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Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Dostoyevsky's penetrating study of a man for whom the distinction between right and wrong...more
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Crime and Punishment made a surprise leap onto my favs list, though of all my favs I've had the least success passing on my passion to my friends. Maybe it's been misrepresented as too much of a classic and not enough of a dark, psycho-thriller, because even though it doesn't have "slasher gore" or whatever defines a psycho-thriller these days, the entire premise is creepy...more
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Dark and organic like most of Dostoyevsky's work. And like the rest of his work, it's easy to get bogged down in the copious detail and endless narrative. Yet Dostoyevsky proves himself to be unafraid to enter most deeply the dankest, blackest, most sordid part of both life, humanity, and the soul. This book is long, but hold out for the uplifting ending. This book is a revealing look...more
Perhaps the only novel till now which i found interesting from the very first sentence. This was my first Dostoyevsky novel and i became his fan. Apart from the predictable ending in most of his novels, the story remains quite gripping. Strangely enough but i often imagined Enrique Igliceous as Raskolnikov in rags, hahaha! Strange yes but thats how imagination works.
I enjoyed 'Crime and Punishment', but not as much as I enjoyed Dostoevsky's later 'The Idiot'. I think, (or hope) the translation of the Worsdworth edition was partly to blame- other reviews I have seen find some versions too long- winded and literal, losing the effect of the original work. Sadly I cannot read Russian, and find the idea of learning too overwhelming at the moment.It could just...more
This books delves deep into the mind of the main character, as he self-analyzes through a series of long rants, as the murder-plot progresses. All the characters are extremely well-developped and the world created is one of intrigue and suspicion. The long, intellectual discussions and monologues are written so cleverly and with enough wit to keep you entertained while twisting every possible...more
Initially confusing, what with all the similar or names of characters plur the nicknaming but after fifty or so pages it works itself out. The book is about Raskolnikoff a poor student who murders two women then tries to cover it up and live with the guilt. At times claustrophobic, the tension and paranoia created make this a great read. i read it in six days. YOU! Do it too.
This book is amazing, just like it's writer. You must read something, enything from Dostozevskz to say you've been reading good stuff. This book is about man who kills old lady and her sister becase of the money they had. But man's feelings and thinkings after the murder are strenght of this book. Thez are described with such humanity that you must belive that Dostoyevsky shod be a psihytrist of...more
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