Macbeth
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19th Century · Novel
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky. A student murders a pawnbroker to test a theory of exceptional men and collapses under guilt and spiritual isolation.
- Date
- 1866
- Origin
- Russia
- Era
- 19th Century
- Genre
- Novel
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A student murders a pawnbroker to test a theory of exceptional men and collapses under guilt and spiritual isolation.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books / bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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A century of works that gives the broadest useful first view of the Western canon. 100 books · Advanced.
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