Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
41 videos • 204 views • by The Essential Reads A desperate young Russian man, Roskolinkov, plans the perfect crime - the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old woman who no one will mourn. It isn't just, he argues, for a man of of genius to commit a crime if it will ultimately benefit humanity. A powerful psychological study and a terrifying, thrilling murder mystery, filled with philosophical, religious and social commentary.