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Crime and Punishment

1866 Russian-language novel by Dostoyevsky
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Summary

Crime and Punishment is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.16% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41,464 views/month, #45 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky[3]
  • Genre: philosophical fiction[4], serialized fiction[5], crime fiction[6], psychological fiction[7]
  • Follows: Notes from Underground[8]
  • Commons category: Crime and Punishment[9]
  • Language of work or name: Russian[10]
  • Country of origin: Russian Empire[11]
  • Inception: 1865[12]
  • Publication date: 1866[13], January 1, 1886[14]
  • Characters: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov[15], Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladova[16], Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin[17], Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigaïlov[18], Semjon Marmeladov[19], Q128906158[20], Andrey Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov[21], Pulkheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikova[22], Dmitry Prokofyich Razumíkhin[23], Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova[24], Porfiry Petrovich[25]
  • Has edition or translation: Q40590443[26], Q40697569[27], Q48418380[28], Trosedd a chosb[29], Q12350873[30], Zbrodnia i kara (pl, 1928)[31], Q96212152[32], Q117727329[33], Q137779530[34], Q137939461[35], Q138028379[36], Q138507541[37]
  • Narrative location: Saint Petersburg[38]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Crime and Punishment[39]
  • Main subject: murder[40], anguish[41]
  • Work available at URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/fyodor-dostoevsky/crime-and-punishment/constance-garnett[42]
  • Described at URL: http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_title.php?tid=11689&aid=2609[43]
  • Published in: The Russian Messenger[44]
  • Title: Преступленіе и наказаніе[45]
  • Subtitle: Романъ въ шести частяхъ съ эпилогомъ[46]
  • Different from: Crime and Punishment[47]
  • First line: В начале июля, в чрезвычайно жаркое время, под вечер, один молодой человек вышел из своей каморки, которую нанимал от жильцов в С-м переулке, на улицу и медленно, как бы в нерешимости, отправился к К-ну мосту.[48]
  • Set in period: July 1865[49]
  • Number of parts of this work: 6 part and whole[50], 41 chapter[51]
  • Last line: Это могло бы составить тему нового рассказа, — но теперешний рассказ наш окончен.[52]
  • Derivative work: Pickpocket[53], Student[54]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Crime and Punishment include Crime et Châtiment[55].

Why It Matters

Crime and Punishment has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

It has been cited as an influence by Love and Death[58], a film[59], directed by Woody Allen[60].

Entities named for it include Crime et Châtiment[55].

FAQs

Who did Crime and Punishment influence?

Crime and Punishment has been cited as an influence by Love and Death[58].

Related Entities

1Q84 Fyodor Dostoyevsky literary work Love and Death Notes from Underground public domain Russian Empire The Gambler The Tin Drum

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  1. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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