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Crime and Punishment is a book about a philosophy student who puts his ultimate theory to test by murdering a pawn worker. What follows is a tragic tale of suffering and redemption. Summary of the Book Crime and Punishment is set in the cold and bleak slums of pre-revolutionary St. Pertersburg. Fyodor Dostoevsky explores the theme of redemption through suffering with the help of a brilliant young man, Roskolnikov, and the crime he commits. He plans the perfect murder, and kills an abhorrent pawn worker, who is hated by everyone. Crime and Punishment is a powerful novel with a great story infused with philosophical, religious and social commentary. After committing the crime, Roskolnikov dwells into a lot of remorse and guilt. The book takes the readers on a journey in the darkest corners of a criminal mind, and exposes the soul of a man caught between the everlasting conflict of good and evil. About Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Dostoevsky is a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher. His major works include The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). He has authored eleven novels, three novellas, seventeen short novels, and other works.