only publication i hate so much

16:23 I love this translation. A really good pastiche of English of the time and I imagine similar to reading Spanish of that era for a Spaniard. It’s not unreadable once you get into it

8:29 I have the new one and it does have the extracts. Bought it last year. Love these editions - I have 64 last count

Hey brother, I’ve been on a Dostoevsky kick and stumbled on your video about him and loved it. Just subscribed and hope you continue making videos from time to time, love seeing a Christian talk about lit on KZbin. Great picks by the way! Lonesome Dove and Stoner are probably in my top five favorite novels

Hell yeah, The Passenger & Stella Maris ftw!!! :D So glad someone else out there loved these books as much as I did, especially given that a lot of people really didn't. I hard agree with you; The Passenger feels like an encapsulation of his entire career. Best book of this century, bar none.

Good stuff Brent! I’m just diving into his work myself and this video certainly helped as a pointer. Hope you get back to the channel!

Why havent you uploaded in a long time?

I have read Brothers K twice. I have read C&P twice. I am determined to break into the rest of his out put this year and next. Some Cormac M is tremendous and some I have failed to get through , ( Suttree).

Scritta paper. Durable and clean. The biggest challenge is not wrinkling it more than tearing it.

I have the Baldwin collection, the Le Guin Hainish Cyber novels collection, John Muir writings (that I see you have; his writings are spectacular)… so awesome. The Everyman's Library and Library of America produce my two favorite modern lines of collectors editions. Modern Library sometimes puts out great editions as well. I do love leather bound, but cloth is just so pleasurable to hold.

Enjoyed the video. I suggest omitting the music on future videos. ✌️

I've come to love my LoA books. The more I read them, the more I want to be delicate and deliberate. Truly feel like I'm reading something special with each page.

Just finished All the Pretty Horses, looking forward to the next one

Cornerstone to Western literature would be stuff like The Iliad and Odyssey. Beowulf. I look at the Old Testament as a religious text that borrow stories from so many others. Literary? It's a stretch to call it literary IMHO. Plus … it's more eastern than western: i.e. associated relations are all Asian religions. Also, so much of it is so awfully written.

Damn, that Pushkin edition doesn't contain Eugene Onegin.

My biggest grippe about the Everyman books is that the gold embossing rubs off far too easily.

I've read nothing of Cormac's work. Dostoevsky, however, is an outstanding writer, and he has introduced me to Russian literature. Vladimir Nabokov is where it is at for me these days, as he is a phenomenal writer.

Great point about the translations and Ebooks help because you can just click on a word and get a definition?!

I am going to read “The Kamarozov Brothers,” again! I read it first when I was laid up for Achilles Surgery and want to explore it again!

I highly recommend “The Idiot,” but any of his works too!

I am finishing “The Idiot,” now and have read “The Possessed, Demons,” and “The Kmarozov Brothers.” I just bought “Notes from Underground,” and “Crime and Punishment,” today to read next. He is a must I believe and just simply put GREAT!

bit off topic but what is your opinion on Fingerprint! Publishing ( particularly they hardcover deluxe editions) ?

Which is better to collect, the everyman library or canterbury leather bound classics

They're my favorite publisher, such a pleasure to hold and read and like they could stand the test of time

When you said “Beloved,” it made me think of the novel, Beloved by Toni Morrison. You MUST read it! 😊

A man after my own heart! Speaking of Russian history, I’m reading a great but big book about the housing for Communist bigwigs after the Russian revolution called The House of Government- I highly recommend it! BTW it’s ark - i - pell a go, not patio.😊From a former English teacher, good for you!🎉

