Crime and Punishment (Annotated)

Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished former student, devises a plan to kill and rob an elderly pawn-broker. He commits this murder for a higher purpose.

“Will I really - I mean, really - actually take an axe, start bashing her on the head, smash her skull to pieces? . . . Will I really slip in sticky, warm blood, force the lock, steal, tremble, hide, all soaked in blood . . .axe in hand? . . . Lord, will I really?”

This edition of Crime and Punishment includes:
• Notes
• Translator’s Preface
• Criticisms and Interpretations
• Dostoevsky's short story “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”
• A detailed chronology of life of Fyodor Dostoevsky.