Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment tells the story of Rodion Raskolnikov, an ex-student who plans to murder a pawnbroker to test his theory of personality. Having accomplished the deed, Raskolnikov struggles with mental anguish while trying to both avoid the consequences and hide his guilt from his friends and family.

Dostoevsky’s original idea for the novel centered on the Marmeladov family and the impact of alcoholism in Russia, but inspired by a double murder in France he decided to rework it around the new character of Raskolnikov. The novel was first …

English language

Published March 1, 2017 by Standard Ebooks.

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Subjects
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Psychological fiction
  • Russia -- Fiction
  • Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Fiction

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