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    Dostoevsky?

    Could we reasonably argue that he was the most noteworthy novelist of the 19th century?

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    Yes, You can. Then someone will say that Charles Dickens is from that century as well and you will have to answer, who come first the chicken or the egg.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SternPhantom010 View Post
    Could we reasonably argue that he was the most noteworthy novelist of the 19th century?
    No, I think there's nobody who could even compare to him!
    At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
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    yes, ofcourse he is.
    ı personally love Tolstoy more, but he is best of all times
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    Quote Originally Posted by bazarov View Post
    No, I think there's nobody who could even compare to him!
    I second that.

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    I love Dostoievsky's work. He is one of my favourite authors. We was an amazing novelist.

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    Dostoevsky could be considered the most important novelist of all time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Hill View Post
    Dostoevsky could be considered the most important novelist of all time.
    Definitely my favourite, unfortunately I have not read every novelist to have ever published so I can't really make a decision. :P

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    Maybe there is a reason why they weren't published or are forgotten?
    At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
    During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
    The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.

    To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bazarov View Post
    No, I think there's nobody who could even compare to him!
    indeed!
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    From one lens he is insuperable. From another there can be a series of writers who can outsmart him.
    Judging is a tough job, and we never can judge a writer, and if we do we become prejudiced.

    “Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature””

    “If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bazarov View Post
    Maybe there is a reason why they weren't published or are forgotten?
    And maybe the reason had nothing to do with the quality of the work.

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