Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Always visible content "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a novel published in 1866. It follows Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished former law student in Saint Petersburg who plans to murder an unscrupulous pawnbroker. He convinces himself that certain crimes are justifiable if committed by "extraordinary" men pursuing higher goals. Once the deed is done, however, he is consumed by confusion, paranoia, and guilt as his theoretical justifications crumble and he faces the internal and Hidden checkbox to control the toggle Clickable label to show more The extra text that is initially hidden Clickable label to show less external consequences of his actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)