Crime and Punishment Author:Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky For a Century Crime and Punishment has been unchallenged as the most searching exploration of the labyrinthine passages of the guilty mind. Raskolnikov, the darkest corners of his soul illuminated under the pitiless scrutiny of Dostoevsky's insight, has become a synonym for a special kind of dual personality - the man whose brilliant intellect c... more »an conceive and execute the perfect murder, but whose tormented moral conscience relentlessly demands of him confession and punishment.« less