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If you think of even Tolstoy or a book like 'Anna Karenina,' you go from character to character, and each section is… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
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When I got into "Anna Karenina" and "Brothers Karamazov" and "Crime and Punishment," that was the stuff that - that had a… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I must have read three-quarters of 'Anna Karenina' on my phone. Which might be a record. — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
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Well-written novels make you more empathetic towards other people. You can identify with someone who isn't you. You can change your identity.… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
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In high school I read [Lev] Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" and loved it. Then I read [Friedrich] Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals"… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
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