#Russian classics

[metamorphesque]

"The Brothers Karamazov", Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Constance Garnett)

[diabolicalrat]

I lied I don’t like sex. Put your clothes back on. Let’s discuss Dostoevsky.

[jeandelispector]

dostoevsky's manuscripts

[literatureaesthetic]

read my third ferrante of the year (altered my brain chemistry, per usual), and my first ever annie ernaux!! 📓 now onto 'first love' by ivan turgenev, a russian classic i've been meaning to read for years now.

[tragikomizm]

fyodor i cant highlight the entire book

[metalobrukht]

The article excerpts:

(TW/CW: usual shit the russians do)

I can't bring myself to call them anything else except maniacs, especially the officers and employees of government agencies. Evdokimov personally sawed my teeth with a file and tried to stick a bottle into my vagina. Meanwhile, his Arkharovites were hitting me from different sides.

I was undressed, tied up with tape, doused with water and connected to the current (...) After the torture, they tied me with my arms raised for the night, I had no strength at all and it was hard to stand on my bruised heels, shifting on my toes. They also kept me in a basement, where you could only sit or stand. It was incredibly cold there, it chilled you to the bone. They gave me some water for long amounts of time – I only wet my lips so that I could at least slightly wet strategic places, and my period was a separate story – getting hold of pads, or rather, using a T-shirt.

The worst thing is that they said that they knew which kindergarten my child went to and would bring her a toy with explosives.

She's still there. The article is from her trial in russia.

There are people being held in captivity since 2014. They're holding fake trials in order to not let go of some of them.

This is real and is exactly what russia wants for all of us once they are able to.

[cryptkeeper777]

A little strange Doctor Who crossover with Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. With two Masters and Behemoth the Cat.

[unfayth]

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (translation by Constance Garnett)

[andreai04]

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

‘I have nothing to forget or forgive, I never ceased to love you.'

[tolstoesky]

it’s very funny to me that when dostoevsky was coming up with verkhovensky’s character he was all like “i’m going to make a villain. a true demon. this man is pure evil. he represents everything that is wrong with russia. he isn’t capable of love or being loved.” and then created this gay little twink of a man with daddy issues and a toxic crush

[metamorphesque]

― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gentle Spirit

[shadyblacklin]

marauders as russian classics aesthetic

remus: Dostoevsky (biblicaly miserable)

sirius: Lermontov (beautifulness, scandalous)

regulus: Tolstoy (water. a lot of water)

james: Chekhov (love and humour)

peter: Bulgakov (dark lord)

[diabolicalrat]

No rizz just grey eyes and dostoevskian suffering

[arsanimarum]

[Except for your eyes, / no blade can control me, / no sharpened knife.]

Vladimir Mayakovsky, Lilichka

[literatureaesthetic]

introducing one of my challenges/reading goals for next year (heavily inspired by emmie on youtube)

— after having an extremely mid reading year this year, i'm hoping to focus on quality over quantity in 2024. for me, this means reading a lot of bucket list books. i'm so excited to check off a couple of classic tomes from my tbr!!

i'll also be doing an in-depth analysis or review on my substack, and a highlight on my instagram for live updates (if anyone wants to join me, the schedule is above <3)

[butchkaramazov]