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Can I read Crime and Punishment on EtoBox?
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Crime and Punishment about?
From [wikipedia][1]: Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: [prjɪstʊˈpljenjə ɪ nəkɐˈzanjə]) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866.[1] It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.[2] Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of such things, and even have the right to do them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by comparing himself with Napoleon Bonaparte
Who reads Crime and Punishment?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Publisher
- Arcturus Publishing Ltd
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781785996443
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.19 / 5 (63 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14