4. "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky
陀思妥耶夫斯基《罪与罚》
This is Dostoyevsky's second most famous work (besides Brothers Karamasov), and also centers around a crime and a court case. Roskolnikov, a student deeply in debt and intellectual and moral issues, has a mad desire to kill the pawnbroker who owns some of his valuables, in order to pay his landlady. There are plenty of family and social issues to be explored, including the link between prostitution and arranged family marriages, the downward spiral of madness, and the nature of poverty and charity.
这是陀思妥耶夫斯基(《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》之外)第二大名著,围绕罪行和法院讼案展开。拉斯柯尔尼科夫是个债台高筑的学生,深陷学识和道德问题的泥沼。他想付房租,而他的财物不少在当铺老板那里,疯狂之下,拉斯柯尔尼科夫动了杀机,欲杀害当铺老板。书中有许多家庭和社会问题有待剖析,如嫖娼和包办婚姻之间的联系,不断恶化的精神失常问题,及贫穷与慈善的本质。
5. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
列夫·托尔斯泰《安娜·卡列尼娜》
More humanly centered than his other well-known work, War and Peace, Tolstoy makes it clear that life is far too complicated for easy handouts of mercy or judgment. The novel begins with a case of family brokenness and adultery. The contrast between Anna, who runs away with her lover Vronsky, and Lenin (who marries Vronsky's former romantic interest), is especially worth reading. As one falls, the other rises, seeming to imply that following one's heart is only as worthwhile as true morality is also followed.
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