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@conradbaker 22 сағат бұрын
ok that was hilarious
@tryingtofigurelifeout1852 Күн бұрын
Hey, these are so awesome! Would it be okay for me to use this content in my videos? I would listen to it and provide my commentary. I would credit you in every video.
@hippiasminor6264 12 сағат бұрын
Glad you like them! If you're going to use my work, I request that you have references to it both in the video description and in the video itself, right at the front end of each video (conspicuously enough so that a viewer can't miss it--ideally both written and spoken). Assuming that happens, I won't turn down free advertising! Thanks kindly!
@tryingtofigurelifeout1852 7 сағат бұрын
@@hippiasminor6264 sounds good! Thanks!
@blackcavalry9298 Күн бұрын
nice I am using this for my project
@espressocoffeeshine4346 3 күн бұрын
Like "Notes from the Underworld" a great expose of the INFJ mind! The whole story seems more like something from an INFJ fantasy in how it all unfolded. Real life never seems to play out like that for some reason! He got his damsel in distress, if only for a moment! He will always love Nastenka. "For it's due to that lack of you (Nastenka) that I'm (He's) now only half of two, look back, finish what, you've begun" - from "Look what you've done" by David Gates of "Bread." No, having her for that brief moment was not enough for a man. It's to little for the whole of ones life! It's natural an INFJ would imagine life has come to an end because of lost that love. He just did what he could not imagine himself doing, and it does not dawn on him he now has the skills to do it again. His mind is clouded by how long it took him in the first place, how close he was, and how it ended so quickly. The author has encountered the real world, it does not go so well for him. This story, his fantasy, is a dopamine hit, followed by a real world rejection! More songs of love and lost love to add to the puzzle of this book: "I'm looking for someone to change my life, I'm looking for a miracle in my life...........the secrets of your soul!" From song "Question" by Justin of "The Moody Blues." "And Aubrey was her name, a not so ordinary girl or name, but who's to blame, for a love, that wouldn't bloom, two hearts that never played in tune........... I would go a million miles around the world just to say, she had been mine for a day!" from "Aubrey" By David Gates of "Bread." You say "the danger is that we may come to love our dreams more then our fellow man." It's not like loving our dreams harms our fellow man. Though we are to love God with our whole heart and soul, and love our neighbor as ourselves. Often it's our dreams that move us to fulfill our duties to love. It's when we fail at love, will we become content with dreams of love only? Do you know the secrets of God's soul?
@espressocoffeeshine4346 3 күн бұрын
Don't you think it was really Nastenka's dreams that moved her to marry the other guy? If she really loved him without loving him in person. Then there really is no separation of love and dreams or, because she loved her dreams, she loved the wrong man?
@hippiasminor6264 3 күн бұрын
There's a great deal of content here, and obviously I need to increase my musical library, since I can't recall those songs! But let me just comment on the business about dreams, since it touches upon my own content a bit. I'll let others dive into the other ideas you mention. When I made my own remark about dreams and one's fellow man, I had one eye toward Ivan Karamazov. I think his stated problem about whether it really is possible to love another person--the person himself, and not some chimera of the person in our imaginations--is *the* biggest spiritual challenge we face. The dream strikes me as a possible impediment to the real second-personal encounter. But IK puts another gloss on the "one moment of happiness" bit that I hadn't remembered at the time of recording. The quote from the trial at the end of the novel runs something like this: "I would give a quadrillion quadrillions for one moment of joy." In the context, it's a striking assertion, and not one that FMD was throwing away. It was apparently FMD's own position...and perhaps our dreamer offers the first expression of it in the author's corpus.
@Gunther819 7 күн бұрын
Better late then never. I recently started reading this book and always comeback after reading some passage in free time to listen thanks for this I'll be here for some time.
@hippiasminor6264 3 күн бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@noorthe.hermit 7 күн бұрын
Your voice is good.. and i really like the way,you breakdown the difficult terms in your audiobook making it easier to understand. Thank you for this amazing work.
