American novels: The plot turns on Tom killing Richard.
Russian novels: The plot turns on Ivan Stepovich insulting the servant of Stepan Ivanovich’s brother’s son, who obtains revenge by defrauding Ivan Stepovich’s uncle, who was also the caretaker of Ivanovich’s grandmother’s ex-lover, who hanged himself after Ivanovich insulted his mother.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 