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Title: Memoirs from the House of the Dead (Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press).) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jessie Senior Coulson, Ronald Hingley ISBN: 0-19-283868-7 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Yes
Comment: Compared to D's other books, I would give this 4 stars. For almost any other writer, it would be their masterpiece (accordingly, I am giving it 5 stars). Incidentally, it is far, far superior to Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
Rating: 5
Summary: a great book
Comment: I can't say that I enjoyed reading this book. It's not the sort of book that you enjoy. I can only say that I'm very glad that I read it. I found it to be both disturbing and compelling.
I can only agree with the other reviewers. This is not a book for everyone. It's not the sort of book that you read for entertainment, for something to do, for the sake of it. But if you want to be challenged and you want to be made to think, you will gain a lot by reading this book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not the best of Dostoyevsky's works
Comment: "Memoirs from the House of the Dead" is the story of Alexander Petrovich, a convict, and it is based on the author's own experiences in 19th century Siberia. Warning: This book was meant to be gloomy, and so it certainly is. The novel is not for those who are looking for entertainment; it is depressing, and, at least in my fancy, the scenery seemed to be grey-tinted at all times... Dialogue is almost non-existent, which makes the book a bit of a difficult read, slow-pacing, sometimes even monotonous.
However, the story does make you think, and Dostoyevsky's books can never be bad - I gave this one only three stars because I am comparing it to his other works and because I think it lacks that certain 'something' that can make even the gloomiest stories curiously captivating - such as "Crime and Punishment," one of Dostoyevsky's best works, which is far from cheerful! "The House of the Dead" is worth reading, but I would not recommend it to someone to whom Dostoyevsky is a fresh acquaintance.
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Title: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky ISBN: 0374528373 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pub. Date: 14 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Crime and Punishment (Crime & Punishment) by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett ISBN: 0553211757 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1984 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Adolescent (Everyman's Library) by FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, RICHARD PEVEAR, LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY ISBN: 140004118X Publisher: Everyman's Library Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The Idiot (Oxford World's Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Alan Myers ISBN: 0192834118 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Dostoevsky : The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871-1881 by Joseph Frank ISBN: 0691115699 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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