Fyodor Dostoyevsky is considered one of the greatest novelists of all time. Born in Moscow in 1821, he began adulthood by resigning a commission as a military engineer to embark on a writing career. The praise he earned for his first novel, Poor Folk, immediately vaulted him to literary stardom. His political activity led to imprisonment, a mock execution, and exile to a Siberian prison camp, all of which shaped his later novels. Since his death in 1881, he has been best remembered for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.
A novel by Russian author Fyodor br>Dostoevsky, crime and punishment focuses on the internal conflicts, mental agony and moral dilemma of Rodion Raskolnikov, a poor ex-student from saint Petersburg who plans to murder a lady pawnbroker in order to steal her money. Crime and punishment is considered to be Dostoevsky's first novel that triggered off a string of mature writings. It is also regarded as one of the greatest achievements in literature. Initially published in a literary journal the Russian Messenger in 12 monthly instalments, it was later published in 1866 in a single volume in the wake of its popularity. Crime and punishment is Dostoevsky's second novel following his return to society after a ten-year exile in Siberia. Crime and punishment is perhaps one of the finest psychological analyses of crime and guilt that has ever been written in any language. It is a true masterpiece written by a true master.
