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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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“Titled "Crime and Punishment" and yet the book ends once the actual, legal punishment starts. All because the real punishment is the mental anguish and torment the MC feels after his "crime" (which he doesn't really see as a crime even until the end). If we didn't hear all his delirious thoughts, I feel like I'd have hated his character because he is just that eccentric and his actions don't make sense when looking at it from the outside. The book wouldn't have worked if it were written from a third person POV because the real depth is in the inner workings of the MC. It is maddening inside his head and the author lets you inside that madness. I am very much an overthinker and I know what it feels like to go so inside your head that you stop relating to the world outside. And the author does such a fantastical job at leading you through that. A dense read that messed up my headspace at times and yet, I truly loved reading it. My first introduction to Dostoevsky and if his other books are anything like this one, I think I'll need some fluffy light reads in-between just to be able to pick up the next one :)”About Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (UK: Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, tr. Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Dostoevsky's body of works consists of 12 novels, four novellas, 16 short stories, and numerous other works. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as multiple of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature; this has resulted in Dostoevsky being looked upon as both a philosopher and theologian as well.
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