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532 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The History of Literature

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Kinesur Mikhail Nikoforovich, a Young Student of Lower Middle Class Origin

Kinesur Mikhail Nikoforovich wrote to Vice-Bodden magazine in 1865. His story was about a young man who decides to kill and rob an old woman, the widow of a titular counselor. He also wants to finish his studies and to go abroad; afterward for the rest of his life he wanted to be "honest, firm, and steadfast"

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