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Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction and Notes by
Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury. Crime and
Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever
written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied
consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts, is
inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder. From that moment
on, we share his conflicting feelings of self-loathing and pride,
of contempt for and need of others, and of terrible despair and
hope of redemption: and, in a remarkable transformation of the
detective novel, we follow his agonised efforts to probe and
confront both his own motives for, and the consequences of, his
crime. The result is a tragic novel built out of a series of
supremely dramatic scenes that illuminate the eternal conflicts at
the heart of human existence: most especially our desire for
self-expression and self-fulfilment, as against the constraints of
morality and human laws; and our agonised awareness of the world's
harsh injustices and of our own mortality, as against the mysteries
of divine justice and immortality.
This is an official tie-in edition to accompany Richard Ayoade's
brilliant new film based on Dostoyevsky's deliciously dark and
slyly funny novel. The Double stars Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg
(The Social Network) and Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre) with support
from Chris O'Dowd, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Tim Key and
Chris Morris. A lonely government clerk - shy, awkward, blundering
- finds himself pursued by a mysterious stranger. Somehow he looks
familiar. In fact, he realizes, he looks exactly like him. He even
has the same name. But, unlike him, he is charming and confident.
Soon the stranger starts insinuating himself into his life. He
works at his office, stays at his apartment, ingratiates himself
with his colleagues. No one seems surprised. Who is he? What does
he want? Is he a double, or something darker altogether?
Moscow-born Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) served time in a convict
prison in Siberia for his political alliances, and in his later
years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His many
brilliant novels include Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The
Brothers Karamazov. Ronald Wilks has translated numerous Russian
volumes for Penguin Classics, including works by Chekhov, Sologub,
Tolstoy and Gogol. If you enjoy this novel, you may want to read
more by Dostoyevsky - his major novels and stories are all
available in Penguin Classics, including Notes from Underground,
Crime and Punishment, The Gambler and Other Stories, The Idiot,
Demons, Netochka Nezvanova, The Brothers Karamazov, Poor Folk and
Other Stories, The House of the Dead and The Village of
Stepanchikovo.
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White Nights (Hardcover)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Translated by Ronald Meyer
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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions
of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest
writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take
us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England
to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on
the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and
printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile
cloth and stamped with foil. Regarded as one of world literature's
foremost novelists, Fyodor Dostoevsky's short stories are also some
of the best ever written. 'White Nights' tells of love and loss on
the streets of St. Petersburg, 'A Nasty Business' presents the
hilarious tale of a general dropping in on the wedding of a
subordinate, while 'The Meek One' is an existentialist tale of
marriage and tragedy.
'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the
whole of a man's life?' A poignant tale of love and loneliness from
Russia's foremost writer. One of 46 new books in the bestselling
Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin
Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics'
huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and
across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak,
tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to
spark group discussion. Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Illumination Book
Awards, Christian Living Silver Medal Winner, 2017 Benjamin
Franklin Award in Religion, Independent Book Publishers Association
Why, in an age of connectivity, are our lives more isolated and
fragmented than ever? And what can be done about it? The answer
lies in the hands of God’s people. Increasingly, today’s
Christians want to be the church, to follow Christ together in
daily life. From every corner of society, they are daring to step
away from the status quo and respond to Christ’s call to share
their lives more fully with one another and with others. As they
take the plunge, they are discovering the rich, meaningful life
that Jesus has in mind for all people, and pointing the church back
to its original calling: to be a gathered, united community that
demonstrates the transforming love of God. Of course, such a life
together with others isn’t easy. The selections in this volume
are, by and large, written by practitioners—people who have
pioneered life in intentional community and have discovered in the
nitty-gritty of daily life what it takes to establish, nurture, and
sustain a Christian community over the long haul. Whether you have
just begun thinking about communal living, are already embarking on
sharing life with others, or have been part of a community for many
years, the pieces in this collection will encourage, challenge, and
strengthen you. The book’s fifty-two chapters can be read one a
week to ignite meaningful group discussion. Contributors
include:Â John F. Alexander, Eberhard Arnold, J. Heinrich
Arnold, Johann Christoph Arnold, Alden Bass, Benedict of Nursia,
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, Leonardo Boff, Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Joan Chittister, Stephen B. Clark, Andy Crouch, Dorothy Day,
Anthony de Mello, Elizabeth Dede, Catherine de Hueck Doherty,
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jenny Duckworth, Friedrich Foerster, Richard J.
