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I believe those words are said by the elder Zosima in one of the early chapters when he has several visitors. Not Alyosha - although it's been several years sin
by SubGenius 2y ago
I believe those words are said by the elder Zosima in one of the early chapters when he has several visitors. Not Alyosha - although it's been several years since I've reread the book.
- gsf_emergency 2y agoAh thanks! I do, now, remember the foul stench of Zosima's body :) Again, liberal amounts of salt/lime may work, to stop it from turning allegorical.. https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-Dostoyevsky-was-expressing-with-the-foul-stench-that-was-the-corpse-of-Father-Zosima-almost-to-a-comic-degree https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-Dostoyevsky-was-expr...