Marilyn’s Reviews > The Brothers Karamazov > Status Update

In the home stretch now. The murder trial begins. I will be racing to the finish

Here I am halfway through, after starting this tome three weeks ago today. I have almost given up at least a couple of times as other books are calling on me. But I am truly captivated by this book and in a love/hate relationship with the brothers, especially Dmitri/Mitya. So far the hardest part, keeping everyone’s names straight. I think the story should pick up pace now, at least I hope so.

I have not read too much today as I have to keep rereading passages like this.

“She did so evidently feeling there was a charm in the exaggerated, honeyed modulation of the syllables. It was, of course, only a bad, underbred habit that showed bad education and a false idea of good manners.”

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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Here on my 8th day in, I am struggling a bit, but starting to get the hang of FD writing. One of my major dislikes of Russian authors is their tendency to have multiple names for the same character, so going to sort out the brothers and all their names today. Dec. 31, 2024