Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1866
Raskolnikov's murder and his conscience (translated by Constance Garnett, 1914). Read Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky page by page and explore its…
He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase. His garret was under the roof of a high, five-storied house and was more like a cupboard than a room. The landlady who provided him with garret, dinners, and attendance, lived on the floor below, and every time he went out he was obliged to pass her kitchen, the door of which invariably stood open. And each time he passed, the young man had a sick, frightened feeling, which made him scowl and feel ashamed. He was hopelessly in debt to his landlady, and was afraid of meeting her.
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