The novel paints a bleak picture of 19th-century Russian society, where poverty influences people’s choices and their sense of self-worth. How does Dostoevsky portray poverty as both a physical and spiritual suffering? How does this reflect modern issues of social inequality?
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Thought Provoking. A troubled young student in St. Petersburg, Raskolnikov, commits a brutal murder to prove his intellectual superiority, only to be consumed by guilt and paranoia, forcing him to confront the consequences of his crime and the nature of redemption.
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