Reader's Introduction | Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment #1

[@WindingShadows]

Holy shit, I found a hidden gem of a playlist. Thank you sooo much :)

[@hippiasminor6264]

Welcome aboard! I'm glad you found it--happy to be of service.

[@wordjunkys]

👍I like your audio presentations (with your clarifying remarks, comments etc) I appreciate the "LET'S READ" concept & the helpful info you provide in your recordings. Excellent 👍

[@vanithanarayan7641]

Wow, thank you,sir! Been waiting for this for so long. In fact I checked the channel yesterday to see if I missed a notification. So happy to see this. Re-reading C&P with you will be an exceptional experience 😀. Thanks again 🙂

[@hippiasminor6264]

Sorry it took so long! I have been moving at a slower pace these days--having to take it a bit easier on my voice. As always, glad to have you aboard!

[@QueenCityFilmsComm]

Great dramatic reading, and very insightful background info. Well done sir and I’m CERTAINLY looking forward to it!

[@Zoronoa01]

I am so happy that you started Crime and Punishment I will savor it slowly and enjoy every second of it! Thank you!!!

[@QueenCityFilmsComm]

Should REALLY consider adding a tip tab. You’ll certainly be surprised because I was looking for one. Well worth it.

[@hippiasminor6264]

Thank you very kindly! I was unaware of the existence of a tip tab for KZbin. (I live under a rock. :-) ) I will mull it over...

[@hippiasminor6264]

Curiously, I happened to add a "tip tab" (or a thank you button) just yesterday, after completing the Crime and Punishment project. I wasn't expecting YT to add it to *all* my videos, but that's the only option it gave me. So now, for any video on the channel, you'll see it on the little toolbar under the channel name. (I think it just says "Thanks.")

[@mharbaugh]

Congratulations on your newest upload!!

[@Armanifamily-tm8er]

You have a fantastic voice for audio books I wish you did more

[@billybadass7718]

Thank you for your work. I appreciate it greatly

[@ieeaswaran]

Congratulations! I take it that you will continue uploads till the whole novel is completed.

[@hippiasminor6264]

Yes--I have a third of the novel up, but I will gradually add more parts as time goes by. (I'm afraid my pace is pretty slow these days, but it will get done!)

[@ieeaswaran]

@@hippiasminor6264 Dear Sir: You have enhanced the pleasure of FD lovers and lovers of Russian literature no end with your excellent readings and apposite yet unobtrusive commentary. I have read most of FD, many of his major works several times. But there are many smaller works of his that I had missed completely -- like The Crocodile, Another Man's Wife, and A Novel in Nine Letters. My first encounter with these has been through your readings, and what a delight it has been! I am yet to read The Village of Stepanchikovo and The Insulted and the Injured, and your readings will double the delight, I am sure! So, many, many thanks! PS: My own favourite FD, solely because it was his first work I read, in my late teens, and have since returned to time and again, is The Idiot.

[@tsuk2210]

Wonderful, Thank you very much. I hope the Whole book will or already has been covered to its full extend!

[@hippiasminor6264]

It's still in progress, but it *will* get finished. Hoping to finish up Part V in the next day or two. My pace hasn't been terribly swift, I'm afraid, but it's been steady. Welcome aboard!

[@jbinmoeller6285]

Hi Hippias Minor, Thank you for these blessed, professional, and inspired videos. We are so fortunate because of you. You have given us something blessed and I have learned and grown much in wisdom from them. Thank you again. I was wondering if you are working on your next videos or if you know yet which work by D you will be doing next? No problem if you do not. And if you're still deciding, can I perhaps put in a recommendation for 'The Adolescent'? I'm assuming you're leaving Brothers K for last, as, if I am not wrong, you're almost done with your blessed gift to fallen people, the gift of all the works of D.! 😁

[@hippiasminor6264]

Indeed, I do plan on tackling The Adolescent next. (I feel a bit guilty about not having tackled it already! I had originally planned to do so, but there had been a mix-up about the availability of a highly listenable version of it right about the time I was making my decision.) And yes, BK would be last, if I were to keep on. But there's a *lot* of FMD left to cover (at least volume wise), and I've been going at a much slower pace of late. The combination of competing time commitments and pesky technical problems has slowed me down quite a bit. But I'm still in it--for at least the end of the current project and Adolescent after that. I'm glad you enjoy!

[@jbinmoeller6285]

@@hippiasminor6264 Thank you for your kind reply. I know you are very busy working.

