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German literature
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“Must we follow the law even when it leads to injustice?” Chapter 1: The Trial Begins The novel opens in a German courtroom where Dr. Lars Koch, a […]
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The Collini Case
“Justice is truth in action.” Chapter 1: The Crime The novel opens with the brutal murder of industrialist Hans Meyer in a Berlin hotel. The killer, Fabrizio Collini, […]
Russian literature
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“I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I killed her…” Part 1 Rodion Raskolnikov, a destitute former student in St. Petersburg, plans to murder Alyona Ivanovna, […]
English literature
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“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.” Part One The novel opens with Tom Sherbourne, a World War […]