"The lightning flashed incessantly and the flashes lasted *while one might count five*." #CrimeAndPunishment Part 6, Chapter 6 (trans. Jessie Coulson)
That expression - while one might count five - stopped me for a second. Almost identical in the Garnett translation:
"There were flashes of lightning every minute and each flash lasted while one could count five."
Today in #Connecticut History, August 8: Who Put The Body in the Shoebox?
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Today in #Connecticut History, August 2: Connecticut’s Last Public Hanging
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Today in #Connecticut History, July 20: Mass-Marriage-Minded Minister of “Moonies” Moves Into Danbury Prison.
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Today in #Connecticut History, July 1: Concerns Over Prison Unrest Produce the State Department of Correction
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Today in #Connecticut History, June 21: “Poor Judgment” Costs a Governor His Job
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In Ohio if you steal brazenly in broad daylight it is not stealing it is criminal trespassing. Seriously. #stupidlaws #crimeandpunishment
https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2023/05/an-ohio-man-walks-past-homeowner-takes-leaf-blower-state-supreme-court-says-its-not-burglary.html
#stupidlaws #crimeandpunishment
Today in #Connecticut History, April 28: Corruption Paves the Way for the Merritt Parkway
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In other book-related things: yesterday I made what is going to be my last ever purchase from #BookDepository: #CrimeAndPunishment by #Dostoevsky in the P&V translation, Everyman's Library edition.
Now I'll just have to wait.
#bookdepository #crimeandpunishment #dostoevsky #bookstodon
Today in #Connecticut History, March 23: The Mad Dog Murders Begin
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From the sublime to the ridiculous...
Have a good #trumptuesday! 🍿
#crimeandpunishment #jailbird #funnymemes #trumptuesday
Some cheap laughs on #trumptuesday...🤞
#crimeandpunishment #sorrynotsorry #trumptuesday
Some cheap laughs on #trumptuesday...🤞
#crimeandpunishment #sorrynotsorry #trumptuesday
Today in #Connecticut History, March 21: Furious Taxpayers Fight Against Bailouts
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 19: A Fallen Star Gets A Second Chance
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 18: A Former Governor’s Worst Day
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 13: A City, State, & Country Divided: The New Haven Black Panther Trials
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#connecticut #20thcentury #alexrackley #blackpantherparty #blackpanthers #bobbyseale #civilrights #connecticuthistory #crimeandpunishment #erickahuggins #fbi #hueynewton #jedgarhoover #march #middlefield #murder
It's Thursday and a
"GOP Lawmaker Wants to Bring Back Hanging
March 1, 2023 at 7:51 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
Rep. Paul Sherrell (R) wants to bring “hanging by a tree” as a new death penalty option in Tennessee, the Daily Beast reports."
#newsjunkie #journalism #crimeandpunishment #politics
Could you imagine Dostoyevsky writing Crime and Punishment on an Etch A Sketch? It would drive anyone to murder.
#CrimeAndPunishment #EtchASketch #Books
#crimeandpunishment #etchasketch #books