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Pacing is great! I was definitely a bit intimidated picking up this hefty 900 pager but I can tell this will be nothing but excitement through & through.

“Lee let his thin body down in the Morris chair. He was amused that a chair could give him so much pleasure.”

THIS IS ME EVERY MORNING IN MY READING CHAIR

I’m loving this. Everything it holds.

As another great review mentioned, the layering of this novel is so fantastic. Much greater than even Grapes of Wrath. I guess that’s why this is his self proclaimed Magnum Opus. Rare for a family epic to leave me shocked, mouth open, at a moment, yet here we are. Savoring this like no other so far…

“For devils prove to me that there Are higher-spirit natures.” (4358)

“Devil and Doubt both start with D” (4361)

Love some good Steinbeck. Been excited for this one, and found a beautiful Penguin Classics copy at Half Price from the 80s.

German epics are new to me... but alas... love the plot. The devil is a poodle!

Hilariously funny

Well I'm thoroughly impressed and hooked so far. 1) I've been annotating again and genuinely been laughing out loud at this book so far. 2) Love the reader callouts in the text where Gogol goes "reader, take note of this..."

Go Russian Lit!

My new pre-bed book. Lol.

Pg 218 “the mare had broken her back and it was decided to shoot her.”

Pg 251 “but it is better to do good in such a way that you may ask everyone and no one knows.”

Pg 253 “there are times when one would give a whole month for six pence and others when you wouldn’t sell half-an-hour at any price.”