• CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Haha! A subtle nod to my boo boo. Touché pussycat.

    Crime and Punishment was Dostoyevsky, not Tolstoy. You correctly invoked Tolstoy’s War and Peace.

    He too was an amazing writer. I loved War and Peace. The elaborate battle scenes appeal to my inner armchair general and love of military history. I considered it a gift, not a burden or crime worthy of punishment. ;)

    Edit: But Dostoyevsky was the master of Russian grief and gloom. Just thinking about him makes me want to go back to Brothers Karamazov and Notes from the Underground.

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      Oh, haha. The Tolstoy and Crime and Punishment combination tricked my mind. Loved crime and Punishment, probably my favourite book. But yeah, War and Peace was tough for me.