Does anyone have an experience that was similar to a fictional situation in a book? Me and my parents visited my aunts house out in a forested area, and not even kidding you, my friends and brothers had me lay down in a boat and pushed me off into a lake. Me, being a dork, started talking about romantic it was drifting away in the lake. But there was a hole in the boat, and it sank. No joke! All that had to happen next was the forest area to be called green gables! But my friends and brothers dared me to get in this wooden boat/raft, laying in the boat to see how long I would go without the wooden boat sinking! So that was an experience I had that was a little too close to scene in a book I love! Deliberately, for laughs, I talk my friend’s ears off about how it would be so romantic to drown or die for someone! Telling them that certain names to trees or places weren’t romantic! Lololol! Yeah, they caught on after I told them what I was referencing, but they thought I was weird at first! XDDDD

You have really nice content and I enjoy seeing your books. Who is your favorite author? I finished my PhD in English a year ago, and I am definitely a modernist, but specialized in postcolonial lit. I have been into Russian lit as of late. Are you an English major or were you?

I also read Crime & Punishment and The Idiot. When starting with The Brothers Karamazov I was prepared; I had my notebook and wrote down all the names of the characters introduced with a short description and where they first occurred in the story. It was really necessary, but also I really enjoyed The Brothers Karamazov. I also have the Everyman's version and it was such a good translation. I love their aesthetic too.

Great video man! Let's all keep at it with the good habits

Adding Exile and the Kingdom instead of The Stranger is just sad

Love the LOA font

Oh I'm so glad you liked The Passenger and Stella Maris like you did! :D The Passenger is, in my not so humble opinion, McCarthy's true masterpiece. Best modern book I've read in ages. Coincidentally I also read The Revenant last year too. I liked it, although I do get why most people probably prefer the movie.

every time you upload a video, it's an awesome day. several of the books you've read, particularly the western, have caught my attention and I've been meaning to get around to reading them. amazing Colter Wall record in the background btw.

You have an impressive list of books read! You're going to love A Sportsman's Sketches. Turgenev said Dostoevsky was the meanest Christian he ever met. Endo is a great novelist. Give The Samurai and The Sea and Poison a try.

Loved the vid! If you're interested in the Soviet Union, I would highly HIGHLY recommend Second-Hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich, or any book by her for that matter. Life changing for me. Have a lovely day :D

These are some of my fave videos!

nyrb will forever be my favorite looking books. i have purposely researched their catalog just so i could have reason to put their books sooner on my tbr books. favorite authors so far have been renata adler and john williams

Currently reading C&M.Great video

I am very grateful that this video just popped up on my feed by chance. I've had Crime & Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov for the better part of the year, but I've been putting them off since I'm a procrastinator. I'm not sure how to put it, but the atmosphere you create and the way you speak make your video feel like home. I subscribed already, and I'll be watching your videos!

On a total whim I picked up the idiot (Garnett translation) years ago and it really ignited my love of classic literature. That first part is just so incredible!! I loved the drama and Prince Myshkin as a character is still one of my all time favorites. This is a phrase that gets bandied about a lot, but he is truly too good for this world

Love the hardback collection!

If I could be so bold, I would recommend "Hadji Murat" by Leo Tolstoy, "Death and the Dervish" by Mesa Selimovic, "Sabres of Paradise" by Lesley Blanch, and "My Name is Red" by Orhan Pamuk.

Frank's biography is a must read, whichever version you choose. The abridged version (which is the one I've read) has been called the best single volume biography of Dostoevsky ever written. It may be the best biography of any writer ever written. Read the unabridged if you want an extremely deep dive into his works. You really can't go wrong with either one. P&V do take a lot of heat for being so literal, but I'm someone who tends to prefer literal translations. Get me as close to the original as is possible in English. P&V do that. They may not be as easy as other translations, but that's what I like.

I re-read The Brothers Karamazov recently with a friend. The characters are well-developed and there’s a lot of humor such as the scandal surrounding the saintly priest’s body stinking! However, it’s important to remember that the novel was serialized and sometimes we found we just had to push through some of the dryer parts. Remarkably, the dryer parts proved not to be dry as originally thought as they were developed later. I also wondered if all three of the brothers weren’t different manifestations of Dostoevsky own self-the sensualist, the atheist, and the saint. Thanks again, Brent, for your excellent videos. Stay awesome, Mike