“......Dostoevsky is not a great writer, but a rather mediocre one-with flashes of excellent humor, but, alas, with wastelands of literary platitudes in between."
People only unfold, accordingly, under constantly changing conditions. However, as to whether a great understanding and depiction of the nature of human mind is a value in itself when gauging literary merit, that’s a question open to debate.
道德拷问+肥皂剧式的情节=好看,热闹,深刻
Richard Pevear 和老婆 Larissa Volokhonsky合作翻译的这个版本据说就是英文版里面最好的一个版本了。