
Episode 21: Crime and Punishment: Conscience as the penalty for an unthinkable crime.
Raskolnikov murders a pawnbroker to prove his superiority but descends into guilt and madness before seeking redemption through confession.

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Hosted by DANNY ALVAR · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 21 episodes
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Immerse yourself in the world of letters with Liternaut, a podcast that explores world literature, from classic masterpieces to modern bestsellers. Join us for deep analysis, commentary, debate, and delve into the stories that shape our world.
DANNY ALVAR hosts LITERNAUT (PODCAST), a arts show with 21 episodes published.

Raskolnikov murders a pawnbroker to prove his superiority but descends into guilt and madness before seeking redemption through confession.

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A kind girl mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters. With the help of a Fairy Godmother who transforms a pumpkin into a carriage, she attends a royal ball and captures the Prince's heart.

Orpheus, a gifted musician, descends to the Underworld to retrieve his wife, Eurydice, after she dies from a snake bite. Hades agrees to let her go on one condition: Orpheus must not look back at her until they reach the

"The Raven" is a gothic narrative poem about a grieving man's descent into madness. While mourning his lost love, Lenore, he is visited by a mysterious raven that answers every question with the haunting refrain, "Neverm

The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller that uses the Salem witch trials as an allegory for McCarthyism. It depicts a community consumed by paranoia, false accusations, and religious extremism.

Set in 15th-century Paris, Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame centers on Quasimodo, a deformed bell-ringer, and his tragic love for the beautiful Esmeralda. The novel explores themes of social injustice, obsession

Hamlet is a tragic play about Prince Hamlet, who seeks revenge against his uncle, Claudius, for murdering his father and seizing the throne. The story explores deep themes of betrayal, madness, and moral corruption as Ha

The Little Prince follows a young prince traveling between planets, discovering the absurdity of adulthood and the value of friendship. It famously explores the theme that "what is essential is invisible to the eye."

Frankenstein follows Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a sentient being through an unorthodox experiment. Rejected by its creator and society, the creature turns to revenge and tragedy, exploring themes of amb

"The Tell-Tale Heart" follows an unnamed narrator who murders an elderly man because of his "vulture eye." Despite the "perfect" concealment of the body under floorboards, the narrator's mounting guilt manifests as a hal

The story follows Othello, a high-ranking Moorish general in the Venetian army, who has secretly married the beautiful Desdemona. Their happiness is destroyed by Othello’s ensign, Iago, who secretly hates him. Iago weave

Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, it dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.

Oliver Twist tells the story of an orphaned boy who escapes a miserable workhouse only to fall into a life of crime in London. Under the influence of the manipulative Fagin and his gang of young pickpockets, Oliver strug

Uncle Tom's Cabin explores the harsh realities of slavery in the American South. The story follows the virtuous Tom and other enslaved individuals as they struggle for freedom and maintain their humanity against systemic

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen that follows the spirited Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates issues of manners, upbringing, and marriage in the British regency era. At its heart, it is the story of

Wuthering Heights is a Gothic novel by Emily Brontë centered on the intense and destructive relationship between Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff. Spanning two generations, it explores themes of revenge, s

A handsome young man remains eternally youthful while his hidden portrait ages and shows the scars of his sins. He lives a life of excess and cruelty until the painting's hideous transformation drives him to a tragic end

Gregor Samsa wakes up transformed into a monstrous insect. The story explores his isolation and his family's rejection as he loses his humanity.

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