Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment
Translated by Constance Garnett
Classic Books Press
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky · Translated by Constance Garnett
English · 1866 · Fiction
Dostoevsky's psychological novel follows a destitute former student in St. Petersburg who commits a murder and wrestles with guilt and his own moral theories.
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Translator’s Preface Part I Chapter I On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of… Chapter II Raskolnikov was not used to crowds, and, as we said before, he… Chapter III He waked up late next day after a broken sleep. But his sleep had not… Chapter IV His mother’s letter had been a torture to him, but as regards the… Chapter V “Of course, I’ve been meaning lately to go to Razumihin’s to ask for… Chapter VI Later on Raskolnikov happened to find out why the huckster and his… Chapter VII The door was as before opened a tiny crack, and again two sharp and… Part II Chapter I So he lay a very long while. Now and then he seemed to wake up, and… Chapter II “And what if there has been a search already? What if I find them in… Chapter III He was not completely unconscious, however, all the time he was ill… Chapter IV Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven… Chapter V This was a gentleman no longer young, of a stiff and portly… Chapter VI But as soon as she went out, he got up, latched the door, undid the… Chapter VII An elegant carriage stood in the middle of the road with a pair of… Part III Chapter I Raskolnikov got up, and sat down on the sofa. He waved his hand… Chapter II Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and… Chapter III “He is well, quite well!” Zossimov cried cheerfully as they entered. Chapter IV At that moment the door was softly opened, and a young girl walked… Chapter V Raskolnikov was already entering the room. He came in looking as… Chapter VI “I don’t believe it, I can’t believe it!” repeated Razumihin, trying… Part IV Chapter I “Can this be still a dream?” Raskolnikov thought once more. Chapter II It was nearly eight o’clock. The two young men hurried to… Chapter III The fact was that up to the last moment he had never expected such an… Chapter IV Raskolnikov went straight to the house on the canal bank where Sonia… Chapter V When next morning at eleven o’clock punctually Raskolnikov went into… Chapter VI When he remembered the scene afterwards, this is how Raskolnikov saw… Part V Chapter I The morning that followed the fateful interview with Dounia and her… Chapter II It would be difficult to explain exactly what could have originated… Chapter III “Pyotr Petrovitch,” she cried, “protect me … you at least! Make this… Chapter IV Raskolnikov had been a vigorous and active champion of Sonia against… Chapter V Lebeziatnikov looked perturbed. Part VI Chapter I A strange period began for Raskolnikov: it was as though a fog had… Chapter II “Ah these cigarettes!” Porfiry Petrovitch ejaculated at last, having… Chapter III He hurried to Svidrigaïlov’s. What he had to hope from that man he… Chapter IV “You know perhaps—yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that… Chapter V Raskolnikov walked after him. Chapter VI He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to… Chapter VII The same day, about seven o’clock in the evening, Raskolnikov was on… Chapter VIII When he went into Sonia’s room, it was already getting dark. All day… Epilogue Chapter I Siberia. On the banks of a broad solitary river stands a town, one of… Chapter II He was ill a long time. But it was not the horrors of prison life… Get a printed copy via Print-on-Demand
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