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If you had the ability to transmit information to your past self, but exclusively through fictional novels, which ones would you select? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. Our conscience is what makes us human and divine.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I read that book and ended feeling I'm broken as a human.

The protagonist feels ashamed of being alive and trying to fend for himself, by eliminating objectively harmful individuals.