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Crime and Punishment is the story of a philosophy student who tests his ultimate theory by killing a pawnbroker. What follows after the murder, is a heartrending tale of misery and redemption. Summary of the Book Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky, is set in the cold and drab slums of pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg. Fyodor Dostoyevsky delves into the theme of redemption through grief with the help of a brilliant young character, Raskolnikov, and the crime he commits. He plans the flawless murder of a detestable pawnbroker, who is loathed by everyone. The novel is imbued with philosophical, religious and social observations and insights. After the crime he had intended to happen, Raskolnikov lives in acute sorrow and guilt. The story takes the readers to the darkest nooks of a criminal mind, baring the soul of a man caught between the eternal clash of good and evil. About Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was a famous Russian novelist, short story writer, philosopher, essayist and journalist. His works are widely famous as intense explorations of human psychology in the context of extreme conditions of human misery. Some of his most notable works are The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, Notes from Underground, The Gambler, and The House of the Dead.