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Lotesse · 03-08-2007, 03:52 AM

Crime and Punishment is an amazing work of literature; I read that when I was around thirteen and it sparked off a lifelong love for Russian fiction & literature. Dostoevsky is the bomb, and Chekov, and Tolstoy, and Solzhenitsyn, great stuff.

I came here to this thread to ask all of you if anyone else here has read the book West With The Night, by Beryl Markham, or if any of you are familiar with Beryl Markham at all, 'cause I might decide to make a research paper on the topic of whether or not it was she who wrote the book. There's speculation that it might have actually been writen mostly by her then husband; anyway - anyone here familiar with this book?

tolkienfan · 03-08-2007, 03:19 PM

I totally agree with you about Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, but actually I didn't really like Chekhov very much. I haven't read much by him though... I've never heard of Solzhenitsyn, but I'll look him up, thanks.

I think Crime and Punishment is new on my list of favorite books now, I'm going to try and read some more by Fyodor Dostoevsky soon. Any suggestions? I looked up some stuff about him, he was actually an amazing guy. He had a hard life, and accomplished some great things.

Nerdanel · 03-13-2007, 05:13 AM

Has anyone read I never promised you a rose garden by Joanne Greenberg (Hannah Green)?

(I should stop reading books about crazy people, I find more and more similarities every time I do..)

katya · 03-15-2007, 04:23 PM

Oooh I love Russian Literature! I had a thread on it back in the day. And I have to say, of the literally billions (not really) of Russian novels I have read I have to say Crime and Punishment is my favourite. I have been meaning to read it again, and it's sitting on my refrigerator now. I just see a lot of parallels between it and my current situation. Pondering the nature of crime vs. sin.

Also, I am just a third of the way into Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham (of The Hours fame). It's divided into three distinct parts, on about Irish in New York during the potato famine, one a modern day cop story, and the third in the future. I finished the first part and thought it was beautiful, just starting the second part now.

hectorberlioz · 03-15-2007, 04:49 PM

Russian literature is the best

.

I've read everything I own of Dostoyevsky except The Insulted & The Injured, which I keep meaning to get around to...

katya · 03-15-2007, 05:11 PM

I've only read Crime and Punishment and also a shorter story called The Gambler. I meant to read The Brothers Karamazov but never got around to it. I heard it was good though. I still think about The Gambler whenever I go into a casino (which is like... once in my life, lol). I don't think I could ever become a gambler because I don't believe I could win, but I can kinda understand the feeling when I watch a meteor shower. "I'll just stay a couple more minutes.." waiting for the really nice one. The jackpot. I could be out all night.

hectorberlioz · 03-15-2007, 05:16 PM

Yeah, I don't recommend it

...

TBK is very good, though as you know, it's huge. Takes dedication

***Rían*** · 03-19-2007, 08:13 PM

I liked TBK.

I started Anna K. right before our move, and I need to get back into it ... Darn move!

And now you guys have inspired me to read C&P!

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-19-2007, 08:19 PM

Started reading HH Benedict XVI's Spirit of the Liturgy, for a book group. Recently I've mostly been reading car ads though.

hectorberlioz · 03-20-2007, 12:43 PM

I'm looking forward to reading Pope Benedict's book on Christ...

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-21-2007, 01:54 PM

And Anne Rice's?

Curubethion · 03-30-2007, 10:21 PM

And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie. Brilliant story! And the end totally threw me for a loop! It's also very interesting to re-read after you know who the killer is...

tolkienfan · 03-30-2007, 10:52 PM

I love that book! Infact, Agatha Christie is my favorite author (tied with Professor Tolkien). And Then There Were None is tied with Murder on the Orient Express for my fav Christie book!

elven dragonrider · 03-31-2007, 12:40 AM

I will have to look into that... I have never read anything by Agatha Christie. What is her writing style?

tolkienfan · 03-31-2007, 03:52 PM

She writes murder mysteries. Her books are fun and quick, but they always surprise you. She wrote tons, but they're pretty much all good. She's actually the best selling author ever after Shakespere and the Bible.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 03-31-2007, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

Crime and Punishment is an amazing work of literature; I read that when I was around thirteen and it sparked off a lifelong love for Russian fiction & literature. Dostoevsky is the bomb, and Chekov, and Tolstoy, and Solzhenitsyn, great stuff.

I came here to this thread to ask all of you if anyone else here has read the book West With The Night, by Beryl Markham, or if any of you are familiar with Beryl Markham at all, 'cause I might decide to make a research paper on the topic of whether or not it was she who wrote the book. There's speculation that it might have actually been writen mostly by her then husband; anyway - anyone here familiar with this book?

I read it.
May I suggest, before you embark on this project, that you read "How to Suppress Women's Writing" by Joanna Russ.

Easy read, but I bet you'd find it interesting.

BeardofPants · 03-31-2007, 05:53 PM

I'm reading this book you... not sure if you've heard of it, may be a little obscure, y'know? Anyway, it's called The Lord of the Rings, I forget who it was by. But so far, it's pretty ok.

Grey_Wolf · 04-01-2007, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

I'm reading this book you... not sure if you've heard of it, may be a little obscure, y'know? Anyway, it's called The Lord of the Rings, I forget who it was by. But so far, it's pretty ok.

Yeah, I read it too, it was quite allright, it was bout some little guy taking a ring to be destroyed, wasnt it?

