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A Spouse Divided: Two new Dostoevsky biographies
- rubylark 5y agoOof, imagine marrying your boss after only a month of working for him and after he repeatedly forgot your name. It's interesting how times and cultures seem so drastically different when it's only a few generations removed. I've only read "The Idiot" by Dostoyevsky, but hearing about his personal life, that explains some of the romantic dynamics that crop up in that book.
- codexcodexcodex 5y agoHarvard-educated Jewish female writes hit piece to #MeToo cancel one of the world's supergreat authors—an anti-semite, yes—140 years after his death.