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Fyodor Dostoevsky: Tsumi to batsu (Japanese language, 1966, Kawade Shobō)

438 pages

Japanese language

Published March 26, 1966 by Kawade Shobō.

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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.