Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad My rating: 4 of 5 stars Betrayal. It's an ugly idea that someone you trust would behind your back act against you. What Dostoevsky does with the idea, act and subsequent guilt of murder in Crime and Punishment, Conrad explores here around the idea of betrayal. Our main character, Razumov, is an orphan sponsored silently by Prince K___, of the Russian nobility, as a student. Dark, quiet, studious, and a listener, he finds himself entrusted with the safety and … [Read more...] about Book Review: Under Western Eyes
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Christian Devotional Classics: The Way of a Pilgrim
Getting to know The Way of the Pilgrim The Way of a Pilgrim was written by an unknown nineteenth-century Russian peasant and tells of his constant wrestling with the problem of 'how to pray without ceasing.' Through his journeys and travels, and under the tutelage of a spiritual father, he becomes gradually more open to the promptings of God. The reader is enriched as he shares these religious experiences in a most humble, simple, and beautiful narrative. -- Summary at the beginning of the Doubleday version of The … [Read more...] about Christian Devotional Classics: The Way of a Pilgrim