In letters written in November 1865 an important change had happened: the "story" has become a "novel", From then on, Dostoevsky always spoke of Crime and Punishment as a novel. He also said that he wanted to study the moral and psychological dangers of "radical" ideas. In the letter, he explained to him that Crime and Punishment was going to be about a young man who believes in "certain strange, 'unfinished' ideas, yes floating in the air". In September 1865, Dostoevsky wrote a letter to Katkov. Finally, Dostoevsky asked Katkov for help when others would not print his book. Dostoevsky, though, had argued with Katkov in the early 1860s, and had never printed anything in the journal. Famous writers such as Ivan Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy often used Katkov's monthly journal, The Russian Messenger, to print their writings. At the time, he did not think of Crime and Punishment as a novel. ĭostoevsky offered his story to the publisher Mikhail Katkov. However, when Dostoevsky began writing about Raskolnikov's crime, the theme of crime and punishment became his main subject instead. He wanted to write about "the current problem of drunkenness". He began writing it under the title The Drunkards. He owed large sums of money to creditors, and was also trying to help the family of his brother Mikhail. Because of this, he could not pay his bills or eat properly. This was after he had gambled away much of his money. Because of this, he decides at last to confess to the police and accept suffering.ĭostoevsky began the idea of Crime and Punishment in the summer of 1865. He feels separated from mankind, nature, and truth. However, after he kills the pawnbroker, questions which he cannot answer and feelings he had not expected terrify him. Several times in the novel, Raskolnikov justifies himself by comparing himself to Napoleon, saying that murder is allowed for a higher purpose.
He also murdered her to test his idea that some people are naturally better than others and have the right to murder. Raskolnikov argues that with her money he can do good things, and that he was simply killing a person who was not worth anything. He plans to kill a selfish old pawnbroker for her money, and he acts on his plan. He used to be a student, but he became so poor he had to stop studying. It is the second of Dostoevsky's novels, written after he returned from his punishment ( exile in Siberia).Ĭrime and Punishment is about the troubles of Raskolnikov, a young man living in St. It was later published in a single volume. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in 12 monthly series in 1866. It was the first great novel of his mature period. Crime and Punishment is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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