Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Raskolnikov tests a theory that some people may kill for a higher purpose, and the theory does not survive the act. This entry points to a public-domain English translation.
Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment follows a student who tries to justify a murder and then has to live inside the justification. The English text linked here is an older public-domain translation.