Explore the imagination — and share the murderous action — of Dostoevsky's chief Crime and Punishment character, Raskolnikov. Gain a grasp of how this impoverished young man expected to enrich humanity by rising to a level above the law. The CliffsNotes perspective on a masterpiece of Russian literature delivers insight into the people, plots, language, and history woven into the book's text, as well as information on the author's personal background and careers within the nineteenth-century movement toward realism in writing. CliffsNotes on Crime and Punishment is the real deal in reliable resources for making your classroom experience richly rewarding!