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med_cat: (woman reading)
med_cat: (woman reading)

The eternal questions

med_cat: (woman reading)
...or at least they are, in classic Russian literature--

"What is to be done?"

"Who is to blame?"

...and then it all turns into

"An ordinary story".
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...Yes, all three are titles of 19th century novels...can elaborate if anyone is interested.

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amaebi: black fox (Default)
Feb. 28th, 2024 06:33 am (UTC)
Oh, my, that is one of the saddest things I've heard- and *of course* I'm interested. :D
med_cat: (woman reading)
Mar. 1st, 2024 12:06 am (UTC)
"What is to be done" is by Chernyshevsky; it's an utopia really...a vision of a future communist society of sorts

"Who is to blame" is by Herzen, and appears to come to the conclusion that bad milieu is to blame

"An Ordinary Story" is by Goncharov...an interesting story, of a stars-in-his eyes young man, how he goes to St. Petersburg to make his way in the world, and what happens after that...


(The "what is to be done" and "who is to blame" remark is not mine...I only added the "ordinary story")
amaebi: black fox (Default)
Mar. 1st, 2024 04:58 am (UTC)
Thanks!
med_cat: (dog and book)
Mar. 1st, 2024 09:38 am (UTC)
Anytime :) Can provide more details and links to the novels and authors' bios if you wish