Crime and Punishment
F.M. Dostoevsky is a master of 19th-century psychological prose, recognized worldwide. His works have been translated into more than 170 languages. "Crime and Punishment" is the highest exemplar of the crime novel. Dostoevsky raised questions that remain unresolved to this day. What should a person be: a "creature trembling," as Raskolnikov says, or a "Napoleon"? The work was written in 1866 but still remains the most read book in the world and is included in most school literature curriculums.