Crime and Punishment Part 1 Chapter 4
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
Crime and Punishment Part 1 Chapter 2
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
Crime and Punishment Part 1 Chapter 3
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
Crime and Punishment Part 1 Chapter 1
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
Crime and Punishment Preface
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
The Gambler Chapter 17
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
The Gambler Chapter 15
In which the narrator finds himself in the throes of a feverish night marked by a vast gambling fortune, complicated affections, and the fragile, tempestuous presence of Polina, whose emotions ripple ...
10 Apr 23min
The Gambler Chapter 16
In which the narrator recounts his turbulent sojourn in Paris, marked by the rapid dissipation of his funds under the stewardship of the cunning and extravagant Mlle. Blanche, whose ambitions and mach...
10 Apr 23min
