I blame Dostoyevsky.

我责怪陀思妥耶夫斯基。

A tenth of Dostoyevsky is plenty for a seventh grader, I think.

我想，对于一个七年级的学生来说，陀思妥耶夫斯基的十分之一已经足够了。

Dostoyevsky. Crime and Punishment. Part III, 4-end, Part IV, Part V.

杜思托也夫斯基《罪与罚》卷三完、卷四、卷五。

I couldn’t write anything that measured up to Dostoyevsky or Balzac, of course, but I told myself it didn’t matter.

我当然写不出能和陀斯妥耶夫斯基或巴尔扎克相比的作品。 但我告诉自己这些都不要紧。

By Dostoyevsky. These two classics are fascinating for their explorations of the human psyche under extreme conditions.

作者陀思妥耶夫斯基，这两部经典之作都因对艰险条件下人们内心灵魂的探索而引人注目。