Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky  ·  1866

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Crime and Punishment cover
Cover of Crime and Punishment on the Open Library.

Dostoevsky’s psychological portrait of Raskolnikov is one of the most intense reading experiences I have had. The novel is less about the crime and far more about the unbearable weight of guilt and the slow unraveling of a brilliant but arrogant mind. It is a book that stays with you long after you finish it — a reminder that no theory, however elegant, can override one’s conscience.