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ragingliberty t1_jdk1lqm wrote

A friend of my family, a Russian woman who is now 102, told me to read War & Peace once every decade of life. She said it would have a totally different effect. I read it at 20, again at 37, and I’ll give it another go at 45 or so. The experience at 37 was so much different and better than at 20. I’d like to do the same with Les Miserables.

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Estudiier t1_jdl73xi wrote

I found that with reading To Kill a Mockingbird. I learned more each time.

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PumpkinPieIsGreat t1_jdlgiav wrote

I still haven't read it. I definitely need to try it out. I even got the movie because Gregory Peck was a great actor. But I will need to read the book first.

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groovygruver t1_jdlh9ty wrote

This is the next book I’m reading. I’m 25. Just got into literature and have thouroughly enjoyed Notes from Undergroud and the brothers k by Dostoevsky so far. Time to pay Tolstoy his respect as well

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ragingliberty t1_jdm3ok5 wrote

Go for it! Have you read Crime and Punishment?

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groovygruver t1_jdnei9o wrote

Just realized I said literature above when I meant to say Russian literature. I have not but it will most like be my next Dostoyevsky book!

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