Cliffsnotes On Dostoevsky S Crime And Punishment

Author : James L Roberts
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780544180918

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CliffsNotes on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment by James L Roberts Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on Crime and Punishment takes you into a masterpiece of Russian literature, a work published during the time the western world was moving away from romanticism and into a new realistic approach to writing. Following the story of an impoverished young man who expects to enrich humanity by rising to a level above the law, this study guide provides a character list, character map, and character analyses to explore the personalities within Fyodor Dostoevsky's masterpiece. Other features that help you figure out this important work include Life and background of the author Introduction to and brief synopsis of the novel Summaries and expert commentaries for each chapter within the book Essays that explore aspects of the author's characters and theories A review section that tests your knowledge and suggests essay topics and practice projects A Resource Center full of books, publications, films, and Internet resources Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : James L. Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Crime
ISBN : OCLC:849947823

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CliffsNotes Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment by James L. Roberts Pdf

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Pdf

A few words about Dostoevsky himself may help the English reader to understand his work. Dostoevsky was the son of a doctor. His parents were very hard-working and deeply religious people, but so poor that they lived with their five children in only two rooms. The father and mother spent their evenings in reading aloud to their children, generally from books of a serious character. Though always sickly and delicate Dostoevsky came out third in the final examination of the Petersburg school of Engineering. There he had already begun his first work, “Poor Folk.” This story was published by the poet Nekrassov in his review and was received with acclamations. The shy, unknown youth found himself instantly something of a celebrity. A brilliant and successful career seemed to open before him, but those hopes were soon dashed. In 1849 he was arrested.

Author : James L. Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1957671920

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CliffsNotes on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment by James L. Roberts Pdf

Author : James L Roberts
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1970-10-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544182974

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CliffsNotes on Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground by James L Roberts Pdf

This CliffsNotes title contains everything you need on Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground.

Author : James L Roberts,Gary K Carey
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544180109

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CliffsNotes on Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, Revised Edition by James L Roberts,Gary K Carey Pdf

Dostoevsky's last novel is considered his masterpiece and tells the story of a family and the appetites and struggles that lead to patricide. With rich character development and understanding of humanity, Dostoevsky comes across as a force of nature.

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307428110

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The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky Pdf

The narrator and protagonist of Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent (first published in English as A Raw Youth) is Arkady Dolgoruky, a na•ve 19-year-old boy bursting with ambition and opinions. The illegitimate son of a dissipated landowner, he is torn between his desire to expose his father’s wrongdoing and the desire to win his love. He travels to St. Petersburg to confront the father he barely knows, inspired by an inchoate dream of communion and armed with a mysterious document that he believes gives him power over others. This new English version by the most acclaimed of Dostoevsky’s translators is a masterpiece of pathos and high comedy.

Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Russia
ISBN : 9781606800805

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Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Pdf

Author : Marianne Sturman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1967-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0822013665

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Tolstoy's War and Peace by Marianne Sturman Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.In CliffsNotes on War and Peace, you discover Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece -- an epic novel of Russian society in the early 19th century. The novel combines the personal stories of members of three prominent Russian families with the historical backdrop of Russia 's war with France .Summaries and commentaries guide you through each chapter of the novel, and critical essays help you understand the structure, themes, and technical devices used in writing the novel. Other features that help you study include A section on the life and background of Leo Tolstoy Analyses of the major characters Review questions and essay topics Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure - you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1727701410

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Crime and Punishment: Large Print by Fyodor Dostoevsky Pdf

Crime and Punishment: Large Printby Fyodor DostoyevskyFrom the Russian master of psychological characterizations, this novel portrays the carefully planned murder of a miserly, aged pawnbroker by a destitute Saint Petersburg student named Raskolnikov, followed by the emotional, mental, and physical effects of that action. Translated by Constance Garnett.

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547720676

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The Gambler (The Unabridged Hogarth Translation) by Fyodor Dostoevsky Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Gambler (The Unabridged Hogarth Translation)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts. The Gambler is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich. As he succumbs to the temptations of the roulette table, he finds himself engaged in a battle of wills with Polina, the woman he unrequitedly loves. With an unforgettable cast of fellow gamblers and figures from European high society, this darkly comic novel of greed and self-destruction reveals Dostoevsky at his satirical and psychological best. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky ( 1821 – 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the context of the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest and most prominent psychologists in world literature.

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775414797

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Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad Pdf

Conrad reputedly wrote Under Western Eyes (1911) in response to Crime and Punishment, which he detested. The action takes place in Russia and Switzerland and shows Conrad's cynicism of revolutionary movements and ideals. It also condemns the impact on the poor and innocent by the actions of the powerful.

Author : Franz Kafka
Publisher : Memorable Classics Books
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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In The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka Pdf

In The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka ("In der Strafkolonie") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. Synopsis: The story focuses on the Traveler, who has just arrived in an island penal colony and is encountering its brutal execution machine for the first time. Everything about the functioning of the intricate machine and its purpose and history is told to him by the Officer. The Soldier and the Condemned, who is unaware that he has been sentenced to die for failing to get up and salute his superior's door each hour during his night watch, placidly watch from nearby. Under the judicial process associated with the machine, the accused is always assumed to be guilty and is not given a chance to defend himself. As punishment, the law the man has broken is inscribed progressively deeper on his body over a period of 12 hours as he slowly dies from his wounds. During their final six hours in the machine, the accused become still and appear to experience a religious epiphany. The machine was designed by the colony's previous Commandant, of whom the Officer is a devoted supporter. He carries its blueprints with him and is the only person who can decipher them, not allowing anyone else to handle them. Eventually, it becomes clear that the machine has fallen out of favor since the death of the previous Commandant and the appointment of a successor. The Officer is nostalgic regarding the torture device and the values that were initially associated with it, recalling the crowds that used to attend each execution. Now, he is the last outspoken proponent of the machine, but he strongly believes in its form of justice and the infallibility of the previous Commandant.

Author : Jack Gantos
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-26
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780374706104

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Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos Pdf

Becoming a writer the hard way In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixty-foot yacht loaded with a ton of hashish from the Virgin Islands to New York City, where he and his partners sold the drug until federal agents caught up with them. For his part in the conspiracy, Gantos was sentenced to serve up to six years in prison. In Hole in My Life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young people confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth. On the surface, the narrative tumbles from one crazed moment to the next as Gantos pieces together the story of his restless final year of high school, his short-lived career as a criminal, and his time in prison. But running just beneath the action is the story of how Gantos – once he was locked up in a small, yellow-walled cell – moved from wanting to be a writer to writing, and how dedicating himself more fully to the thing he most wanted to do helped him endure and ultimately overcome the worst experience of his life. This title has Common Core connections. Hole in My Life is a 2003 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Naguib Mahfouz
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101974650

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The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz Pdf

Naguib Mahfouz's haunting novella of post-revolutionary Egypt combines a vivid pychological portrait of an anguished man with the suspense and rapid pace of a detective story. After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges bent on revenge. He finds a world that has changed in more ways than one. Egypt has undergone a revolution and, on a more personal level, his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to betray him to the police, are now married to each other and are keeping his six-year-old daughter from him. But in the most bitter betrayal, his mentor, Rauf Ilwan, once a firebrand revolutionary who convinced Said that stealing from the rich in a unjust society is an act of justice, is now himself a rich man, a respected newspaper editor who wants nothing to do with the disgraced Said. As Said's wild attempts to achieve his idea of justice badly misfire, he becomes a hunted man so driven by hatred that he can only recognize too late his last chance at redemption.