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  1. A fun fact about "The Children," the unfinished sequel to TBK

    "The Brothers Karamazov" was actually meant to be Dostoevsky's penultimate novel, though it has gone down in history as having been his magnum opus. At the time of his death in 1881, he was making...
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    I'm tempted to think otherwise when it comes to...

    I'm tempted to think otherwise when it comes to considering Ivan's fate. Though I agree with the general consensus that "The Insulted and the Humiliated" was Dostoevsky's single most...
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    It was indeed very funny, though I was especially...

    It was indeed very funny, though I was especially amused by the entire 'gold mines' chapter. "Oh...the 3,000 roubles?" Mitya did indeed have an illustrious career ahead of him excavating gold from...
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    Poll: Presuming that you have finished C&P by this...

    Presuming that you have finished C&P by this point, I would definitely recommend that you read "The Idiot" next, and, if possible, "Demons" immediately subsequent to that. I sincerely believe that...
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    Maria Lebyadkin (spoilers)

    Though Mademoiselle Lebyadkin is clearly described throughout the novel as being crippled, there is never any real explanation regarding what, exactly, is wrong with her. She is plainly ambulatory,...
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    Dostoevsky chose to engage the common reader...

    Dostoevsky chose to engage the common reader through narrative. He understood that such a format would cause his ideas to appear much more comprehensive than bulky blocks of expository essays would....
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    My sentiments exactly. The constant French was...

    My sentiments exactly. The constant French was mildly exasperating for myself as a reader, though I believe that it greatly heightened Stepan Verkhovensky's credibility as a character. He was the...
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    Well, given the fact that most forms of media are...

    Well, given the fact that most forms of media are passive and rely on perceptions of personal ineptitude/illiteracy to get their message across, this strikes me as an egregiously candid dispensation...
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    I think that some of Dostoevsky's best work is...

    I think that some of Dostoevsky's best work is encapsulated in his short stories, particularly "White Nights," "A Christmas Tree and A Wedding," "The Eternal Husband," etc. These sum up the weight...
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    This description was a device of dramatic irony...

    This description was a device of dramatic irony at work. It is unlikely that Raskolnikov perceived himself as attractive, an unfortunate shortcoming perhaps, but one which illustrates the depth of...
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    We are definitely agreed on the fact that...

    We are definitely agreed on the fact that Dostoevsky's pre-incarceration fiction ("Poor Folk" and "The Double") was definitely influenced heavily by Gogol. "Poor Folk" basically took his...
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    There isn't really a poor choice when it comes to...

    There isn't really a poor choice when it comes to deciding which Dostoevsky work that you would like to read first. That being said, I find that I generally tend to appreciate any author's work more...
  13. Well, to sum it up for you, Tolstoy saw Napoleon...

    Well, to sum it up for you, Tolstoy saw Napoleon as almost completely inconsequential in terms of either precipitating or being a primary force in the War of 1812. He claims that history can consist...
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    True enough, that. I got the impression that he...

    True enough, that. I got the impression that he was simply grasping at straws in the immediate wake of his duel with Dolohov, looking for some source of higher reason which would empower him and...
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    I construed Golyadkin as being a form of aimless...

    I construed Golyadkin as being a form of aimless anti-hero. Of all Dostoevsky's characters, I believe he is the one that I would single out and claim may be most readily understood by a contemporary...
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    “A boat, and a crew of my choosing, of course. Though I would far rather sail the oceans of this dead world alone, having slaves would make my life far easier. I will be needing three days to...
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    Another sample chapter

    *This is another sample chapter of mine, though from an entirely different (and, as of now, untitled) work of fiction. The genre is fantasy, though I mainly mean for it to suffice as a...
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    The Amygdala Shroud: Prologue

    *The following is a brief excerpt from an extended fictional work of mine which is presently in progress. It is meant to examine certain aspects of new media, and the advent of a new sort of...
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    Triumvirate: Back To Jericho

    *This is a double sestina, in case anyone hasn't seen the format before.

    Waves whisper in our wake, baptising the insane
    Our congregation is the wind, fire, earth, and rain.
    We are a...
  20. Rogozhin is a man of extremes, one whose passions...

    Rogozhin is a man of extremes, one whose passions may be considered commensurate to those of Nastasya. He is Myshkin's foil in that he is driven solely by an urge to reduce that which he perceives...
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    Incipient psychosis seems like a reasonable...

    Incipient psychosis seems like a reasonable possibility to me. It is not one of Dostoevsky's more prolific works, mainly because many of its earliest critics heralded it as a rather disingenious...
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