# Crime and Punishment

by [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://localbooks.app/authors/fyodor-dostoevsky)

- Genres: [Psychological Thriller](https://localbooks.app/genres/thriller/psychological-thriller), [Literary Fiction](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/literary-fiction)
- Set in: [Saint Petersburg, St.-Petersburg, Russia](https://localbooks.app/places/ru/st-petersburg/saint-petersburg)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1866
- Pages: 551

## Description

Raskolnikov, a destitute former student in Saint Petersburg, convinces himself that killing a greedy pawnbroker would be justified, and then must live with the act as a patient, perceptive investigator closes in.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL32525579W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Crime%20and%20Punishment)

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