{
  "id": 9782021,
  "title": "The secret to reading more classics? Don’t treat them like homework.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/the-secret-to-reading-more-classics-dont-treat-them-like-homework",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-25T14:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Big Think",
    "slug": "big-think",
    "url": "https://bigthink.com/books/reading-the-classics/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I have never read Crime and Punishment (1867). I’ve been meaning to for years and thought my moment had come last winter , after a weekend spent researching the best translation for a Dostoevsky newbie. Then life happened, as it does, and the moment skittered on by. I set my brand-new copy on the shelf, and it has been sitting there ever since, spine uncracked, its pristine pages a testament to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}