I think Tolstoy's Anna Karenina must be about one of the most beautiful works of art. Some passages are so moving and perceptive. Have you ever experienced artistic ecstacy? I haven't made it up. It's a real phenomenon sometimes hits people in places like Florence or Rome. It's like when some music moves you to tears. I felt this with Botticelli and Tolstoy. Read 'War and Peace' by the same author. I also love Chekhov. Memorable short stories are 'The Steppe','Easter Sunday'. His plays are wonderful and can be read: Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull. I don't remember the Three Sisters very well. I thought the dialogues in Dostoevsky's ' The Devils', sometimes translated as 'The Possessed', were fantastic. I read it when I was 18 and it still haunts me today. The best translator is Constance Garnett.
Thanks Ted! (aka Tadeusz)
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