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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Fyodor Dostoevsky40 chapters

An impoverished student in St. Petersburg murders a pawnbroker to prove he is above ordinary moral law, tormented by guilt.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Crime and Punishment

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  1. Chapter I 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 95 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 88 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 129 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 99 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 111 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 108 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 83 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 105 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 84 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 85 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 107 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 134 readings five lines each Open chapter

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