A desperate young man devises the plan for the perfect crime, the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, a hated old woman whom no one will mourn.

After all, he thinks, it is not fair for an intelligent person to commit a crime by violating moral law, but in the end, benefiting humanity in the process.

Thus begins one of the greatest works ever written, which is also a study of human psychology: the mysterious story of a terrifying crime and a captivating detective thriller with religious, philosophical, and social dimensions.

Raskolnikov, a poverty-stricken student living in a garret in the slums of Saint Petersburg, embarks on his irrational plan in a hellish realm of madness, terror, and obsession.

"Crime and Punishment" takes the reader into the darkness of a criminal and impoverished mind, presenting the soul of a man who is simultaneously driven by good and evil, a man who cannot escape his conscience.