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posted February 28, 2012 11:58 AM            

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Leo Tolstoy
"The death of Ivan Ilych"
It is a short story (about 70 pages long).

"My life was definitely false"
"Pity me, As I wished to be pitied"

I know I know another "morbid" russian novel.
But please read!

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posted March 02, 2012 04:37 AM            

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What's it about?

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Remember, love can conquer the influences of the planets....It can even eliminate karma.

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posted March 02, 2012 03:07 PM            

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Our own mortality.
It is very powerful novel.
Depressing, but thought provoking.
Tolstoy describes last weeks of a dieing men.

Besides that i am from Russia, originally.
I think it is a MUST read novel.
1st time I read was in high school. It was in my high school curriculum.

Since that I re-read it like 4 times and each time the book felt different.

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posted March 03, 2012 02:59 PM            

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Interesting.

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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