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Crime and Punishment

1866 Russian-language novel by Dostoyevsky
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Crime and Punishment

Summary

Crime and Punishment is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.16% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,673 views/month, #45 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crime and Punishment authored Fyodor Dostoyevsky[3].
  • Crime and Punishment's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Crime and Punishment's genre is philosophical fiction[5].
  • Crime and Punishment's genre is serialized fiction[6].
  • Crime and Punishment's genre is crime fiction[7].
  • Crime and Punishment's genre is psychological fiction[8].
  • Crime and Punishment followed Notes from Underground[9].
  • Crime and Punishment's Commons category is recorded as Crime and Punishment[10].
  • Crime and Punishment's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[11].
  • Crime and Punishment's country of origin is recorded as Russian Empire[12].
  • 1865 marks the founding of Crime and Punishment[13].
  • Crime and Punishment was published on 1866[14].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov[15].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladova[16].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin[17].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigaïlov[18].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Semjon Marmeladov[19].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Q128906158[20].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Andrey Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov[21].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Pulkheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikova[22].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Dmitry Prokofyich Razumíkhin[23].
  • Crime and Punishment's characters is recorded as Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova[24].
  • Crime and Punishment's has edition or translation is recorded as Q40590443[25].
  • Crime and Punishment's has edition or translation is recorded as Q40697569[26].
  • Crime and Punishment's has edition or translation is recorded as Q48418380[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4c6ff268-2815-4bf3-93cb-3d1b01ebd5aa[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Crime and Punishment authored Fyodor Dostoyevsky[3].

Publication

Crime and Punishment was released on 1866[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Russian[11]. Genres include philosophical fiction[5], serialized fiction[6], crime fiction[7], and psychological fiction[8].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include murder[30] and anguish[31].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Crime and Punishment followed Notes from Underground[9].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Crime and Punishment include Crime et Châtiment[32].

Why It Matters

Crime and Punishment ranks in the top 0.16% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,673 views/month, #45 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

It has been cited as an influence by Love and Death[35], a film[36], directed by Woody Allen[37].

Entities named for it include Crime et Châtiment[32].

FAQs

Who did Crime and Punishment influence?

Crime and Punishment has been cited as an influence by Love and Death[35].

Related Entities

1Q84 Fyodor Dostoyevsky literary work Love and Death Notes from Underground public domain Russian Empire The Gambler The Tin Drum

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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