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Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment (Paperback, 2019, Liveright) 4 stars

From [wikipedia][1]:

Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: [prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲə …

Some parts were amazing, other parts were downright annoying. What is with the "he-he-he" and doubled/tripled words at the ends of sentences? Was that a common usage during that era in Russia?