I haven't cried so much for a book as for this one

only if your balls touched

Turgenev is great for feels. Not afraid of a satisfying emotional ending, which is no bad thing

Why did you cry for it? What happened to it?

Essentially about a friendship between two exceptionally bright schoolboys, one of whom insists on his being a nihilist (and plays the part very well). Generally the family atmosphere is loving so what all happens is really sad. Real sense of the brevity of life in this one.

Nihilist blown the fuck out by pussy

Yeah but why were you crying for the book? Did someone do something bad to it? Was it abused? What happened to it?

>this book made me cry
what? did it grow arms and punch (you) in the eye, user? Or, how did it compel or 'make' you?
>etc.
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It isn't that difficult to give an ESL or an awkward writer the benefit of the doubt here, user. Try it sometime.

But I can only give someone the benefit of the doubt if I'm willing to admit he might have been justified in doing something wrong. Was it you who hurt the book user? It's okay you can talk about it.

Which translation should I read?

>this guy doubling down on a joke which fell flat hours ago
How come Turgenev wrote such short elegant novels compared to his contemporaries? Not just the other Russians, but most 19th century novels are huge, but Turgenev keeps his so tight and concise. I feel he's aged better because of this

Cliff notes of Dostos Demons

Bumping for this.

Fuck bazarov

Third

Hm. Perhaps youre on to something here. Maybe. Maybe opening one's mouth to talk about a book or to pick up a pen or in this instance to type about a book is to do it *unspeakable* damage. Yes. Youve turned the tables. I'm surely guilty.

i never thought it was that sad, wasn't really arsed at the end when you know. In fact, i very rarely get sad from books, not sure why.
decent novel though, good length. the nihilist lad was interesting and i liked his battles with the old fellas