num_pages: 536
description: Crime and Punishment is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. It is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes to set himself outside and above society. The novel is marked by Dostoevsky's own harrowing experience in penal servitude, and yetcontains moments of wild humor. This new edition of the authoritative and readable Coulson translation comes with a challenging new introduction and notes that elucidate many of the novel's most important--and difficult--aspects.
language: English
title: Crime and Punishment
titlecomplete: Crime and Punishment
characters: Nikolai Dementiev (“Mikolka”), Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova, Porfiry Petrovich, Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, Alyona Ivanovna, Polina Mikhailovna Marmeladov (“Polya,” “Polenka,” “Polechka”), Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov, Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov, Sofia Semyonovna Marmeladova, Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov, Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova, Ilya Petrovich (“Gunpowder”), Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, Zossimov, Andrei Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov, Dmitri Prokofich Razumikhin, Lizaveta Ivanovna, Nastasya Petrovna (“Nastenka,” “Nastasyushka”), Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov
genres: Russia, Philosophy, Novels, School, Crime, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 853467
places: Siberia, Russia, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
publisher: Oxford University Press