Преступление и наказание
- Approximate level
- B1
- Length
- 173,105 words
- Reading time
- 14 h 26 min
- Chapters
- 42
- Language
- Russian
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Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1866 novel follows a young man living in poverty in St. Petersburg, whose isolation and uneasy state of mind shape his view of everyday life. The opening uses nineteenth-century urban vocabulary for rented rooms, household debts, and city streets, alongside long, layered sentences that can be demanding to follow. Its concerns include poverty, shame, fear, and the pressure of conscience. You will encounter formal and literary Russian, as well as details of ordinary city life.
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Questions about this book
What level of Russian do I need for this book?
The estimate is B1, based on how common the words are and how long the sentences run. It is an approximation, not a test result. With a translation under every sentence you can start one level earlier than you would with a paper copy.
Is this book really free?
Yes. The work is in the public domain, and the text comes from Wikisource under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, so it costs nothing. In Lingo7 you open the book and read the first page for free; a subscription unlocks the whole library, the audio and the word practice.
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How long does it take to read?
About 14 h 26 min at a native pace, spread over 42 chapters. In a foreign language plan for more: half an hour a day finishes a book of this size in a few weeks.
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