Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment  
published 2005 by Penguin
binding Paperback
isbn 0143058142   (isbn13: 9780143058144)
url http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
pages 448
characters Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
setting Russian Federation
date added
12-08-06



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Alistair
Alistair rated it: 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
12/26/07

bookshelves: euro---russian-literature
Read in January, 2005
recommends it for: ANYONE
This book to me is probably the central work of the Christianity-based wing of the literary existentialist movement. What I find to be so wonderful about it is that it has made fashionable so many of the central literary techniques employed in twentieth century literary existentialism (especially in the cases of Kafka, Nick Cave and, to a lesser extent, the surrealists as well). It has fantastic use of character development as a tool towards showing the evolution not only the human character und...more
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MaryaM
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07/12/07

recommends it for: not a soul
"داستایوسکی از نویسندگان معدودی است که یا بسیار محبوب یا منفور خوانندگان خویش است. شدت افکار و اعمال و احساسات او با خوی همگان سازگار نیست و به همین دلیل برخی او را شقی و شوم مریض می پندارند و آثارش را به خصوص برای مطالعه ی نوجوانان و اشخاص ناپخته و ضعیف مضر و ناروا می دانند. ...more
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Vanja
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12/28/07

Read in May, 1998
recommends it for: Those that love psychologically driven books, with a deeper underlying philosophy
Dostoevsky’s "Crime and Punishment" and "Notes from Underground" are his most popular and famous works. And deservedly so. Dostoevsky’s "Brothers Karamazov", on the other hand, is his most critically acclaimed work- regarded by many as the best novel ever written. And deservedly so.

While "Brothers Karamazov" is Dostoevsky’s longest, but also best, most subtle, and complex work, Crime and Punishment and "Notes from Underground" are shor...more
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Crystal
bookshelves: zrussians
Read in August, 2007
recommends it for: russian lovers
The writing is a bit pedantic at times, and a paragraph can span two pages in places. The best thing about the book is that the tediousness of reading the book is much like a reflection of the tedious state of mind of the criminal, on a smaller scale.

In the act of reading the novel, you begin to tire of the constant nervous state of wondering, thinking, over analyzing, that Raskolnikov is doing; this makes the act of reading a bit heavy, but is actually clever if intended by the author.
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relyt
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04/23/08

bookshelves: classics
Read in January, 2005
My second-favorite book, after Notes From Underground. The storytelling is captivating. The characterization of life in St. Petersburg is superb, and the final two dream sequences color the narrative with an ethereal passion unlike anything else I've read.

If you read this book, you'll see why Dostoyevsky is among the greatest writers. Besides the narration, the dialog, too, is engrossing. Most of the action unfolds over four days, so the timing is compressed. Adding to the tension, the a...more
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Jensen
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01/28/08

Read in January, 2008
recommends it for: anyone willing to invest time for a worthwhile read
I haven't quite decided how I feel about this book. I decided to read it simply because I knew it was a classic and that it was about a man who killed his landlord. I thought that was a rather risque plotline for a classic, so I was intrigued and thus compelled to read it. Although that isn't a very substantial reason for deciding to read a book, it turned out well for me--I really liked it. At times the plotline can be tautological, and the Russian names are definately hard to manage if you don...more
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Ed
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05/10/08

bookshelves: fiction
Read in April, 2008
Finally made it through a book by one of the big Russian guys. I mostly object to the idea of reading because I feel like I'm 'supposed to,' but I have heard enough genuinely enthusiastic reviews from friends about Dostoevsky and Tolstoy that I figured that I should really persevere.

I have tried and failed at Anna Karenin, Brothers Karamazov, War and Peace...I now blame life circumstances outside the pages of those books...too distracted, working too hard, couldn't stay awake, didn't have the...more
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Ancient
bookshelves: classics
recommends it for: hmm... don't know if I really can (see review)
Rated 3 stars for being good in parts but uneven on the whole.

Crime and Punishment was on my personal to-read list for a long time. I was really excited to read more of Dostoevksy since Notes from the Underground is one of my all time favorite books. On top of that people had personally recommended C&P to me, and it's considered to be among the greatest classics of all time.

So, I got around to reading it. And honestly, I was disappointed.

A case of having t...more
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Rachel
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04/05/08

bookshelves: 19th-cent-lit
Read in April, 2008
recommends it for: anyone
A powerful novel; I almost don't know what to say, as I've just finished it and am tired~and I know already that I need to re-read it. About 1/3 to 1/2-way through I actually had to stop reading it, and put it aside for nearly 2 weeks, b/c the atmosphere became stifling in its psychological horror. Raskolnikov sometimes seemed a real Gollum, whom you want to throw your arms around one moment, and run away from the next, a bundle of contradictions ~ and yet what a character~ his image in my min...more
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Santh
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10/23/07

bookshelves: classic_fiction, world_fiction
Read in October, 2007
Seri klasik karya pengarang Rusia ini diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Inggris oleh Constance Garnett, dan diringkas secara populer oleh Alice Tek Eyck.
Nah aku baca yang terjemahannya seri populer ini.
Bernuansa muram abad ke-18 di St. Petersburg. di kota dengan semua masalah politik dan ekonomi (kemelaratan). bercerita tentang konflik batin (jiwa, kesepian, kemiskinan, dan cinta) yang dialami oleh seorang mahasiswa drop out bernama Raskolnikov - dimana dengan semua tekanan tidak bisa melanjutka...more
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Meredith
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05/12/08