@wernererikatheron3252 8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for a fantastic recording!
@Khossaexe 9 күн бұрын
1:18:50 nastenka’s story
@ekponoambrose1909 9 күн бұрын
This shit is dark. wtf
@nmtg8628 12 күн бұрын
Your voice gives the feel brother, and it makes it interesting to read while listening to you. Thankyou ❤
@hippiasminor6264 11 күн бұрын
Awesome--glad you enjoy!
@jimcrow2802 12 күн бұрын
Thank you for another great read! The beginning seemed quite slow and the message confusing because i didn't realise it was partly a critique of "Schilerism", but things fell into place quite well in the tragic bittersweet ending.
@hippiasminor6264 12 күн бұрын
Thanks much--I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@jimcrow2802 13 күн бұрын
He said the title :O
@mirandaadames5921 13 күн бұрын
Thank you for the reading as someone who had to spend tons of money on text books for college I’m glad my professor found you. And as someone who can’t sit and read a book to save my life. 🖤
@hippiasminor6264 12 күн бұрын
I'm very glad that the project has been of service! (And my gratitude to your professor for suggesting the video.)
@LeSpaghet 16 күн бұрын
1:25:23 Just marking my place!
@kkipperr 17 күн бұрын
i miss raskolnikov sm.. this incel 😭 great reading as always, i appreciate the comments so much!! thank you :D
@LoKaioh 18 күн бұрын
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@kkipperr 22 күн бұрын
thank you sm for these :) about a couple of years ago, i was diagnosed w schizophrenia, and it has made it very difficult for me to read without audio. these videos have been a very welcome break from the otherwise monotonous narrations haha. thanks again so much, i will likely be reading his other works via your videos!
@hippiasminor6264 22 күн бұрын
Thank you very kindly--I'm glad the channel has been of service!
@sherlockholmes411 24 күн бұрын
Thank you for your work man
@Dazzlingbluelight 24 күн бұрын
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@Armanifamily-tm8er 25 күн бұрын
You have a fantastic voice for audio books I wish you did more
@shariqtariq811 26 күн бұрын
Whatever your name is, sir. May God bless you. I've been listening to your one of a kind diverse tone narration. It's been a pleasure. White nights, notes from the underground and this. Now the Idiot.🫡
@delaneyklutes 28 күн бұрын
Proto-incel behavior 🤷♂️
@coochieisyummy Ай бұрын
Such a nice voice for books like these, thank you!
@7he_realyash Ай бұрын
Contradictions are bad, yet somehow we know what to believe. The idealism of youth doesn't understand the real suffering.
@imambaybars3405 Ай бұрын
I think the other people who had spoken of the double were already aware of his madness and were just playing along with whatever he said, the conversation with his colleague about the double is indicative of it, as well as his valet’s attitude towards his master, he had already been to the doctor -who’s probably a psychiatrist- before the beginning of the story, and the doctors advice of socializing and not being alone alludes to the probability that he was already suspected by those around him of insanity due to previous incidents, also the way he was turned out of the party and not allowed entry. All of this could be what he felt to be the conspiracy around him since he sensed that every one was treating him differently and cautiously and talking behind his back. Dostoyevsky strategically started the story after the initial incidents to make the reader share in the confusion and descent into madness with the protagonist. Great channel by the way, thank you for the enjoyable reading and insights, greatly appreciated my friend.
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
Very interesting reading! It's been long enough now that I'd have to go through the text again to evaluate it closely. But the next time I do, I'll have to recall this comment and have it in the back of my mind. Appreciate the interpretation (and kind words)!
