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“What if I were not to die! What if life were given back to me—what infinity! And it would all be mine! then I’d turn each minute into a whole age, I’d lose nothing, I’d reckon up every minute separately, I’d let nothing be wasted!”

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The Idiot

Focusing on the life of a seemingly naive individual, the story delves into the complexities of society and the individual's place within it. more

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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