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Mentions Across Episodes
“Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' is mentioned as an example of the obsession with ranks and the humiliation of not attaining the desired rank in Russian literature.”
“I guess Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment. The ambitious young man going to Petersburg who has yearnings to be something and then finds it not possible.”
The Rest Is HistoryDec 6, 2021
“The picture of St. Petersburg in Crime and Punishment is referenced as a significant influence when reading about Rasputin.”