Book List
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For this book club, we will be using the book Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky translated by Constance Garnett. You can purchase it in digital, paperback, hardcover, and audio formats. It is also available at many local libraries.
Please note that this translation was first published in 1914. It uses terms that are no longer socially acceptable. Feel free to use any translation you like.
Additionally, you will need The Norton Sampler: Seventh Edition edited by Thomas Cooley. The essays are different in each edition so you will need the 7th edition for this course.
To complete the grammar exercises, you will need Barron's E-Z Grammar by Dan Mulvey.
You will also need a notebook or binder for your notes, vocabulary, and writing.
Note to the Parent:
This powerful psychological novel explores desperate poverty, murder, mental anguish, and moral torment. It contains graphic descriptions of violence and crime, including murder, cruelty, and suffering. The story delves into themes of guilt, despair, pride, and redemption, and includes explicit sexual content tied to vulnerability and exploitation. Language reflects late 19th-century Russian speech but includes harsh profanity. This novel is intense and emotionally weighty; pre-reading or guided discussion is highly recommended.
Parent Review:
Is Crime and punishment an appropriate book for a 12 year old?
Answer (1 of 14): I would not expect the average 12-year-old to have the patience to read this novel. Aside from a few violent action scenes, most of the rest of the novel consists of ruminations. What I would expect to happen, if this book was picked up by a kid of that age, is for them to get ...