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Crime and Punishment follows the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who plans to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker, an old woman who stores money and valuable objects in her flat.
Mar 28, 2006 · Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Best Books Ever Listings. In Crime Fiction. In Harvard Classics. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Crime and Punishment. Fyodor Dostoevsky, David McDuff (Translator), Joseph Frank (Introduction) 4.27. 926,905 ratings38,481 reviews. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret.
Crime and Punishment, novel by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in 1866. Centering on the poor former student Raskolnikov, whose theory that humanitarian ends justify evil means leads him to murder, the story is one of the finest studies of the psychopathology of guilt written in any language.
Crime and Punishment (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes Crime and Punishment Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays.
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Aug 22, 2001 · Crime and Punishment catapulted Fyodor Dostoyevsky to the forefront of Russian writers and into the ranks of the world's greatest novelists. Supreme masterpiece recounts in feverish, compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own thoughts after he brutally murders an old woman.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment opens in 1860s St. Petersburg, where Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished former student, has come psychologically unhinged. He wanders about the city, barely eats, and hatches a vague plan he wishes to “test” one afternoon.
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The crime is committed in Part I and the punishment comes hundreds of pages later, in the Epilogue. The real focus of the novel is not on those two endpoints but on what lies between them—an in-depth exploration of the psychology of a criminal.