[@nanonova8261]

Thank you very much, greatly appreciate the work done with the notes etc but can I also ask for text on screen paragraph-wise so we can read along too if we want to in between- I personally have turned on subtitles and moved them to the centre of the screen. Still, it appears that a paragraph would be the best for the most from the book format. Again I thank you for your work

[@brunoprada5225]

Thank you 🙏

[@paysonmarosarioronquillo8229]

I love this ❤

[@SKMikeMurphySJ]

Three cheers for Hippias Minor! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hippias Minor!

[@hippiasminor6264]

Aw, shucks. :)

[@shoukojellyfish6202]

Hey, I have the copy of this book by vintage classics and the translators are Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky but I haven’t found an audiobook with their translation anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find it?

[@butterr8037]

Audible

[@8mu-]

Which / who's translation is this audio book read from?

[@FuchsiaRiv]

Thank you so much!

[@SKMikeMurphySJ]

Have you seen "Pickpocket" by Robert Bresson?

[@hippiasminor6264]

I haven't--actually, I hadn't even heard of it. (When it comes to movies, I live under a rock.) But a quick internet search suggests a definite point of connection...

[@SKMikeMurphySJ]

@@hippiasminor6264 it's a Clasic by the Father of French New Wavr Cinima. Robert Bresson based loosely on Crime and Punishment. its on youtube

[@SKMikeMurphySJ]

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[@nkvrbyv]

I wish you could do the Adolescent some day

[@SKMikeMurphySJ]

Ἱππίας ἐλάττων at his Best!

[@tryingtofigurelifeout1852]

Hey, these are so awesome! Would it be okay for me to use this content in my videos? I would listen to it and provide my commentary. I would credit you in every video.

[@hippiasminor6264]

Glad you like them! If you're going to use my work, I request that you have references to it both in the video description and in the video itself, right at the front end of each video (conspicuously enough so that a viewer can't miss it--ideally both written and spoken). Assuming that happens, I won't turn down free advertising! Thanks kindly!

[@tryingtofigurelifeout1852]

@@hippiasminor6264 sounds good! Thanks!

[@HockenberryFinn]

let's goooo

[@UmMe-gm2ci]

I really want to finish this book otherwise i will have to remeember this book and remember i did not finish thiss Damnnit

[@hippiasminor6264]

Well, just in case you were thinking otherwise, this playlist is now complete. (Some comments here were made before its completion.) So, if you have the time, it's available for you!

[@hernehill6282]

Was Dostoyevsky also making a political statement regarding western nations (or another colonizer currently in the news)? Like Raskolnikov they rationalized elimination and theft of the 'less worthy' and anyone else that got in the way. Would Dostoyevsky see redemption of the west as impossible, given the its lack of guilt and love -- like a Jack Torrance (The Shining) character, possessed by the ghosts of the past and the banal 'obligation to fulfill his duties'?

[@hippiasminor6264]

Well...I suppose it's worth noting the following: a. In this work, he will (regrettably) occasionally lampoon other ethnicities. (I can think of some barbs against Germans, Poles, and Jews off the top of my head.) b. He will take issue against some ideas that have their origin in the West--for instance, the utilitarianism of a Jeremy Bentham. (His reaction to English industrialism was quite strident, as recorded in Winter Notes on Summer Impressions.) c. He has his own personal political hostilities to the West, which become more obvious as time goes by in his writing career. (Most notably, they get expressed in his Diary of a Writer.) All that said, though, I wouldn't say that international politics really gets much attention in this novel, per se. His focus is mostly in-house, with a tempestuous Russian society. Maybe you're seeing something that I'm not?

[@hernehill6282]

@@hippiasminor6264 Thanks for your thoughts, this will give me more to think about. I figure no writer is completely unaffected by the thinking of his time and place. I agree with what you say about his focus; there is a lot in Russian society to unpack and he does a great job. The way he explores ethics and conscience makes me wonder about his thoughts regarding the ruthlessness and inanity of politics.

[@hippiasminor6264]

@@hernehill6282 Yes--it's certainly true that time and place have an effect on every writer. Dostoevsky in particular was *highly* sensitive to the events of his time!

[@johni4213]

Who's here on the advice of Jordan Peterson?

[@Breezyaon1]

You've the whole internet for that, and Yes! he is the gift to our derailments in this chaotic modern life.

[@twosunies]

Not me.

[@kaimanners7205]

Peterson is a loser and it's a shame he's being associated with this book

[@tanmaykachare6596]

Yes

[@saleemmanneer1245]

Yap