Literary The MobileRead Literary Book Club June 2011 Run-Off Vote - Page 3

beppe · 06-02-2011, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by caleb72

I've only read 2 chapters and the second was absolutely riveting. I'm not sure what purpose the story of Jesus and Pontius Pilate is going to have for the rest of the book but I devoured it.

Like a number of themes and traits, Bulgakov might have modeled it after Goethes's Faust.

This is what I copy/pasted from an essay about Faust that I received as a private communication.

... In the second part, however, many find themselves in foreign country – much like the science fiction of the 20th century – as the established narrative seems sunken into the ground and the characters suddenly move from Antiquity, through the Middle Ages and into the future. ...

caleb72 · 06-02-2011, 03:16 AM

I'm kinda wishing that Bulkakov wrote a whole story on the passion of Christ. I'm sure I would have found it an immersive experience.

orlok · 06-02-2011, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Thanks!

Then I need to hurry up

Then I need to start...

Ea · 06-02-2011, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

Then I need to start...

See orlok run.

Run, orlok, run!

orlok · 06-02-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

See orlok run.

Run, orlok, run!

Ea · 06-02-2011, 10:25 AM

I found a couple of interesting ressources:

http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/index.html

The myth of Goethe's Faust in The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_gui...pageNum-1.html

I also searched high and wide for a free full version in English of Goethe's Faust, but found only the first part.

jgaiser · 06-02-2011, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

I found a couple of interesting ressources:

Thanks for the links..

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I also searched high and wide for a free full version in English of Goethe's Faust, but found only the first part.

Will this work?

http://en.goethe-faust.org/

Ea · 06-02-2011, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by jgaiser

Will this work?

http://en.goethe-faust.org/

Thanks, but unfortunately they've never put the text of the second part online. Only prepared space for it.

jgaiser · 06-02-2011, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Thanks, but unfortunately they've never put the text of the second part online. Only prepared space for it.

Doh!

toomanybooks · 06-02-2011, 12:59 PM

I found a pdf copy scanned in Google books. Just put the following in the Google books search engine and you should get it. "Goethe's Faust, Part 2
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Bathurst Deanne"

Ea · 06-02-2011, 01:12 PM

Hamlet53 · 06-02-2011, 01:37 PM

So the discussion has already begun?

toomanybooks · 06-02-2011, 01:43 PM

Re the Christ story within the story, I'm not sure yet how it relates to the story as a whole, but I did read in one of my books that when he was writing this book Bulgakov was reading several historical christianity texts that approached Christ from a historical rather than religious perspective. That explains why many of the Biblical trappings are eliminated from his version.

Ea · 06-02-2011, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

So the discussion has already begun?

Not me. Just preparation so I actually have something to say when we start on the 17th

Hoyt Clagwell · 06-02-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ea

I found a couple of interesting ressources:

http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/index.html

The myth of Goethe's Faust in The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_gui...pageNum-1.html

I also searched high and wide for a free full version in English of Goethe's Faust, but found only the first part.

Here is another good source for The Master and Margarita.

http://cr.middlebury.edu/Bulgakov/PUBLIC_HTML/

View Poll Results: The MobileRead Literary Book Club June 2011 Run-Off Vote
On The Beach by Nevil Shute	12	35.29%
The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov	22	64.71%
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06-02-2011, 03:16 AM	#32
caleb72 Indie Advocate Posts: 2,224 Karma: 10912877 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kindle	I'm kinda wishing that Bulkakov wrote a whole story on the passion of Christ. I'm sure I would have found it an immersive experience. __________________ Papyrus - Independent Author Reviews "Happiness is the hidden behind the obvious."

06-02-2011, 12:59 PM	#40
toomanybooks Addict Posts: 299 Karma: 154234 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Ipad, Ipod Touch, KIndle Fire	I found a pdf copy scanned in Google books. Just put the following in the Google books search engine and you should get it. "Goethe's Faust, Part 2 By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Bathurst Deanne" __________________ "Will your darkest hour write a blank check on your soul?" Slaid Cleaves

06-02-2011, 01:43 PM	#43
toomanybooks Addict Posts: 299 Karma: 154234 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Ipad, Ipod Touch, KIndle Fire	Re the Christ story within the story, I'm not sure yet how it relates to the story as a whole, but I did read in one of my books that when he was writing this book Bulgakov was reading several historical christianity texts that approached Christ from a historical rather than religious perspective. That explains why many of the Biblical trappings are eliminated from his version. __________________ "Will your darkest hour write a blank check on your soul?" Slaid Cleaves

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06-02-2011, 10:25 AM	#36
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,498 Karma: 5169119 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad 2\|iPhone 4\|Sony 600	I found a couple of interesting ressources: http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/en/index.html The myth of Goethe's Faust in The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_gui...pageNum-1.html I also searched high and wide for a free full version in English of Goethe's Faust, but found only the first part.

06-02-2011, 01:12 PM	#41
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,498 Karma: 5169119 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad 2\|iPhone 4\|Sony 600

06-02-2011, 01:37 PM	#42
Hamlet53 American Senator Posts: 2,832 Karma: 25550144 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Sony 900, Nook Color (androided), Coby 10.1" Kyros Tablet	So the discussion has already begun?

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