The start of a chapter is a good point to reveal significant characterization that will impact the course of the story. For example, early in Dostoevsky's unsettlingCrime and Punishment(example 9), we begin to see Raskolnikov's anxious, self-isolating state. It's partly due to this state ...
The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it.It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen,Charles Dickens,Fyodor Dostoevsky (I haven't read him,but haven't lied about it either ) and Herman Melville. Asked why they lied,the most common reason ...
It may be very hard and even painful, but that’s the way to make your story interesting. A writer should cultivate the ability to cross out and, ideally, to learn how to write concisely from the start. Fyodor Dostoevsky underlined how important it is: “... The greatest ability of a ...
“I would recommend everyone who has passed elementary stage, which normally takes about one year, to go to a Russian-speaking country and spend some time there,” Danilin says. However, as shown above, there are numerous ways to get to know the Russian culture, language and history before...
It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky(I haven’t read him, but haven’t lied about it either )and Herman Melville. Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to “impress” someone they were speaking to. This could be tricky...
If you think Dostoevsky is light beach read, don't ask someone who thinks Project Rosie is a long, tough slog. Even if that person is a close friend, believe us: It—won't—work. Invite—start with 3 friends—all devoted readers; ask each of them to invite 1, 2, or 3 others, ...
It helps you with vocabulary, grammar, sentence construction, and is also a great way to further your cultural knowledge. Miguel de Cervantes wrote in Spanish, Italy has Dante, Hugo presented the sophistication of French expressions, and the great Tolstoy and Dostoevsky revealed new dimensions of ...
Perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish anything. — Fyodor Dostoevsky 122 There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The who...
Fyodor Dostoevsky lived to be fifty-nine, though many of his last years were plagued by poor health and a variety of illnesses. Despite this, one of his most famous works, The Brothers Karamazov, was finished and published in 1880, less than four months before his death. Even to the end...
Dostoevsky conveys Katerina's fragile mental health and state clearly. The coughing is a reminder of her life-threatening condition. The fact she continues to pace despite her discomfort suggests her determined, fighting spirit, which we see in further scenes. ...