Crime and punishment
Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a d…
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- Full title :Crime and punishment / Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; translated and with an introduction and notes by Oliver Ready.
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Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption. This vivid translation by David McDuff has been acclaimed as the most accessible version of Dostoyevsky's great novel, rendering its dialogue with a unique force and naturalism. This edition also includes a new chronology of Dostoyevsky's life and work.
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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:New York City
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource (xlii, 560 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780698194151, 0698194152, 9781416501817, 1416501819, 9781988120591, 1988120594
- oclc:ocn914231489
- LC Classification:PG3326
- Dewey Decimal:891.73/3
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