Crime and Punishment (Hardcover)

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is one of the most profound and enduring works of world literature, exploring themes of guilt, morality, redemption, and the psychology of crime. Published in 1866, the novel is set in the grim, oppressive streets of St. Petersburg, where it introduces Rodion Raskolnikov, a former student who is destitute and consumed by a sense of alienation from society. The novel begins with Raskolnikov’s belief that he is an extraordinary man, someone who is beyond conventional moral laws, and thus entitled to commit acts that others might consider immoral if they serve a greater good. He conceives a plan to murder Alyona Ivanovna, an old pawnbroker whom he views as a greedy, parasitic figure, believing that her death will free him from his poverty and allow him to do something meaningful with his life. He convinces himself that, like Napoleon or other great figures in history, he is above the law of morality and that his crime can be justified for the gre