Anton Chekhov: There are people whom even children’s literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages

There are people whom even children’s literature would corrupt. They read with p — Anton Chekhov

There are people whom even children’s literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon.

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