Crime and PunishmentDostoyevsky, Fyodor
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A reason to turn the page
He claimed he wanted to be a Napoleon—can ambition ever be an excuse for murder?
Discovery 6 of 15“No, no, it was a good thing you came,” cried Sonia. “It’s better I should know, far better!”
He looked at her with anguish.
“What if it were really that?” he said, as though reaching a conclusion. “Yes, that’s what it was! I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I killed her.... Do you understand now?”