"There are strange friendships: two friends almost want to devour each other, and they spend their entire lives living that way, but meanwhile they cannot part."
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons, 1871–72, first published in english in 1916
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if demons was popular in america do you think people would completely miss the point of his character & call him a sigma male
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Happy valentine's day!!
(On Fedka's picture it's translated like "People love crystal and silverware."
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Me: I read Dostoevsky for the plot! ✨🪓🩸
The plot: *greasy men being psychologically tormented by their sins while looking absolutely hot during manic episodes*
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Verkhovensky: Do you feel like you have everything necessary to preform your job?
Kirillov: I don’t have happiness.
Verkhovensky: Well, that’s not a workplace requirement.
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The new cover for this translation is such a downgrade it hurts
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First edition translation of Demons, or The Devils, or The Possessed found out in the wilds.
Dostoevsky be upon you.
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my dealer: got some straight gas 🔥😛 this strain is called “the possessed” 😳 you’ll be zonked out of your gourd 💯
me: yeah whatever. I don’t feel shit.
5 minutes later: dude I swear I just saw fyodor the convict commit arson
my buddy shatov, pacing: pyotr is lying to us
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"In sinning, each man sins against all, and each man is at least partly guilty for another's sin. There is no isolated sin."
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons, 1871–72, first published in english in 1916
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”stavrogin is my fave!!” yeah i’m sure you’re his fave too 💀💀
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Today I'm really happy because I found a performance on Demons that I haven’t seen yet .This is a production of the GITIS theater directed by Irina Pakhomova
On the frames:
1)Pyotr Verkhovensky ("ehehehp - vibe of this, really)
2)Lisa Tushina, (?), Anton Lavrentievich(?)
3) Lisa Tushina, Mavrikiy, with flowers Anton Lavrentievich|Chronicler(?)
4) Lisa and Mavrikiy
5) Stavrogin and Lebyadkina, on background Daria and Shatov
6) Alexey Kirillov
7)Varvara Stavrogina and Daria
8)Pyotr Verkhovensky
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