Wonderful reply, Frances. It is very interesting that you brought up Russian novels and Dostoevsky in particular. I wrote a separate post the other day which included a reference to "Notes From the Underground"

https://baos.pub/four-depressing-novels-i-love-a894f8a639dc

Interesting I have started putting together a list of Russian novels for a post. I had a Russian literature class in college. Russian literature is in a realm all its own, so different from other literature in so many ways.

I love The Great Gatsby, read it several times. I read Madame Bovary in college years ago and remember struggling through it. Maybe I should try it again.

My wife's two favorite novels are Anna Karenina and Gone with the Wind.

You and I have some things in common it would appear!