Crime and Punishment (translation 40)
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About This Novel
"Crime and Punishment" is one of the masterpieces of Dostoevsky, the great Russian writer of the 19th century. The novel describes Raskolnikov, a poor college student who wanted to be a Napoleonic figure and believed that he was a superman. He was poisoned by anarchist ideas and forced to make a living. He killed the old landlady who was a loan shark and her innocent sister, and committed a murder that shocked the whole of Russia. After experiencing a painful confession, he finally surrendered under the persuasion of the Christian girl Sonia and was sentenced to exile in Siberia. The work focuses on the protagonist's mental state of being condemned by his conscience and feeling deeply lonely and fearful after committing a crime, and depicts his psychological changes before and after the crime. On the one hand, the novel depicts the miserable life of the lower class people in Russia and exposes the sins of the aristocracy; on the other hand, it also promotes the idea of accepting one's fate and seeking liberation from religion.
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