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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.
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- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
- Garnett, Constance, 1861-1946
- Crime and Punishment
- Prestuplenie i nakazanie. English
First published in 1866, Crime and Punishment is the excruciatingly-detailed psycho-epic about the murder of a pawn shop owner (and her sister). The murderer is named Raskolnikov. He is a former student living in a wretched little closet apartment.
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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.
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Explore the themes of guilt and redemption in Dostoyevsky's novel through the internal conflict of Raskolnikov, a murderer who believes he is a "superman." Learn how Raskolnikov's thoughts, emotions, and actions lead to his punishment and eventual recovery.
