Aug 08, 2009 21:30
NOTE TO SELF: Never again read the fragmentary chapters of Dead Souls. You can put the book away after finishing Part One without feeling like a quitter.
There is no reason to read those chapters again. This has nothing to do with the question of whether or not they were meant to be read by anyone, and it has nothing to do with deciding if Gogol would want them read. It has everything to do with not wasting time. The incomplete chapters are just not worth reading.
(Let's see if I can stick to this.)