Before you Read Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky - Book Summary, Analysis, Review

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Is "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky the best Book Classic to begin with? What is the point of this? Utilitarianism, Social Critique, Nihilism, and more to talk about in this novel, so let's pick out some things to be thinking about before starting this highly lauded novel. We'll follow up with more videos in our playlist for Dostoevsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJDI8sWJMk&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YCEKqinjgjcOgYB2OsDPXeS

Special thanks to the hosts that lead the Crime and Punishment readalong #DostCP2020

Dani at Spenelli Speaks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA8yAzqeSlOFJvTNgb5llqw

and Christy Luis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5vxlV9uzt6efrwo-p1mh9g

We used two versions of this book. Ours was translated by Constance Garnett as well as Pevear and Volohonsky.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

0:00 What Are You Getting?

2:37 Author and Publication Info

6:11 Characters and Russian Terms

9:41 Utilitarianism

13:50 Dostoevsky + You: Manipulation 

17:02 Opposites

19:07 Road to Remorse

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