The 19th century Russian Empire was a great era for their national writers and poets like Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Pushkin, Gogol, Chekov. With stories raging from reckless foids 
to raging incels 
!bookworms !classics, what are the works, writers and characters of Russian Literature you love and those you hate? And what are your unpopular opinions/hot takes on them?
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I'll be honest, my reading of Russian classics is limited. That's why I specifically read Fathers and Sons by Turgenev a few years ago to get some exposure.
I have mixed feelings. I can see why the book is an important testimony to the times, but I also hated it and struggled to finish. Primarily because I despised Yevgeny with my whole heart. And just about every other character was a spineless little worm as well. It's really rare for me to dislike everyone involved in a story.
I'm glad I read it as exposure to something historically important, but I haven't gotten back on the Russian Lit train since.
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