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  • #16
    Originally posted by Ramo
    What did he write?
    Short stories.
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    • #17
      Originally posted by rah
      I really liked Anna Karenina, but it did drag on in areas, and if you're a big fan of happy endings.............

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      • #18
        Gogol's short stories are definitely worth reading if you just want to dip your toe into 19th century Russian literature.

        The 1921 line just rules out Battleship Potemkin - but only by four years.

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        • #19
          But Anna Karenina gives you a fascinating view of how the aristocracy lived in Russia during those times. But as with most classic Russian literature, too much god and too much mother Russia.
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          • #20
            Chekhov is writing about the lower, and the middle classes. Personally I think it's more interesting.
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            • #21
              Yes, his Metamorphosis, is quite the classic. I enjoyed that one quite a bit.
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              • #22
                not typical, and not often mentioned but I enjoyed Turgenev's "fathers and sons"


                Dosty's "Crime and Punishment" of course


                And yes "war and peace" - even if you dont agree with his philosophy, its just a great story with lots of memorable characters.

                Oh, and in that vein, may I suggest Pasternaks "dr. Zhivago" i certainly didnt agree with HIS ideas, but its also a good story with memorable characters.

                music
                Let me also suggest Prokoviev, the "Classical Symphony"
                And Shostakovich

                Oops - did you have a 1921 line? That would rule out pasternak and Shostakovich, sorry.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by rah
                  But Anna Karenina gives you a fascinating view of how the aristocracy lived in Russia during those times. But as with most classic Russian literature, too much god and too much mother Russia.

                  Too much god - I think thats just dosty - Tolstoy, Turgenev, chekov, and gogol are far different.
                  "A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin Buber

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by rah
                    Yes, his Metamorphosis, is quite the classic. I enjoyed that one quite a bit.
                    It was written by Kafka
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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by FrustratedPoet


                      It was written by Kafka
                      Opps, Another senior moment. But I liked it anyway.
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                      • #26
                        Yeah. Like you said: it's a classic.
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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by FrustratedPoet


                          It was written by Kafka


                          I was in somewhat of a panic, thinking "Metamorphosis, WTF?", for a couple of minutes there. Thanks, FP.
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                          • #28
                            I thought Chekov was a playwright mostly.
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                            • #29
                              He was ... mostly. He wrote plenty of good short stories too, though. A bit like Oscar Wilde in that respect I suppose (although their styles hardly bear comparison).

                              A list of his works: http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc6p.htm
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                              • #30
                                "literature"
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