"Crime & Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Parts 1-3)

Let's read "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky over the course of 2 Meetups in May and June!

Reading Schedule:
May 20th – Parts 1-3 (<-- note that this isn't the last Monday of May)
June 24th – Parts 4-6 & Epilogue

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St. Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. First published in 1866. 4.26/5.00 on Goodreads, 671 pages. *Credit to Goodreads for this summary.

I suggest reading the Penguin Classics 2002 publication translated by David McDuff and available here. I have also heard good things about the Norton Critical Edition 1989 publication translated by Jessie Coulson and available here. That said, any English translation you can find online, at the book store, or at your library is perfectly fine.

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