crime and punishment by fyodor dostoevsky

all its ramifications, especially the picture of a family and the bringing up of children in these circumstances, etc., etc.' This theme, centering on the story of the Marmeladov family, became ancillary to the story of Raskolnikov and his crime. He had been working on another project at the time entitled The Drunkards, which was to deal with 'the present question of drunkenness. His theoretical justifications lose all their power as he struggles with guilt and horror and confronts both the internal and external consequences of his deed.ĭostoevsky conceived the idea of Crime and Punishment in the summer of 1865.

Once the deed is done, however, he finds himself racked with confusion, paranoia, and disgust. He theorises that with the money he could liberate himself from poverty and go on to perform great deeds, and seeks to convince himself that certain crimes are justifiable if they are committed in order to remove obstacles to the higher goals of 'extraordinary' men. Ĭrime and Punishment follows the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who plans to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker, an old woman who stores money and valuable objects in her flat. The novel is often cited as one of the supreme achievements in world literature. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his mature period of writing. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. It was later published in a single volume. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. Prestupléniye i nakazániye, IPA: ) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Crime and punishment by fyodor dostoevsky