Crime and Punishment / Prestuplenie i nakazanie by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment / Prestuplenie i nakazanie

Fyodor Dostoevsky

671 pages first pub 1965 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced

Description

Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the tsars, is determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammeled individual will. When he commits an act of murder and theft, he sets into motion a story that, for i...

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Community Reviews Summary of 61 reviews

Moods

emotional 100%
reflective 100%
challenging 83%
dark 83%
tense 50%
funny 33%
informative 33%
inspiring 33%
sad 33%
mysterious 16%

Pace

slow 83%
medium 16%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 50% | Character: 25% | Plot: 25%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 75% | Yes: 25%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 75% | Yes: 25%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

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4.13

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