The Dostoyevsky Library

In which a young man ventures into the dimly lit room of an old pawnbroker, his heart trembling with fevered unrest, and the quiet night is shattered by acts both desperate and irrevocable. In the aft...

15 Apr 29min

In which a young man wrought with uneasy thoughts wanders through the city and endures a feverish dream of cruelty that mirrors his own inner torment, leading him to a sudden and strange resolve. Amid...

14 Apr 25min

In which a young man wrestles with profound bitterness and despair upon learning of a family arrangement, his thoughts turning dark with questions of sacrifice and moral restraint. Amidst this turmoil...

14 Apr 32min

In which the weary and isolated Raskolnikov encounters the drunken clerk Marmeladov in a squalid tavern, who unfolds a tragic tale of poverty, despair, and battered dignity within his wretched family....

13 Apr 46min

In which the weary and disordered Raskolnikov receives a long and tender letter from his mother, filled with news of family troubles, hopes, and an impending journey, stirring in him a tumult of emoti...

13 Apr 33min

In which a young man, burdened by poverty and nervous self-absorption, ventures out on a sweltering summer evening through the squalid streets of Petersburg to visit a pawnbroker, where the sordid det...

12 Apr 21min

In which a troubled young man roams the grimy streets of St Petersburg, grappling with profound moral dilemmas and the heavy weight of his own conscience. His encounters with a variety of characters—e...

12 Apr 5min

In which the narrator reflects on the depths to which his gambling has sunk him, recounting various episodes of desperate fortune and misfortune, and meets an old friend whose candid words both wound ...

11 Apr 26min