Russian editions with fun anime-inspired covers: Crime & Punishment and The Idiot

One of the nicest things that happened to me in 2024 was that a Russian Internet friend sent me these books. According to her explanation, these editions are meant to entice anime-loving teenagers to give classic Russian literature a try. I’m sure not everyone approves of Dostoevsky done anime style, but I’m a weeb in addition to being a classic lit nerd, so these are right up my alley 😊

I’m currently practicing Russian by reading this edition of The Idiot. It took me 45 minutes to get through the first paragraph 😅