pickI'm not sure how big the audience is for a biography of Dostoyevsky's second wife, but I really enjoyed this book. Anna was a fascinating, complicated woman, and it's such a joy to read biographies of people who may not be household names but still had rich, eventful, interesting lives.
Anna Grigoreyevna Snitkina was born in Petersburg on August 30, 1846, the balmy feast day of the thirteenth-century warrior-prince Saint Alexander Nevsky, amid the sonorous ringing of monastery bells and the solemn strains of a military band. Later in life, she would say that the timing and ceremonial spirit of her arrival in the world were no coincidence.
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pickA whirlwind tour through Dostoyevsky‘s life. Not so much about him in love… unless you mean in love with making poor financial choices 🤷♀️
"Dostoevsky is trying to show that humankind is constantly drawn to confront and acknowledge the ultimate mystery and irrationality of human life and of the human personality.
Day 19 - #ClassicYouEnjoyed #GratefulReads #CrimeandPunishment #FyodorDostoyevsky
A must read classic! Masterpiece! Riveting!
Murder story, told from a murder‘s point of view, that implicates even the most innocent reader in its enormities. It is a cat-and-mouse game between a tormented young killer and a cheerfully implacable detective. It is a preternaturally acute investigation of the forces that impel a man toward sin, suffering, and grace.
Rowan Williams's comprehensive theological interpretation of Dostoyevsky is as fascinating as it is esoteric.
#RussianLit #Volume1 #1873 - #1876
From the back cover:
"The Diary's radical format was matched by the extreme range of it's contents. In a single frame A Writer's Diary was to combine an astonishing variety of material: short stories; humorous sketches; reports on sensational crimes; historical predictions; portraits of famous people; autobiographical pieces; and plans for stories, some of which were never written..."
#RussianLit #Diary
#Volume1 #1873 - #1876
#Volume2 #1877 - #1881
Introductory study by #GarySaulMorson
Translated & Annotated by #KennethLantz
From the back cover description:
"...Diary began as a column in a literary journal, but by 1876 Dostoevsky was able to bring it out as a complete monthly publication with himself as editor, publisher, and sole contributor, suspending work on The Brothers Karamozov in order to do so"
