Dostoevsky’s empathy for women and disdain for some of the uglier human traits he chooses to illustrate through men is everywhere in this chapter. Cheapness! Social climbing! Scheming! Self adulation! Tediousness! I just love how he allows these two roommates to be such shameless buffoons.
Dostoevsky’s empathy for women and disdain for some of the uglier human traits he chooses to illustrate through men is everywhere in this chapter. Cheapness! Social climbing! Scheming! Self adulation! Tediousness! I just love how he allows these two roommates to be such shameless buffoons.