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The Brothers Karamazov

I'm nominating this article for peer review because there are not many articles about novels that have reached featured article status. I believe this novel deserves consideration because it is a world classic. Most of the content is from my own research so I would appreciate any objections or suggestions to get this article ready to become featured. Thanks. Jonesboy1983 16:41, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The introduction should better summarise the article.
Lists don't seem to be widely liked on FA, could the character list be written as prose?
The setting for the book could also use some expansion in the main text.
There are hardly any wikilinks.
It seems like there should be some discussion of the literary techniques used by Dostoevsky in the book, like multiple narrators.
A section on the influence of the work on Russian and other Western literature, and within popular culture would be good too. --nixie 01:40, 3 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The bones of a fine article, however The Reading the novel section is a misleading title (seems to be about translations) and is far too short. Sections on the literary context and style of the novel is needed, as is a legacy section, detailing any influence the book had on later literature (Henry Miller springs to mind imediately). <ad> I have listed this here BTW </ad>. Filiocht | Blarneyman 08:33, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I created a section on Structure in the novel and moved the reading the novel section into a smaller heading of translation. I also put in a section on the novel's influence detailing Freud and Kafka's high regard for the novel. Jonesboy1983 19:37, 6 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- If this article goes to WP:FAC, I just know that someone will say, 'Can you provide a source for the statement "Although it was written in the 19th century, The Brothers Karamazov is a surprisingly modern novel."'. Can this be changed to "Although it was written in the 19th century, The Brothers Karamazov has bee described by XXX as a surprisingly modern novel.", with XXX being a reputable literary critic or author? Filiocht | Blarneyman 08:37, May 9, 2005 (UTC)