Crime & Punishment...Best book ever written
Hard Times...Dickens
East of Eden
Hard Times...Dickens
East of Eden
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im already smart i dont need to read that sh*tComment -
Crime and Punishment is not the best book ever written, though it is my favorite of Dostoyevsky's work. Some of his stuff could be sooo tedious though. Don't even get me started on The Brothers Karamazov.
If I had to pick the best book I've ever read - from a literature perspective - I would probably say A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway's work fascinates me still. Some of the simplest prose would contain the most complex subtext and foreshadowing. He was a true genius.Comment -
Calling "Crime & Punishment shit?" I mean no harm nor disrespect...but there are books that will change your life if you'll let them..."Crime & Punishment" is one of those...Comment -
Originally posted by B1Bomber
ok fine i'll read it
but i'm warning you, if it sucks i'm gonna come back on this board and completely destroy youComment -
Crime and Punishment is a great book. It's written like a true novel, with an attempt to actually engage and even...gasp...entertain the reader from very early on. That's the problem I have with most Russian literature. It goes on forever and half the time for no apparent reason.... just because they can. They never wanted to finish a book it seems. Crime and Punishment is not in that mold.Comment -
Hemingway's simplicity was magnificent...unsurpassed...yet, for me, while I'm laying in bed, with a mind open to all ideas, and not a thought against any idea, Dostovy...? alas blew me away w/ his inherent, subtle, colour of the human predicament...timelessComment -
I really liked Crime. And I'm not a big fan of Russian lit, if you couldn't tell. I really like The Fountainhead too. Not on the same level artistically as the previous subjects, but that's one of the most fun reads I can remember.Comment -
I didn't like Crime....actually there are many many part of the russian literature which is very good, I personally like the novels of Gogol (read The Nose for example)...Comment -
OK I've got a copy of Fountainhead in my closet, never read it, but will start as soon as I finish my current read, "A History of the Southern Confederacy" by Eaton.Comment -
you guys should read
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Crime and Punishment is an unbelievable book, great call B1, it is awesome!!! must read ladies and gents.Comment -
Originally posted by cav1x
Can't believe you said that. I was actually going to mention "The Nose". I don't know how we both got from CnP to the Nose. Wow.bird bird da bird's da wordComment -
Originally posted by B1Bomber
There is a little matter of War and Peace.bird bird da bird's da wordComment -
the purpose driven lifeComment -
That list looks like you are trying to please your old high school English teacher.
Hard Times? Really? I would definitely not put it on any list where I was trying to point out things people must read. Silly two-dimensional characters and manipulative plot devices. Meh.
I've also read East of Eden. It's good but wouldn't be in my top 5 by Steinbeck. I understand Oprah liked it very much though so that makes all the difference.
What people really need to read:
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
The Grapes of Wrath - SteinbeckComment -
cmon...better than Mike Matusows - check-raising the devil??? you guys are pushing it
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I recommend The Gambler to those of you who lack the attention span or free time to commit to a brick like Crime & Punishment. Dostoevsky wrote that novella to pay back his gambling debts!Comment -
I read breakfast of champions, thought it sucked, didnt get it at all, seemed just like dated hippie crap to me. But maybe there was something I was missing. I doubt it though, I'm very smart, smarter than you mudcat.Originally posted by Mudcat
it reminded me stylistically of that movie harold and maude. that movie i did get, and it sucked, that i am sure of, there was nothing i missed there. although the cat stevens songs in it are great.
whats so great about vonnegut and breakfast of champions? enlighten me, maybe i didnt get it
the only thing i have ever seen vonnegut do that was good was when he was in "Back to School"Comment -
apparently it made BIbomber smart after having been a moronComment -
Though I think Black Swan is a good book. How does it get into the discussion of greatest novels of all time ?Originally posted by illmatickyou guys should read
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Do they have a movie about it? Not much of a reader except for MaximComment -
Trainspotting was hilarious. I saw the movie first and had to read the book afterward. Took a few pages to get the dialect, but well worth the time. Begbie is one of the funnier characters I've ever encountered in writing. The "fill breakfast for everyone" scene in the book is probably my favorite. The pool game scene in the movie is just classic too.Originally posted by MudcatComment -
Every American should read Grapes of Wrath. Especially the right-wing free market yahoos.
Bluebird is my fav Vonnegut novel... and Back To School was awesome.
Rodney Dangerfield: Vonnegut, your fired.bird bird da bird's da wordComment
