Crime and Punishment
Living in squalor, a former student and loner (Raskolnikov) murders an old pawnbroker woman in order to confirm his hypothesis that certain individuals can pretermit morality in the pursuit of something greater.
Raskolnikov, a penniless young man, decides to rob and kill an old woman believing that no one will miss her.
Still haunted by his crime, Raskolnikov is visited in St Petersburg by his mother and sister. Meanwhile, a dogged Porfiry remains on his trail.