The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Narrated by Ryan Glass
4.5/5
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. Between 1838 and 1843 he studied at the St Petersburg Engineering Academy. His first work of fiction was the epistolary novel Poor Folk (1846), which met with a generally favourable response. However, his immediately subsequent works were less enthusiastically received. In 1849 Dostoevsky was arrested as a member of the socialist Petrashevsky circle, and subjected to a mock execution. He suffered four years in a Siberian penal settlement and then another four years of enforced military service. He returned to writing in the late 1850s and travelled abroad in the 1860s. It was during the last twenty years of his life that he wrote the iconic works, such as Notes from the Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1868) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), which were to form the basis of his formidable reputation. He died in 1881.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Simply amazing. To the point, but pretty dense in meaning aswell.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book shows the complicated state of our minds. The back and forth between the antagonist and his view on the world really spoke to me and how we can be good to our world and simultaneously terrible to our world.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good One, i just love the whole Idea behind it
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lovely short listen of a beautiful story about love and compassion
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The narration of the author about nihilism and his experiences in a dream is something worth reading. Also the story beautifully unveils the importance of every life on this earth .
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a nice little story concerning the ridiculousness of everything, for good and I’ll. It presages existentialism but with a Christian bent. I haven’t read any Kierkegaard but I feel like this must have inspired or been inspired by him. The reading was a little distracting. Almost like an AI but wasn’t too bad.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful, but I can’t explain why. I feel like I will need to read this a few more times to get a greater understanding of why it moves me
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Though that dream, he sees how humanity evolved from blessed to sorry state. His own version of Adam and Eve story. Good!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dostoevsky has given me the truth in a way I have never dreamed of.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book with a theme that stands the test of time. Really great to start getting into dostoevsky.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Fantastic book but boy oh boy, what terrible narration. I don’t mean to be overly critical or mean spirited but this is unlistenable
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