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First, I want to point out that I am reading the 1938 edition, The Heritage Press, translated by Constance Garnett, and which also includes the illustrations by wood-engravings by Fritz Eichenberg -- http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/aoi/e/ei...
Interview with Fritz Eichenberg -- http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/int...
His first major Russian novel was Crime and Punishment.
ROBERT BROWN: Was this the first of your Russian...
FRITZ EICHENBERG: The first of the Russian novelists, yes. I had done this ...more
Interview with Fritz Eichenberg -- http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/int...
His first major Russian novel was Crime and Punishment.
ROBERT BROWN: Was this the first of your Russian...
FRITZ EICHENBERG: The first of the Russian novelists, yes. I had done this ...more
I liked how the book captured turmoil and anguish, the inner dialogue. I didn't care for the length, it was overly long and filled w/ minor irrelevant descriptions--I suppose b/c it was released as a serial. I also was pretty confused throughout b/c all of the characters had very similar names and were referred to both by their proper names and nicknames interchangeable--I was constantly flipping to the back of the book to the list of characters to remind myself who was who.
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