Do you want to read Crime and Punishment If so then keep readingampamphellipampampnbspOne of the supreme masterpieces of world literature Crime and Punishment catapulted Dostoyevsky to the forefront of Russian writers and into the ranks of the worldampamp39s greatest novelists. Drawing upon experiences from his own prison days the author recounts in feverish compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov an impoverished student tormented by his own nihilism and the struggle between good and evil. Believing that he is above the law and convinced that humanitarian ends justify vile means he brutally murders an old woman ampampmdash a pawnbroker whom he regards as ampampquotstupid ailing greedyampamphellipgood for nothing.ampampquot Overwhelmed afterwards by feelings of guilt and terror Raskolnikov confesses to the crime and goes to prison.