Just as The Brothers Karamazov is becoming a truly exciting psychological mystery, Dostoevsky takes us on a long detour into the life of a seemingly minor character. Did Dostoevsky really need an editor? Or does this digression turn out to enlarge the story in multiple ways? (Hint: the latter.)
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Just as The Brothers Karamazov is becoming a truly exciting psychological mystery, Dostoevsky takes us on a long detour into the life of a seemingly minor character. Did Dostoevsky really need an editor? Or does this digression turn out to enlarge the story in multiple ways? (Hint: the latter.)
Ann Gelder on Mastodon: @annbgelder@zirk.us