#russian literature

[bsd-bibliophile]

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

[karaviav]

Katerina has her... priorities

[yumaisbored]

falling madly in love with a woman after telling her (and her mother) to her face that she is remarkably similar to her brother in every way is really just all-around incredible behaviour Razumikhin no one is doing it like you do

[metamorphesque]

― Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

[carrotluvr]

my psychiatrist just diagnosed me with 19th century russian literature character

[deadpoet-skull]

" It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader. "

- Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

[starplatinumnun]

manga where a teenage girl is isekaied into a dostoevsky novel as the grizzled 20+ year old male protagonist but she isn't phased whatsoever because her special interest was 19th century russian literature

[joytri]

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

[mournfulroses]

Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, translated by Babette Deutsch, from “Creation,”

[fullmetalfisting]

Arguably one of the funniest ways to begin a novel

[intothedreamverse]

White Nights, Fyodor Dostoevsky

[zaydalix]

- Ivan Turgenev

[amicus-noctis]

[solarrbbyy]

[metamorphesque]

― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gentle Spirit

[hamoodmood]