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Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A student commits murder and is consumed by guilt — a psychological masterpiece.

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Dostoyevsky wrote Crime and Punishment while fleeing debt collectors — and produced one of the most psychologically devastating novels ever written.

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Crime and Punishment
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On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge. He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase. His garret was…

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  21. CHAPTER I: “Can this be still a dream?” Raskolnikov thought once more.Free
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  31. CHAPTER V: Lebeziatnikov looked perturbed.Free
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  36. CHAPTER V: Raskolnikov walked after him.Free
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