Back to Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment Chapter guide 1.1Part 1. Chapter 1Raskolnikov, a poor ex-student, counts the 730 steps to an old pawnbroker's flat and rehearses a terrible plan. Play 1.2Part 1. Chapter 2In a tavern he meets the drunk clerk Marmeladov, who tells him about his daughter Sonia. Play 1.3Part 1. Chapter 3A letter from his mother: his sister Dounia is to marry the cold, rich Luzhin. Play 1.4Part 1. Chapter 4Raskolnikov rages at the marriage and saves a drunk girl on the boulevard. Play 1.5Part 1. Chapter 5He dreams of a horse beaten to death, then overhears that the pawnbroker will be alone tomorrow. Play 1.6Part 1. Chapter 6A student in a tavern talks about killing the pawnbroker. Raskolnikov takes it as a sign. Play 1.7Part 1. Chapter 7He kills the pawnbroker Alyona, and then her sister Lizaveta, who walks in. He barely escapes. Play 2.1Part 2. Chapter 1Called to the police station about a debt, he faints when the murder is mentioned. Play 2.2Part 2. Chapter 2He hides the stolen things under a stone and goes to see his friend Razumihin. Play 2.3Part 2. Chapter 3Days of fever. Razumihin watches over him. Play 2.4Part 2. Chapter 4Doctor Zossimov and Razumihin talk about the murder. A painter has been arrested. Play 2.5Part 2. Chapter 5Luzhin visits and argues with Raskolnikov, who throws him out. Play 2.6Part 2. Chapter 6At the Crystal Palace he almost confesses to the clerk Zametov, then visits the scene of the crime. Play 2.7Part 2. Chapter 7Marmeladov is run over in the street. Raskolnikov gives his family money and meets Sonia. Play 3.1Part 3. Chapter 1His mother and Dounia arrive. Razumihin falls for Dounia. Play 3.2Part 3. Chapter 2Raskolnikov tells Dounia not to marry Luzhin. Play 3.3Part 3. Chapter 3Sonia comes to invite him to her father's funeral meal. Play 3.4Part 3. Chapter 4At the magistrate Porfiry's, a battle of wits about Raskolnikov's article on extraordinary men. Play 3.5Part 3. Chapter 5A stranger in the street calls him: murderer. Play 3.6Part 3. Chapter 6Fever dreams. He wakes to find the mysterious Svidrigaïlov in his room. Play 4.1Part 4. Chapter 1Svidrigaïlov, Dounia's former employer, makes strange offers. Play 4.2Part 4. Chapter 2At a family meeting Luzhin insults them, and Dounia breaks off the engagement. Play 4.3Part 4. Chapter 3Raskolnikov visits Sonia and asks her to read him the story of Lazarus. Play 4.4Part 4. Chapter 4Porfiry plays cat and mouse with him again, until a painter bursts in and confesses. Play 4.5Part 4. Chapter 5The stranger apologises. Raskolnikov feels free for a moment. Play 4.6Part 4. Chapter 6Luzhin, furious, plans revenge. Play 5.1Part 5. Chapter 1At the Marmeladov funeral meal, Luzhin accuses Sonia of theft. Play 5.2Part 5. Chapter 2Luzhin's trick is exposed, and Sonia's family is thrown out of their lodgings. Play 5.3Part 5. Chapter 3Raskolnikov confesses to Sonia. Play 5.4Part 5. Chapter 4Katerina Ivanovna, Sonia's stepmother, collapses in the street and dies. Play 5.5Part 5. Chapter 5Svidrigaïlov reveals he overheard everything. Play 6.1Part 6. Chapter 1Raskolnikov drifts through the city, unable to decide. Play 6.2Part 6. Chapter 2Porfiry visits him and tells him calmly that he knows. Play 6.3Part 6. Chapter 3Raskolnikov looks for Svidrigaïlov in the taverns. Play 6.4Part 6. Chapter 4Svidrigaïlov lures Dounia to a locked room. She has a revolver. Play 6.5Part 6. Chapter 5Svidrigaïlov spends a sleepless, dreamlike night. Play 6.6Part 6. Chapter 6At dawn Svidrigaïlov shoots himself. Play 6.7Part 6. Chapter 7Raskolnikov says goodbye to his mother and sister. Play 6.8Part 6. Chapter 8He kisses the ground in the Hay Market and confesses at the police station. Play E.1Epilogue. Chapter 1Raskolnikov is sentenced to eight years in Siberia. Sonia follows him. Play E.2Epilogue. Chapter 2In prison he falls ill, and slowly, by the river, begins to change. Play Listen to Crime and Punishment free
