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A desperate child plans an ideal crime -- the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, a classic women no one loves and no one will mourn. Is it not only, he reasons, for a guy of genius to commit this type of crime, to transgress moral law -- if it'll ultimately benefit humanity? Thus begins among the best books ever written: a strong psychological study, a terrifying murder mystery, an amazing detective thriller infused with philosophical, religious and cultural discourse. Raskolnikov, an impoverished student residing in a garret in the dark slums of Saint.