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18-21 Oct 23 (audiobook)
Another book I read as a uni student, at which time, I recall, I wanted Raskolnikov to get away with his crime and was frustrated by his descent into madness and paranoia. I felt differently upon listening to it thirty years later and had little sympathy for Raskolnikov.
Dostoevsky is, however, a master and his story remains compelling with many interesting characters and philosophies, particularly regarding the great man.

I finally got to this one. Dostoyevsky offers some interesting psychological portraits here; his exploration of “the great man” theory of history (& its shedding of conventional morality) through impoverished, troubled Raskolnikov was intriguing. Other characters were fascinating too, as were questions of redemption & the ongoing nature of his punishment. I found the epilogue to be an abject failure, unworthy of the rest of the book.

İ finished this book one month ago, but i still remember it very clearly. İf you want a classic book with some romantic features and realism, this one is really great. But its a bit long story,and the story is really great.

“The temperament reflects everything like a mirror! Gaze into it and admire what you see!“

Freudian in the way it brings up deep seeded emotions. I genuinely enjoyed reading this book it only got better

I started this book very enthusiastically, and then it got slow. Extremely slow. However, as I got past the first 6-7 chapters, I was hooked. After the first part, the book was still ridiculously slow, but what got me were the thoughts.

Entering Raskolinkov‘s mind was like entering a dark abandoned cellar with corridors leading to deep dark parts. This darkness led to very insightful and disturbing thoughts, which I bloody loved.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.

Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice.

To go wrong in one‘s own way is better than to go right in someone else‘s.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery.

Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!

Break what must be broken, once for all, that‘s all, and take the suffering on oneself.

The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment-- as well as prison.

A hundered suspicions don‘t make a proof

I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.

We‘re always thinking of eternity as an idea that cannot be understood, something immense. But why must it be? What if, instead of all this, you suddenly find just a little room there, something like a village bath-house, grimy, and spiders in every corner, and that‘s all eternity is. Sometimes, you know, I can‘t help feeling that that‘s what it is.

When all reason fails, the devil helps.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

An honest and sensitive man opens his heart, and the man of business listens and goes on eating—and then he eats you up.

If you yourself don‘t dare, then there‘s no justice in it all.

“Do you understand, do you understand, my dear sir, what it means when there is no longer anywhere to go?”

“Accepting fate obediently as it is, once and for all, and stifling everything in myself, renouncing any right to act, to live, or love!”

Words are not yet deeds

I myself will come to you to be crucified, for I thirst not for joy, but for sorrow and tears!

“Wonder, what are people most afraid of? A new step, their own new world, that‘s what they‘re most afraid of.”

First book of the new year.

Whew, I made it. It was interesting for a while but then it just dragged. It almost seemed operatic to me in its melodrama and dialogue. I have enjoyed the philosophical musings in other Russian novels but the musings in this one did not keep my interest; I ended up skimming them.

"I didn't bow down to you, I bow down to all the suffering of the humanity".

#Scarathalon2022 #Dailyprompts #TeamSlaughter

Ohhh what brilliant cover artwork

Day 10 - Crime

@Clwojick

A necessarily simplified version of Dostoevsky's classic, this was a good adaptation within the confines of a graphic novel.
Mairowitz and Korkos set the action in modern Russia to draw parallels between the corruption and inequality of Tzarist Russia and Putin's Russia. Worth an hour of most people's time, I think.

What a pleasure to dive in this 19th century classic! I like all the social commentaries sprinkled in 19th century works (it's important to remember they weren't written for the hoi polloi, but for intellectuals to be later discussed in literary salons).
In this particular book, I like the fantasy-like atmosphere of not really knowing what belongs to the dream and what belongs to reality.
First Russian classic, but it won't be my last.

It‘s not at all what I imagined it to be by the name of the book. It‘s amazing to think that much of the middle class in Russia at the time (1860‘s) were actually a lot more progressive thinking and rational then most of the people in our country are today.

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 271.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

#MayMoms Day 1: Because #Readers prefer books above everything else. Found this shared on social media and it speaks #Truth.

May TBR
Classic: Crime and Punishment- Dostoevsky🎧📘
#starwarsbuddyread : The High Republic - Rising Storm - Cavan Scott🎧📘
1. UNSELFIE- Michele Borba, Ed.D📘
2. The Last Duel - Eric Jager📘
3. Twilight of the Idols & The Anti-Christ - Nietzche 📘
4. The Final Solution - Michael Chabon 📘
5. The Widow Queen - Eliźbieta Cherezińska 📘

I can‘t tell if I liked this book or was completely bored by the book. I felt like I was slightly going mad from it. Maybe that was Dostoyevsky‘ point.

Now in the book, the main protagonist is determined to kill his landlady. After planning with anxiety Raskolnikov confronts the person and eventually locking her in a room his kill has been completed. Few seconds later someone else comes in and without hesitation kills the landladies sister and now having to deal with two victims he is confronted with his own fears. Soon after he attempted to clean his weapon but a certain event had taken place.

1. I do! Currently reading Les Miserables
2. Tagged and bunch more on my list
Thanks for the tag @RaeLovesToRead @TheSpineView @bethm @Kshakal @peaknit
#two4tuesday

1️⃣ I absolutely love reading classics from time to time, those old books tend to blow my mind more than anything that gets published today.

2️⃣ I want to read some Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky soon, I've never read anything by these authors and certain books of theirs have been in my TBR forever.

I tag @Ast_Arslan @RaeLovesToRead @DarkMina @reading_rainbow @TiminCalifornia

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

The main character Raskolnikov sees multiple people who try and tell him that people are not to be trusted through out part one of this book. After some time in a pawnshop he goes to a bar where he meets a guy named Marmeladov who has lost his job just a short while ago; he talks about all the horrible events that transpired in his life. He talked about how his daughter went into prostitution and the main character opposes this idea.

I think this was the first classic book I read

I‘m going to go ahead and get a jumpstart on my February TBR by starting this one today. (When you‘re in the mood for Russian Lit, you have to jump on it!)

This is one of my 22 in ‘22 picks, and as it has 522 pages, it qualifies for @TheAromaofBooks #almostachunksterchallenge

PS...I love these Vintage Classics Russian Series books. They are gorgeous!
#bookspinbingo

I not sure if this is a pan or a bail because I read almost to the very end and could not bring myself to finish.
I guess I was enjoying his writing style but I did not buy his characterizations and other things. It kept getting worse and worse. Ugh. Off to Goodwill

Been reading this beauty for a couple of weeks now. ❤

Enjoyed this hefty classic. One that I wasn‘t sure I would ever get to, but decided to tackle it before heading into the holidays this year.