magdalenaslibraryy's review against another edition
4.0
...μάθετε πως τους καταφρονώ όλους όσο καταφρονώ κι εμένα τον ίδιο. Και αν όχι περισσότερο, παρα πολύ περισσότερο. Κανείς δεν είναι σε θέση να βγει μπροστά μου και να με κρίνει...
deardostoevsky's review against another edition
5.0
As the book concludes:
"The novel Atheism and The Life of a Great Sinner clearly prove that Dostoevsky could not cope with the swarm of his creative imagination. He could not tame and conquer the rush of his elemental visions. His soul burnt too fiercely to be satisfied with an inferior light. All in flames, his soul set on fire and destroyed the flashing visions. And it seems as if iron necessity alone chained the writer to the desk and made it possible for us to read his works. There is something accidental in the published works of Dostoevsky. They do not represent the whole creator; they are paler than his original conceptions."
"The novel Atheism and The Life of a Great Sinner clearly prove that Dostoevsky could not cope with the swarm of his creative imagination. He could not tame and conquer the rush of his elemental visions. His soul burnt too fiercely to be satisfied with an inferior light. All in flames, his soul set on fire and destroyed the flashing visions. And it seems as if iron necessity alone chained the writer to the desk and made it possible for us to read his works. There is something accidental in the published works of Dostoevsky. They do not represent the whole creator; they are paler than his original conceptions."
bangel_ds's review against another edition
3.0
Probabilmente avrei dovuto leggerlo dopo aver finito I Demoni ma siccome la mia versione non contiene il capitolo mancante, ho dovuto farlo adesso. Non amo la censura, è una cosa alquanto inutile e limitante. Capisco che per quei tempi, la descrizione dell'evento e la sua franchezza e la semplicità (anche se mai volta a scioccare come invece vedo fare oggi) abbiano dato da pensare all'editore, però a quanto pare Dostoyevsky non era d'accordo e io non posso e non voglio contraddirlo.
schmidtmark56's review against another edition
4.0
It's a shame that this chapter was removed from Demons, because it helps make Nikolai seem like a more real character, and his suicide makes much more sense. Without this chapter, you just hear rumors of his evil, but you never really get to experience it. In this chapter, the evil certainly is vile, but it is worded in such a way that you can very easily miss the subtle explanation of what happened. It's mentioned so indirectly that a child wouldn't understand what happened, and I'm somewhat surprised that this chapter "had" to be removed. The discussion with the monk was also very interesting, and showed that Stavrogin wasn't as heartless as one might think, nor really was he mad. He was burning with guilt for his evil, and he finally wanted to be found out. It's as if he was tired of getting away with things. This also helps explain why he wanted to make public the marriage to the crippled girl. He wanted to destroy his own life. He was crying out for help, for someone to notice him and chastise him. He knew he needed punishment, and since he never received any, he punished himself.
luda_12's review against another edition
4.0
«Η απόλυτη αθεΐα είναι το προτελευταίο σκαλοπάτι πριν από την τέλεια πίστη».
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