I love how Gogol uses magical realism and satire to be like "yeah some people are really vain and classist in Russia rn. and some of the men here? yeah, super misogynistic with a fragile masculinity." also, special mentions, White Nights by Dostoevsky and The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. I love all of these stories for different reasons
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The nose made me lol it’s like an episode of Monty python
Mar 18, 2025

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I read it today and I'm watching the 1967 movie adaptation right now. very cool and creepy story, definitely reccomend for someone wanting to read something short
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Short stories „A Russian Beauty“ and „Spring in Fialta“. Why: sublime.
Mar 11, 2024
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Fantastic introduction to his work and Russian literature incredibly relatable and humorous
Jan 22, 2024

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I was bullied a lot for my eye color as a kid (because me having very dark brown hair and very dark brown eyes made me look "evil", apparently) and, naturally, began to dislike them. but as I've gotten out of school and away from people who put me down, I've realized how insane it is to bully someone over their eye and hair color and grown to love the color of my eyes. I mean, they may be dark but there's nothing wrong with that. and I can take pretty pictures of my eyes too, I just have to blind myself and almost stare into the sun to do so lol
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recently, when I wake up in the morning and have time to kill, I've been spending a bit of time reading before or after I get myself ready to go about the day instead of sitting on my phone when I first wake up. I feel like it helps clear my mind for the day and it feels nice to not immediately scroll when I wake up like I used to
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"yap" about the things that interest you all you want; enjoy your hobbies and pour your heart into them, stop worrying about if what you're into is "cringe"; if your friends don't like your hobbies/interests and put you down for enjoying them, find people that will; surround yourself with people you love who love you back and you will be so much happier than the people that are so quick to put others down for pursuing their happiness