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.

Isn't it fair - he thinks - for an intelligent person to commit a crime by violating the moral law, but ultimately benefiting humanity?

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

Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in an attic in the slums of St. Petersburg, proceeds with his absurd plan in a hell of madness, terror, and persecution mania.

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