Crime and Punishment PDF Crime and punishment PDF is the novel of the incredible author and novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was originally published in January 1866 in Russia. This Philosophical Fictional Novel and Crime Novel was adapted for the film in 1970. The publisher of this novel is "The Russian Messenger". You might Like: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky Original title of this novel is Преступление и наказание. It was published in the Russian language.
Overview: Raskolnikov, an antagonist, who lives in a small, rented apartment in Saint Petersburg and says no to any kind of help, even from Razumikhin, his best friend. He plans to loot and kill Alyona Ivanovna, an old pawn-broker & money lender. He is provoked to do so because of the feeling that he has preplanned to murder the elderly woman by some outside powers. While thinking about his plan, Raskolnikov contacts a drunkard named Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov, who not long ago has blown away his family’s wealth. Then Raskolnikov receives a letter from his mother, informing of their visit to Saint Petersburg, and the sudden marriage of his sister which they’ll discuss on their arrival there. After so much reflection, Raskolnikov moves furtively into the apartment of Alyona Ivanovna and kills her with an axe. He also has to kill Lizaveta, his half-sister who saw him doing all this. Perturbed by what he has done, Raskolnikov could not take much from the pawn-broker's riches and steal a few items and a small purse. He then runs away and just because of his fate, manages to vacate unnoticed. After the messed up murder, he falls sick with fever. He buries the purse and other stolen items under a rock and tried hard to clean up himself of any bloodspot. In the following days, with temperature going up and down he tries to betray himself. The pawn-broker murder was now talked about in the whole city and whenever someone mentions it in front of Raskolnikov, he behaves in a strange way. In his feverishness, he roams around the city, drawing more attention to his connection to the murder. One day while walking around the city, he comes across Marmeladov, who was struck seriously by a hackney in street. He helps him and gives the rest of his money to his family. Which comprises of his daughter, Sonya, who has become a prostitute just to financially support her family.