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Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Constance Garnett (1914)

Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (1866) is a psychological novel set in the slums of St. Petersburg, following the impoverished ex-student Raskolnikov, who murders a pawnbroker to test his theory that extraordinary men stand above conventional morality — and is then consumed by guilt and dread. Serialized in The Russian Messenger, it fuses a gripping crime story with a searching inquiry into conscience, suffering, and redemption. It is a founding work of the psychological novel and a cornerstone of Russian literature. This is Constance Garnett's 1914 translation.

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Contents

1. Part I
   1. Chapter I
   2. Chapter II
   3. Chapter III
   4. Chapter IV
   5. Chapter V
   6. Chapter VI
   7. Chapter VII
2. Part II
   1. Chapter I
   2. Chapter II
   3. Chapter III
   4. Chapter IV
   5. Chapter V
   6. Chapter VI
   7. Chapter VII
3. Part III
   1. Chapter I
   2. Chapter II
   3. Chapter III
   4. Chapter IV
   5. Chapter V
   6. Chapter VI
4. Part IV
   1. Chapter I
   2. Chapter II
   3. Chapter III
   4. Chapter IV
   5. Chapter V
   6. Chapter VI
5. Part V
   1. Chapter I
   2. Chapter II
   3. Chapter III
   4. Chapter IV
   5. Chapter V
6. Part VI
   1. Chapter I
   2. Chapter II
   3. Chapter III
   4. Chapter IV
   5. Chapter V
   6. Chapter VI
   7. Chapter VII
   8. Chapter VIII
7. Epilogue