Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Canonical Title

Crime and Punishment

Original publication date

1866 (in instalments in the "Russian Messanger")

1867 (two-volume format)

1870 (volume four of "Collected Works")

Important places

St. Petersburg, Russia

Haymarket, St. Petersburg, Russia

Stolyarny Lane, St. Petersburg, Russia

104 Griboedova Canal, St. Petersburg, Russia

Yusupov Gardens, St. Petersburg, Russia

Ekaterininsky Canal, St. Petersburg, Russia

Petrovsky Island, St. Petersburg, Russia

Vassilyevsky Island, St. Petersburg, Russia

Krestovsky Island, St. Petersburg, Russia

Irtish River, Siberia, Russia

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Awards and honors

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 60)

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First words

On an exceptionally hot evening 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.

Last words

That might be the subject of a new story, but our present story is ended.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 074348763X, Mass Market Paperback)

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED

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Dostoyevsky's penetrating study of a man for whom the distinction between right and wrong disappears, and a riveting portrait of guilt and retribution.

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