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1、CrimeandPunishmentFyodorDostoevskyTranslatedByConstanceGarnettThiseBookisdesignedandpublishedbyPlanetPDF.FormorefreeeBooksvisitourWebsiteathttp://www.planetpdf.comCrimeandPunishmentTRANSLATOR’SPREFACEAfewwordsaboutDostoevskyhimselfmayhelptheEnglishreadertounderstandhiswork.Dostoevskywastheson
2、ofadoctor.Hisparentswereveryhard-workinganddeeplyreligiouspeople,butsopoorthattheylivedwiththeirfivechildreninonlytworooms.Thefatherandmotherspenttheireveningsinreadingaloudtotheirchildren,generallyfrombooksofaseriouscharacter.ThoughalwayssicklyanddelicateDostoevskycameoutthirdinthefinalexami
3、nationofthePetersburgschoolofEngineering.Therehehadalreadybegunhisfirstwork,‘PoorFolk.’ThisstorywaspublishedbythepoetNekrassovinhisreviewandwasreceivedwithacclamations.Theshy,unknownyouthfoundhimselfinstantlysomethingofacelebrity.Abrilliantandsuccessfulcareerseemedtoopenbeforehim,butthosehope
4、sweresoondashed.In1849hewasarrested.Thoughneitherbytemperamentnorconvictionarevolutionist,DostoevskywasoneofalittlegroupofyoungmenwhomettogethertoreadFourierand2of967CrimeandPunishmentProudhon.Hewasaccusedof‘takingpartinconversationsagainstthecensorship,ofreadingaletterfromByelinskytoGogol,an
5、dofknowingoftheintentiontosetupaprintingpress.’UnderNicholasI.(that‘sternandjustman,’asMauriceBaringcallshim)thiswasenough,andhewascondemnedtodeath.Aftereightmonths’imprisonmenthewaswithtwenty-oneotherstakenouttotheSemyonovskySquaretobeshot.WritingtohisbrotherMihail,Dostoevskysays:‘Theysnappe
6、dwordsoverourheads,andtheymadeusputonthewhiteshirtswornbypersonscondemnedtodeath.Thereuponwewereboundinthreestostakes,tosufferexecution.Beingthethirdintherow,IconcludedIhadonlyafewminutesoflifebeforeme.IthoughtofyouandyourdearonesandIcontrivedtokissPlestcheievandDourov,whowerenexttome,andtobi
7、dthemfarewell.Suddenlythetroopsbeatatattoo,wewereunbound,broughtbackuponthescaffold,andinformedthathisMajestyhadsparedusourlives.’Thesentencewascommutedtohardlabour.Oneoftheprisoners,Grigoryev,wentmadassoonashewasuntied,andneverregainedhissan
