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What are you currently reading? (09/06/2024) (lemmus.org)
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Example: I’m reading Moby Dick by Herman Melville to get back into reading classic books.

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[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago

Speaking of classics I have just now finished The Idiot by Dostoevsky. I think I need some time to process it! It felt like a commentary on the changing society of the time, and how a perfectly innocent and loving person couldn't survive said society. More than anything the book seemed like a vessel for Dostoevsky to share various ideas and philosophies.