Thanks for this, much appreciated. Always a pleasure to read essays that credibly bring to life times long gone, which in this case brings Dostoevsky to life t

Thanks for this, much appreciated. Always a pleasure to read essays that credibly bring to life times long gone, which in this case brings Dostoevsky to life too. For example: "In the mid-1860s, Russia was in the throes of a true crime craze." and "Sections like “The Criminal Chronicle” became a regular feature of daily newspapers, introducing new social types like the charismatic defense attorney." and "By the end of the century, terrorism was referred to by those throughout the world—including Karl Marx—simply as “the Russian method.” It creates a better understanding of the surviving literature, moored in the social and political context where it belongs. We can probably never escape the fact that we view everything from our own social and political context - but a good dose of historical knowledge broadens our perspective at least.