• Novels
• Russian Literature

• Type: Novel

Crime and Punishment, a 1866 novel from notable Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, tells the story of a trouble college student and his crime in St Petersburg, Russia. - AsNotedIn

On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K bridge.Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment (Constance Garnett translation)

Characters

• Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov, Clerk, junior Police official
• Alyona Ivanovna, Pawnbroker
• Andrei Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov, Luzhin's roommate
• Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov, Avdotya Raskolnikov's (Dunya) former employer
• Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikov, Rodion Raskolnikov's sister
• Dmitri Prokofych Razumikhin, Rodion Raskolnikov's friend
• Ilya Petrovich, Police official, Nikodim Fomich's assistant
• Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova, Wife of Semyon Marmeladov
• Lizaveta Ivanovna, Alyona Ivanovna's sister
• Nastasya Petrovna, Servant in Rodion Raskolnikov's building
• Nikodim Fomich, Police Chief
• Nikolai Dementiev, House painter
• Polina Mikhailovna Marmeladova, Oldest daughter of Katerina Ivanovna
• Porfiry Petrovich, Magistrate or detective in charge of investigating the crime
• Praskovya Pavlovna Zarnitsyna, Rodion Raskolnikov's landlady
• Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov, Rodion Raskolnikov's mother
• Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, Lawyer, Avdotya Raskolnikov's (Dunya) fiance
• Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, Former student
• Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov, Public official Rodion Raskolnikov meets at a tavern
• Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladova, Semyon Marmeladov's daughter
• Zossimov, Rodion Raskolnikov's doctor and friend of Razumikhin

Places

• Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast Raskolnikov rents a garret at 19 Grazhdanskaia ultisa (formerly Sredniaia Meschchanskaia) at Ulitsa Przhevalskogo (formerly Stoliarnyi pereulok).
• Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast "Crime and Punishment" police station is at 26 Bolshaia Podiacheskaia, on the corner of Sadovaia ulitsa.
• Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast In "Crime and Punishment", Raskolnikov crosses the Kokushkin Bridge which spans the kanal Griboedova (formerly Ekaterinskii kanal), stands at the end of Grazhdanskaia ulitsa (Stoliarnyi pereulok).
• Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast Raskolnikov visits a tavern. Marmeladov's Tavern is at Brin'ko St (formerly Tairov per), off Haymarket Sq.
• Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast Sonia's Apartment House is at 73 kanal Griboedova (formerly Ekaterinskii kanal), corner of Kaznacheiskaia ulitsa (formerly Malaia Meshchanskaia ulitsa).
• Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast "Crime and Punishment" is set Near Voznesensky Bridge, Voznesensky Ave and kanal Griboedova (formerly Ekaterinskii kanal).