Zločin i kazna

Using a criminal story, Dostoevsky composed a novel in which he presented all the complexity of the individual's relationship to existing laws. Rapid social changes throughout Europe in the 19th century, and especially in Russia, lead to great social injustices. The individual thus found himself in a gap between the law, which protects him, and injustice, and the need to preserve human values. Dostoevsky dedicated his great stories to this.