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Zui yü fa (Chinese language, 1986, Shu hua chu ban shi yeh gong si)

532 pages

Chinese language

Published March 26, 1986 by Shu hua chu ban shi yeh gong si.

OCLC Number:
31066031

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5 stars (2 reviews)

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Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: [prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲə ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲə]) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866.[1] It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.[2]

Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his …

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I found this tougher to read. Many characters have a long three-part Russian name, as well as a handle/nickname, and can be referred to several different ways. And large parts of this book are written in huge run-on sentences. There are a bunch of historical words that I needed to look up, I like learning new words.
Also its new to me to read about a world without phones or any telecommunications. Maybe that is why the focus on the language, tone and body language used is so important.
I had this classic on my bucket list, glad to finish this long book. I will next pick up a fluffier book to restore my mind to baseline.