I really enjoyed this book because of the characters within this novel. The edition that I read was translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. This is presumably the best English translation, at least that’s what I’ve seen on Reddit. In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, the transgressor, the "theoretician-murderer" is Raskolnikov. It was recommended to me by TED reads and it is also supposedly, the first thriller fiction. In this blog post, I will outline how the data visualization “Crime and Punishment” came about.
On 30 June, I had just finished reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I wanted to make notes about the book and do a chapter analysis. I wanted to remember this book. These thoughts crossed my mind:
There are a number of characters in the book. Rodion Raskolnikov, a former law student is plagued by poverty. In St Petersburg, he lives in the slums and relies on his family for money. He wrestles with the theory of the Übermensch, and commits a cold-blooded murder. He descends into madness as he tries to outsmart the law. Sonya, a girl forced into prostitution becomes his only source of redemption. Raskolnikov’s sister, Dunya, is similar to her brother, but she is moral and compassionate. Porfiry Petrovich is Raskolnikov’s main antagonist, a magistrate in charge of investigating the murders. These were the characters that I wanted to focus on as I felt that they were the most important in the novel.