Subject: Re: Crime and Punishment:)
From: Gene (pariah1980@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Oct 16 2000 - 08:28:45 GMT
When I referred to the part in "C & P" where
Svidrigailov goes to "America" with a revolver (or
some sort of gun), I was talking about the rich man
who attempted to marry Raskolnikov's (the murderer and
protagonist of the story) sister. After this fell
through, he ended up killing himself and told everyone
he was going to America instead. He wrote a suicide
note and had a witness to make it clear he was in the
"right frame of mind" when he did this. I don't
remember exactly what page this is(I finished the
book), but it a little towards the end when
Raskolnikov is about to take steps to turn himself in
and go to jail to suffer. Svidrigailov, at this point,
knew Raskolnikov was the one who murdered the pawn
shop lady and her sister and tried one last time
(although in a very tactless and unethical way) to get
Raskolnikov's sister to marry him by implying he has
the money to save Raskolnikov(by sending him abroad).
--- Suzanne Morine <suzannem@dimensional.com> wrote:
> At 04:54 PM 10/12/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >I'm still in awe of Dostoyevsky! I have just gotten
> to
> >the part where Svidrigailov (In "Crime and
> >Punishment") goes to "America" with a revolver. For
> >those who haven't read it, I won't say what that
> >means;) I can see why Dostoyevsky's works are
> >considered classics:)
>
> I was in awe of C&P too. I read it three years ago
> and don't remember
> anything about this. Could you refresh our memories?
> Probably we know
> Salinger stories backwards and forwards but not
> Dostoyevsky. Where in the
> book is this?
>
>
> Suzanne Morine
> suzannem@dimensional.com
> Web projects:
> http://www.dimensional.com/~suzannem/projects.htm
> "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss
> you off." anon
>
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