Dec 7, 2024
This anthology of stories from Fyodor Dostoevsky took me on a literary roller coaster ride from start to finish. Of the three stories in this collection (White Nights, A Gentle Creature and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man) I most enjoyed A Gentle Creature. Perhaps,...
Aug 25, 2023
The Gambler is another literary masterpiece from Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is an humorous (I literally laughed out loud several times), entertaining read from cover to cover. What I enjoyed most was the colorful interplay between the, at times, outrageous cast of...
Jun 13, 2021
What can I say about The Brothers Karamazov that has not already been said? I must confess I have very complicated feelings about this the most famous opus of Fyodor Dostoevsky. On the one hand I found The Brothers Karamazov to be masterfully written. Not only due to...
Dec 15, 2020
Notes from Underground was my first taste of Dostoyevsky’s work. Dostoyevsky came highly recommended to me by a good friend, as one of the most critically acclaimed Russian writers of the 19th century not named Leo Tolstoy. I enjoyed Notes from Underground...
