More From Marlo About Crime and Punishment...

There are tons, I mean tons, of websites for Crime and Punishment. I'm overwhelmed.

http://www.kiosek.com/dostoevsky/links.html

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/crime/context.html

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/cri/SUM.htm PLOT SUMMARY, etc.

http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides2/crime_and_punishment.asp DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, etc.

http://www.novelguide.com/crimeandpunishment/index.html

http://www.classicnote.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/crimeandpunishment/links.html

You'll notice that most of these sites offer material (a few offer discussion questions) on other novels/literature, as well.

Heads up from Marlo!

The book we are currently reading is THE LEOPARD by LAMPEDUSA. But look what's up next!

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Take steps to get your copy for reading in June.
NOTICE: A couple of translators are listed for this book:
Constance Garnett for Bantam Classics (amazon.com's BEST SELLER) and Dover Thrift editions.
Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator), for Everyman's Library/Knopf.
W.W. Norton's translator is someone else (amazon.com's 2nd BEST SELLER and my choice).

Oy vey!

PLEASE ADVISE if you know which might be the best translator/edition to get. It makes a big difference in the enjoyment of the book.

Meanwhile, the book is available everywhere -- including online and on audio cassettes. You can find reading guides via google.com or whatever you like.
This is a great book to BLOG! If I knew how to do it now, you could already consider yourself BLOGGED.
Meanwhile, ADVISE RE TRANSLATOR if you can and ENJOY READING!

REMEMBER: You can get good used copies of books via amazon.com, abebooks.com, etc.

what is a blog?

A few irreverent definitions are listed in the Urban Dictionary. Check it out.

We can also share recipes

Here is the recipe for the carrot quinoa I brought once.

We can even link to book reviews: The Leopard

For example, a brief review of The Leopard can be viewed here.

Jonathan Jones in UK's The Guardian provides a more historical perspective.

A biography of Guiseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa by David Gilmour, called The Last Leopard, was published by Pantheon Books in 1988. Although now out of print, this book may be available through public libraries. I haven't checked LAPL yet. Here is a brief review in Amazon.com.

Does anyone know anything about British politics? Julian Critchely who is a Conservative MP rates The Leopard as his number one best all time favorite book in this article in The Guardian.

It seems as though The Leopard is big in England, at least amongst the Guardian book editors. It's on their list of the first 50 essential books. This list might be worth looking at for future books. On their booktalk site, a reaction to their list by Guga provides more books.