Which Dostoevsky novel was published in 1866 under the Russian title Prestupleniye i nakazaniye?

Crime and Punishment is Dostoevsky’s novel published in 1866 under the Russian title Prestupleniye i nakazaniye.

The novel first appeared in 1866 in the literary journal The Russian Messenger. It follows Rodion Raskolnikov, a former student in Saint Petersburg who commits a murder and then struggles with guilt, isolation, and the consequences of his theory about extraordinary people.

The Russian title literally combines the ideas of crime and punishment, but the novel’s punishment is psychological and spiritual as well as legal. Its investigation plot is closely tied to debates about morality, rationalism, poverty, and redemption.

The work is often confused with Notes from Underground because both explore alienation and conflicted narrators, but they are different texts. Crime and Punishment is a full-length novel with Raskolnikov at its center, while Notes from Underground is a shorter 1864 novella. The novel remains one of Dostoevsky’s most widely translated works.