My favorite by Dostoevsky is White Nights... I can’t describe what I felt when I read it.

@preciousamaechi689

5 ай бұрын

I haven’t even heard of that …. My gosh, I got carried away by Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Notes from underground, Demons, Brothers Karamazov

Dostoievski's "Demons" is an amazing book.

My first writer is Dostoevsky for sure. Definitely! But generally I love most of the russian writers. I highly highly recommend 'Dead souls' by Gogol, 'Resurrection' by Tolstoy, 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Dostoevsky, 'Uncle Vanya' by Chekhov. I am going to read 'Oblomov' by Goncharov‌, 'My Universities' by Gorky. I am excited for this TBR

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing selection of recommendations.

@ba-gg6jo

2 жыл бұрын

Great selection, try "Quiet Flows the Don" by Mikhail Sholkhov and "A young Doctors Notebook" by Mikhail Bulgakov. The former is quite long and the latter is only a couple of hundred pages. Good to see there are a few of us out there that love Russian literature. Stay safe.

@mahsaasadian1504

2 жыл бұрын

@@ba-gg6jo Yesss. great recommendations. I will read them for sure. I am really happy about these communications. Thank you so much

Your channel is my happy place! The fact that you read classics, especially Russian, makes my anxious, sad heart feel lightened because you speak about them so lovingly and so passionately. Your sweet presence on the screen calms me every time. Thank you, Carolyn, for being in the world.

Hearing you talk about White Nights I was reminded of Bukowski’s poem titled “Dostoevsky”. It really captures the influence he had over him.

I must give the works of Turgenev a try as I seem to have missed him on my wanderings through Russian Literature. Thanks for the introduction.

I just finished reading First Love! What a little gem of a book. Looshin’s musings and ~interruptions~ were surprisingly some of my favourite

I loved White Nights! I have to read the others you've shared here. I've been falling in love with Dostoevsky and his fascinating stories over the last couple of years and I've recently started studying Russian with the goal of being able to read his novels in their original language ❤

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Dostoevsky is the bees knees isn't he? Wow! If you learn to read in the original Russian, I will be so envious. Best wishes on your journey, Courtney.

@CourtneyReads

2 жыл бұрын

@@tristanandtheclassics6538 he really is! And thank you! I'm really enjoying what little I've learned of Russian so far. 🙂

@timmycorbitt5870

2 жыл бұрын

@@CourtneyReads i studied russian at university in england with the same goal! it took me about 4 years before i was able to read russian literature reasonably comfortably in russian, with 2 of those years spent in russia. I wish you shastye i uspekh (luck and success) on your russian language adventure, russian is a friendly language to learn, like italian (unlike German!)

@CourtneyReads

2 жыл бұрын

@@timmycorbitt5870 thank you! That's very neat. Do you read Russian now?

@timmycorbitt5870

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, in fact every free hour I have is spent reading Russian and other classic authors - Dickens is actually more enjoyable in Russian translation than in English!

hearing her talk about these books makes me want to get into russian literature!

I already dm'ed you about this but i'll say it again: it makes me sooooo happy that you loved White Nights. It's just...agh. That little books leaves me breathless. It's so beautifully written 😢😢😢

@preciousamaechi689

5 ай бұрын

What’s white night really all about.. I’m just hearing it for the first time

thank you for continuing to inspire us to read more russian classics!!

Anton Chekhov is amazing, the story you talked about sounds fascinating! I need to look it up 🙂

Lovely video Carolyn! I just graduated college and this video takes me back to reading Russian lit in high school. So nice to revisit good reads!

Ah! This makes me want to start reading russian literature asap! I love your thoughts about the books and I want to read them now ♡

White Nights sounds gorgeous! I can’t wait to read First Love after hearing so many good things about it💕

You and Emma inspire me to read classics more

I love all three of them! This is going to be great!

Found your channel a few months ago. So glad I did!

Wow, what an amazing description of Ward Six. I have ordered that as well as First Love. What amazing words! I have been pulled into your world of Russian literature. You are truly a kindred spirit!

The Italian version of the White Nights is amazing! I adore Marcello Mastroianni

Im here for your soothing voice! Im with Anna Karenina and loving it, thanks for convincing me to read it!

I loooove your love for russian literature!!!!!!!! I can't wait to watch the vlog about "Notes from the underground". Dostoyevsky is my favorite writer.

Love your enthusiasm for the Russian classics. Turgenev is a wonderful writer. Something that I appreciate about him is that he endeavours to remain true and honest in his approach to his characters. He never forces them or judges them - or at least not deliberately. Also, Fathers and Children is, so I've been told by native Russian speakers, is the most accurate translation of the title. Bravo to you Carolyn!

Ooh, White Nights! I have a collection of Dostoyevsky short stories. That one really stood out.

First in! Hi Carolyn! It’s great having this video in the background of my work day. Thank you! Just ordered the brothers karamazov!

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Wow what a great book. Dostoevsky is wonderful. ... and thought provoking. All the best with Brothers Karamazov.

I can't believe I haven't read Turgenev yet. Please, ramble as much as you like 😊

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

He is a brilliant author. One of the truest and non-judgemental writers out there.

Now reading Brothers K for the 2nd time. As an older guy now I’m shocked how Dostoevsky can write such deeply romantic, dramatic stuff as you red from white nights. Once I looked up a comment on what the brothers K was all about. Some academic smartaas said it was a book about existential pscychoanalysis.

