A Spouse Divided: Two new Dostoevsky biographies (bookforum.com)

Oof, imagine marrying your boss after only a month of working for him and after he repeatedly forgot your name. It's interesting how times and cultures seem so drastically different when it's only a few generations removed.

I've only read "The Idiot" by Dostoyevsky, but hearing about his personal life, that explains some of the romantic dynamics that crop up in that book.

Harvard-educated Jewish female writes hit piece to #MeToo cancel one of the world's supergreat authors—an anti-semite, yes—140 years after his death.