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1、CrimeandPunishmentByFyodorDostoevskyDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.Translator’sPrefaceAfewwordsaboutDostoevskyhimselfmayhelptheEng-lishreadertounderstandhiswork.Dostoevsky
2、wasthesonofadoctor.Hisparentswereveryhard-workinganddeeplyreligiouspeople,butsopoorthattheylivedwiththeirfivechildreninonlytworooms.Thefatherandmotherspenttheireveningsinreadingaloudtotheirchildren,generallyfrombooksofaseriouscharac-ter.Thoughalwayssick
3、lyanddelicateDostoevskycameoutthirdinthefinalexaminationofthePetersburgschoolofEngineering.Therehehadalreadybegunhisfirstwork,‘PoorFolk.’ThisstorywaspublishedbythepoetNekrassovinhisreviewandwasreceivedwithacclamations.Theshy,un-knownyouthfoundhimselfins
4、tantlysomethingofacelebrity.Abrilliantandsuccessfulcareerseemedtoopenbeforehim,butthosehopesweresoondashed.In1849hewasarrested.Thoughneitherbytemperamentnorconvictionarevolu-tionist,DostoevskywasoneofalittlegroupofyoungmenwhomettogethertoreadFourierandP
5、roudhon.Hewasac-cusedof‘takingpartinconversationsagainstthecensorship,ofreadingaletterfromByelinskytoGogol,andofknowingoftheintentiontosetupaprintingpress.’UnderNicholasI.CrimeandPunishment(that‘sternandjustman,’asMauriceBaringcallshim)thiswasenough,an
6、dhewascondemnedtodeath.Aftereightmonths’imprisonmenthewaswithtwenty-oneotherstak-enouttotheSemyonovskySquaretobeshot.WritingtohisbrotherMihail,Dostoevskysays:‘Theysnappedwordsoverourheads,andtheymadeusputonthewhiteshirtswornbypersonscondemnedtodeath.The
7、reuponwewereboundinthreestostakes,tosufferexecution.Beingthethirdintherow,IconcludedIhadonlyafewminutesoflifebeforeme.IthoughtofyouandyourdearonesandIcontrivedtokissPlestcheievandDourov,whowerenexttome,andtobidthemfarewell.Suddenlythetroopsbeatatattoo,w
8、ewereunbound,broughtbackuponthescaffold,andinformedthathisMajestyhadsparedusourlives.’Thesentencewascommutedtohardlabour.Oneoftheprisoners,Grigoryev,wentmadassoonashewasuntied,andneverregainedhissanity.Theintensesufferingofthisex
