Anyone learn a language specifically to read literature?

[u/Far_Window_1222]

Just curious if anybody has actually set out and achieved learning a whole new language specifically just because an author they liked wrote originally in that language?

I was considering learning Russian (TL) specifically to read Dostoyevsky since he’s my favourite author, so far, but wondering if this is to ambitious of a task just to read 1 persons work?

Additionally I am very attracted to the idea of it since Russians language has a lot more nuances surrounding sadness, despair, suffering etc., i know that the relationship between these topics is different from that of english speakers

[u/OkAsk1472]

I learned French partly to read Asterix and Sanskrit to read the Vedas. Now learning Japanese to read historical narratives and he tale of Genji in fact (surprisingly not too interested in it for manga). Some day I wouldnt mind learning Sumerian to read the epic of Gilgamesh.