he’s considered the best brazilian author ☺️)

i fell in love in Bulgakov!

I devoured One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in an afternoon. I honestly found it more inspiring than depressing - his resilience just moved me so much.

Off topic: but you motivate me to actually pick my book up my book and read and ur nice to listen too while reading I’m currently reading the beach by Alex garland and ur videos are getting me through it

Looking forward to your reading vlogs!

Love your book selections! You inspired me to read the Master and Margarita.I also got my sister on board to read it as well! I have not yet read Pushkin, but I did name my former, and much loved cat, "Pushkin". You could read the Brother's K first, and then read the books in chronological order and then read the B.K again. You could then see the full development first and then go back to the beginning to see if you could find the beginnings of his writing with a hindsight perspective. The Folio books look lovely. When I win the lottery....Yeah, I owned "Quietly Flows the Don" years ago and got halfway though the book. Very readable. But for me, life happened and I ended up selling my copy. I'd love to find it again and finish the book.

@theodorapantelich2535

2 жыл бұрын

Aww Pushkin is the perfect name for a cat!

Love your channel! I saw The Master and Margarita on your first show of the books for this year and got excited to see this book listed. I’m about to read it for a buddy read with some friends, however everyone is making a BIG deal about the translations. The pretty penguin deluxe with P & V translation is supposedly pretty dismal despite the gorgeous artwork. I cannot attest to the translation being bad as I’ve yet to read the book (will be reading for April), so I’d just say to do some quick research on the translations. I’ve heard the Burgin and O’Connor is the best. The P & V translation is supposedly word for word in a bad way and loses the magic of the prose making it an intolerable read. This is in no way meant to be a downer as I’m just as excited as you to tackle this work, but I wanted to point this out so you have the best experience reading the book. You’re awesome, and your personality is something the world needs more of-keep up the good work!

@blakeray9856

4 ай бұрын

I love this book, but couldn't get far in the P&V translation. I had read it twice in the Mirra Ginsburg translation but lent it to someone and never got it back. Just last year I read it in the Burgin/O'Connor translation, and it is wonderful. There is no comparison. Also included with this translation is a helpful essay by Ellendea Proffer.

A French book I so loved is Muriel Barbery: The elegance of the hedgehog. Wonderful book! I’ll be curious to see what you think of Nikolai Leskov’s writing ( I struggled😅).

For Pushkin I would also recommend Dubrovskiy and The squire's daughter For other Russian literature Lermontov Hero of our time For French I would definitely recommend Alexander Dumas: Three Musketeers, Count of Monte Christo and his less known but a very interesting book based on his time in Russia "Adventures in Czarist Russia"

Do you ever get a feeling of excitement when a friend is about to experience something joyful and magical when they're about to read your favourite book for the first time and you feel so happy for them? That's how I feel now that you're going to read The Master and Margarita! Also DEFINITELY do Dostoevsky more or less chronologically. Before I started reading his whole body of work a Russian monk told me it was the only right way to do it and you'll get more out of it that way, and I'm so happy I followed his advice!

Childhood is definitely the best one of the trilogy, but don't miss out on the second volume, which I believe is translated as something like "My University". The third one is not that special, but for completion's sake, it's a fine read too.

