Comments on: Books That Haunt: Crime and Punishment

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:48:49 +0000

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TruePravda » Battle of the dead Russian writers — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:02:42 +0000

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By: Coyote

Coyote — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:56:17 +0000

Crime and Punishment is one of my favorite books too — and it still terrorizes me with the fact that continually thinking about doing a crime can actually lead to the crime. What seemed outragous at first, Raskolnikov eventually does.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:44:11 +0000

Dostoevsky is one of my favorite authors. I commented before on your post on “The Brothers Karamozov”. C&P is an amazing book. No one in the story, except the girl who eventually redeems Raskolnikov, understands him. His friend and his mother and sister, are all well-meaning (and fascinating characters in themselves), yet none of them see who he really is. Kierkegaard uses a term, inclosing reserve, to describe people who hide their true feelings and only reveal to others the image of themself they want to. This describes Raskolnikov almost perfectly. Inside he is an absolute mess. Yet the image he lets everyone see is one of confidence and superiority. I love the dichotomy of Raskolnikov. I thoroughly enjoy the dialogue between Raskolnikov and the inspector. True brilliance. Dostoevsky is truly one of the greatest writers of the human mind of all time.