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Finished part one. Razumov continues to fascinate. Can’t wait to see where the story goes

An insane second chapter. I’m totally engrossed. The mad Razumov, regenerated as an autocrat through violence, desiring the advent of the Leviathan to lead a weary and beleaguered mankind, comprised of drunks and mad revolutionaries, into a stable future. A man with no home, no heart which to call upon or set himself against, attaches himself to a historical and geographic immensity and becomes its servant.

“Words… are the foes of truth.”

Amazing first chapter. Conrad might be the best writer the English language has seen