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La Mala *the mean girl*
La Mala *the mean girl* rated it 10 years ago
Kindred's Reading Challenge: #16 A novel by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky or Nabokov
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 10 years ago
bookshelves: summer-2010, slavic, classic, published-1865, napoleonic, re-read, play-dramatisation, epic-proportions, historical-fiction, families, winter-20102011, autumn-2010, re-visit-2015, winter-20142015, adventure, absolute-favourites, cousin-love, cults-societies-brotherhoods, eye-scorcher, ...
Helen Rena
Helen Rena rated it 10 years ago
Anna Karenina starts on a kind note: a loveless arranged marriage between a young woman named Anna and her much, much older husband starts crumbling because Anna falls in love with a young man. So yes, love between people of the same age, condemnation of arranged marriages, and all that. However, di...
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd]
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd] rated it 11 years ago
“Tomorrow, tomorrow—Ah, but if only I could set things right tomorrow, and be born again, and rise again from the dead!”The Gambler is hoping that he can change someday! "Tomorrow, maybe!" He says. Then, tomorrow comes and nothing happens! "Ok .. No problem! I'll change .. Tomorrow!" And tomorrow co...
Crash My Book Party
Crash My Book Party rated it 11 years ago
I would have loved to give War and Peace a 5 star rating. I was so close, too. But then we reached the 100-page epilogue and it was all downhill from there. Granted, I made it through more than 1250 pages before I started to consider the possibility of a DNF, but I had gotten that far and with good ...
AnnaMatsuyama
AnnaMatsuyama rated it 11 years ago
Веселые годы, Счастливые дни – Как вешние воды Промчались они!--Из старинного романса_ 'Years of gladness,Days of joy,Like the torrents of springThey hurried away.'--From an Old Ballad_ Here's a love triangle that doesn't suck! To enhance the story: Tchaikovsky's The Seasons. April: Snowdrop ...
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd]
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd] rated it 11 years ago
Like always, my dear friend Mr. Dostoyevsky was really great. (Oh, friend sounds really good!)This is the sixth novel I read for him, and I enjoyed it pretty much. The story was amazing and the flow of events was impeccable (though I nearly hated the Prince eventually!)I read about Dostoyevsky, and ...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
bookshelves: winter-20132014, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, slavic, published-1830, translation, noir Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Don Read on December 17, 2013 Listen hereThanks Don!Oh! there's more, some films: Nikolai Gogol: Magical Ukrainian Fairy Tale on Christmas EveNot one for the kid...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
bookshelves: summer-2010, slavic, classic, published-1865, napoleonic, re-read, play-dramatisation, epic-proportions, historical-fiction, families, winter-20102011, autumn-2010 Read from November 22 to December 04, 2010, read count: 3 ** spoiler alert ** Re-read details:[image error]BBC7 dramatis...
Pitter Patter of Little Thoughts
Pitter Patter of Little Thoughts rated it 12 years ago
I finally finished this book after a freaking month and a half. I can't believe it, it's the longest I've ever spent reading a leisure book. But! I am glad I read it.This book reads a little like a 18th century soap, filled with drama about affairs and love interests and stealing people's boyfriends...
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