Demons - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Is being kind, generous and warm hearted a proof of being an idiot? Well, I bet the answer changes from person to person. Dostoyevsky would say 'yes'. By introducing to us Prince Myshkin (ie. the idiot) he shows us a person that cannot find the place in the real World. Myshkin doesn't care about himself much, he cares about he loves, ...

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

This book investigating mankinds weaknesses is well written, in the same gripping and informative style as much eastern European literature. It provides a unique and deep insight into the life of a young murderer, Raskolnikoff, looking at issues such as sanity, greed, guilt and redemption. Set in 19th century St. Petersburg, this novel captures the soul of the city through its use of flowing passages and interesting writing style. Raskolnikoff a hard up student struggling to finish his degree becomes morbidly self-obsessed and appears to loose the will to live. Upon receiving a letter from his mother in which he learns his sister is to marry, not out of love but to ...

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A powerful story of guilt and repentance. Obsessed by a theory of greatness, impoverished student Raskolnikov decides to test his ideas. Believing that, to be great, he must rise above petty concerns and morality, he plots a crime to test his strength to stand outside the masses. Dostoyevsky describes St Petersburg in the nineteenth ...