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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
because it took a long time to write and it was think with ideas, characterizations, and a "philosophy of life" as they say, and it wasn't written in 4 days on twitter, and it wasn't a stretched out short story either. it was an entire world. my favorite chapter is when levin is working with the mujiks. felt like i was right there!
took me like 2 months to read it at the rate of a chapter or two a day. like one would watch a tv series these days, only requiring more effort, and therefore more satisfying
i also love the idea of "living well but thinking incorrectly" or however it was put in the translation, i forget really. one of the greatest books ever written
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It didn’t resonate with me quite as intensely as Brothers Karamazov — the only other Russian classic I’ve read in the last few years — but yes, a whole world indeed.
I loved the chapter after Levin and Kitty first get married, the beginning of book 2, when it breaks down how their communication seems to constantly, inexplicably, deteriorate over the smallest things. That was relatable as hell, and utterly, devastatingly sad.
Also, the chapter when Levin’s brother is ill and Kitty is there to help. That was so touching.
So much of the book feels so nihilistic, but there’s a tenderness to the way it wraps up. So many people seem to find it so depressing, but to me it ended on a positive note (possibly because I was convinced tragedy would strike more characters, up to the very last page I was afraid of more deaths!)