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| Translator | Richard, Larissa Pevear & Volokhonsky |
| First Written | 1880 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Origin | Russia |
| Publisher | Vintage Classics |
| ISBN-10 | 0099922800 |
| My Copy | paperback |
| First Read | August 11, 2010 |
The Brothers Karamazov
August 12, 2010
If I add any more books to the 'read every two years' list, I'll never have any space for new books. And yet, I keep picking up The Bros about that often, and loving it every time.
This round, I read it while listening to the audio version read by Stephen Beyer, which is really quite amazing. The combo of reading the text and hearing it is powerful. It makes me wonder if I should spend more time reading aloud, or listening to others read aloud as well.
August 13, 2010
You see, I for one know that he can't stand me, or anybody else, including you, though you imagine he's 'taken to respecting you.' Still less Alyoshka, he despises Alyoshka. Yet he doesn't steal, that's the thing, he's not a gossip, he keeps his mouth shut, he won't wash our dirty linen in public, he makes great cabbage pies, and furthermore to hell with him, really, is he worth talking about?
August 13, 2010
'Good lord, what do I care? As I told you: I just want to drag on until I'm thirty, and then--smash the cup on the floor!'
'And the sticky little leaves, and the precious graves, and the blue sky, and the woman you love! How will you live, what will you love them with?' Alyosha exclaimed ruefully.