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#23
02-14-2006, 09:15 PM
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Re: Recommend me some Tolstoy
Tolstoy only wrote 3 novels or so right? I read War and Peace and Anna Karenina and liked them both. War and Peace was mor to my liking, but I can't really say it was a better novel. Pierre Bezukhov is one of my all time favorite characters.
That said I liked the Brothers Karamazov better than anything Tolstoy wrote. 
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#24
02-14-2006, 09:19 PM
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Re: Recommend me some Tolstoy
Tolstoy's long fictional works are definitely great (War and Peace and Anna Karenina). I actually took a course where we read a lot of his lesser known fiction last spring though and I enjoyed them a ton.
Resurrection is a longer novel, though not as long as either AK or WaP. And some of his great short stories are Father Sergius, Master and Man, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Forged Coupon, and I think Hadji Murad was mentioned already...The Death of Ivan Ilych is one of his greatest works as well. Anyway, hope that helps. TPK
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#25
02-14-2006, 09:23 PM
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Re: Recommend me some Tolstoy
Mikhail Bulgakov's Master and Margarita was and still is easily one of the best books I've ever read, absolutely on par with the best novels of Dostoevsky or Tolstoy.
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#26
02-14-2006, 10:29 PM
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I really, really enjoy Hadji Murad [/ QUOTE ] Me too. Penguin edition (Foote translation) over Modern Library and others. The ultimate Bardolator Harold Bloom said it was his favorite story in the world. If you're going to start with one of the big two, IMO start with Anna K.
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#27
02-14-2006, 11:09 PM
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Re: Recommend me some Tolstoy
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich. [/ QUOTE ]
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#28
02-14-2006, 11:26 PM
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Re: Recommend me some Tolstoy
The first Tolstoy book I read was War and Peace, and it really is amazing. I continue to think about the cahracters alot. The Death of Ivan Illych was very good, but there's no reason to read it before W&P; I don't think you really need an introductory book.
Also, I'm reading The Cossacks right now, and while I'm not that far into it, the descripton on the back says it's a good introduction to the philosophical ideas that come up in his later books. Whatever though, as soon as you read anything he's written you'll probably want to read everything else anyway. I just reccomend War and Peace to start because it's by far the best thing I've ever read, so why wait?
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#29
02-16-2006, 02:28 PM
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Re: Recommend me some Tolstoy
LIPPMAN: We have got you in a very nice hotel, I-I don't know how you like to work, but ah, I can arrange for an office if you like.
TESTIKOV: (Russian accent) I work in hotel. LIPPMAN: Oh. TESTIKOV: … is better. (Elaine gestures towards Testikov, she nods in agreement -- trying to tell Lippman, she quietly says he’ll work at the hotel -- of course he just heard it directly from Testikov) TESTIKOV: Away from all your little petty bickerings and interference. LIPPMAN: You know, Tolstoy use to write in the village square. The faces inspired him. TESTIKOV: (proudly) He did not need inspiration… God spoke through his pen. Hu Hu Hu (pounds his fist lightly on his heart) ELAINE: Ohh, That is so true! (clutches her hands to her chest) LIPPMAN: Yes. ELAINE: Although one wonders if "War and Peace" would has been as highly acclaimed as it was, had it was published under it's original title "War---What Is It Good For?" LIPPMAN: What? ELAINE: Yeah. Mr. Lippman. It was *his mistress* who insisted that he call it… LIPPMAN: Elaine… [Background cars: Honk Honk] ELAINE: "War and Peace." LIPPMAN: Elaine… ELAINE: "War--What Is It Good For." (sings) Absolutely nothin' HUH! Say it Again! ahehehehe TESTIKOV: (quietly) Ahhuuh ELAINE: (spoken to Testikov) that's a song … LIPPMAN: It… (frustrated and trying to keep her from saying more) ELAINE: …they-they took it from Tolstoy. LIPPMAN: No. e-Elaine. (Elaine's organizer starts beeping) TESTIKOV: War--What Is It Good For? LIPPMAN: It-no- it's just her sense of humor. ELAINE: No it’s not. That really is true. TESTIKOV: What is that noise! LIPPMAN: It’s Not… ELAINE: Yes it is… LIPPMAN: No It’s Not!! TESTIKOV: That noise! … LIPPMAN: it-it-it’s her purse. TESTIKOV: Where is that noise? It’s traveling up my spine! Into my Brain! ELAINE: Oh, I… LIPPMAN: It's coming from your purse. ELAINE: Oh… It must be my new organizer. TESTIKOV: That noise! … LIPPMAN: Yes…Turn it off. ELAINE: Right, I think it’s this… LIPPMAN: No it’s the Button. Elaine… TESTIKOV: I can not stand it! LIPPMAN: It's the button at the top, the top. ELAINE: OK. I don’t quite know… TESTIKOV: Will you Turn it off! LIPPMAN: The one at the top. ELAINE: Yeah, I’m gonna work on that… TESTIKOV: Aaach! (Testikov grabs the organizer and throws it out the window of the limo)
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