Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 8 · 10,637 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Crime — Psychological aspects — Fiction · Detective and mystery stories · Murder — Fiction · Psychological fiction

Words worth knowing: uninvited · smartness · overstep · imago · overwrought · unimpaired · businesslike · spree

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT By Fyodor Dostoevsky Translated By Constance Garnett TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE A few words about Dostoevsky himself may help the English reader to understand his work.

Dostoevsky was the son of a doctor.

His parents were very hard-working and deeply religious people, but so poor that they lived with their five children in only two rooms.

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