That's Probably Why It's Considered "Timeless"

One of the pleasures of having been educated in the California State Public School System from kindergarten through college is the large number of very famous books you never actually had to read.  This means that it's now possible to discover some of these books at an age where you really understand them.

Take Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, which I'm now listening to in an excellent audio books version.  Turns out that it's about a law student who goes deep into debt to finance his studies, can't get a job, and can't repay his loans.  Who would have thought that a 19th century Russian could be so up-to-date?

[Frank Snyder]