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Ibuki :
Translator’s notes have full names and nicknames listed it can’t be that hard to keep up
2025-07-16 22:43:15
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autumn 📚🖋️ :
ughh there’s so much negative discourse around classics and lit fic in general right now, it’s actually painful
2025-07-08 10:45:36
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Historical Mystery Spinster :
Okay, I speak Russian BUT only because I fell in love with Russian literature as a high schooler. My thing is, the names get easier with exposure. After you've read a few books, you're like "oh yeah, Alexandra Olegovna is also Sasha to her sister, or Countess Whatever in certain settings, mm hmm". The folks who want to quit before starting can never get to that point.
2025-07-29 01:11:13
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basicallyskeletons :
Folks would have an easier time if they were familiar with how patronymics work.
2025-07-08 13:48:18
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han • literateish :
and it's also so easy to make notes to help you remember. i make family trees and lists of names & nicknames so i can work out how everyone is connected as i'm reading
2025-07-17 16:07:54
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santamarrina :
I don’t mind, because it literally has significance in Russian language, and I appreciate that while reading. A character would be referred to by their parents’ name or by a nickname depending on formality, but for someone just starting to read Russian literature, it’s useful to take notes.
2025-07-08 17:10:01
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KaeAndie :
I will defend The Master and Margarita until by dying breath.
2025-07-08 12:51:36
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Hello.kisik :
Russian here and I honestly don’t understand why they take all the nicknames in other languages, when this great variety doesn’t make any sense for foreign speakers… why don’t just pick one 🤔
2025-07-08 14:34:58
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Yamato is a boy :
it’s literally a skill issue. i know 10 words of russian at the very most and the nicknames were not confusing at all. like do y’all not read the forewards or translator’s notes or anything?
2025-07-08 23:17:14
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Shalistrae :
I promise I didn’t like Uncle Vanya for different reasons than those 😩
2025-07-08 11:06:19
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Richard Rogers702 :
No one is required to like them. 🤷🏼♂️It doesn’t detract from the novels. You’re still allowed to think they’re great.
2025-07-08 15:51:52
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niamh :
u right
2025-07-08 12:16:21
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mxillll5 :
This is why we need more World Literature in school. Students need exposure to the world. All it takes is some quick notes on nicknames and terms of endearment and the characters are concrete.
2025-07-07 21:56:56
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William Hastings :
this is generally how I respond to critiques of classics in general, it's almost always 'oh no it doesn't suite muh sheltered modern sensibilities'
2025-07-11 21:04:32
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aubrey 🧀 :
oh 😭 i just didn’t like the plot, but i’ve only read war and peace (i also tried reading anna karenina, but put it down). i made myself a diagram for the characters LOL but i’d give other russian authors a go
2025-07-07 22:02:36
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Viktor 🖤🎸 :
If you're gonna read Russian classics, LEARN THE PATRONYMIC SYSTEM. It's so easy
2025-07-27 16:52:27
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Nickoli 🪶 :
Russian literature fetishizers begging to have a “russian boyfriend” when the book has russian 💔💔💔
2025-07-19 01:00:45
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kcochran48 :
I had a friend who was Russian with a bunch of nicknames, so it didn't bother me 🤷🏻♀️but maybe i can see how it might be hard to understand. Which is why they need to be in schools at a younger grade
2025-07-08 15:52:38
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_gum.myyo_o :
I see this comment made about the brothers kamarazov a lot and I don’t get it. Like I am reading the book right now and it’s not that difficult to keep up with who’s who. The narrative is so rich that I can tell who’s the character just by the tone.
2025-07-07 23:10:49
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Adi :
Im writing a novel based off of the many classics I’ve read that discusses religion and class divisions but I’m scared that it will never become popular because of the era of books we live in today. If anyone could read the excerpt from my recent video I’d very much appreciate it! :)
2025-07-23 00:15:42
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Rúnsi :
I did find it a bit confusing reading the Idiot, but it doesnt diminish my appreciation of the book or the author
2025-07-08 14:53:05
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Calla :
Usually Russian names go as follows, and I’ll use the idiot as an example: formal first name (Lev), the patronymic-father’s gendered name-as a middle name (Nikolayevich), formal last name (Myshkin). Sometimes, usually depending on the politics of the author, they will use an anglicized version of the name as well (which would be Leo here, but translator would probably never use this for Dostoyevsky)
2025-07-08 06:14:11
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HeyJules (your reading bestie) :
Is this an issue for you? Let me know, I’ll try and help 😄 (my credentials are my passport so you can trust me)
2025-07-07 21:55:21
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day • police fiction author :
complaining because of something which has happened in a book purely because of the author's culture is wild especially with classics that's like complaining that all the men in Jane Austen are a bit misogynistic yeah no shit
2025-07-08 06:56:25
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