description: Crime and Punishment is a realistic nightmare, or apocalyptic testament, more than it is a naturalistic novel. Svidrigailov simply is the most memorable figure in the book, obscuring Raskolnikov, who after all is the protagonist, a hero-villain, and a kind of surrogate for Dostoevsky himself.
language: English
title: Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
titlecomplete: Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (Bloom's Reviews)
genres: Fiction, Classics, Russian Literature, Criticism, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 173
publisher: Folio Society