A century after it first appeared, Crime and Punishment remains one of the most gripping psychological thrillers. A poverty-striken young man, seeing his family making sacrifices for him, is faced with an opportunity to solve his financial problems with one simple but horrifying act: The murder of a pawnbroker. She is, he feels, just a parasite on society. But does the end justify the means? Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov makes his decision and then has to live with it. Dostoyevsky, in masterly fashion, contrasts the comedy and tragedy of life in St Petersburg with the anguish and turmoil of Raskolnikov's inner life.
1) Visit to the "Pawnbroker Woman"
2) Raskolnikov Meets Malmedov
3) Home of Malmedov
4) Letter from Raskolnikov's Mother
5) Letter Takes It's Effect
6) Preparation for Murder
7) At the Door of the Pawnbroker
8) Unexpected Appearance
9) After the Murder
10) Police Station
11) Fever
12) Raskolnikov's Friends Are Concerned
13) Zossimov Tells Dushkin's Story
14) Luzhin Makes His Appearance
15) Raskolnikov Reads the Newspaper
16) Return to the Scene
17) Death of Marmeladov
18) Family Discussions
19) On the Way to Porfiry Petrovitch
20) Porfiry Begins to Question Raskolnikov
21) Encounter with a Stranger
22) Luzhin Despatched
23) Raskolnikov and Sonia
24) Story of Lazarus
25) At the Police Station Again
26) Interrogation Continues
27) Nikolay Is Brought in
28) Raskolnikov Confides in Sonia
29) Madness
30) Porfiry Petrovich in Command
31) Decision Is Made
32) Siberia