For 10 points, name this deed, notably committed with an axe by Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment.
One author laments that no contemporary figures can perform this action as well as Mrs. Maybrick or Dr. Palmer of Rugby. Another essay on this topic justifies itself by analogy to a certain Mr. Howship's book on indigestion. The author warns that this action starts a chain of events which could end with incivility and procrastination. That essay was written by Thomas de Quincey and considers this activity "as one of the fine arts," while George Orwell wrote on "the decline of the English" one. In two titles by another author, it happens to Roger Ackroyd and on the Orient Express. For 10 points, name this deed, notably committed with an axe by Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment.
One author laments that no contemporary figures can perform this action as well as Mrs. Maybrick or Dr. Palmer of Rugby.
{murder}