“Evidently Marmeladov was a familiar figure here and he had most likely acquired his weakness for high-flown speeches from the habit of frequently entering into conversation with strangers of all sorts in the tavern. This habit develops into a necessity in some drunkards, and especially in those who are looked after sharply and kept inContinue reading “RKS RUSSIAN LITERATURE: Too Many Pots of Vodka and High-Flown Speeches (Fyodor Dostoevsky)”
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RKS RUSSIAN LITERATURE: Should He Murder the Old Hag? (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
‘I want to attempt a thing like that and I am frightened by these trifles’, he thought with an odd smile. ’Hm…yes. all is in a man’s hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that’s an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking aContinue reading “RKS RUSSIAN LITERATURE: Should He Murder the Old Hag? (Fyodor Dostoevsky)”
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