Crime and Punishment

"e;I did not kill a human being, but a principle!"e;In the sweltering slums of St. Petersburg, a brilliant but destitute student named Rodion Raskolnikov conceives a terrifying theory: that "e;extraordinary"e; men are above the law, permitted to commit any crime for the sake of a higher purpose. To prove his hypothesis, he murders a cynical old pawnbroker. But as a cat-and-mouse game ensues with t...