Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian writer, philosopher, and journalist. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest novelists and thinkers in history, as well as one of the greatest "psychologists" who ever lived, considering the term's broader designation and etymology, as a researcher of the psyche.
Crime and Punishment is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, published in the literary magazine "The Russian Messenger" in twelve monthly editions throughout 1866. It was later published as a single volume. It is Dostoevsky's second novel, written after his ten-year exile in Siberia.
A Dostoevsky classic and a fundamental novel in Western literature, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT resurfaces in all its originality and inexhaustible moral character. In the work, Raskolnikov, a withdrawn and proud young man, feels crushed by poverty. At the same time, he believes he is destined for a great future and, disdainful of common morality, believes he has every right to commit a crime—which he will do ruthlessly. A landmark in psychological analysis in fiction, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT is an eloquent testament to the poverty, alcoholism, and degrading conditions that drive anonymous people into the abyss in big cities.
