Dostoevsky: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Summary & Analysis

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In this episode of Literary Tales we explore Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and examine the role of suffering in redemption and Dostoevsky's critique of Russian nihilism and egoism.
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[QueenCityFilmsComm]

Nice overview. Keep up the great work!

[clumsydad]

I tried to re-read a year or two ago but sometimes the hysterical tone of D's characters grates on me. One thing I did find fascinating was a summary of The Grand Inquisitor story from The Brothers Karamazov. Quite a provocative argument for an inside-out, world gone wrong implementation of Christianity.