Crime and Punishment Summary
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The son of an army doctor, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-81) was educated to be a military engineer, but he rejected a career in the army for literature, publi... Read more

The Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) mixed social, Gothic, and sentimental elements with psychological irrationalism and visionary religion. The form of the novel vastly increased in sco... Read more

Among European writers of the nineteenth century Fyodor Dostoevsky is the preeminent novelist of modernity. He explored the far-ranging moral, religious, psychological, social, political, and artistic... Read more

The first part of the novel Crime and Punishment, containing a man named Raskolnikov's rationale behind committing the murder of an old woman, is not a very lengthy part of the book, but is critical i... Read more

A man who kills on principle alone, who would rather reside in the psychological prison of his own mind then debunk his own theory, and who completely dismisses religion until his darkest hour. Does R... Read more

In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, suffering is an integral part of every character's role. The theme of this novel is: Suffering is essential to the balance between morals and o... Read more

Most of Raskolnikov's actions and thoughts are attributed to his feeling of guilt about the cold blooded murder he has committed. Mood swings, anxiety and apathy, severe depression, social changes, a... Read more

In the novel "Crime and Punishment" the theme of suffering surfaces time and time again. Some forms of suffering may not be as visible as others, but in some way, every single character experience... Read more

A Taste of Marmeladov In Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, Crime and Punishment, Marmeladov is a minor character whose story is told in only a few short chapters of the first two books, and yet, Marmeladov ... Read more

In his novel, Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky debates the idea of a Nietzsche "superman" and the socialist idea that criminals are influenced by their environments. Friedriech Nietzsche beli... Read more

Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov both suffered greatly for similar crimes of murder. Raskolnikov suffered physical ailments as well as emotional suffering whereas Svidrigailov suffered emotional and phys... Read more

There is an extraordinary aspect in Fyodor Dostevsky's Crime and Punishment that mirrors something my mother used to say to me as a child: "It's better if you tell me now rather than later." Of cour... Read more

Crime and Punishment Book Notes is a free study guide on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Sum... Read more