Dostoevsky failed to account for the human tendency to be reborn in an isekai

In Crime and Punishment, the drunkard Marmeladov gets hit by a carriage and dies. In a very low-brow fashion typical of Dostoevsky, Marmeladov isn't reborn in a fantasy world with a game-like system that would help him rise to the top.

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