Crime And Punishment By Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 Chapter 1

Content provided by Isaac Birchall. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Isaac Birchall or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

The Essential Reads « »
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 1 | Audiobook

11d ago 23:48

MP3•Episode home

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Part 1 chapter 1, narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :Dhttps://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/joinSUMMARY: A young man leaves his boarding house by the back stairs, not wanting to see his landlady, to whom he is in debt. The man has fallen into a state of nervous depression akin to hypochondria and so avoids people. As he leaves, the young man's thoughts turn to an extreme act that he is thinking about committing. He thinks that he isn't capable of doing it as he can't even face his landlady about his late rent. The young man is tall and handsome, with dark hair and fine dark eyes. The young man wears tattered clothes and looks like he could be homeless and the young man feels no embarrassment about his appearance. He walks, in a trace like state while reflecting on the act that he is planning to commit. He is at the moment doing a "test run," and arrives at his destination, the home of Alyona Ivanovna, a pawnbroker. As he walks up the stairs he takes in the scene, and notes that the German clerk that used to live there has moved out, making is act easier to commit. The Pawnbroker is a very old woman with a chicken leg like neck. Her home is full of ugly furniture, but it is all immaculately clean, thanks to the work of the woman's younger sister. The woman treats the young man, Raskolnikov, poorly and reminds him of the money he owes her, and offering him a terrible price for a silver watch he wants to pawn. He decides to pawn the watch nonetheless so that he can watch the woman and observe her apartment so he can commit his crime. The woman keeps all of her money and pawned items in a chest in her room that is out of view. Before leaving, Raskolnikov tells her that he will be back in a few more days with better item. Once outside, he gets filled with a sense of disgust and renounces his potential crime. On the way home he stops in a bar, suddenly overcome with a dreadful thirst.SEO Stuff that I don't want to do lol...Welcome to this narration of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's masterpiece, bringing you another chapter of this incredible literary classic. In this literary fiction reading, we explore the depths of Russian literature as the a desperate young Russian man, Raskolnikov, plans the perfect crime - the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old woman who no one will mourn. It isn't just, he argues, for a man of of genius to commit a crime if it will ultimately benefit humanity. A powerful psychological study and a terrifying, thrilling murder mystery, filled with philosophical, religious and social commentary.Join me for this Crime and Punishment novel audiobook as we delve into themes of crime, social commentary, and Right and Wrong.Russian Literature, Dostoyevsky Audiobook, Classic Literature

369 episodes

#Isaac Birchall #English Literature #School Reading #School Reading List #Book Club #Classic Literature #Fiction #Audio Drama #Free Audiobooks #Audiobooks #Book Summaries