tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4042949306475696839..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Dostoevsky is hilarious.Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10725519006601907712008-09-23T17:18:00.000-05:002008-09-23T17:18:00.000-05:00Here's Constance Garnett's version, from The Broth...Here's Constance Garnett's version, from <EM>The Brothers Karamazov</EM>: "The old man has been honest all his life and as faithful to my father as seven hundred poodles."<BR/><BR/>The passage around this is pretty funny, too. Maybe not "seven hundred poodles" funny.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-73960552262536969322008-09-22T22:46:00.000-05:002008-09-22T22:46:00.000-05:00One of the funniest lines I've come across in lite...One of the funniest lines I've come across in literature; as I remember it: 'He was as loyal as 700 poodles' courtesy of our Mr. Dostoevsky...NigelBealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094387597632333192noreply@blogger.com