Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism

[thesummerqueen]

Happily, no one has been able to explain to me why I should finish forcing myself through Anna Karenina.

You shouldn't. The narrative style of the 19th century is pretty hard to stomach for us. I find it much easier and more entertaining to read Shakespear than anything from the 19th century.

I don't think it's even that - I'll read just about any century. It's that IDGAF what these rich Russian bastards are whining about, lol.

The first line of the novel is relevant, just like the first line of Pride & Prejudice. But while both deal with relationships and heartbreak and class structure and all that shit, somehow Austen manages to keep her characters sympathetic with a minimal amount of sniveling.