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The sinner and the saint : Dostoevsky and the gentleman murderer who inspired a masterpiece /

"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Most Dangerous Book, the true story behind the creation of another masterpiece of world literature, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. The Sinner and The Saint is the deeply researched and immersive tale of how Dostoevsky came to wr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birmingham, Kevin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, > 1821-1881. > Prestuplenie i nakazanie.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, > 1821-1881 > Sources.
Russian literature > 19th century.
HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
TRUE CRIME / Historical.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, > 1821-1881.
Prestuplenie i nakazanie (Dostoyevsky, Fyodor)
Literary criticism.
Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • A bloody enigma
  • The dead leaves
  • The devil's streetlamps
  • Sharp claws
  • Némésis
  • The Petrashevsky circle
  • The execution
  • Exile
  • The social contract
  • The dead man
  • Aunt Razor
  • The resurrection
  • Ferocious materialism
  • The birth of nihilism
  • A gambling system
  • An evil spirit
  • An ax
  • Headsmen and victims
  • Diseased imagination
  • The investigator
  • Double-edged evidence
  • Little dove
  • Tiny diamond
  • Buried in furs
  • The wedding.