Read in May, 2008
What I enjoyed about this book, and thought Dostoevsky did well, was exploring philosophical ideas and social movements without coming off as too didactic (cough cough Upton Sinclar cough cough). I wish I knew more about Petersburg during this era because I feel like I could get a lot more out of the novel with some more background information (although, for what book is this not true?). I thought that the reading of Lazarus scene between Sonya and Raskolnikov was totally awesome. I also really ...more
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Dan
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06/30/07

Read in June, 2007
recommends it for: philosophers and people interested in russian novels
most people i know don't enjoy the russian novels. they read them because these books are renowned to be excellent treatises on morality and religion and ethics. they read them for the same reason that i always read greek classics. because you feel that as a reader, you're supposed to read them. if that is the way you are (and you know who you are if this is the case) regarding russian novels, then don't read crime and punishment. don't read this book because you feel you're supposed to, or...more
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Nels
02/10/08

Read in February, 2008
Reading this book for the second time I really got a lot more out of it. Also, reading this book in the context of all of Dostoevsky's earlier work, especially Notes from Underground, shone a bright light on the inner meaning of the book.
Although I feel like The Gambler was the dishwater leftover after Dostoevsky worked on Crime and Punishment every day, I hope it enhances my understanding of The Idiot like Notes from Underground helped with Crime and Punishment.

At different points I wa...more
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Rachel
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08/16/07

I read this in high school and still remeber being moved by it. Watching Raskolnikov's guilt frive him mad was fascinating. The tale of how love and asking for forgiveness can set you free was such a powerful metaphor for how God loves and forgives us.

I copied a review of the book b/c it's been a while and I didn't want to forget telling you something key.

The novel portrays the murder of a miserly, aged pawnbroker and her younger sister by a destitute Saint Petersburg student named Rasko...more
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Matthew
Read in June, 2006
i tackled this one after i notched the brothers on my belt, finishing it on the shore of some random river in amsterdam. i wasn't too let down with this one either. i found myself quite enthralled by his psychological ramblings throughout and decided, because i think you need to decide, to care about all of the side things that seem to be distracting out fearful hero and you as the reader. of course it has a very different narrative style then im used to, but it all has a purpose, well a purp...more
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Matthew
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02/10/08

bookshelves: fiction
I'm not sure whether it is perfectly honest of me to say that I liked this book. The plotline of the book is torturously tedious, and the narrative is marred by the convoluted language and style (some of which I'm sure comes from the era, and some of which I'm sure comes from the fact that it's been translated). If you can manage to convince yourself to be dragged through an obscenely agonizing amount of self-recrimination and ethical/existential angst to get to the potentially intriguing ethi...more
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Danny
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12/06/07

Read in December, 2007
A lot of people don't seem like Russian Literature. I guess it probably takes some getting used to. 19th Century Russian writers don't seem to write the novels that we're used to reading. They're often quite long, and sometimes difficult to keep reading; but like many novels that have endured the passing decades, I've found this one to reward the effort.

In Crime and Punishment Dostoevsky stabs you at the beginning, sticks his finger in the wound and twists it slowly for the rest of the n...more
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Sam
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03/22/08

Read in February, 2008
I finally read it! This was a book I had been putting off for a while. I would have liked to have tackled it in a class, with a little more discussion and criticism than that which I came to by way of Google, but it was still a great book, no matter how much I may have missed. Raskolnikov is at first an unrelatable character, disorderly and off-putting, but as the story progresses he becomes a picaresque hero of sorts, and no matter the reader's reaction to the murder which sets the story in m...more
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Kusuma
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03/29/08

bookshelves: favorites
Read in January, 1997
recommends it for: anybody!
I read this book in AP English my senior year of high school, and I've read it probably 8 times since then. It follows in the tradition of a lot of existential novels that aren't necessarily plot-heavy but filled with such copious amounts of emotional torment that they really require a nap after reading.

I found the antagonist, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (gotta love the name) to be altogether repugnant and charismatic. In such a faraway place and a long-ago time, the thoughts and feeli...more
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Shawn
11/02/07

Read in October, 2007
recommends it for: anyone with daddy issues
I've finally caught up to an average high school English Honors student, and read some Dostoevsky. My self-loathing has ebbed, and I can say that the time spent with Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (sp?) et al was quite enjoyable. The way the narrative moves through different characters' inner lives while the outward drama unfolds became my favorite aspect. Though I have nothing to compare it to, the footnotes in the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation are quite helpful in further understanding t...more
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"Ah, Father! That’s words and only words! Forgive! If he’d not been run over, he’d have come home today drunk and his only shirt dirty and in rags and he’d have fallen asleep like a log, and I should have been sousing and rinsing till daybreak, washing his rags and the children’s and then drying them by the window and as soon as it was daylight I should have been darning them. What’s the use of talking forgiveness! I have forgiven as it is!" more quotes »
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