Crime and Punishment great book, because the film would always suffer by comparison. The novel was adapted for stage by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus. The play was performed at 59E59 St Theater with Writers′ Theatre in 2007 in New York City. The Irish poet, Philip McDonagh, published a stage version of the novel in 2017, which was performed in Ireland and England that year. Text Sources Criticisms Online Text Maps Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal "The Russian Messenger" in
Crime and Punishment looks for news about the murder, and seems almost to want to draw attention to his own part in it. He encounters the police official Zamyotov, who was present when he fainted in the bureau, and openly mocks the young man's unspoken suspicions. He returns to the scene of the crime and re-lives the sensations he experienced at the time. He angers the workmen and caretakers by asking casual questions about the murder, even suggesting that they accompany him to the police station to discuss it. As he contemplates whether or not to confess, he sees Marmeladov, who has been