#2 in Crime & mystery
Crime and Punishment
- 482
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Film 1959 +11
- On screen
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Our view
Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” belongs on a crime list as the story of a conscience under strain: dark, thoughtful and deeply moving. Serialised in twelve monthly parts in 1866 and written after his ten years of Siberian exile, it is regarded as the first great work of his maturity. Anyone expecting a puzzle gets a drama of guilt instead, close to five hundred pages long and worth reading without haste.
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About the book
Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his mature period of writing and is often cited as one of the greatest works of world literature.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 12 times — from 1923 to 2012.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 1,928 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 93% of the weight and the score stays at 8.5 — the Crime & mystery average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 156 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 1.8K | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Crime and Punishment?
It has 482 pages — longer than 78% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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