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Crime and Punishment was written in 1866. It is a literary landmark known to all, whether you are inclined towards literature or not. It’s often considered one of the greatest classics, and some claim it’s among the world’s most widely read novels. I wonder how you investigate such a claim, but that’s a separate matter. The edition I’ve read is translated by Hans Björkegren, and though it would be interesting to compare translations, that’s a...
I’ve previously acquainted myself with the story of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy through the 2005 film and the 1981 BBC series. Consequently, the plot was not new to me in any way. However, since it’s often said that the book is always better than the movie, I gave it a chance. My expectations were a hefty brick that would take quite a long time to get through with countless paragraphs of bureaucratic explanations. So,...
I read a Study in Scarlet many years ago. before the time when I became more or less an active literature opponent. Back then, I had some favorites, which still linger in the nostalgia gene. I liked the ingenious murder mysteries by Agatha Christie, and I liked Sherlock Holmes. To the extent that even in my youth, I acquired a complete bibliography of Conan Doyle’s stories about Sherlock Holmes. If my memory doesn’t fail me...
Classic Novel There’s something special about reading a classic novel like The Three Musketeers that everyone is supposed to have read, though evidently, not everyone has. Books like this one, where the plot is so well-known that it’s almost obligated knowledge to be familiar with it. But how many of us have actually read it? How many of us can proudly say that we have that experience? How many of us can be proud to...
Apparently, the infamous Marquis wrote this story in 37 days while being imprisoned in the Bastille 1785. Furthermore, the 120 Days of Sodom was written on a 12-meter-long roll of paper smuggled into the prison. You can say what you want about its content and about the Marquis himself. You may call him a lunatic and dismiss his work as perverted nonsense but you cannot say that anyone reads this book without emotion. 15-20 pages...
