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| Original Title: | Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (Monarch Notes) |
| ISBN: | 0671005170 (ISBN13: 9780671005177) |
| Series: | Monarch Notes |
John D. Simons
Paperback | Pages: 97 pages Rating: 4.37 | 1531 Users | 36 Reviews
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| Title | : | Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (Monarch Notes) |
| Author | : | John D. Simons |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 97 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 1988 by Monarch Press |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Literature. Novels |
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I read this while a teenage ballet dancer, trying to figure out what the hell I wanted to be when I grew up (Answer: Not a ballet dancer). The main character's grapplings with right & wrong, good & evil, led me to a.) think a little harder about what I did or did not owe to the world, & b.) realize there are people out there with real problems. I started reading Dostoevsky because I was dancing a lot of Russian ballets at the time; I thought it might help me understand the culture better. It did — oh, how it did — but I got way more out of it than I bargained for. It was an incredibly dense read, which required of me a slower, more thoughtful approach to reading (I was never much of a skimmer to begin with, but this book was hella demanding). It changed the way I read. And it changed the way I thought. And it changed me. Thank you, Fyodor. [NB: For some reason, when I first added this book to Goodreads, I gave it three stars. It seems petty & mean to rank it, at all, but if I'm going to rank a book that changed me this much, five stars it is.]Rating About Books Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (Monarch Notes)
Ratings: 4.37 From 1531 Users | 36 ReviewsPiece About Books Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (Monarch Notes)
It was painful to read because the Raskolnikov is a frustrating character to identify with, but I kept at it because I really did want to know what happened to him. And in the end, it was very satisfying.Brilliantly written.
Oh yes, what a humdinger!
You don't know how lucky you are, boy. Some older works have seemed incomprehensible to me, so I was amazed with how relatable this Penguin translation was for a book written in Russia in 1865.Crime and Punishment concerns a student in Petersburg, Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov, who has dropped out of his studies and lives in severe poverty. He avoids the land lady to whom he owes rent for a closet that he occupies as an apartment. One imagines the luxury of a walk-in closet, but a closet
Crime and punishment is easily the best book i have ever read. Number one. I first read it in my early twenties and have read it twice again since. I have found newer questions and points of views and beauty in the writing. I am a lesser mortal, to comment on the master's writing skills. I know i will go back to this book every few years and it will grow with me.
This book took me a whole year to read because every time I would read I would get depressed. It is very well written though, and the ending is very good, overall a good book, but prepare yourself for the long haul.
hard read but worth the effort
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