Progress. The man was a religious radical who thought it pointless to try to make a better life. He hated atheists, Jews, socialists, anyone who dared question the status quo. By his reasoning, we should all accept our oppression and live in shackles until we die. He would have been a great writer if such ignorance and mysticism hadn't tainted his work.
[ His books were entertaining, yes, with a strong grasp of the Russian language, but such things can hardly be separated from the hand and the soulβfiguratively speakingβwhich created them. ]
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[ His books were entertaining, yes, with a strong grasp of the Russian language, but such things can hardly be separated from the hand and the soulβfiguratively speakingβwhich created them. ]