532 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The History of Literature
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The Mystique of the Writing Life
Dostoevsky was born in 1821 to a family of some nobility and also Russian Orthodox Christianity. He learned to read by studying the Bible, then expanded his views and his reading interests to Cervantes and Sir Walter Scott. His parents read to him every night. The writer files is CNN Radio's weekly podcast about writing life. Tune in each week to learn precisely how working writers keep the ink flowing or curse are moving.
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