Comparative Themes in Chekhov and Dostoyevsky’s Russian Fiction
The two literary texts to be analyzed are Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Anton Chekov’s Misery. Russian literature is enriched with diverse themes such as murder, mystery, morality, crime, and sexual enthrallment. However, the literary texts written by the 18th and 19th-century writers focused mainly on the theme of corruption, which was prevalent in Russia during that time. The class division in Russia had driven people towards committing horrendous

