That is the sentence that I believe many people know, yes, the very first sentence from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I am now haunted by this sentence because I have this habit when I'm reading.
The habit is to always start form the very first page of the book. That is from the cover, summary page, inside cover page, copyright page, dedication page, table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index, etc. I read every word on every page carefully.
This habit while it's perfectly not bothering me at all when I'm reading a “simple” book sometimes really burdening me. That happens when I’m reading a “difficult” book, like Crime and Punishment. I love Russian writer so much, but this book, not just in English but also in what I called “difficult English”.
It has been long time ago I decided to just read an English book even if there are words that I don't understand rather than look it up in the dictionary every time. In Crime and Punishment, the words that I don’t understand are enormous. For example I don’t even know what sultry means is (when I write this I have look up for the meaning ;>). Still, I find it very difficult to read it continuously.
I read it for one chapter then someone calls me or I need to do something and when I can come back to the book again, I forget everything. So I started reading from the very first. The cover, etc., etc.. Knowing that’s stupid yet can’t resist.
That’s why I can’t shook off that part of the first word in this book from my head.
I’m now (only!) in Chapter VI of Part Two and struggling to finish the book. I hope Raskolnikoff will do something brilliant soon and amused me : )
The habit is to always start form the very first page of the book. That is from the cover, summary page, inside cover page, copyright page, dedication page, table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index, etc. I read every word on every page carefully.
This habit while it's perfectly not bothering me at all when I'm reading a “simple” book sometimes really burdening me. That happens when I’m reading a “difficult” book, like Crime and Punishment. I love Russian writer so much, but this book, not just in English but also in what I called “difficult English”.
It has been long time ago I decided to just read an English book even if there are words that I don't understand rather than look it up in the dictionary every time. In Crime and Punishment, the words that I don’t understand are enormous. For example I don’t even know what sultry means is (when I write this I have look up for the meaning ;>). Still, I find it very difficult to read it continuously.
I read it for one chapter then someone calls me or I need to do something and when I can come back to the book again, I forget everything. So I started reading from the very first. The cover, etc., etc.. Knowing that’s stupid yet can’t resist.
That’s why I can’t shook off that part of the first word in this book from my head.
I’m now (only!) in Chapter VI of Part Two and struggling to finish the book. I hope Raskolnikoff will do something brilliant soon and amused me : )
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