Didn’t read the article:
Moby Dick
Brothers Karamazoff
Any of “The Russians “
I did read most the Brothers Karamazoff. I hated it and by the end I wanted them all to die a gruesome death. I skipped a bit to the end and as I recall, they did.
In the English novel the lovers want each other at the beginning and get each other at the end.
In the French novel the lovers have each other at the beginning and part in the end.
In the Russian novel they neither want nor get each other but brood about it for 800 pages.
Ugh! I am reading that one now - up to page 500! I love Russian lit but this one is painful. But I hate quitting books in the middle (and ok, I'm a little bit curious about if Mitya is guilty). If Russians are really such drama queens it's a wonder they had time for a Revolution!
Atlas Shrugged I've read four times. 1984 I've read once. Never read any of the rest.