Book
Crime and Punishment
- Published
- 1866
- Genre
- Classics
- Publisher
- Barclays Public Books
- Pages
- 671
- Words
- 211591
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7144.Crime_and_Punishment?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 8.7
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 900L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.
Collections
Harvard ClassicsMensa Kids · 9-12
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781800603806
- ISBN-10
- 1800603800
Tags
Behavior-CriminalCommon Core State Standards Appendix B Titles-CCSS Grade Band 11-CCRHarvard ClassicsMensa KidsMorality/EthicsRecommended Reading-ALA Outstanding Books for the College BoundRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Russia/Soviet UnionSocial Issues-Poverty