Crime and punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky

2023-01-01T00:03:23

Dostoevsky's brutal masterpiece forces the reader to develop and refine his own internal moral code as he follows Raskolnikov through the streets of pre-Bolshevism Saint Petersburg on his increasingly febrile plans of murderous vindication.

Reserve some time before you start reading even the first few pages, as the ominous pace and gravitas of the unfolding plot will surely have you gripped and rushing through the novel in a perfect reflection of the protagonist's struggle to escape the inexorable consequences of the utopian ethics fabricated by his mind and by his time.