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This is the best novel of all time, right?

>> No.11195629

>>11195624
According to you, maybe

>> No.11195632

>>11195624
moby dick was a better novel and a better epic so no

>> No.11195644

I'm still reading it, but it's fantastic.
I like how hopeful and optimistic it is and how it blends with the philosophical ideas it narrates through it. I think most of its charm comes from the fact that feels like a sitcom set in old Russia.

>> No.11195648

>>11195624
In terms of realism, Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina are both better.

In general, I think Moby Dick and Ulysses are the two best novels ever, but they are poetic novels and not trying to do the same thing.

War and Peace is still great though don’t get me wrong.

>> No.11195663

>>11195624
Siddhartha is

>> No.11195672

>>11195624
Absolutely

>> No.11195790

>>11195624
maybe if youre russian

cunt

>> No.11195838

>>11195624
Joseph and His Brothers is the greatest novel. Convince me it's not

>> No.11195863

>>11195624
>Novel

>> No.11195891

>>11195624
One of them. Sad when I finished it. Will read it again in a few years.

>> No.11195899

>>11195838

You honestly think that's better than The Magic Mountain?!

>> No.11195986
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11195986

>>11195663

>> No.11196122

Don Quixote is.

>> No.11196472

The Life of Klim Samgin is the superior Russian epic

>> No.11197508

>>11195624
Sorry but that title belongs to The Brothers Karamazov

>> No.11197518

>>11195624
not even Tolstoy's best

>> No.11197522

>>11197508
i look forward to reading it, crime and punishment was a knockout. also all the moby dick fans are a little surprising to me. i really enjoyed it but not as much as a couple other books. i totally understand why its regarded as a classic but it didn't hit me quite as hard as Dostoevsky or Kafka

>> No.11197526

>>11197522
You're too young or not appreciative enough of sperma

>> No.11197588

>>11195632
War and Peace is not an Epic you fucking Mongo

>> No.11197601

>>11197522
dont get me wrong, crime and punishment is a great book, but the family drama really bored me

>> No.11197617

>>11195644
What part you on?

>> No.11197622

>>11195986
Is brevity bad?

>> No.11197654

>>11197622
and let me tell you, i side with Shakespeare on Brevity

>> No.11197662

>>11197522
dostoevsky fanboys are always entry level plebs

>> No.11197941

>>11195986

> oranguntan president man meme

how about that literal sink hole on the white house grounds huh

>> No.11197948

>>11197662
What's with the Tolstoy vs Dostoevsky army shit? Why can't we just enjoy both?

>> No.11197966

>>11197948
because it's always edgy early 20s who have just read crime and punishment and think because tolstoy isnt as edgy he is inferior

>> No.11198001

>>11197966
I don't think I've ever come across a reader of Dostoevsky like that but honestly it's someone's loss if they want to disregard another great Russian writer. I don't quite believe people read Crime & Punishment for the edge factor though. Sure, it's dark, but overall it's about redemption through finding Jesus. Nothing less edgy than that.

>> No.11198127

>>11198001
Its the current year. You can't say things like "find redemption" anymore.

>> No.11199487

>>11197522
That's a strange thing to say since Moby Dick is very Kafkaesque

>> No.11199575

>>11198127
This. I also laugh whenever people say ‘The Absolute’ or ‘Spirit.’

>> No.11200359

yes