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Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law, but as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck . . .
Dostoevsky’s narrative brilliance is on full display in this exploration of the darker aspects of the human soul. His penetrating examination of the psyche makes Crime and Punishment an enduring classic, a compelling examination of morality and the complex interplay of motives, consequences, and the pursuit of absolution.
First published in 1866, Crime and Punishment has become one of Russian literature's most famous and influential works.