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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crime and punishment is very good, would recommend. anna karenina i didnt enjoy very much but i was like 16 years old at the time. im at about halfway finished with brothers karamazov right now and its top tier
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Which translation are you reading?
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garnett 1912. the one which still uses the word "gay" as "happy", it always cracks me up especially when the monks use it
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