@BCA001 Ай бұрын
Thanks for your work i also like the small extra information at the end of the chapters it helps understanding so much more
@lynnware8810 Ай бұрын
It was heartbreaking. You read it so well and that is why it hit me so hard. I knew they were deceiving themselves. The irony is that she, too, deceived herself by 'running away' from the love she felt for the lodger. 😢So, we are all dreamers. The narrator is not alone. 😢
@isha6462 28 күн бұрын
Right? I want to secretly hate Nastenka but I cannot. What is crazy is the deception of love both Nastenka and the narrator felt. It was not love. When she hinted at her love for the lodger being fake, it obviously was just a thought that then turned out to be true for the narrator and her instead. The 'love' she felt for the narrator was that of a replacement and a distraction. What is so painful about it is the narrator believed it because he had not experienced Nastenka's love before. Wow this was a good read.
@gabrielortiz4031 Ай бұрын
quick question. which translation of the book are you using? would like to follow along physically as well
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
I'm using a slightly edited version of Constance Garnett. The edits were done for the Barnes and Noble Classics edition. I think Gutenberg's version uses Garnett--that's your least expensive option, with some slight variation in the wording here and there.
@user-ob8kf2tk4h Ай бұрын
41:08 "How have you lived if you have no history?" hit so hard
@radroatch Ай бұрын
I've been watching this on my other device that isn't signed into YT. This audiobook is so well done, and feels so authentic to Dostoevsky's story, I came here to leave a bit of appreciation. The comments part works great with the format too and helps address a problem audio has to text. I'm working though Notes From The Underground rn and had The double included in my Penguin Classics edition. I was going to give reading it a miss, but glad I came to check if they were any good audio versions.
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
Thanks very kindly! I've also done Notes--so if you're interested in further commentary beyond what Penguin provides, you can check out the concluding video of that playlist. (I can't remember just how much extra material Penguin includes.) Thanks much for your interest!
@radroatch Ай бұрын
@@hippiasminor6264 Thanks, I'll check it out :) Was planning on revisiting some of his short stories so might listen to those as well at some point. The penguin classics one has a pretty good introduction and some okay notes. I've also got the Norton critical edition, they are always amazing for the extra content.
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
Ah--looks to me like you're already in excellent hands with Notes. I doubt I could compete!
@radroatch Ай бұрын
@@hippiasminor6264 I was going to look for some YT content on it too. Doing a deep dive as it's such a fascinating and influential work. I'm sure your vid will compliment it well, look forward to it! :)
@hazemayasra9932 Ай бұрын
I hope you start with Demons next and that be soon. Thanks for your work.
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
Thanks for your input. I...am actually uncertain about my next step. Demons is probably the most popular option remaining, although I may find myself pulled to The Adolescent. Might put out some feelers in the near future..
@storlok1922 Ай бұрын
Thank you for this recording and all the others you've made on your channel. I really appreciate what you're doing!
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
Many thanks--I'm glad to be of service!
@storlok1922 Ай бұрын
Reminds me of the short story “A Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Andersen!
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
Very interesting! While I doubt that FMD used Andersen as a source, there is probably a less straightforward causal story connecting these two tales (or iterations of the same motif). The more direct source was the German poet Ruckert, but...these themes tend to spread, and we could expect some German-Danish crossover in one or both directions...
@storlok1922 Ай бұрын
Thank you very much! ❤
@storlok1922 Ай бұрын
Thank you very much for the concluding thoughts! ❤
@wytch8369 Ай бұрын
Bro the little shit you add like who’s talking and what there reading is so good , I’ll wake up and begin a new chapter and not know wtf is going on, but everything makes more sense when you give it context , Thankyou very much , great video(s)
@Hello-wz2on Ай бұрын
21:00 35:00 1:10:00
@user-zw2nm7zs1b Ай бұрын
Great
@jimcrow2802 Ай бұрын
Nice guy simps for BPD girl. Some tales are as old as time.. Dostoievsky does love the tropes of the friendzoned romantic and the obsessive fevered woman.
@jimcrow2802 Ай бұрын
I like how Dostoievski plays with our emotions and our perception of the old man and the Germans. Going from comedic to tragic.
@Xloachtop Ай бұрын
How much could you get with a ruble and 15 copecks back then? I want to understand how desperate the guy was.
