/lit/ - Literature

>Russian Orthodox created the greatest writer in history.

>rich
>famous
>regarded as a genius
>loving wife and 14 children
>teehee I am so depressed now
Fucking hack

>I have never been in love with women. I have very often been in love with men; my first love was the two Pushkins, then the second – Saburov, then the third Zybin and Dyakov, the fourth Obolensky, Blosfeld, Islavin, then Gautier and many others. Of all these people I still love only Dyakov. For me the chief sign of love is the fear of offending or not pleasing the object of one’s love; simply fear. I fell in love with men before I had any idea of the possibility of pederasty; but even when I knew about it, the idea of the possibility of coitus never occurred to me. . . . here is the case of Dyakov; but I shall never forget the night when we were travelling from Pirogovo, and, wrapped up underneath a travelling rug, I wanted to kiss him and cry. There was sensuality in that feeling, but why it took that course it’s impossible to decide because, as I said, my imagination never painted any lubricious pictures; on the contrary, I have a terrible aversion to all that.
Leo Tolstoy's diary, 29 November 1851

>seethes so much about Napoleon that his magnum opus is just drivel trying to discredit his generalship
what was his problem with Napoleon?

Was Tolstoy right about warfare? Does it victory or defeat just come down to luck?

Russian literature unironically made me give up on pursuing happiness. I now understand that I am an inherently miserable person, and nothing I can do will change that. Whether or not this is a good thing is up to you.

>just believe bro

Wow so profound, glad I read a thousand pages to gain that insight

Hello Russian bros, does Tolstoy really describe Karatayev's dog in the 4th volume of War and Peace as 'purple'? Or is my translation faulty? Because how can a dog BE FUCKING PURPLE?

>>19161738
Refuted.

tolsty

>Writes soap operas
>Regarded as one of the literary greats
How did he manage to do it /lit/ bros?