Clinton calls for partnership with Russians Oct 15, 2009
Clinton told the students that one of the books that most affected her life was The Brothers Karamazov by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, in particular the parable of the Grand Inquisitor, which she saw as "an object lesson against servitude.". "I believe one of the greatest responsibilities we have as human beings is to open ourselves up to the possibility that we could be wrong," she said. (Florida Today)
Southern Women's Show: Win tickets Oct 3, 2009
When I was a high senior we had to read lots of novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky. My best friend did not mind the reading, but I did not have fun at all. (Florida Today)
T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" Sep 6, 2009
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov. James George Frazer, The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. (Suite101.com)
- Ledon: Jurors to get case Friday 0 May 21, 2009
He alluded to Fyodor Dostoevsky s Crime and Punishment in his closing argument. The question you have to answer is whether Horacio was driven by intense emotion, Baker said. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Depravity at the GM wheel May 20, 2009
If you're looking for a study of the depths of moral depravity and licentiousness to which the human species can fall, you could do a lot worse than Karel Reisz's 1974 movie The Gambler, very loosely based on the 1867 novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. In the film, Alex Freed (James Caan) is a young man who seems to have it all. (Asia Times Online)
Useless Knowledge: Are you the bookish type? May 8, 2009
Tale of Two Cities Fyodor Dostoevsky ... Fyodor Dostoevsky; 15. (Montana Standard, MT)
Riveting whodunit at Cleveland Play House Mar 14, 2009
Joining the fraternity is Fyodor Dostoevsky s Crime and Punishment. The play of the same name by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus distills the massive 19th-century novel, teeming with character, into a 90-minute psychological thriller with just three actors playing a handful of characters. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
U. incorporates Russia in study abroad offerings Mar 11, 2009
He said another major excursion would involve the famous Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and visiting the Dostoevsky Museum. We would have a sort of Crime and Punishment excursion where we would follow the steps of the main character, Pirog said. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Theater review: 'Crime and Punishment' Mar 7, 2009
Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus from the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky ... Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" is a novel of such concentrated intensity that it's hard to remember that it's hundreds of pages long. Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus' "Crime and Punishment," which opened Wednesday at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, is an 85-minute adaptation that seems to last for hours ... Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus from the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
How to Become a Happy Person Feb 22, 2009
Fyodor Dostoevsky once said, Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. (Suite101.com)
Suffolk Madrid student helps direct major motion picture in Morrocco Feb 12, 2009
For all of November into the beginning of December, 19-year-old Refass worked as Second Assistant Director on the making of the film The Man who Sold the World," directed by Spanish-Moroccan brothers, Swel and Imad Noury, and is based on the novel "A White Heart," written by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. "The Man who Sold the World" is the tragic story of a young man who has everything, yet whose idea of universal happiness overcomes him so much that he cannot appreciate the good... (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
