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Crime and Punishment
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Introduction
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Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky
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Plot Summary
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Characters
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Themes
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Literary Technique
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Historical and Social Context
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Questions
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Related Titles
Literature Guide - Crime and Punishment
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Published 1866
I Introduction
When the first instalment of Crime and Punishment appeared in the journal Russian Messenger in January 1866, its debt-ridden author, Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky, had not yet finished writing the novel. However, even before the entire work had appeared in serial form, the novel was a public success. Russian readers and critics recognized that, artistically and socially, Crime and Punishment was one of the most important novels of its time, and it was widely discussed. ...
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