Crime and Punishment (Selected Works of Dostoevsky)

The novel describes Raskolnikov, a poor college student who was poisoned by anarchist ideas and believed that he was a superman and could do whatever he wanted. Forced to make a living, he killed the old loan shark Alyona and her innocent sister Lizaveta, creating 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 depicting the protagonist's psychological changes after committing a crime and reveals the miserable life of the Russian lower class people.