Cliffsnotes on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

by James Lamar Roberts, Fyodor Dostoevsky, CliffsNotes

This epic tells the story of Raskolnikov, a student who believes he is superior and entitled. He commits a crime and the book traces his downfall. After being shipped off to Siberia for a prison sentence, Raskolnikov finds suffering to be a means by which the soul is purified of all its sins.

Genres: Fiction, Reference, Classics, School

88 pages, Paperback

First published August 2, 1963

About the author

See James L. Roberts.

Reviews

[Kevin McAvoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cliif Notes and Coles Notes are always helpful to fully understand and appreciate literature to it's fullest. I finished Crime and Punishment a few days ago and found this online.
It points out all of the contrasts, character development and foreshadowing thst an average reader usually overlooks. I would always follow up any books with the Cliffs Notes summaries if they are available.

[Hom Sack · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember almost none of reading Constance Garnett's translation in my teens and was not looking forward to re-reading it or either the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky or Michael Katz translations. James Roberts's summary did an excellent job, an absolutely delightful read.

[Neil Doherty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful in learning characters, with their multiple Russian names, & revisiting each Part of the story.

[Martha Highfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always enjoy Cliff Notes summaries as a short course on important books. This one also fit that mode.