I heard you mention ballet in the previous video: there are some excellent ballet adaptations of Anna Karenin and The Seagull, both with Maya Plisetskaya, performed and choreographed by her, with music by her husband and one of the best known later Russian composers, Rodion Schedrin. Schedrin also has an opera based on The Dead Souls. Speaking of such adaptations, one of my absolute favorite composers is Sergei Prokofiev. I recommend all of his music in general, but I especially recommend his epic opera War and Peace, and his ballet Romeo and Juliet. There are many wonderful performances of the ballet, and there is a particular staging of the opera which I recommend, the one directed by François Roussillon, with Nathan Gunn and Olga Gouriakova, a 2000 something Opera national de Paris production. I'm pretty sure you will enjoy both of these. Plenty of other world classics have been made into ballets and operas, you need only google for them with the right key words. There are ballets based on V. Woolf, Proust, Melville, Shakespeare, etc. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk has also been adapted, by Shostakovitch, who also has an opera based on The Nose, by Gogol. Of Russian classics you don't seem to have come across yet, I might recommend you look into The Song of Igor's Campaign. I don't know if you are interested in Japanese classics - you might like Basho's Road to the Interior, and I wonder if you've heard of the Chinese Dream of the Red Chamber, which is fantastic. There is a French-Russian writer you might take a look at and see if he strikes your fancy, Andrei Makine. He is a highly acclaimed contemporary author who writes on various Russian and Russian-French themes. His novels have been translated into English. In learning French and Russian you might find some motivation in the history of close connections between Russia and France, Tolstoy being one of the best examples. On the one hand there is the plot of War and Peace, on the other, a lot of Anna Karenin is in French, and Tolstoy has a reputation for knowing French better than Russian. Pushkin's fellow students called him "the Frenchman." Nabokov was a Francophile and during his Paris years wrote a novella in French (Mademoiselle O). Andrei Makine is a contemporary example of how much France means for Russia. At the French end of this relationship there are all sorts of French treatments of Russian themes as well, like the director I mentioned under your previous video, Chris Marker.

@gammaanteria

2 жыл бұрын

For Basho, I cannot recommend enough the book "Basho: The Complete Haiku" (which includes the Road to the Interior) by Jane Reichhold. Some years ago, I went to Japan and visited Basho's grave, which is in a small temple in a town called Otsu (about a half-hour outside Kyoto)...

I'm also reading a lot of French and Russian literature this year, and here are some of the french books that are on my TBR for 2022 and some that I'll read next year: Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant (current read); A Parisian Affair and Other Stories by Maupassant; The Red and the Black by Stendhal; The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal; The Black Sheep by Balzac; Ursule Mirouet by Balzac; A Harlot High and Low by Balzac; Lost Illusions by Balzac; Old Man Goriot by Balzac; Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue by de Sade; The 120 days of Sodom by de Sade; Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert; Madame Bovary by Flaubert; Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos; I haven't read any of these yet, except from almost being finished with Bel-Ami, but I have a goal of reading about half of these in 2022 and the rest in 2023. Hopefully there are some books here that might interest you:) I've read 5 out of 25 books this year, but at this rate I might make it to 30, and surely some of these will be on my read-this-year list then. Happy reading!

I’m of Italian descent as well and an Italian author I found out recently is Cesare Pavese. His most famous works are The Beautiful Summer , The Moon and The Bonfires and The House on the Hill.

Hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦👍👋❤️ I like reading the book first, then watching any movies.... Although I saw the play of Romeo and Juliet when I was 9yrs old which helped me later on. Did not get the balcony scene 🤣 but it was a stage...

And your green and blue shirt looks very good on you 😊

lady macbeth of mtsenk! i wanna read that soon! i'm currently working on an essay for uni about reinterpretations of macbeth and i now wanna read everything that has any sort of weird relation with the shakespeare play some french lit recs (my french major is happy you want to read more from france) - Bel Ami by Maupassant (one of my top reads of 2021), and his short stories are also great, the more realistic ones are in the style of Turgenev (who was very inspired by european lit) - Childhood by Nathalie Sarraute (read it for uni, it's a very unconventional autobiography the title of which is inspired by tolstoy's childhood,boyhood youth. the author is half french half russian and the book really explores that double identity between other things) - The count of Monte Cristo (such a fun ride, doesn't read as long as it is!) For poetry you can never go wrong with Verlaine, Baudelaire, Aimé Césaire... If you want any Spanish literature: - The House of Ulloa by Emilia Pardo Bazan (haven't read it, but it's a late 19th century classic set in a rural area.... sounds like something you'd like) - A broken mirror by Mercè Rodoreda (catalan literature, set right before the spanish civil war) - all of her works are astonishing and beautifully written

please read candide by voltaire for french literature! it's an 18th century novel, and it's got everything in it which you can possibly look for hopefully!

There's a wonderful film version from 2016 of "Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk" (shortened to "Lady Macbeth" and re-located to rural England) which stars a memorable performance from Florence Pugh. Highly recommended!

