Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student living in Saint Petersburg who feels compelled to rob and murder Alyona Ivanovna, an elderly pawn broker and money lender.

Raskolnikov believes with the money he steals he could liberate himself from poverty and perform great deeds. After much deliberation, he ...