A fable on onions from The Brother’s Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the translation by Constance Garnett: “You see, Alyosha,” Grushenka turned to him with a nervous laugh. “I was boasting when I told Rakitin I had given away an onion, but it’s not to boast I tell you about it. It’s only a story, but it’s a […]
