The True-Life Inspiration for Dostoyevsky’s Famous Murderer

The True-Life Inspiration for Dostoyevsky’s Famous Murderer

The New York Times-Books·2021-11-17 06:02

THE SINNER AND THE SAINT Dostoevsky and the Gentleman Murderer Who Inspired a MasterpieceBy Kevin Birmingham

They were the three undergraduate icebreakers: Where should the Bob Marley poster go? Want a hit? And: Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky? (We usually said “yes” to the second before we got to the third.)

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