内容简介
Thepoverty-strickenRaskolnikov,believingheisexemptfrommorallaw,murdersamanonlytofacetheconsequencesnotonlyfromsocietybutfromhisconscience,inthisseminalstoryofjustice,morality,andredemptionfromoneofRussia'sgreatestnovelists.Determinedtooverreachhishumanityandasserthisuntrammelledindividualwill,Raskolnikov,animpoverishedstudentlivingintheSt.PetersburgoftheTsars,commitsanactofmurderandtheftandsetsintomotionastorywhich,foritsexcrutiatingsuspense,itsatmosphericvividness,anditsprofundityofcharacterizationandvision,isalmostunequaledintheliteraturesoftheworld.ThebestknownofDostoevsky'smasterpieces,CrimeandPunishmentcanbearanyamountofrereadingwithoutlosingadropofitspoweroverourimagination.《罪与罚》小说主人公拉斯柯尔尼科夫是一个穷困潦倒的大学生。他受到放高利贷的老太婆伊凡诺夫娜的盘剥后心生不满，于是在一个夜晚杀了伊凡诺夫娜，同时也错杀了她的妹妹。他犯罪后心灵饱受煎熬，几乎精神崩溃。后来在女友和妹妹等人的帮助下，投案自首。
作者简介
Oneofthemostpowerfulandsignificantauthorsinallmodernfiction,FyodorDostoevskywasthesonofaharshanddomineeringarmysurgeonwhowasmurderedbyhisownserfs(slaves),aneventthatwasextremelyimportantinshapingDostoevsky'sviewofsocialandeconomicissues.Hestudiedtobeanengineerandbeganworkasadraftsman.However,hisfirstnovel,PoorFolk(1846),wassowellreceivedthatheabandonedengineeringforwriting.In1849,Dostoevskywasarrestedforbeingapartofarevolutionarygroupthatownedanillegalprintingpress.Hewassentencedtobeexecuted,butthesentencewaschangedatthelastminute,andhewassenttoaprisoncampinSiberiainstead.Bythetimehewasreleasedin1854,hehadbecomeadevoutbelieverinbothChristianityandRussia-althoughnotinitsruler,theCzar.Duringthe1860's,Dostoevsky'spersonallifewasinconstantturmoilastheresultoffinancialproblems,agamblingaddiction,andthedeathsofhiswifeandbrother.Hissecondmarriagein1887providedhimwithastablehomelifeandpersonalcontentment,andduringtheyearsthatfollowedheproducedhisgreatnovels:CrimeandPunishment(1886),thestoryofRodyaRaskolnikov,whokillstwooldwomeninthebeliefthatheisbeyondtheboundsofgoodandevil;TheIdiots(1868),thestoryofanepilepticwhotragicallyaffectsthelivesofthosearoundhim;ThePossessed(1872),thestoryoftheeffectofrevolutionarythoughtonthemembersofoneRussiancommunity;ARawYouth(1875),whichfocusesonthedisintegrationanddecayoffamilyrelationshipsandlife;andTheBrothersKaramazov(1880),whichcentersonthemurderofFyodorKaramazovandtheeffectthemurderhasoneachofhisfoursons.TheseworkshaveplacedDostoevskyinthefrontrankoftheworld'sgreatnovelists.Dostoevskywasaninnovator,bringingnewdepthandmeaningtothepsychologicalnovelandcombiningrealismandphilosophicalspeculationinhiscomplexstudiesofthehumancondition.费奥多尔·米哈伊洛维奇·陀思妥耶夫斯基（1821～1881）是19世纪群星灿烂的俄国文坛上一颗耀眼的明星，与列夫·托尔斯泰、屠格涅夫等人齐名，是俄国文学的卓越代表，他所走过的是一条极为艰辛、复杂的生活与创作道路，是俄国文学史上最复杂、最矛盾的作家之一。即如有人所说“托尔斯泰代表了俄罗斯文学的广度，陀思妥耶夫斯基则代表了俄罗斯文学的深度”。
