Dostoyevsky for Children: Crime & Punishment

Zakharin’s parody of Dostoyevsky’s classic novel ‘Crime and Punishment’—also including elements from Dostoyevsky’s novel ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ and his short story ‘The Dream of a Ridiculous Man’—but with the grittier, more adult themes (such as murder and prostitution and alcoholism) toned down and obscured to (in theory) make it more appropriate for younger readers. [FYI: I wouldn’t really read it to your kids, if I were you…]