Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment follows the impoverished Raskolnikov as he tests a theory that exceptional people may cross moral law for a higher purpose. It asks whether intellect can outrun conscience, and traces how poverty, guilt, suffering, human solidarity, and faith reshape responsibility.
9 chapters
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov follows a fractured family from neglect and inheritance disputes into a murder accusation and trial. Through Alyosha’s faith, Ivan’s refusal to accept suffering, and Dmitri’s struggle with desire and guilt, it asks what can justify belief, responsibility, and forgiveness—and how love becomes action.
20 chapters