Curubethion · 04-02-2007, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

Yeah, I read it too, it was quite allright, it was bout some little guy taking a ring to be destroyed, wasnt it?

No, I think it was about a big flaming eyeball on top of the Empire State Building, and some elf chick taking a short dude across a river on her horse. Or was that the movie??

BeardofPants · 04-03-2007, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Curubethion

No, I think it was about a big flaming eyeball on top of the Empire State Building, and some elf chick taking a short dude across a river on her horse. Or was that the movie??

What?! I thought it was about some dude with an inflamed eye who lost his contact lens.

03-08-2007, 03:52 AM	#801
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Crime and Punishment is an amazing work of literature; I read that when I was around thirteen and it sparked off a lifelong love for Russian fiction & literature. Dostoevsky is the bomb, and Chekov, and Tolstoy, and Solzhenitsyn, great stuff. I came here to this thread to ask all of you if anyone else here has read the book West With The Night, by Beryl Markham, or if any of you are familiar with Beryl Markham at all, 'cause I might decide to make a research paper on the topic of whether or not it was she who wrote the book. There's speculation that it might have actually been writen mostly by her then husband; anyway - anyone here familiar with this book? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

03-08-2007, 03:19 PM	#802
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	I totally agree with you about Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, but actually I didn't really like Chekhov very much. I haven't read much by him though... I've never heard of Solzhenitsyn, but I'll look him up, thanks. I think Crime and Punishment is new on my list of favorite books now, I'm going to try and read some more by Fyodor Dostoevsky soon. Any suggestions? I looked up some stuff about him, he was actually an amazing guy. He had a hard life, and accomplished some great things. __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

03-13-2007, 05:13 AM	#803
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Has anyone read I never promised you a rose garden by Joanne Greenberg (Hannah Green)? (I should stop reading books about crazy people, I find more and more similarities every time I do..) __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

03-15-2007, 04:49 PM	#805
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Russian literature is the best. I've read everything I own of Dostoyevsky except The Insulted & The Injured, which I keep meaning to get around to... __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

03-15-2007, 05:16 PM	#807
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Yeah, I don't recommend it... TBK is very good, though as you know, it's huge. Takes dedication __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

03-15-2007, 04:23 PM	#804
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Oooh I love Russian Literature! I had a thread on it back in the day. And I have to say, of the literally billions (not really) of Russian novels I have read I have to say Crime and Punishment is my favourite. I have been meaning to read it again, and it's sitting on my refrigerator now. I just see a lot of parallels between it and my current situation. Pondering the nature of crime vs. sin. Also, I am just a third of the way into Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham (of The Hours fame). It's divided into three distinct parts, on about Irish in New York during the potato famine, one a modern day cop story, and the third in the future. I finished the first part and thought it was beautiful, just starting the second part now.

03-15-2007, 05:11 PM	#806
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I've only read Crime and Punishment and also a shorter story called The Gambler. I meant to read The Brothers Karamazov but never got around to it. I heard it was good though. I still think about The Gambler whenever I go into a casino (which is like... once in my life, lol). I don't think I could ever become a gambler because I don't believe I could win, but I can kinda understand the feeling when I watch a meteor shower. "I'll just stay a couple more minutes.." waiting for the really nice one. The jackpot. I could be out all night.

03-19-2007, 08:13 PM	#808
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I liked TBK. I started Anna K. right before our move, and I need to get back into it ... Darn move! And now you guys have inspired me to read C&P! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! Last edited by Rían : 03-19-2007 at 08:14 PM.

03-19-2007, 08:19 PM	#809
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Started reading HH Benedict XVI's Spirit of the Liturgy, for a book group. Recently I've mostly been reading car ads though. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-20-2007, 12:43 PM	#810
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I'm looking forward to reading Pope Benedict's book on Christ... __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

03-21-2007, 01:54 PM	#811
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	And Anne Rice's? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-30-2007, 10:21 PM	#812
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie. Brilliant story! And the end totally threw me for a loop! It's also very interesting to re-read after you know who the killer is... __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

03-30-2007, 10:52 PM	#813
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	I love that book! Infact, Agatha Christie is my favorite author (tied with Professor Tolkien). And Then There Were None is tied with Murder on the Orient Express for my fav Christie book! __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

03-31-2007, 12:40 AM	#814
elven dragonrider Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Confusion Lane, on the back of a dragon, or on horseback. Posts: 186	I will have to look into that... I have never read anything by Agatha Christie. What is her writing style? __________________ Do not follow where the path may lead, but goes instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -Emerson Edgar Alan Poe and Oscar Wilde rock. They are actually better than rocks. Beautiful Soup and A Tomato Ate My Sister are the most educational and intellectual songs ever created, challenging the scholarly power of the great philosophers. On TB's sig, Don't worry about the world ending today, tomorrow, or next week, just worry about it ending *now*.

03-31-2007, 03:52 PM	#815
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	She writes murder mysteries. Her books are fun and quick, but they always surprise you. She wrote tons, but they're pretty much all good. She's actually the best selling author ever after Shakespere and the Bible. __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

03-31-2007, 05:53 PM	#817
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I'm reading this book you... not sure if you've heard of it, may be a little obscure, y'know? Anyway, it's called The Lord of the Rings, I forget who it was by. But so far, it's pretty ok. Last edited by BeardofPants : 03-31-2007 at 05:54 PM.

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