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Prompt: "A complete summary of your novel. A well-written summary should be no more than one page, double-spaced, somewhere around 250 words. Do not quote the text, and do not paraphrase. You are summarizing. Remember, you need to write your summary in your OWN WORDS. I will be checking for plagiarism."

Answer: Raskolnikov, a poor, suffering student begins plotting for an unknown crime. He goes to an old p
awnbroker to try and trade a watch for money.Then, he goes to drink at a tavern, where he meets another poor, suffering man named Marmeladov. Marmeladov has run away from his family and has been drinking for days. Marmeladov shares his story, and  Raskolnikov goes to see his family. Later Raskolnikov gets an upsetting letter from his mom, and his family is coming to town soon to visit him. When at another tavern Raskolnikov hears someone talking bad about the pawnbroker, and decided it will be her who he will murder. When he is murdering her, her sister walks in and he is forced to kill her too. He barely escapes. The next few days, Raskolnikov is delirious. Later Raskolnikov falls asleep, but when he wakes up, he sees that  there is a stranger in the room. It is Svidrigailov. Svidrigailov, like Raskolnikov, does not want Sonia to marry Luzhin. He even offers money, but Raskolnikov says no. Eventually, Svidrigailov commits suicide. Through the story Raskolnikov and Sonia grow closer, and she even helps him confess to his crime, and help him redeem himself through The Bible. Raskolnikov is sent to a prison in Siberia, where Sonia stays with him, and cares for him. In the end, love occurs. Razumikhin, Raskolnikov’s friend, and Dunya got married. Raskolnikov also realizes his own love for Sonia.


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