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  • An Excellent Edition of an Excellent Novel5

    Gregor Matheson This book has had such a profound impact on my life. Dostoyevsky creates a wonderful cast of characters from the agnostic philosopher Ivan, the hedonistic father Fyodor, the devout Alyosha and the passionate Dmitri, and many others.

    In translation some things might be lost, but the translator of this edition doesn't fall into the trap that snares other Dostoyevsky translators, of attempting to use Anglo-Saxon idioms for Russian characters, which always fails awfully.

    The greatly under-rated American story writer William Saroyan wrote of 'the roar of Dostoyevsky'. This Dover Thrift edition really captures this aspect of the great Russian author. Much of the text is composed of speech, whilst the rest often reads like it. There is nothing mannered or affected about the style, but there is a profound sense of immediacy, as well as a surprising sense of humour.

    As well as being a well-translated great novel, the Dover Thrift edition has a large print size that is easy to read, and an attractive layout. Now that the British media is overly-populated by anti-religious bigmouths, ostentatiously beating old strawmen (whilst avoiding the problem of evil and free will), I'd say that Dostoyevsky is more relevant than ever. His anti-religious characters tend to be more interesting than most of their real life counterparts. by Gregor Matheson

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