Notebooks for Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notebooks for Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky with Edward Wasiolek (Translator)

fiction classics literary philosophy dark reflective slow-paced

246 pages | first published 1866

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This key to understanding Dostoyevsky's masterpiece and the author's creative intentions offers a remarkable behind-the-scenes look at the composition of Crime and Punishment, from its first inception to its conclusion. Dostoyevsky's notebooks chr...
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challenging 55%
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mysterious 28%
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hopeful 5%
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