Crime and Punishment
A novel from the series "Novels from World Literature"
Dostoevsky's best-known novel: a crime that begins as an idea, and a punishment that begins inside.
What you'll learn
- Follow Raskolnikov from the idea, to the crime, to the confession
- See how big ideas turn into deeds that weigh on the conscience
- Meet unforgettable characters such as Sonia, Marmeladov and Porfiry
- Walk through the streets of 19th-century St. Petersburg and meet its poor
- Open the door to Dostoevsky's other novels
About this book
A hot summer in St. Petersburg. Rodion Raskolnikov is a poor student who has left university. He lives in a tiny room under the roof and cannot pay for his food. One idea will not leave his head: to kill a cruel old moneylender and use her money to begin a useful life.
He does it. But fear will not leave him, a clever detective comes closer and closer, and Sonia, a poor and kind young woman, shows him another road. Is he running from the law, or from himself?
This is one of the greatest novels of world literature, in the classic English translation by Constance Garnett. The book is written in English. 592 pages and 41 chapters in 6 parts and an epilogue, with a drawing at the start of every chapter.
Who this book is for
- Lovers of classic novels
- Literature students
- Readers interested in psychology and philosophy
- Anyone starting Dostoevsky for the first time
- Anyone who loves stories that stay with you
Why read this book
- 41 chapters in 592 pages
- 6 parts and an epilogue
- A drawing at the start of every chapter
- The classic English text