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Crime and Punishment

  • 4.20 ·
  • 91 Ratings
  • 545 Want to read
  • 48 Currently reading
  • 137 Have read

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 serialized in The Russian Messenger over the course of 1866, where it was an instant success. It was published in a single volume in 1867. Presented here is Constance Garnett’s 1914 translation.

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Crime and Punishment
2017, Standard Ebooks
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Crime and punishment
2016, Arcturus
in English
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Crime and Punishment
2009-03-01, LibriVox
Digital Audio in English
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Crime and Punishment
2006-03-28, Project Gutenberg
in English
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Schuld und Sühne
January 1, 1997, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co.
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Cover of: Crime and Punishment (Barnes and Noble Classics)
Crime and Punishment (Barnes and Noble Classics)
1994, Barnes and Noble Inc
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Enkle ma kai timo ria
1994, Ekdoseis Patake
in Modern Greek - 2. ekd.
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Crime and Punishment
1950, Modern Library
in English
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Crime and Punishment
1917, P F COLLIER & SON COMPANY
in English
Cover of: El crimen y el castigo
El crimen y el castigo
1900, Imp. y Edit. de Ramón Sopena
in Spanish
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Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: [prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲə ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲə]) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866.[1] It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.[2]

Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of such things, and even have the right to do them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by comparing himself with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose.



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