/lit/ - Literature

>Fyodor Dostoevsky had a child named Alyosha
>this son died at the same age Ilyusha dies
>tfw the description of Captain Snegiryov following the funeral party, picking up flower petals in distress and playing them on the casket, then not knowing where to sit and wringing his hat are Dostoevsky's attempts to communicate his grief
>tfw the brothers Karamazov makes me feel really sad