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
Context suggests (e.g., the next chapter) that you could get a few cheap meals at low class restaurants. Later (in Part II Chapter III), a character is delighted to have procured a cheap cap at 80 kopecks. So...he's pretty hard up.
@arandomastronaut569 Ай бұрын
My bookmark: 0:24
@MegadethBetterThanMetallicope Ай бұрын
Hey Hippias Minor, I really enjoy your work. I was wondering whether you have ever considered allowing for download or purchase of your work (.mp3) via some other platform, like librivox or something? I, and I'm sure many or most of your audience, would really love to listen to your audiobook recordings on the go. Your narration and voice really suits Dostoyevsky's writings and is also one of the better narration-voices in general. If the request seems out of the way, then please still accept the compliment! Truly the best Dostoyevsky voice out there! Thank you, MBTM
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
Thank you very much for these kind remarks! The truth is, technologically, I basically live under a rock, and so I'm vastly uninformed about how I could go about doing this--e.g., what kind of platforms I could use for free, etc. (I do know that Librivox in particular isn't compatible with my vision, since they don't want the narrator interjecting comments.) I also did do the work with YT in mind, and so there'd be a bit of work managing a transition of format. But you're not the first person to suggest something along these lines, and I really ought to crawl out from under that rock and see what's available. Thanks very kindly for the suggestion and for the interest!
@yogininamaste Ай бұрын
Amazing!! We are all very grateful. For the love of Dostoevsky ❤ im reading his work chronologically. Some will be my reread. The Brothers Karamazov are my favorite. 2nd Crime and punishment love Roskolnikov. Then Idiot abd The house of the dead . I'm struggling with the notes from the underground... but i will read and listen to you. Thank you again.
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
Yes, Notes is a challenging read, especially in Part I, as well as in discerning how the two sections of the novella are connected. It was tricky for me to provide embedded comments for that one, because, for that first part, if I were to provide *everything* each chapter might need, I would have bogged down the pace of the reading too much. So, I provided some cultural/historical background in the embedded comments and left the philosophical discussion until my final remarks. Hopefully the format works out for you! I'm glad you've enjoyed, and thanks for your interest!
@yogininamaste Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@yogininamaste Ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I loved the book abd even more so with your perfect voice.
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
I'm glad you've enjoyed it--thanks for listening!
@idontcare9661 Ай бұрын
What are your thoughts on Kafka’s library? Since he was inspired a lot by D and crime and punishment
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
I've read a little Kafka, but not a ton of him. Recently, though, I've been thinking a bit (off and on, not seriously, but tangentially) about a couple of his works--his tiny parable "Couriers" and then his novel The Trial. (Honestly, some relatively recent high-profile political events have inspired thoughts on the latter.) On the other hand, the line, "I feel like I'm in a Kafka novel," seems to course through my head once a week or so as I navigate the labyrinth of the educational bureaucracy... :-)
@idontcare9661 Ай бұрын
@@hippiasminor6264 that’s cool! I’d definitely reccomend everything he’s read, metamorphosis, Trial, and Hunger Artist are my favorites
@hippiasminor6264 Ай бұрын
@@idontcare9661 Interesting--while I've read the others, I'd never even heard of "Hunger Artist." I'll need to put it on my radar!
@idontcare9661 Ай бұрын
@@hippiasminor6264 hunger artist is like 11 pages, it’s a very good quick read and I love it a lot
@idontcare9661 Ай бұрын
@@hippiasminor6264 hunger artist is only like 11 pages it’s a great quick read
@christinemartin63 Ай бұрын
Holy Toledo! Terrific narration and comments. They certainly lift the words off the page. (FD has always been a puzzle. Can you ever go back to a life of dissipation and selfishness once you've narrowly escaped death--and still espouse a religious faith? You're definitely not the same person you were. I've seen this with my own eyes.)
@yogininamaste Ай бұрын
Horrifying!! Whats wrong with these wretched men?