Aldenhan - Rosie

raskolnikov from crime and punishment would never survive if he had a period

nikolai rostov im your biggest fan

uhm..

I LOVE U NATASHA ROSTOVA!

andrei "doomed by the narrative" bolkonsky has been on my mind recently.

the oresteia by roberte icke / prologue by dave malloy / waltz of the 101st lightborne / war and peace (1966-7) by sergei bondarchuk / grief lessons by anne carson / sunday morning by dave malloy / lake mungo (2001) / moby dick by herman melville / empty stage by franz wright / catheryne m. valente / the triumph of achilles by louise glück / ? / grief lessons by anne carson

Natasha, Pierre, and Andrei

And if you don't love me now (you don't love me now) You will never love me again I can still hear you saying (still hear you saying) You would never break the chain (never break the chain)

i have a tendency to spoil things for myself because i’m too eager so i’m challenging myself to read crime and punishment without spoiling it for myself and it’s so hard but it also has made me much more motivated to read so maybe there’s some virtues to this

i’ve seen ppl criticize both kitty and natasha for being tolstoy’s overly stereotypical girl characters and while i hate tolstoy and think he was a misogynist, those girls are also just like me… so. maybe he was onto something there.