About this episode

The episode provides an introduction to Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' and discusses its themes and characters.

In this episode, we dive into Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment." We've never really done the whole book in an episode before, so this is (part 1) of a great little introduction for those thinking about reading the book or teaching it to a few edgelords of your own.

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