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HDThoreauntoday at 2:40 AM2 repliesview on HN

Nabokov didnt like Dostoyevsky either, especially Karamazov https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/23/magazine/nabokov-on-dosto...


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aerhardttoday at 6:17 PM

His criticism of characters being laid bare at the beginning of the novel is fair, especially in Karamazov. Unlike Nabokov I don't think it detracts from the work.

wahnfriedentoday at 2:51 AM

He was a noted hater of many great authors and works so naming one target of his doesn’t carry much weight

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