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Dostoyevski's "Crime and Punishment" offers an interesting exploration of this idea.

• ConradHex 18y ago
  Man, that was a painful book to read. I winced through the whole thing.
  • ericb 18y ago
    I loved it. Was it painful because you didn't enjoy the writing, or because of the murder aspect?
    • ConradHex 18y ago
      The writing, and plot, was great. But it's not a happy book, is it?
  • hernan7 18y ago
    I used to read Dostoevsky when I was younger; tried to re-read C&P recently and couldn't stand it. Too painful. So the moral would be: read Dostoevsky while you still have the intestinal fortitude of youth.