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		maplethorpe 54 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Maybe the default settings are too high Were you reading it in the original Russian?

JumpCrisscross 54 days ago | [–]

Haven’t gotten around to re-reading Dostoyevsky. But Turgenev’s English translations absolutely benefit from slow reading.

treavorpasan 53 days ago | | [–]

Fathers and Sons were absolute masterpiece.

projektfu 53 days ago | [–]

Yes, in the English translation

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