Pevear and Volokhonsky's translation is the only translation that counts. They are the only translators who succeed in making Dostoevsky accessible to a 21st century audience, thanks to their ruthless attention to detail at the expense of alterations which can dilute Dostoevsky's unique and flowing style of writing. The great appeal this book retains even today is in part due to Pevear and Volokhonsky, as well as to Dostoevsky himself. Furthermore, Richard Pevear's substantial introduction is essential reading. It explains the purpose of the book and the historical significance of its ideas. Dostoevsky was writing at a time when Russia had reason to be optimistic, but the warning signs in his fiction perhaps leave us clues as to why Russia still has social problems today - and why, less than 40 years after Dostoevsky's death, Russia embraced Communism and destroyed the society in which Dostoevsky had lived
- Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
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“I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness—a real thorough-going illness.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “Notes from Underground” (1864).
“suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “Notes from Underground” (1864).
“Every man has reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He has other matters in his mind which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But there are other things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind. The more decent he is, the greater the number of such things in his mind.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “Notes from Underground” (1864).
The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and cont
THEATER OF DOSTOEVSKY Fyodor Dostoevsky is recognized as a psychologist, philosopher, and storyteller. His two masterpieces, Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamozov, explore weighty philosophical questions: in Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov believes himself to be an extraordinary man who […]
“to care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it's good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “Notes from Underground” (1864).
“Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “Notes from Underground” (1864).
Nick Frank’s images of empty subway stations are imbued with a sense of surreal beauty.
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Samuel Insull – 1920 (This piece is a much expanded version of an article co-written with the late photographer/writer John Gruber for Print Magazine an…
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