Crime and Punishment

Dostoevsky got involved in the Petrashevsky circle during the time of Tsar Nicholas when Petrashevsky, an influential revolutionary, approached Dostoevsky asking him about the subject of his next story. Dostoevsky never had any revolutionary aspirations and he believed in his mother's teachings on the emphasis of love. However, he could not extricate himself from the... Continue Reading →

July 4, 2014 0

It's been more than a month since I have been trying to get together a reading list for this year. I am not the kinds who celebrate New Years and enjoy the pomp surrounding its arrival, but I sure do like to address the coming year by adding a tinge of "method" to the "madness".... Continue Reading →