[HumanaeVitae]

Nick--

I have a more current translation (Pevear), but look up Kirillov's dialogue right before his suicide. That's the most gripping--and relevant--passage in the book. Explaining why he wishes to commit suicide. It's in the chapter "A Toilsome Night", I believe (I don't have the book handy).

[nickcarraway]

Yes! Kirilov is an amazing character. Very few, if any other, writers could have imagined that character. Dostoyevsky creates characters from the whole spectrum of humanity. Also ``At Thikon's (Stavrogin's confession)'' Who else could have created that?