# Crime and Punishment — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

- [Translator’s Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/translator-s-preface.md): A biographical sketch of Fyodor Dostoevsky, detailing his impoverished childhood, early literary success, arrest and near-execution under Tsar Nicholas I, years of penal servitude, lifelong epilepsy, personal tragedies, 
- [Crime and Punishment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/crime-and-punishment.md): The novel opens with Raskolnikov, a destitute former student, leaving his squalid garret in a state of intense psychological agitation. He is tormented by a plan to murder the pawnbroker Alena Ivanovna, which he views as
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-i-i.md): In the oppressive heat of a Petersburg July, the impoverished and deeply introspective student Raskolnikov leaves his garret, consumed by a secret, 'hideous' plan. He navigates the squalid city streets, tormented by his 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-i-ii.md): Raskolnikov, weary of his isolation, enters a filthy tavern seeking human company. He is approached by Marmeladov, a drunken, ruined former titular counsellor, who launches into a lengthy, self-lacerating monologue about
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-i-iii.md): Raskolnikov wakes in a state of irritable torment in his squalid room. His servant Nastasya brings tea and reveals his landlady's threat to go to the police over unpaid rent. Their conversation highlights his poverty, id

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- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-i-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-i-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-i-vi.md)
- [The Murder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-i-vii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-ii-i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-ii-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-ii-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-ii-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-ii-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-ii-vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-ii-vii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iii-i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iii-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iii-iii.md)
- [Sonia's Arrival and the Visit to Porfiry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iii-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iii-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iii-vi.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iv-i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iv-ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iv-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iv-iv.md)
- [The Interview with Porfiry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iv-v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-iv-vi.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-v-i.md)
- [The Funeral Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-v-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-v-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-v-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-v-v.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-ii.md)
- [The Meeting with Svidrigaïlov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-viii.md)
- [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-epilogue.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/part-vi-ii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/chapters/endnotes.md)

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