Marmeladov"s Tavern - Crimen y Castigo (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
In this squalid tavern off of the Haymarket, Raskolnikov meets Marmeladov and hears all about his and his family"s sufferings. The tavern is located on a small side street off of the Haymarket Square. After going to see the pawnbroker on a trial run to help plan how he would later commit the murder, Raskolnikov wanders around for a bit and finds himself outside of this tavern:
"Looking around, he noticed that he was standing by a tavern, the entrance to which was downstairs from the sidewalk, in the basement. At that same moment two drunks came walking out the door and, supporting and cursing each other, climbed up to the street. Without another thought, Raskolnikov immediately went down the stairs...There were few people left in the tavern by then. Just after the two drunks he had run into on the stairs, a whole party left together, five men or so, with one wench and an accordion. After them the place became quiet and roomy...Behing the counter was a lad of about fourteen, and there was another younger lad who served when anything was asked for. There were chopped pickles, dry black bread, and fish cut into pieces, all quite evil-smelling. It was so stuffy that it was almost impossible to sit there, and everything was so saturated with wine-smell that it seemed one could get drunk in five minutes from the air alone." (pgs.10-11, Crime and Punishment, Pevear and Volokhonsky Translation.)
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