Italian here! I think you should check out Beppe Fenoglio, Alberto Moravia, Grazia Deledda, Cesare Pavese and Elio Vittorini, as well as all the amazing authors other people have already suggested ♥

And knowing your love to both Pushkin and French films/books, I might recommend Songe à la Douceur by a young French writer Clementine Beauvais. This is the modern interpretation of Evgeny Onegin, and it's adorable. It's been translated into Russian, must be an English translation as well, I guess.

As for a french books you could try Stendhal’s “Italian chronicalse” (Vanina Vanini, Vittoria Accoramboni, La Duchesse de Palliano and etc.) The chronicles of Stendhal describe the struggles for the independence of Italy over a long period of time, from the Renaissance to the beginning of the 19th century. These are short stories and they are easy to read. You can also try any philosophical parables of Voltaire, they are great

I would recommend you some french novels: 1 - the conunt of Monte cristo ( my favourite novel) 2- les miserable 3-germinal by zola

Before reading the Brothers Karamazov, I’ve only read Crime and Punishment and Notes from Underground. But for me, the Brothers Karamazov was still very approachable, maybe because Dostoevsky condensed his beliefs really well into Underground and C&P. Hope this helps! :)

I left you a recommendation on discourses- but Incase you didn’t see it. I recommend My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. It’s from Istanbul it’s infused with art and a deep study of miniaturists. And history and symbols of color.

As much as I know you, I can say that the brothers Karamazov needs no prior preparation like reading earlier work of Dostoyevsky. You just read it. This was my first Dostoyevsky and everything else came later. And I can appreciate his earlier work better after reading his best. Also, life is too short to leave the best at the end. My suggestion: forget everything else, pick upTBK immediately. 😃 And it’s by no means difficult. Not sure why there are opinions about its difficulty. This is a book that would make you think! For many days! ☺️ Go for it.

Really good idea to read Brothers Karamazov last :)

For Italian literature, I highly recommend checking out The Black Corsair by Emilio Salgari translated by Nico Lorenzutti!!!

I’m a Spanish Philologist from Spain and if you liked Don Quijote, I recommend you Lazarillo de Tormes or La Celestina. If Cervantes hadn’t written Don Quijote, one of these books would have been the national novel (although La Celestina is a “tragicomedia”). They are very important classics here in Spain.

I would like to read "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" someday...I listened fully to the opera by Shostakovich some years ago, though musically it wasn't my cup of tea. I know that Leskov is highly respected...for example, that Chekov considered him a teacher to some extent, and the translator Richard Pevear puts him on an artistic level as Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Orhan Pamuk (the famous Turkish writer) said "Lady Macbeth" is Leskov's "most brilliant novella." I've also read somewhere that the actual inspiration is really Madame Bovary, not Macbeth!

I think you would love to read Machado de Assis, a Brazilian author, "Dom Casmurro" is incredible. I truly recommend. Love from Brazil

Hi Carolyn 🤭 so looking forward to this video so thank you!!! Awesome as always :) I'm struggling with Dovstoevski, I read crime and punishment and now I'm in love with this man! I want to read it all! Have you read the idiot? Would you recommend it? I think the karamazov brothers are too much as my second novel of fiodor so maybe I should try another one more "easy" but also challenging... I don't know which one hehe 🥴 Ps. If someone wants to give me their opinion feel free to do so hehehe

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@@GypsyRoSesx thank you! I'll check that out :)

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Hi. I would recommended you to read humiliated and insulted. It is great book!

I have never read but I believe the Italian go to classic is I Promessi Sposi(The Bethrothed)by Alessandro Manzoni.If you are in humour for a laugh,there is an old comic movie version of The Inspector General:you should find it on KZread.

I really recommend you to read “Dubrovskiy” by Pushkin🍀

I liked Solzhenitsyn’s “In the First Circle” more than “Day in the Life.”

Loved The Seagull (both the play and film with Saoirse Ronan)

You’re so beautiful!! 😭

One Day in the life is a very important book especially for those that romanticize communism.