Title: Crime and Punishment
Authors: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Keywords: philosophical novel;psychological novel;Russian literature
Issue Date: 2001
Publisher: Project Gutenberg
Abstract: 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. He theorises that with the money he could liberate himself from poverty and go on to perform great deeds, and seeks to convince himself that certain crimes are justifiable if they are committed in order to remove obstacles to the higher goals of 'extraordinary' men. Once the deed is done, however, he finds himself racked with confusion, paranoia, and disgust. His theoretical justifications lose all their power as he struggles with guilt and horror and confronts both the internal and external consequences of his deed. - Summary by Wikipedia. Translator: Constance Garnett
URI: https://tlor.svkos.cz/handle/123456789/335
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