In the second chapter I can't help to mention this quote - about the 3 girls Epanchin, who are models of perfection, except that...:

In a word, the world spoke well of the girls; but they were not without their enemies, and occasionally people talked with horror of the number of books they had read.

hahaha So, it's good to read, in XIXth century Russia, but not TOO much, especially for girls!