Free classics · 1866
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky · translated by Constance Garnett
A poor student commits a murder to prove a theory about himself, then has to live inside his own head afterwards.
- to read
- 14 h
- to read
- at 20 min a day
- 43 days
- at 20 min a day
- public domain
- Free
- public domain
What it’s about
Raskolnikov, broke and feverish in St Petersburg, convinces himself that some people are above ordinary morality. The crime happens early. The rest of the novel is about guilt, a patient detective and the people who try to reach him.
It reads like a psychological thriller, with long conversations that turn into duels of nerve.
- Guilt and conscience
- Poverty
- Whether some people are above the rules
Why people stop, and how to finish
Russian names: each character has a full name, a patronymic and several nicknames, and it is easy to lose track of who is who.
What helps: Keep a short list of the six main people and their nicknames, or ask as you go. Once the names settle, it is hard to put down.
At 20 minutes a day you’ll reach the last page in about 43 days.
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