{"id":"01KFE0JFZKG1VXT26AWE9J008Z","cid":"bafkreicya573r4s5eumik2kizwzkw7ijvjewd6fqyrm7gsnu677rakdfga","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreifvixl2rbkhigqwot7g6fuhejass4qvyeot2ks7dhh6wztozo2c7q","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0301.jpg","key":"pdf-page-1768923151885-brbmf3mqu8i","label":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0301.jpg","page_number":301,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":212539,"text":"CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 293\nadmire him and only him. How many scenes, how many amor-\nous episodes he had imagined on this seductive and playful\ntheme, when his work was over! And, behold, the dream of so\nmany years was all but realised; the beauty and education of\nAvdotya Romano vna had impressed him; her helpless position\nhad been a great allurement; in her he had found even more\nthan he dreamed of. Here was a girl of pride, character, virtue,\nof education and breeding superior to his own (he felt that),\nand this creature would be slavishly grateful all her lite for his\nheroic condescension, and would humble herself in che dust\nbefore him, and he would have absolute, unbounded power\nover her! . . . Not long before, he had, too, after long reflection\nand hesitation, made an important change in his career and was\nnow entering on a wider circle of business. With this change\nhis cherished dreams of rising into a higher class of society\nseemed likely to be realised. . . . He was, in fact, determined to\ntry his fortune in Petersbiurg. He knew that women could do\na very great deal. The fascination of a charming, virtuoias,\nhighly educated woman might make his way easier, might do\nwonders in attracting people to him, throwing an aureole round\nhim, and now everything was in ruins! This sudden horrible\nrupture affected him like a clap of thunder; it was like a hid-\neous joke, an absurdity. He had only been a tiny bit masterful,\nhad not even time to speak out, had simply made a joke, been\ncarried away — and it had ended so seriously. And, of course, too,\nhe did love Dounia in his own way; he already possessed her in\nhis dreams — and all at once! No! The next day, the very next\nday, it must all be set right, smoothed over, settled. Above all he\nmust crush that conceited milksop who was the cause of it all.\nWith a sick feeling he could not help recalling Razumihin too,\nbut, he soon reassured himself on that score; as though a fellow\nlike that could be put on a level with him! The man he really\ndreaded in earnest was Svidrigailov. . . . He had, in short, a grea\ndeal to attend to. . . . '\n\"No, I, I am more to blame than any one!\" said Dounia, kissi\ning and embracing her mother. \"I was tempted by his money,\nbut on my honour, brother, I had no idea he was such a base man.\nIf I had seen through him before, nothing would have tempted\nme! Don't blame me, brother!\"","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-20T15:32:31.885Z","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":"2026-01-20T15:32:32.566Z","ts":"2026-01-20T15:32:33.756Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFCZWTBNJH4WFMS8354919KY"}}