Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky's great novel of a murder and what follows it. The longest book in the plan, saved for last because by then you will have the habit. Constance Garnett's classic translation.
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On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and PunishmentRead 11 hand-picked quotes from Crime and Punishment, with meaning →
How Classicly reads Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment is book 12 of 12 in our free year-long classics reading plan. At our daily pace of 8 pages, the book takes around 8 weeks to finish.
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Why we picked it
Dostoevsky's most read novel. Saved for last because by then you will have the habit and the appetite for it.
Suitable for 16+. Level C1, which means readers comfortable with upper-intermediate English will follow it without a dictionary; lower-intermediate readers can read with light support.
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