Crime and Punishment is a
novel by the Russian author
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the
literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from 10 years of exile in Siberia.
Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.