Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is a fascinating detective mystery that takes you through the psychological paths of an intelligent but emotionally distressed man, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. From beginning to end the reader is swept away into another world, filled with miserable nightmares, atrocious crimes, and agonizing suspense. Dostoevsky illustrates how people must pay for their crimes against each other, endure the punishment, and emerge as a better person for it. Dostoevsky's style and structure …
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…presented and the style with which he wrote really make the reader think about the story and actually question humanity and life. While reading the novel many questions entered my mind: Does anybody have the right to commit a crime? Is suffering inevitable and necessary? Do all people have some good in them? The reader interacts with the novel, and for that reason, Crime and Punishment is a magnificently executed and triumphant novel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**