num_pages: 434
description: Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.
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: 853392
places: Siberia, Russia, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
publisher: Penguin Books