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Ep 33 - Crime and Punishment (Dostoyevsky)

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Do You Feel Remorse for Killing Alonja?

"I don't think he ever feels remorse for killing Alonja. What happens is he takes an axe and he goes and brings the butt end down on her, cracks her skull," she said. "It's about Raskolnikov essentially going insane over what he's done but he'd already lost his sanity and felt guilt before the crime" She added that every book has a secret meaning which I think it's up to the reader to unlock.

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