Russian Classics in Russian and English: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Dual-Language (Paperback) by Fyodor Dostoevsky

from BookMarkMe

Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment stands as one of literatures greatest explorations of the human psyche, well the base part of that psyche. There is not much that is pleasant in the world of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. Following his planned murder of the pawnbroker Alena Ivanovna and the subs...

from SanctiSpiritus

The author draws you in slowly, cunningly, and with great precision. Never have I read a novel where the characters are so real. It's as if the author is painting a masterpiece from the impressionist period. The author has exclaimed on paper what every man feels. Every man believes what they feel...

from lizhelen

This is a beautiful book that looks into the state of the human condition and examines a typically russian character and his moral shortcomings. I have always enjoyed the russian authors worldview and find they show beauty in the difficult aspects of life and survival against a backdrop of harsh ...

from Ayling

This is my first Dostoevsky and I have always wanted to read a Russian author. I really quite enjoyed this and I am now keen to read more.I read it last year so this book isn't quite fresh enough on my mind to do a lengthy review. I'm not an English Literature student either so I'm not going to g...

from surreality

Plot: The plot itself doesn't matter. It merely serves as a backdrop and frame for the characters and ideas, and thus moves very slowly to give them enough time. Side plots tie in whenever characters are introduced to flesh out their background. Characters: These are the true glory of the book. D...