I think that Crime and Punishment is a good example of classic Dostoevsky. It's an interesting book and well-written. It is sometimes best to start with an author's most popular work, and then delve into more obscure ones later if you are still committed and if you liked the first...
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I think that Crime and Punishment is a good example of classic Dostoevsky. It's an interesting book and well-written. It is sometimes best to start with an author's most popular work, and then delve into more obscure ones later if you are still committed and if you liked the first one.
I haven't read The Idiot, but I would have to say that Crime and Punishment is one of the most powerful and rivoting books I have ever read. I read it when I was about your age (about forty years ago), I remember that experience to this day. I can even remember where I read it and how I couldn't put it down. I would love, in fact, to take the time some day to go back and re-read it.