chernishevski's

Updated: June 1, 2025

But still, the devil take the whole of this idiotical day and that equivocal reasoner the reporter Platonov, and his own Lichonin's absurd outburst of chivalry! Just as though, in reality, this had not taken place in real life, but in Chernishevski's novel, What's to be done? And how, devil take it, with what eyes will I look upon her tomorrow?"

A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin - Yama: the pit