Преступление и наказание / Crime and punishment
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Autor:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Country:
Italy (IT)
Book Theme:
European writers “without borders”
Publisher:
Mondadori
Publishing Year:
2016
Russian novelist and short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the darkest recesses of the human heart, together with his unsurpassed moments of illumination, had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction.
Dostoyevsky is usually regarded as one of the finest novelists who ever lived. Literary modernism, existentialism, and various schools of psychology, theology, and literary criticism have been profoundly shaped by his ideas. His works are often called prophetic because he so accurately predicted how Russia’s revolutionaries would behave if they came to power. Dostoyevsky is known for his novella Notes from the Underground and for four long novels, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed (known as The Demons and The Devils), and The Brothers Karamazov.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
Crime and Punishment is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in
1866. The story charts the alienation of a student named Raskolnikov, who decides to commit the perfect crime as a way of philosophically proving his superiority over others. The novel traces the depths of his mental disintegration as he comes to grips with the psychological consequences of being a murderer. A poor, paranoid young student named Raskolnikov convinces himself that he is extraordinary. He develops a theory to suggest that the world’s most extraordinary men should be permitted to commit any crime in pursuit of the greater good of humanity. Raskolnikov lives in a tiny apartment, spends what little money he has on strange, altruistic causes, and plots some mysterious, terrible deed that will prove his superiority. Finally, Raskolnikov decides to test his theory. He murders an elderly pawnbroker whom he considers a leech on society. He also murders the pawnbroker’s half-sister, who intrudes on the murder scene unexpectedly. Raskolnikov escapes the scene of the crime, but soon falls ill with a fever and spends several days unconscious in his tiny apartment. When Raskolnikov begins to
recover, he learns that his sister Dunia plans to marry a pompous, wealthy man named Luzhin.
Raskolnikov is furious, believing that Dunia is sacrificing her happiness on his behalf. When
Luzhin comes to see Raskolnikov in Saint Petersburg, Raskolnikov erupts with anger and throws insults at his prospective brother-in-law. Raskolnikov rises from his sick bed and sneaks out. He frantically reads the newspapers every day since the murders. When Raskolnikov runs into a police officer, he nearly confesses to the crimes—and his frantic ranting raises suspicions in the police department. Raskolnikov runs out of the police station and sees his drinking buddy, a clerk named Marmeladov.
