The novel's epilogue focuses on Raskolnikov's experiences as a convict in Siberia.
Raskolnikov initially feels a deep sense of alienation from his fellow prisoners. During
Lent and Easter, he falls ill, and he has a strange dream in which everyone in the
world becomes infected with a disease that causes each person to believe that he or
she is the sole bearer of truth. The deluded people kill each other, and the world heads toward total collapse. After recuperating from his illness, Raskolnikov walks to a
riverbank and gazes at the landscape. Sonya appears at his side. Suddenly,
Raskolnikov is seized with an entirely new sensation of love and compassion. Both he
and Sonya realize that something profound has occurred within his soul. Love has
raised him from the dead, and he will become a new man. Dostoyevsky concludes his
novel by stating that the story of Raskolnikov's regeneration might be the subject of a
new tale, but that the present one has endeded.
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