Anna C’s Reviews > The Brothers Karamazov > Status Update

Last month, when I finished "Demons," I wrote here that I was afraid all my best Dostoevksy experiences were behind me, now that I had read all his great works. I hadn't reread a Dostoevsky yet, so I couldn't say if they'd produce equally moved reactions in me the second time 'round. Well, here we go! Seeing as Tolkien works produce a *stronger emotional reaction* in me with every subsequent reread, I'm optimistic.

We're assured the world is becoming more united, is being formed into brotherly communion, by the shortening of distances, by the transmitting of thoughts through the air. Alas, do not believe in such a union of people. Taking freedom to mean the prompt satisfaction of their needs, they live only for mutual envy, for pleasure-seeking, and for display.


When Elder Zosima seems to preach at a 21st century audience...

The Grand Inquisitor chapter!!