Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  • Release Date: 2011-01-20
  • Genre: Classics
Score: 4
4
From 145 Ratings

Description

Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless parasite. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of, and even have the right to, do such things. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by connecting himself mentally with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose, only to find out he "... is not a Napoleon."

Reviews

  • Crime and Punishment

    5
    By Papaof9
    Loved the redeeming quality of the story.
  • Great

    5
    By matthew gallo
    It's a great book. Everyone should read it once
  • Read it

    5
    By Axisofinfinity
    Read it!
  • Wonderful

    5
    By blabby17
    Such a deep book with so many motifs... A truly beautiful novel.

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