{"id":"01KFE0G1XEKVN6FKYA8JM9M0E2","cid":"bafkreidqabbgifl7mrqmh45hirb25b6byty7hygjwq2jlbhkjuk5mbxufi","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreiehcymnqtnkrpynhqspjz4gx7xw55d5skef3fdjycekahhh2bimxy","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0436.jpg","key":"pdf-page-1768923071964-7g6ta969re","label":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0436.jpg","page_number":436,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":213253,"text":"428 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT\nStand him, that is? To begin with, he is still a child and not\nexactly a coward, but something by way of an artist. Really,\ndon't laugh at my describing him so. He is innocent and re-\nsponsive toinfluence. He has a heart, and is a fantastic fellow.\nHe sings and dances, he tells stories, they say, so that people\ncome from other villages to hear him. He attends school too, and\nlaughs till he cries if you hold up a finger to him; he will drink\nhimself senseless — not as a regular vice, but at times, when\npeople treat him, like a child. And he stole, too, then, without\nknowing it himself, for 'How can it be stealing, if one picks it\nup?' And do you know he is an Old Believer, or rather a dis-\nsenter? There have been Wanderers * in his family, and he was\nfor two years in his village under the spiritual guidance of a\ncertain elder. I learnt all this from Nikolay and from his fellow\nvillagers. And what's more, he wanted to run into the wilder-\nness! He was full of fervour, prayed at night, read the old books,\n'the true' ones, and read himself crazy.\n\"Petersburg had a great effect upon him, especially the\nwomen and the wine. He responds to everything and he forgot\nthe elder and all that. I learnt that an artist here took a fancy to\nhim, and used to go and see him, and now this business came\nupon him.\n\"Well, he was frightened, he tried to hang himself! He ran\naway! How can one get over the idea the people have of Russian\nlegal proceedings! The very word 'trial' frightens some of them.\nWhose fault is it? We shall see what the new juries will do. God\ngrant they do good! Well, in prison, it seems, he remembered\nthe venerable elder, the Bible, too, made its appearance again.\nDo you know, Rodion Romanovitch, the force of the word\n'suffering' among some of these people! It's not a question of\nsuffering for some one's benefit, but simply, 'one must suffer.' If\nthey suffer at the hands of the authorities, so much the better.\nIn my time there was a very meek and mild prisoner who si>ent\na whole year in prison always reading his Bible on the stove\nat night and he read himself crazy, and so crazy, do you know,\nthat one day, apropos of nothing, he seized a brick and flung it\nat the governor, though he had done him no harm. And the way\nhe threw it too: aimed it a yard on one side on purpose, for fear\nof hurting him. Well, we know what happens to a prisoner\n* A religious sect. — Translator's note.","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-20T15:31:11.964Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KFCZZ05FKVDDMJJV3YE9Q4WH","peer_label":"crimepunishment00dostiala.pdf","peer_type":"file","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KESYJX0Z6XE0HWTS5N3SDG0B","peer_label":"The Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-20T15:31:12.647Z","ts":"2026-01-20T15:31:13.764Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFCZWTBNJH4WFMS8354919KY"}}