Crime and Punishment
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Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.
Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of such things, and even have the right to do them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by connecting himself mentally with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose.
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Flawed beauty
As a pioneer of modern literature, Crime & Punishment is hard to criticize. The characters are unique and well written, and the psychological aspect over all is, even today, very impressive, accurate and powerful.
However, its biggest flaw is also one of the worst thing that can happen to a book: it is terribly long for no valid reason. Sometimes characters will start a sentence that will go on for 25 pages, rambling on and on about anything and everything, so much so that you will get lost and might have a hard time understanding what the hell they are even talking about.
It is worth reading because of how important a book it is, but while it tells a beautiful and powerful story, it is written in a way that it is hard to recommend today.