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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: Why should you read "Crime and Punishment"?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
First seezaiirld in a literary magazine in 1866, the novel tells the srtoy of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, a young law student in Saint Petersburg. rlakiksnoov lives in ajebct poverty, and at the start of the story has run out of funds to continue his studies. lettres from his rural home only add to his distress when he realizes how much his mother and sister have sacrificed for his success. Increasingly dtepesare after selling the last of his valuables to an elderly pawnbroker, he resolves on a plan to murder and rob her. But the impact of caryring out this unthinkable act proves to be more than he was prepared for.
Open Cloze
First __________ in a literary magazine in 1866, the novel tells the _____ of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, a young law student in Saint Petersburg. ___________ lives in ______ poverty, and at the start of the story has run out of funds to continue his studies. _______ from his rural home only add to his distress when he realizes how much his mother and sister have sacrificed for his success. Increasingly _________ after selling the last of his valuables to an elderly pawnbroker, he resolves on a plan to murder and rob her. But the impact of ________ out this unthinkable act proves to be more than he was prepared for.
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- story
- serialized
- desperate
- carrying
- raskolnikov
- abject
- letters
Original Text
First serialized in a literary magazine in 1866, the novel tells the story of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, a young law student in Saint Petersburg. Raskolnikov lives in abject poverty, and at the start of the story has run out of funds to continue his studies. Letters from his rural home only add to his distress when he realizes how much his mother and sister have sacrificed for his success. Increasingly desperate after selling the last of his valuables to an elderly pawnbroker, he resolves on a plan to murder and rob her. But the impact of carrying out this unthinkable act proves to be more than he was prepared for.
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