dusan
@ds8
time to reread this timeless classic
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Geisha
@geisha
Imo he is a pale imitation of Balzac. I didn’t realise why until I went back and read the foreword and saw that he was a complete Balzac fan boy. To me it showed through too clearly in his writing. Like u go see an artist exhibition who is a declared devotee of another more legendary one. It’s very obvious to the eye.
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dusan
@ds8
i haven't read enough of balzac to compare (just father goriot, 15+y ago), but i know i enjoyed both
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Geisha
@geisha
Balzac is the goat imo , bluddy brilliant, and in my top 3 favourite authors of all time and I’d read most of his works before I came across Dostoevsky so I guess that strongly influenced my regard for D 🤷♀️
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dusan
@ds8
what is your favourite? i will put it on my list
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Geisha
@geisha
Btw this is a bit like asking a parent which is their favourite child 😮😱
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Geisha
@geisha
Ah they’re all equally enthralling. Since you already read old goriot (which is great)maybe try ‘illusions perdues ’ next and then ‘a harlot high and low ‘. That’s like the Parisian trilogy. Eugenie Grandet is good too. The translation of EG was Dostoevsky’s first book he ever published. You’ve inspired me to go back and read them from the start again. Must go find OG on download 😋 . ‘Have you read ‘One hundred years of solitude’ Gabriel García Marquez ?. That had a huge impact on me when I first read it at university. Top 3 in my all time fave books,
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