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The Prisoner of the Caucasus.

So, I'm eagerly awaiting a biography about a Russian monarch, and the idea of reading novels set from the 17th century all the way to World War II crossed my mind. So I compiled a list and am reading some literature that has stood the test of time. But when I started reading this book, I was immediately hooked by Zhilin's narrative at the hands of the Tartars.

sometimes i feel like rory gilmore in season 1 where she has a bus novel, a bus memoir, a lunch short story collection, a lunch novel, and a home novel. god forbid i carry three books in my backpack have you no whimsy? and let’s not talk about my chronic back pain that’s not the point

Finished the namesake short story. I can say I appreciated the fundamental question Tolstoy was asking. I've never watched someone die, but I hope we all can taste the sweet release of death when our time comes.