Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment first published during 1866, remains the most widely known Russian novel as well as one of the greatest achievements in world literature.

The book is disguised as a murder mystery, in which the reader knows from the start who has committed the crime. This in-depth exploration of the psychology of a criminal is at the heart of the novel, delving deeply into psychological punishment.

The main themes include alienation, suffering, morality, faith (or the God-man, Jesus Christ) and the “extraordinary man” (or the man-God), as well as the philosophical themes of nihilism and utilitarianism.

The protagonist Raskolnikov, is an alienated materialistic rationalist, as well as an atheist and nihilist, taken by the idea that God is dead, believing himself to be an extraordinary man allowed to transgress accepted moral standards for the common good, with a clean conscience.

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📘 The Book

▶ Crime and Punishment (1866)

📚 Recommended Reading (High Quality and Best Translations)

▶ Notes from the Underground (1864)
▶ The Idiot (1869)
▶ Demons (1872)
▶ The Brothers Karamazov (1880)

📚 Other Recommended Reading (High Quality and Best Translations)

▶ The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky: White Nights (1848), An Honest Thief (1848), Notes from the Underground (1864)
▶ A Gentle Creature (1876) and Other Stories: White Nights (1848), The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877)
▶ The Gambler (1866) and Other Stories: Bobok (1873), The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877), A Christmas Tree and a Wedding (1848), A Nasty Story (1862), A Gentle Creature (1876)
▶ Poor Folk (1846) and Other Stories: The Landlady (1847), Mr. Prokharchin (1846)

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⌛ Timestamps

0:00 Introduction
0:55 Main Characters
2:19 The Story & Analysis
8:40 Epilogue

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📝 Sources

- Crime and Punishment: A New Translation (2019) - Michael R. Katz

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[chrysostomusc.]

Fantastic video. I finished the book yesterday and I am totally fascinated of this novel, the dark ambiance and the overall melancholic feeling, but my favorite moment is when he is on the way to confess and sees that Sonya was following him and now realizes that she will follow him forever.

[MrOreo]

Something that struck me was how Raskolnikov, whenever he recounted the murder, completely left out murdering the sister. At least to me, it's clear that he cannot find any reason whatsoever that would even remotely justify his action. Meaning that conscience still is a force active inside him and/or that as much as he is a materialist/nihilist he nevertheless needs a justification, feeble as it may be, for killing
He cannot justify killing the sister to himself and so he attempts to forget the fact because he cannot but be moral

[demotsit]

Достоевски е жертвал себе си, за да каже, да ни предупреди за нашите грешки или грехове. Това е, като метафора за висш пилотаж. Респект!

[catanaschilote]

A really awesome book... The redemption of Svidrigailov through suicide left me speechless...

[davidwalker]

This is the novel that started my love of the classics I have read some outstanding novels. But none have made such an imprint on my mind as this masterpiece. Dostoevsky is a master

[lygrow]

Great video. I just finished reading this book. it's amazing how profoundly Dostoevsky is able to convey the guilt/psychological effects Raskolnikov experiences as a result of his crimes.

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The fact that Dostoevsky accurately predicted the horrors of the 20th Century makes him all the more profound. He was a man who was truly touched by God.

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