@story_bit19: He was certain he was smarter than everyone around him. He was right about almost everything. Except one thing. He was not smarter than his own conscience. Raskolnikov believed that human beings divide into two categories. Ordinary people — who must obey the law and follow conventional morality. And extraordinary people — like Napoleon, like Caesar — who have the right to step over ordinary rules if their purpose is great enough. He decided he was one of the extraordinary ones. And he decided to prove it. He murdered a cruel pawnbroker with an axe. Then her innocent sister arrived. He killed her too. He escaped. He hid the money. He immediately forgot where he hid it. Because the theory breaks down the moment it touches reality. He was not Napoleon. He could not feel nothing after taking a life. The guilt destroyed him from the inside out. And the detective who came to visit him never accused him directly. Never raised his voice. Never showed his evidence. He simply talked. And watched. And waited. Because he knew Raskolnikov would break himself. So here is the question Dostoevsky spent this entire novel asking — are there people in this world who are above ordinary moral rules? Or does the conscience make us all ordinary in the end? #CrimeAndPunishment #ClassicBooks #Dostoevsky #Storybit #MustRead

user8209629329149 :

I think Dostoyevsky is the most depressing writer who ever lived. But Charles Dickins is close second.

Heidi T :

All evil people think they are extrodinary and above the rules.

Alex Molanes :

The psychological complexity and depth of character that Dostoyevsky exhibits in this novel, demonstrate why he is considered one of the greatest novelists in history

the narrator :

8 years for killing two people

mourgoukos :

the same characters (even the extraodinary...) appear in the "taxi driver". The theory is correct, look at politics..

MonkeyNoodle2.5 :

A great classic that more men need to study.

Pythonpete :

I’M SO COMPLETELY EXTRAORDINAIRE

dattsdo :

C&P is a 700-page argument against the idea that you can outsmart your conscience.

joe_piankamd_author :

Incredibly well summarized 🙏🏻

yusufEMHT :

Tinynige :

Great book, it’s Every episode of columbo in one book.

Thanos Dimitrakakis :

You are killing the books in this way

B :

8 Years??!!

o_paulofreire :

Amazing book. It’s crazy that it was written in the 18 hundreds and still spoke so much to me in 2025

Habibie Wijaya :

Michael G :

psychos have no conscience

RiddleMeThis :

Where is Steven Ogg? Has he been told about this?

davidpowers60 :

yes. there are evil people who think like that. they believe their resources make them above the law. they are wrong. they may not be subject to the justice of man but they are subject to perfect justice in eternity.

lunch2g0 :

Extraordinary book

danqwerty :

One of my true favorites! Somehow its length just dissolves.

yeast :

that would give you life in the US 🤣

makotoaigis3.5 :

Heheheh

derekmoore267 :

This is way more interesting than talking about my acting gigs. I love appearing to be extremely unlikable to everyone

queerstars :

Sociopaths don’t have a conscience.

belandstudio :

The greatest men and leaders have conscience and build outward. You don’t even have to be a man, look at Dolly.