<p><strong>CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Fyodor Mikhailovitch Dostoevsky is an unparalleled psychological study of the criminal mind conscience guilt and redemption coupled with an examination of spiritual purity and devotion.</strong> The tension-filled story of Raskolnikov -- a student who plans and executes the murder of an old moneylender -- of Sonia the pitiful young woman from the streets who cares for him and the inevitable events that follow is considered Dostoevsky's masterpiece.</p>