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Rupa Publications India CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment plunges head first into the feverish mental chatter of Raskolnikov, an intelligent, isolated and penniless student in St Petersburg The contemplation of murder is clear, and while the act is rehearsed in meticulous detail, the motive is left vague and arbitrary What follows is a crime, committed in an utterly matteroffact manner, and its unanticipated implications Raskolnikov envisions himself as a Napoleonic figure—above the conventional morality of society—and thus justifyies coldblooded murder on intellectual grounds However, his sense of pride is quickly negated as his guilt spirals into selfcontempt and delirium