• 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

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