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Re: I've read Dead Souls. Funny, but strained. Danae al'Thor Send a noteboard - 11/03/2010 01:51:43 PM
It's not an all-encompassing rule - for instance, I like Chekov, and I liked Crime and Punishment.

I've read Doctor Zhivago, but I was bored of it all the way through. It's just... something in the style makes me not-happy. I couldn't care less about those two women, or the supposedly sensitive doctor...

... Something about Russian literature sometimes bores me, is all.

It's a pity, really, because it is obvious I am missing out on something.


You might like a different strain of Russian literature.


I like some of the shorts I've read, mostly, again, Chekov.

I liked The Master and Margarita.
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Doctor Zhivago: how are you getting on? Rebekah - 10/03/2010 02:00:02 PM 775 Views
Nowhere near there yet - will have to pick up the pace. Legolas - 10/03/2010 02:36:48 PM 605 Views
I'll read it Friday or Saturday Larry - 10/03/2010 02:46:41 PM 667 Views
Re: Can't bring myself to start it. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 10/03/2010 02:57:29 PM 313 Views
Now that is interesting. Why not? *NM* The Shrike - 10/03/2010 06:58:26 PM 305 Views
Re: I find Russian literature either completely inaccessible or full of hysterical people. Danae al'Thor - 11/03/2010 05:49:28 AM 659 Views
Have you read Dead Souls or the short stories, Nose or Overcoat The Shrike - 11/03/2010 01:32:46 PM 689 Views
Re: I've read Dead Souls. Funny, but strained. Danae al'Thor - 11/03/2010 01:51:43 PM 656 Views
You only noticed two women in Zhivago? How was that? *NM* Tom - 11/03/2010 04:11:44 PM 275 Views
Re: I barely noticed Zhivago. These women are lucky. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 11/03/2010 04:22:23 PM 295 Views
I'm too brain-tired to even start it LadyLorraine - 10/03/2010 03:20:13 PM 612 Views
too busy to read anything but textbooks and the occasional internet page this month :-/ *NM* jh - 10/03/2010 04:56:24 PM 291 Views
Does it change things that this is a Nobel Prize winning book? *NM* Tom - 10/03/2010 05:28:44 PM 283 Views
Well, it means that it will be read. I just don't think it will happen until june. jh - 10/03/2010 08:39:08 PM 562 Views
Wow...based on the responses, we might need to push back discussion to the end of the month. Tom - 10/03/2010 05:28:02 PM 542 Views
Nah, keep it for Monday Larry - 10/03/2010 06:36:44 PM 652 Views
While I don't read as fast as Larry... Legolas - 11/03/2010 01:08:23 AM 638 Views
I think it will be fine. Rebekah - 10/03/2010 06:41:06 PM 569 Views
A firm deadline is important. We should not push it back. The Shrike - 10/03/2010 06:56:31 PM 658 Views
Better to stick with Monday. Jacob - 10/03/2010 08:25:41 PM 608 Views
Okay, based on your replies to my reply we're sticking to Monday. Read or perish! *NM* Tom - 11/03/2010 04:12:38 PM 291 Views
Nearly done Beqi - 10/03/2010 05:34:25 PM 622 Views
Very well nossy - 11/03/2010 05:49:22 PM 564 Views
I'm about 1/3 in as well. wahooka - 11/03/2010 08:02:04 PM 653 Views
1/3rd of the way through. Finally done with the all that infodumping AgentOrange - 12/03/2010 02:07:13 PM 671 Views
I'll probably read the club and then read the book. About to be too much Horace in my life. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/03/2010 01:00:29 AM 275 Views
I'll hopefully finish the book this week Linda - 15/03/2010 05:28:04 AM 741 Views
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