Poverty-stricken and cut off from society, former law student
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov leads a desolate life in a dreary
little room in St Petersburg. Having abandoned all hopes of
sustaining himself through work, he now obsesses over the idea of
changing his fortunes through an extreme act of violence: the
killing of an elderly pawnbroker. His mind baulks at the horror of
his plan, but when he hears that his sister Dunya is about to agree
to a loveless marriage in order to escape the advances of her
employer, his disgust for the world becomes unbounded, and his
feelings of rebellion and revenge push him closer and closer to the
edge of the precipice. A masterpiece of psychological insight,
Dostoevsky's 1866 novel features some of its author's most
memorable characters - from the temperamental protagonist
Raskolnikov to the amoral sensualist Svidrigailov and the immoral
lawyer Luzhin. Presented here in a sparkling new translation by
Roger Cockerell, Crime and Punishment is a towering work in Russian
nineteenth-century fiction and a landmark of world literature.
General
Imprint: |
Alma Classics
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Alma Classics Evergreens |
Release date: |
July 2022 |
Authors: |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
|
Translators: |
Roger Cockrell
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
720 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84749-883-0 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-84749-883-3 |
Barcode: |
9781847498830 |
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