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"El crimen y el castigo" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a novel first published in 1866. An impoverished former law student in Saint Petersburg plans to murder a pawnbroker, convincing himself that certain crimes are justifiable when committed by "extraordinary" men for higher purposes. But once the deed is done, he finds himself consumed by confusion, paranoia, and guilt. His theoretical justifications crumble as he confronts the internal and external consequences of his actions, plunging into profound mental anguish and moral turmoil. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 |
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| Translator | Pedraza y Páez, Pedro, 1877- |
| Uniform Title | Prestuplenie i nakazanie. Spanish |
| Title | El crimen y el castigo |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment |
| Credits | Produced by Carlos Colón, the University of Toronto, the Internet Archive and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 57.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Crime -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 61851 |
| Release Date | Apr 16, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 67743 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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