The Killer and the Harlot: Dostoevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’
A Murderer’s Excuse, a Prostitute’s Love, and the One Road to Redemption
“I’m sure that everything you do is quite wonderful,” his mother says, gladdened to see her son Raskolnikov at last. “Don’t be so sure,” Raskolnikov replies with a twisted smile. She has no idea what he might do—what he’s already done. And neither, in a sense, does he.
