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by Joseph Conrad, Roger Osborne, Paul Eggert
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Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it 10 years ago
Conrad channels Dostoevsky. Apparently Conrad did not care for Dostoevsky, but you wouldn't know it from this book. It is very reminiscent of Dostoevsky, in particular of Crime and Punishment. It's an interesting book. You can see what Conrad is trying to do, but it does not all come together an...
helenliz
helenliz rated it 14 years ago
Intrigueing book. Told by a narrator who is involved in the periphery of the action. he's an English language teacher, and is the western eyes of the title. he sees it as his duty to pass on what happened and present the Russians at the core of the story in a manner understandable to the western min...
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