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The book is a slog, and frankly I think I'd have appreciated it much more if I read a heavily annotated edition. That said, excerpts from the book stand so inc
by jszymborski 3y ago
The book is a slog, and frankly I think I'd have appreciated it much more if I read a heavily annotated edition.
That said, excerpts from the book stand so incredibly alone. The Grand Inquisitor speech, the Father Zosima passage, Mitya's troika ride, Ilusha's funeral...
I found The Idiot a far more approachable book.
- causality0 3y agoI think you mean "a heavily abridged edition", unless you think a lot of background info is what's missing from your experience.
- jszymborski 3y agoNo, I think what I was missing was some insight into the symbology or themes. My copy of Master and Margarita has such incredible endnotes, without which I really dont think I would have appreciated it. My Penguin Classics copy of Karamazov just has very short translation clarifications and didn't really improve my experience. I understand why you might think i meant abridged though, since I was saying that the book is a slog but that it had great passages. I personally didnt mind the length as much as I felt I wasn't getting the most out of the "boring" parts.