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horpyna · 2 years ago

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literally this

and all this while d*stoevsky didn't know WHAT that dude killed that old lady for!

"The author's path in search of an answer to the question of why Raskolnikov killed a woman was quite long. In a letter to Mykhailo Katkov, Fedor Mykhailovych limited the idea of the meaning of his hero's crime to "simple arithmetic": the student decided to take the life of a "deaf, stupid, evil and sick old woman" in order to give a chance to save other suffering people - himself, his sister and mother. Finally, in the final edition, Raskolnikov's "idea of Napoleon" with the division of humanity into "trembling creatures" and "lords" was articulated."

like...bruh, you could have just left it the way it was, at least there was no leitmotif about the class of people deserving to die. it is at least would have been less disgusting if he just killed that woman for being evil landlady and to help his family. like wtf?!

why a book about a man killing an old woman with an axe is so popular among westerners…

#Do oxen low when mangers are full?#the biggest bruh moment #ukrainian literature #ukrainian classics #ukrainian classical literature #ukrainian realism #realism movement in ukrainian literature #ukrainian 19the century literature #do...do you realize that was published in the same century was #they were published only like 14 years apart #and i believe it is only because it was SO much harder to publish LITERALLY ANYTHING in ukrainian language in russian empire #note that Valuev's decree was already in it's full force #so it was actually again rhe fucking law to publish anything in ukrainian #look up Valuev Circular (Valuev's decree)#Valuev's decree from July 18. 1863 was later baked up by another anti-ukrainian law in russian empire #Ems Ukaz from May 18. 1878 which was a secret decree that further banned print of anything in ukrainian language #and so in this reality was first published in 1866 without any legal problems.#however had to go through the Censorship Committee first #they butchered the most acute social topics form the novel #and then Ems Ukaz caught it on its way to the publishing house in St.Petersburg #in the end the novel was published only 4 years later #it was published uncensored by Dragomanov's publishing house #in russian empire however it was still fucking BANNED for 24 years #so... yeah #you were brainwashed by russian empire in the 21 century #fucking amazing

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