Crime and Punishment

One of the "cornerstone" works of Russian and world literature, included in all school and university programs, the repeatedly adapted novel by Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment" poses fundamental moral and philosophical questions to the reader - about faith, conscience, sin, and redemption through suffering. The refutation of the criminal "idea-passion," the "grotesque dream" that seized the mind of Rodion Raskolnikov in the most "intentional" and "fantastical" city in the world, constitutes the main content of this complex book, which combines several different genres. Originally conceived as a "psychological report of a crime," Dostoevsky's novel presents itself to the reader as a grand artistic and philosophical exploration of human nature, a Christian tragedy about the death and resurrection of the soul.