Comments on: Book Review: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/ "Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." - Virginia Woolf Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Madame Writer /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9893 Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:54:40 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9893 In reply to Diana.

Yeah, it’s so hard! So is Japanese!

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]]> By: Diana /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9892 Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:48:04 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9892 In reply to Madame Writer.

Russian sounds like nothing in comparison to Chinese! I think it is one thing to learn a standard single alphabet in the process of learning some language, even if the letters are different from English, as is the case with Russian, but it is an entirely different thing to start learning a language which has two or more alphabets or no alphabet per se at all but just a multitude of characters. And I am not even saying anything about pronunciation and different grammatical rules. I am learning some adopted “Chinese” characters for my Japanese course and they are already giving me nightmares.

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]]> By: Madame Writer /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9891 Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:13:26 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9891 In reply to Diana.

I would love to learn Russian and read these novels in their original language! It’s a pity I don’t have enough time with learning Chinese right now too. Definitely someday! And I agree with the pronunciation. I listened to this partially as an audiobook and it really helped to hear the pronunciation as I saw the names’ writing.

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]]> By: Diana /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9889 Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:03:08 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9889 Great review! Russian is my native language, but even I don’t like reading lengthy Russian names 🙂 Can’t really say they are similar – maybe only their endings are similar? Thankfully, there are lots of abbreviations as you speak them, and they are not as difficult to pronounce as they seem to be when they are written down.

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]]> By: September 2020 Reading Wrap-up – Madame Writer /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9783 Sat, 03 Oct 2020 13:00:37 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9783 […] my review. […]

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]]> By: Madame Writer /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9776 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:30:36 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9776 In reply to Ste J.

I haven’t read any Leskov yet, but I want to. The Cathedral Clergy is very high on my list. And Russian reading is always great!

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]]> By: Ste J /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9772 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 03:48:25 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9772 This has been on my list for years but last time I was out and about it wasn’t in the shop so I settled for some Leskov instead. Russian reading really works for the older nights.

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]]> By: Madame Writer /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9764 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:52:04 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9764 In reply to nsfordwriter.

I agree! A lot of the names are so similar. It’s so hard to read, even if I love Russian novels.

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]]> By: nsfordwriter /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9760 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:28:46 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9760 Great review, thanks for sharing! I agree on the difficulty with Russian names, my problem is that they can sound quite similar and I get them confused 😦

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]]> By: millaysmusings /2020/09/30/book-review-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol/comment-page-1/#comment-9753 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 23:39:46 +0000 http://madamewriterblog.com/?p=6796#comment-9753 In reply to Madame Writer.

Really? That is honestly very genius! The author must be pretty good to be able to do that. I’ll have to go check it out if it isn’t too dark. Thanks!

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