Crime and Punishment. Dostoevsky F.

One of the main novels in Russian and world literature was conceived in hard labor and was written at the time of brutal need. “Crime and Punishment” was published in 1886 in the journal “Russian Bulletin”, which was preceded by the refusals of other publishers. The first version of the novel was destroyed by the author, and Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky added it at the same time as the work on the novel “Idiot” - the terms and financial obligations were so tightly settled.

“Crime and Punishment” along with the novels “Idiot”, “Idiot”, “ The Karamazov brothers ”,“ demons ”and“ teenager ”formed the“ great Pentateuch ”of Dostoevsky - its most important texts.

“ Crime and Punishment ”became part of the world cultural code, translated into all basic languages, put and filmed by More than 20 times. He had a huge impact on Western literature, formed the worldview and philosophy of modernism and existentialism. This novel is one of the keys to the Russian national consciousness and self -identification.

Do we have the right to justify the crime with the highest justice? What is violence? What can life be after evil?

The search for answers to these questions made a “crime and punishment” of one of the most read books in the world.