Crime and Punishment

American

noun

a novel (1866) by Feodor Dostoevsky.

Crime and Punishment Cultural

(1866) A novel by Feodor Dostoyevsky about the poor student Raskolnikov, who kills two old women because he believes that he is beyond the bounds of good and evil. The psychological novel examines Raskolnikov's anguished mind before, during, and after the crime.

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Crime and Punishment

"White Nights" has emerged as a gateway book for Dostoevsky's work, with some young readers progressing onto more challenging novels, such as "Crime and Punishment."

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

One change that appears new is the ratification of a Federal Crime and Punishment Law, effective from Jan. 2, 2022, designed to better protect women, domestic staff and public safety.

From Reuters ● Nov. 27, 2021

Every once in a while I think I should read Crime and Punishment, especially since Joyce Carol Oates called me the American Dostoevsky.

From The Guardian ● May 18, 2019

The darker the night, as Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote in Crime and Punishment, the brighter the stars.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 11, 2018

Beneath it an elderly, round-faced woman sat reading Crime and Punishment.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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