Fathers and sons (fathers and children in Russian) is one of my favourite books! Can’t wait to hear your review :)

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

Amen! Fathers and Sons is simply astounding. Love it love it love it! How did you feel towards Bazarov's character?

Very beautiful excerpts:hope sometime to catch up on these!That was a lovely moment with the butterfly🦋.I saw the dance movie once upon a time,but I don't think it has anything to do with the book.You pronounce Luchino(lukino)!

I’m beyond happy that you loved both White Nights and First Love. These two are probably my favourite short stories ever. I read both of them for my classes and I had to analyze them and write an essay for each, but oh man I was happy about that because these two stories encapsulate so much humanity. I have such a deep connection with White Nights as it describes so many emotions and thoughts I have had myself…So so happy you loved them both!! Now I need to read some Chekhov and Pushkin and fall in love with them too😂

I love The Village of Stepanchikovo by Dostoevsky, though it doesn't belong to his greatest works.

thanks for the awesome evening with you!! hi from russia❤️ it’s always interesting to watch how english booktube read rus classics. it’s so exciting to see this authors from your perspective, so even i start to love them more. (that’s kinda chaotic comment🥴😅) love you!!

@ohohnenyeoo2654

2 жыл бұрын

😂 I want to start with heart of a dog by Bulgakov. Will that be a good place to?

@alicewezs77

2 жыл бұрын

@@ohohnenyeoo2654 it’s hard for someone, but i liked it!! my personal favorites are turgenev’s fathers and sons (children on russian btw😅) and chekhov’s the cherry orchard 💔

@ohohnenyeoo2654

2 жыл бұрын

@@alicewezs77 ok, thank you!

CarolynMarieReads, do you know about great russian writer Ivan Goncharov. I recommend you to read his best book - Oblomov. Its a best book i have ever read. Hello from south of Russia.

I looove both White Nights and First Love! As a russian Turgenev’s probably my favorite russian classic author and if you love poignant love stories I highly recommend On the Eve(that one I thought about for a week after I finished it) and Home of the Gentry by him.

I highly recommend Spring Torrents by Turgenev. I read it recently and was impressed!

I've only read Fathers and Sons, but I'd say that Turgenev is very fast-paced. You know how the classics are sometimes slow and plodding (not a complaint, there, of course)? Absolutely none of that in Father and Sons. If I didn't know better, I would have guessed that it was written within the last 20 years. Also, it was fantastic. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky are the two kings (tsars?) of Russian lit, but just based on Fathers and Sons, I think Turgenev could give them a run for their money. I like Chekhov and Gogol and Pasternak and all, but... Turgenev, man.

Chekhov has a way to storytelling that’s so hard to mimic yet easy to read. My favorite writer

i really need to check out some dostoyevsky!! i feel like war and peace might be the exception with a ''happy ending'' because it's more a historical account than a novel

i understand that i am a bit obstrusive and annoying but i can't help recommending you russian books! sorry:) so. after the devastating 'ward no. 6' it is perfect to read 'a house with a mezzanine' or 'about love' by chekhov. they are sooo sweet and lovely! ✨ p.s. thanks for a wonderful video!

thanks for the video and your impression of 3 books. dance movie is not an adaptation of dostoevsky's white nights (as you probably now know white nights are summer nights in st petersburg when sun hardly sets and there is always light throughout the night). "le notti bianche" by great director visconti is a good adaptation. there is french adaptation of white nights by another great european director, robert bresson, called "four nights of a dreamer" with story set in paris. also good imo. movie "two lovers" from 2008, starring joaquin phoenix and gwyneth paltrow is also a sort of adaption, though its different. there is a 2003 iranian adaptation ("shabhaye roshan" which i think translates as "bright nights") by farzad motamen, its very literary, with lots of persian poetry incorporated, and imo also good. there is a 2007 bollywood adaptation called "saawariya", which i watched but can't quite remember (other than its set design was clearly influenced by visconti movie) though i seem to have given it a good rating. and dozens of others. it is a plot made for student directors; basically you need 2 actors and deserted cityscape at night, with two great, film school fixture, directors' examples in background to reinterpret. as a result, you will find several full length adaptations ( some rather good ) in platforms like vimeo.

Hey Carolyn! i hope you are doing ok!!! I really like your contents and trust your recommendations I love to read classics I am 17 years old recently i have finished les miserables. And I know you love the book anna karenina....is it a good idea for me to start anna karenina?🤔

@tristanandtheclassics6538

2 жыл бұрын

If you liked Les Miserrables then I think that you would love Anna K. It is not as brisk as Les Mis but so full of depth and meaning. It is like reading life. Hope you enjoy it.

Hi! Have you read The Brothers Karamazov ?

I reviewed First Love on my channel. Love your vid!

You should totally read Doctor Zhivago!

Да, русская литература стоит того, чтобы её читать.

White nights isn’t a dreamy love story it’s loneliness story

What is there to say about Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov? I agree that these three are the best writers in existence; however, for one of them there is a problem in my book. E. J. Dillon thought "the effect on the reader of Chekhov's tales was repulsion at the gallery of human waste represented by his fickle, spineless, drifting people" and R. E. C. Long said "Chekhov's characters were repugnant, and that Chekhov revelled in stripping the last rags of dignity from the human soul."

But if you have 3 Russian books then that means you must have 2 Russian books, because you can't have 3 without having 2 (or 1) :-)