August Abolins:
I have to admit, that I don't think I ever finished
reading the *first* story of RC.
I found that one in my newly-bought PocketBook Education
(now sadly discontinued) and enjoyed it tremendously, as
well as the second Soiviet screen adaptaion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTTSFar2WDU
which has been a soul-elevating experiece to me. Our first
adaptation of Crusoe is an early 3D movie shot for the
world's first no-goggles stereoscopic movie theater, in
Moscow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ4g2Zh162k
Wuthering Heights (Bronte) has great characters, witty
conversations, and fun turns of phrase.
Emily Bronte. On my to-read list.
I have enjoyed the english translations of some books by
Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. They are great epics of life and
consequences.
Do try the shorter and later works by Tolstoy: Resurrection,
Kholstomer, and short stories. About "War and Pience" he
wrote: "I am not going to write such verbose dreck again."
We also have a very good screen adaptation of Resurrection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Ws9aK_S3U
(fragments)
-- shot when operators zoomed with their feet rather than
with variofocus lenses.
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