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Re: Agreed. Camilla Send a noteboard - 19/10/2010 09:26:25 AM
So you read it as suicide as well? We are now the majority :|

:P

And yes, I agree. Not only did he mishandle the autopsy, he failed to cauterise the wound and then pretended not to be sick for ages. There is so much ... lack of agency there. Which I suppose is what defines him. Hmm. May be onto something here. In one of the early conversations with Pavel Petrovich he says something about not acting. And in the end that is what kills him.

I googled. There is quite a bit of discussion on the topic. It bothered me because he pushes his father to be ... more accurate? of a doctor, but then once his despair really settles in, he suddenly makes a major mistake? Either way, it's tragic, but I wouldn't mind if my brain would think of it the way Tom described above.


Yes. I am perfectly able to see it as a suicide not done consciously -- a subconscious suicide? Alliteration is fun. But I cannot bring myself to see it as an accident.
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Oh...Rebekah, I was going to mention that I saw your post only much later because I was very drunk. Tom - 17/10/2010 05:13:41 PM 656 Views
Heh, no worries. Rebekah - 18/10/2010 11:07:00 AM 586 Views
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Agreed. Camilla - 18/10/2010 11:55:11 AM 738 Views
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I think it's very relevant. It's also unusually un-Russian. Tom - 18/10/2010 11:54:03 PM 576 Views
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It felt very Russian to me as well Camilla - 20/10/2010 04:12:50 PM 581 Views
There was little of the usual ... histrionics that happen in Russian novels. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 07:02:12 PM 638 Views
Most of the histrionics are Dostoevsky manifestations. Tom - 22/10/2010 10:52:52 PM 678 Views
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Can you recommend one? Rebekah - 22/10/2010 10:55:56 PM 931 Views
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Perhaps it's Pavel's "The Chap"-ish nature that makes the novel seem less Russian to me. Tom - 22/10/2010 10:53:56 PM 717 Views
Ah, that's a good point. Rebekah - 22/10/2010 10:54:56 PM 593 Views
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