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1、CrimeandPunishmentCrimeandPunishmentByFyodorDostoevskyThelastandcrowningworkofDostoevsky’slife,TheBrothersKaramazov,firstappearedasaserialinRusskyVistnik,aMoscowmagazine,during1879-1880.Writtenundercircumstancesofsevereexternalandinternalpressure,eachinstallmentcreatedanationalfurorecomparableo
2、nlytotheexcitementstirredbytheappearance,in1866,ofCrimeandPunishment.ToDostoevskyTheBrothersKaramazovembodiedthequintessenceofRussiancharacter,inallitsexaltation,compassionandprofligacy.Readersineverylanguagehavesinceacceptedhisownevaluationofthisworkandhavegoneevenfurtherbyproclaimingitoneofth
3、efewgreatnovelsofallagesandcountries.Thesonofapenuriousarmysurgeon,Dostoevskywaseducatedasamilitaryengineer.Afterhisfather’sdeath,herelinquishedwhatevercareerhemighthaveattainedingovernmentserviceforthehazardsofliterature.Hisveryfirstwork,ashortnovel,PoorFolk,wasimmediatelyacclaimedandDostoevsk
4、yfoundhimselffamousovernight.Whileattendingameetingofhisliteraryandrevolutionarycolleaguesasaspectator,hewasarrestedbyczaristpoliceandwascondemnedtodeath.Afewmomentsbeforethetimefortheexecution,wordcamethathewasreprievedandwastobebanishedtoSiberiaforfouryears.Afterhisperiodofexile,hewastoservef
5、orlifeintheranksofthearmy.ThefamousTenYearsinaDeadHousewaswritteninSiberia.WiththeaccessionofAlexanderII,Dostoevskywaspardonedandhewasabletoreturntoacivilianstatus.Therefollowedthesuccessionofnovelswhichhavemadehimknowneverywhere.Inspiteofhispositionasamanofletters,hesufferedtheworsthardshipsof
6、economicinsecurity.Inaddition,frequentattacksofepilepsyandtheeffectsofhisyearsinprisonlefthimacrushedman.Hislastyearsweredarkenedbybroodingsorrow.Hewithdrewfromliterarycircles,becamereactionaryandembittered.YethispopularitywasthenatitsZenith.Hisdeathwastheoccasionfornationalmourning,andintheyea
7、rsthatfollowedhebecamealmostalegendaryherototheRussianmassesasthepoetoftheirsufferingsandaspirations.ArevolutionarygenerationmaylookuponDostoevskyas“defeatist”butitungrudginglyproclaimshimoneofthetitansoftheworld’sliterature.Prefa