Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

I know it is absurd to talk about a classic nearly after more than a century. I have rerad this masterpiece almost a decade back. Offlate I hardly had any work at office and I stumbled onto this e-book.

I have always admired Dostoevsky for his intense writing. It is easier for a writer to go surreal and leave a touch of warmth or sadness in your mind. But Dostoevsky plays with real emotions, the most probable plots and take you thru an emotional turmoil.

It is a long book with a mundane theme backed by the sheer power of words that I am at awe than a good long story. I would rather watch a movie in that case.

Had it been some other writer, I doubt if I would have read through pages and pages of sheer emotions going thru the protagonist's mind. I recollect literally feeling miserable throughout the book when I first read this book. Once more, I felt the same. It is not the story that really mattered, its his way of telling a not-so-unique story.