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Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Raskolnikov, an impoverished student in Saint Petersburg, commits murder after trying to justify it through a theory of exceptional people. His struggle with conscience, suspicion and punishment makes the crime a psychological and moral investigation.

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Human motivesLaw & justiceCity settingsCriminal viewpoints

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