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Taq Man · 08-24-2007, 03:06 AM

I have been trying to read most of the well know classics. I have found this to be a very rewarding experience on the whole. However, I tried to read War and Peace and for the first time in my life I got so bored I stopped reading. I felt bad so I picked it up again a few months later and soldiered on but after about 200 pages I found it so utterly boring that I gave it up. I recently read Crime and Punishment and once again I found it to be a boring drawn out waste of time. I would have stopped reading it too if it hadn't been so short.

I mean come on am I missing something? They teach university courses on russian lit. but my first 2 russian books have sucked. Any suggestions or will The Brothers Karamazoff be more of the same?

08-24-2007, 03:06 AM	#1
Taq Man Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vegas Baby, Vegas. Posts: 329	Why is Russian Literature such a pain in the ass? I have been trying to read most of the well know classics. I have found this to be a very rewarding experience on the whole. However, I tried to read War and Peace and for the first time in my life I got so bored I stopped reading. I felt bad so I picked it up again a few months later and soldiered on but after about 200 pages I found it so utterly boring that I gave it up. I recently read Crime and Punishment and once again I found it to be a boring drawn out waste of time. I would have stopped reading it too if it hadn't been so short. I mean come on am I missing something? They teach university courses on russian lit. but my first 2 russian books have sucked. Any suggestions or will The Brothers Karamazoff be more of the same?