The Brothers Karamazov
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The Brothers Karamazov – 4 & 5: Strains; Pro and Contra
Click here for other installments in this review series… The carriage started and raced off. All was vague in the traveler’s soul, but he greedily looked around him at the fields, the hills, the trees, a flock of geese flying high above him in the clear sky. Suddenly he felt so well. What I got Continue reading
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The Brothers Karamazov – 3: Sensualists
Click here for other installments in this review series… In the previous installment, we saw the Karamazov family and friends bickering at Alyosha’s home, the monastery. Now we see the Karamazov family feuding in its natural habitat, and as what the father Fyodor and the son Dmitri call themselves, half-proudly: “sensualists.” Book III really gets Continue reading
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The Brothers Karamazov – 2: An Inappropriate Gathering
Click here for other installments in this review series… Oh, yes, I am still reading this book. It’s a quick read; I simply haven’t been reading very frequently. Case in point: book II is almost entirely the dialogue that takes place when the Karamazov family comes together at (of all places) the monastery. Dialogue is Continue reading
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The Brothers Karamazov – 1: A Nice Little Family
Click here for other installments in this review series… (A number of bloggers I follow write their thoughts on lengthy books as they go along. In fact, I believe one of them did this for The Brothers Karamazov in the last year or so. Credit to them for the good idea!) For years, I’ve wanted Continue reading
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