CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

RASKOLNIKOV, A DESTITUTE AND DESPERATE FORMER STUDENT, WANDERS THROUGH THE SLUMS OF ST PETERSBURG AND COMMITS A RANDOM MURDER WITHOUT REMORSE OR REGRET. HE IMAGINES HIMSELF TO BE A GREAT MAN, A NAPOLEON ACTING FOR A HIGHER PURPOSE BEYOND CONVENTIONAL MORAL LAW. BUT AS HE EMBARKS ON A DANGEROUS GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE WITH A SUSPICIOUS POLICE INVESTIGATOR, RASKOLNIKOV IS PURSUED BY THE GROWING VOICE OF HIS CONSCIENCE AND FINDS THE NOOSE OF HIS OWN GUILT TIGHTENING AROUND HIS NECK. ONLY SONYA, A DOWNTRODDEN PROSTITUTE, CAN OFFER THE CHANCE OF REDEMPTION.