Alright, this by far one of the longest books that I have read in quite some time. My reading time is limited, as in I hope to get a double digit reading page count before I fall asleep, so completing this book is an accomplishment on its own. If it wasn't for being in a book club reading this, I wo...
Usually I do not consider myself as the type who gets scared of heavy and long novels. A massive amount of pages is nothing to run away from as long as the book is well-written and has a deeper message to offer. "The Brothers Kamarazov" is indeed an epic novel, and an absolute masterpiece - with a c...
Blimy - that was L O N G!Not bad, just so very very long. I'm not sure I really understood the necessity for the very long diversions into the meaning of the church and philosophy and so on. I suspect a good editor would have it down to ~ 250 pages, not the 770 I've just ploughed through. The charac...
The Brothers is about Henrik and Erik, Finnish brothers in 1809 who fought on opposing sides of the war between Sweden and Russia, that made Finland a part of the Russian Empire. Although they share blood, there has long been conflict between them, and when Henrik finally returns home, it's to a br...
Crime and Punishment is a great book, but it took me awhile to get around to reading The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevsky is a master in character creation and development. He weaves in all the important social, political, and religious discussions of the time period in a manner that is not overbeari...
-... Surtout ne vous mentez pas à vous- même. Celui qui se ment à soi-même et écoute son propre mensonge va jusqu'à ne plus distinguer la vérité ni en soi ni autour de soi; il perd donc le respect de soi et des autres.
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