Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Summary
Crime and Punishment begins with the double murder of an elderly pawnbroker, Alena Ivanovna, and her younger sister, Elizabeth, by a young law student called Raskolnikoff.
Much of the rest of the book is devoted to describing the psychological and physical consequences of the killings, both for the murderer himself and for those close to him.
Level: advanced.
Source: PENGUIN READERS, Teacher Support Programme.