Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Crime and Punishment. , , 2011.

This document is an introduction to Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It provides biographical details about Dostoevsky's life, including that he came from a poor family, studied engineering, and had an early work published. However, in 1849 he was arrested for being part of a radical intellectual group. He was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to hard labor in Siberia, which had a lasting impact on his mind and work. The introduction establishes Dostoevsky's background and experiences that influenced his famous novel.