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22333275 No.22333275 [Reply] [Original]

Why do they censor the names of places in Russian literature?
>At the beginning of July, during an extremely hot spell, towards evening, a young man left the closet he rented from tenants in S------y Lane, walked out across the street, and slowly, as if indecisively, headed for the K------n Bridge.

>> No.22333296

Fear of KGB.

>> No.22333309

>>22333275
that confused me as well when I was reading it for the first time recently

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22333313

must depend on the translation. I don't remember seeing this

>> No.22333375

>>22333275
This isn't a specifically Russian thing. It was common in realist fiction up until sometime in the 19th century. It's basically the equivalent of a movie saying 'Based on a true story' at the start when it's nevertheless total fiction. It suggests that this happened in a real town in Russia, or France or wherever, to a real Madam de P-----, whose name and location we shall omit so as to protect their reputation.

>> No.22334761

>>22333275
they don't want to dox the characters involved

>> No.22334765

So Raskalnikov really existed and killed those two people for no reason.

>> No.22334834

It’s because the story could have hypothetically happened anywhere. The specific names of streets and shit don’t matter to the plot, so they are blanked out so you don’t somehow think they are important.
People have actually tracked down Rodion’s movements in IRL Saint Petersburg and some translations are printed with the names restored.
But Dostoevsky clearly had some artistic purpose behind them.

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>>22334765
>for no reason.

>> No.22334905

>>22333313
did they... photoshop rodya's hair on?

>> No.22334914

>>22334846
yes for no reason, you think he had the right to take two people's lives?

>> No.22334918

>>22333313
truly the best cover. Someone post TBK one

>> No.22335688

>>22333375
/thread

>> No.22335745

>>22334914
he had plenty reason, but even so he couldn't get away with it. That'a the whole point

>> No.22335763

>>22335745
he could have gotten away with it if he wasn't such a bitch

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>>22334918