With "Crime and Punishment", one of the greatest psychological novels in world literature is now available in a handy pocket format. Since its publication in 1866, the suggestion with which Dostoyevsky describes the development to a murderer, the pull that leads to the bloody deed, is unparalleled. Psychological insight and philosophical discussion merge into a metaphysical thriller that has remained unique in world literature. Not "better than a louse" appears to the student Raskolnikov an old usurer, which is why he believes he can kill and rob her. His heart as well as his subconscious resists the planned act, but pushed by social hardship and trapped in life-hostile ideas, he becomes a murderer. After the murder, however, he realizes that a cold mind and thoughts of usefulness are not everything in life. The delirium and the boundless.