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Why is the Lady "a suffering soul in some page of Dostoyevsky"?
In An Enigmatic Nature, Anton Chekhov writes:
"I am a suffering soul in some page of Dostoevsky. Reveal my soul to the world, Voldemar."
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"Happiness comes tapping at my window, I ...
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Did the Tsar's secret police search the apartment of one of Dostoevsky's neighbours?
The Wikipedia article about Fyodor Dostoyevski contains a section about the author's death that begins with the following statement:
On 25 January 1881, while searching for members of the terrorist ...
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What does Dostoyevsky mean by 'propaganda' in Crime and Punishment?
I am wondering about what Dostoyevsky means by the word 'propaganda' in part six, chapter four of Crime and Punishment. None of the meanings that I understand make sense in the context of the book. ...
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Use of the word 'aesthetic(s)' in this passage from Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
I am reading Crime and Punishment, and as you might expect am really enjoying it. Fascinating book. But there is one passage that is a little confusing to me, in particular the use of the word '...
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Dostoevsky's attitude towards Sonya Marmeladova
Note: The question concerns a somewhat touchy topic - prostitution. I am not a native English speaker, therefore, I cannot be sure which terms are suitable for a discussion. I am using words of the ...
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What does “lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth” mean in "Crime and Punishment"?
From part II, chapter IV of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett:
Zossimov looked curiously at Raskolnikov. He did not stir.
“But I say, Razumihin, I wonder at ...
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Significance in Raskolnikov's name in Crime and Punishment?
The protagonist/antihero of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. As it says on Wikipedia:
The name Raskolnikov derives from the Russian raskolnik meaning "schismatic"...
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Alyona Ivanovna apartment layout
I am stuck trying to figure out something from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. In the following passage:
The young man stepped into the dark entry, which was partitioned off from the tiny ...
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Is there any special significance in Dr. Rutenspitz's last words to Mr. Golyadkin?
Throughout The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, there had been hints that maybe Mr. Golyadkin Jr., the double, was a product of Mr. Golyadkin Sr.'s imagination — and that it was either a way to signify ...
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About the role of Lizaveta in Crime and Punishment
I just finished Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, and I loved it (of course).
I would like to bring into analysis the role of Lizaveta, the pawnbroker's half sister who is accidentally killed by ...
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What is the text Ivan refers to in the preface to the Grand Inquisitor
Before declaming the Grand Inquisitor in the Brothers Karamazov, Ivan refers to a poem with the virgin Marie visiting Hell and begging God for mercy for its inhabitants.
Is this a real poem? If so, ...
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What are the arguments against atheism in Crime and Punishment?
I'm trying to figure out exactly what arguments Dostoevsky tries to make in Crime and Punishment against atheism. I'm talking about the kind of conclusion he wants you to make for yourself when ...
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How was Crime and Punishment originally published?
I know that Crime and Punishment was originally published in "The Russian Messenger". I read that it was a Monthly journal. But how exactly was Crime and Punishment formatted in its initial release? ...
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What does the last sentence in chapter 2 of Crime and Punishment really mean?
The sentence I'm referring to is this one.
‘And what if I am wrong,’ he cried suddenly after a
moment’s thought. ‘What if man is not really a scoundrel,
man in general, I mean, the whole race ...
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Narrator in The Idiot
I'm struggling to understand the narrator in The Idiot. He seems like an omniscient narrator, talking of characters in third person. But, in Chapter I of Part One, while describing know-it-alls, the ...
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