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 sentences of different length for different characters. Those who use artificial language—Luzhin, for example—are identified as unattractive people. Mrs. Marmeladov's disintegrating mind is reflected in her language. In the original Russian text, the names of the major characters have something of a double meaning, but in translation the subtlety of the Russian language is predominantly lost due to differences in language structure and culture. For example, the original Russian title ("Преступление и наказание") is not the direct equivalent to the English "Crime and Punishment". "Преступление" ("Prestupléniye") is literally translated as 'a stepping across'. The physical image of crime as crossing