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I’ve read basically everything of Dostoevsky when i first found out about him when I was around 14 years old and even though I understood the words and definitions of what I was reading I didn’t truly understand the paragraphs put together. I told myself I’d get back into it as I learned more and moved on to Carl Jung, Chekhov, Nietzsche, Freud, etc..

Now around a decade later I’m back into Dostoevsky again and the one I never really understood was a particular short story “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man” when I was younger. I read it and I can’t get enough of it and it is now my favorite short story. #1 story ever written in humanity. It is the Jimmy Hendrix of music. The Mike Tyson of fighting. It’s the Tarantino of Hollywood writing Django. It is the Book of Enoch from the Bible. Even Moses would be jealous of such writings. The precision and syntax is like no other. My English teacher showed me this in 7th grade to demonstrate how a well written book should be and I haven’t been able to find any other writer or books like that since then. After reading Dostoevsky everything else seems dead.

Anyone ever hit a stuck point where they can’t move on from the best of the best literature? Almost like finding your favorite song and then wishing you never found it..

I’ve read basically everything of Dostoevsky when i first found out about him when I was around 14 years old and even though I understood the words and definitions of what I was reading I didn’t truly understand the paragraphs put together. I told myself I’d get back into it as I learned more and moved on to Carl Jung, Chekhov, Nietzsche, Freud, etc..

Now around a decade later I’m back into Dostoevsky again and the one I never really understood was a particular short story “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man” when I was younger. I read it and I can’t get enough of it and it is now my favorite short story. #1 story ever written in humanity. It is the Jimmy Hendrix of music. The Mike Tyson of fighting. It’s the Tarantino of Hollywood writing Django. It is the Book of Enoch from the Bible. Even Moses would be jealous of such writings. The precision and syntax is like no other. My English teacher showed me this in 7th grade and I haven’t been able to find any other writer or books

Anyone have any recommendations on books with the best of the best writing?

I’ve read basically everything of Dostoevsky when i first found out about him when I was around 14 years old and even though I understood the words and definitions of what I was reading I didn’t truly understand the paragraphs put together. I told myself I’d get back into it as I learned more and moved on to Carl Jung, Chekhov, Nietzsche, Freud, etc..

Now around a decade later I’m back into Dostoevsky again and the one I never really understood was a particular short story “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man” when I was younger. I read it and I can’t get enough of it and it is now my favorite short story. #1 story ever written in humanity. It is the Jimmy Hendrix of music. The Mike Tyson of fighting. It’s the Tarantino of Hollywood writing Django. It is the Book of Enoch from the Bible. Even Moses would be jealous of such writings. The precision and syntax is like no other. Oddly enough I actually learned about Dostoevsky in English class in 7th grade never even in any psychology or philosophy class.

Has anyone done anything similar where they read Dostoevsky young then visit it again decade(s) later?

Curious to hear anyone’s thoughts about this short story!