Part Six - High drama in every chapter!
Raskolnikov is full of paranoid rage but also determined to confess, Luzhin is even more dastardly than expected, Katerina Ivanova is even madder than Raskolnikov, and Sonya is in a constant state of terror. We get the most overwrought death bed scene ever.
All of you slackers who were supposed to join in the #CAPbuddyread are missing out 😂
Crime & Punishment part 4
Dunya has way too many admirers, most of whom are creeps.
Raskolnikov decides that misery loves company and messes with the head of a woman who seriously has enough on her plate already. Then presents himself for the most absurd police interview.
#CaPBuddyRead
Since I'm doing the #CaPBuddyread (although it seems to have become a solo project) and Crime & Punishment should count as Crime In Translation, I figured I might as well join @RaeLovesToRead in her #ChristmasCrimeChallenge. I'm using the tagged book for Seasonal. (Murder takes place shortly after Hogmanay). I have an Agatha Christie and a Supernatural lined up, so if I can get a Recommendation I'll manage max no. of books without a Tic-Tac-Toe 😂
#CAPBuddyRead update
Part 3.
Raskolnikov is still utterly unhinged, but now calm enough to fool people.
His sister is potentially in a budding triangle drama involving the tropes "age-gap" and "brother's best friend".
I keep mistaking Zamyotov for Zossimov.
Two new players make a mysterious appearance.
I'm at the 50% mark!
'Although Pulcheria Alexandrova was already forty-three years old, her face still kept the remnants of its former beauty, and besides, she looked much younger than her age, as almost always happens with women who keep their clarity of spirit, the freshness of their impressions, and the honest, pure ardor of their hearts into old age.'
🙄 43. Old age. 🤨
#CAPBuddyRead
How are you all doing with the #CAPBuddyRead ?
I have read Part One, in which Raskolnikov is increasingly desperate and a thought experiment becomes a fixed idea. But the best laid plans etc
And Part Two, in which Raskolnikov suffers a nervous breakdown and delirium that would have had any English character of the era carted off to a private institution to die off page.
Now starting Part Three to discover if Raskolnikov gets a grip.
I'm going in.
I aim to hopefully read at least a chapter per day. Actually started it last night, but only got through the Foreword and Translator's Note, then fell asleep. Hope that's not a sign 😅
I'm reading the Pevear & Volokhonsky translation. What's everyone else going with?
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OK guys.... you may begin!!!!!!!!
But if you've got a lot on, don't worry. We are going at a leisurely pace.
After all, when we've finished #CAPbuddyread it's on to Ulysses.
Use the hashtag to update us on how you're doing.
THERE IS NO RUSH. And feel free to start at a later date.
October #BookSpin list! Lots of buddy reads, my usual slots for #192025 picks, and lots of titles that feel seasonally-appropriate to me. Looking forward to seeing what numbers are drawn tomorrow!
*Last-minute edit to swap in parts 1-2 of Crime & Punishment for #torturedpoetsbookclub #CAPbuddyread 🎉 (or maybe the celebration emoji is the wrong one for that particular book! 😂)
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Hello fellow glutens for punishment!
The plan was to start C&P at a leisurely pace starting 1st October. How does everyone feel about this?
1) Yes, let's start tomorrow!
2) Delay start 1 month to November
3) Let's start January instead
The translation I have is the Oliver Ready version (cover above).
