Bibliograph

Crime and punishment

Type

Label

Crime and punishment

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Crime and punishment

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Recorded Books classics library

Summary

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov is a former law student living in extreme poverty in Saint Petersburg. Upon succumbing to his debt, he devises a plan to murder a wealthy, elderly pawnbroker. After Rodion commits the murders, he must address his guilt and decide whether his horrible sin was worth the sacrifice. This novel, considered the first of Fyodor Dostoevsky's mature writings, helped bring Dostoevsky to the forefront of Russian writers

Target audience

adult

Classification