“Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. There is only one thing, one thing needful: to dare!”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Why It's Lindy
The deepest psychological novel ever written, exploring guilt, redemption, and the danger of ideas taken to their logical extremes. Raskolnikov is the prototype for a century of fictional antiheroes.
About This Volume
The psychological story of a student who murders a pawnbroker and struggles with guilt. One of the greatest explorations of the criminal mind in literature.
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Why should I read Crime and Punishment?
The deepest psychological novel ever written, exploring guilt, redemption, and the danger of ideas taken to their logical extremes. Raskolnikov is the prototype for a century of fictional antiheroes.
What is Crime and Punishment about?
The psychological story of a student who murders a pawnbroker and struggles with guilt. One of the greatest explorations of the criminal mind in literature.