Foster, Jodi Garbison, Arthur G. Gish, Helmut Gollwitzer, Adele J
Gonzalez, Stanley Hauerwas, Joseph H. Hellerman, Roy Hession, David
Janzen, Rufus Jones, Emmanuel Katongole, Arthur Katz, Søren
Kierkegaard, C. Norman Kraus, C.S. Lewis, Gerhard Lohfink, Ed
Loring, Chiara Lubich, George MacDonald, Thomas Merton, Hal Miller,
José P. Miranda, Jürgen Moltmann, Charles E. Moore, Henri J. M.
Nouwen, Elizabeth O’Connor, John M. Perkins, Eugene H.Peterson,
Christine D. Pohl, Chris Rice, Basilea Schlink, Howard A. Snyder,
Mother Teresa, Thomas à Kempis, Elton Trueblood, and Jonathan
Wilson-Hartgrove.
The short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of
his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among literature's
most revered works and offer keys to understanding the themes in
his longer works. Contained in this volume are the short stories
"White Nights," "A Disgraceful Affair," and "The Dream of the
Ridiculous Man," three of Dostoevsky's most troubling, moving, and
poignant works.
Alongside A DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR, Harper Perennial will publish
the short fiction of Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, Willa Cather,
Leo Tolstoy, and Oscar Wilde to be packaged in a beautifully
designed, boldly colorful boxset in the aim to attract contemporary
fans of short fiction to these revered masters of the form. Also,
in each of these selections will appear a story from one of the new
collections being published in 2009. A story from Barb Johnson's
forthcoming collection will be printed at the back of this
volume.
Completed only two months before his death, "The Brothers
Karamazov" is Dostoyevsky's largest, most expanisve, most
life-embracing work. Filled with human passions--lust, greed, love,
jealousy, sorrow and humor--the book is also infused with moral
issues and the issue of collective guilt. As in many of
Dostoyevsky's novels, the plot centers on a murder. Sucked into the
crime's vortex are three brothers: Dmitri, a young officer utterly
unrestrained in love, hatred, jealousy, and generosity; Ivan, an
intellectual capable of delivering, impromptu, the most brilliant,
lively, and unforgettable disquisitions about good and evil, God,
and the devil; and Alyosha, the youngest brother, preternaturally
patient, good, and loving.
Part mystery, part profound philosophical and theological debate,
"The Brothers Karamazov "pulls the reader in on many different
levels. As the Introduction says, "The characters Dostoyevsky
writes about, though they may not appear to be ones who live on our
street, or even on any street, seem, in their passions and lack of
self-control, the familiar and intimate denizens of our souls."
It's no wonder that for many people "The Brothers Karamazov "is one
of the greatest novels ever written.
'I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't
soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately
intensified it.' In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully
depicts desperation, greed, manipulation and suicide. Introducing
Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little
Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin
Classics, with books from around the world and across many
centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London
to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to
16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories
lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and
inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881). Dostoyevsky's works available in
Penguin Classics are Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Double,
The Gambler and Other Stories, The Grand Inquisitor, Notes From The
Underground, Netochka Nezvanova, The House of The Dead, The
Brothers Karamazov and The Village of Stepanchikovo.
Darkly fascinating short novel depicts the struggles of a doubting, supremely alienated protagonist in a world of relative values. Seminal work introduced moral, religious, political and social themes that dominated Dostoyevsky's later masterworks. Constance Garnett's authoritative translation is reprinted here, with a new introduction.
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Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Translated by Constance Garnett
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Originally published in 1866, Crime and Punishment is a psychological thriller that deals with issues of morality, conscience, and redemption. Widely considered to be one of the greatest novels written in any language, this novel explores the life of Rodin Raskolnikov, a young Russian man who robs and murders a pawnbroker to save himself from a life of poverty. As a consequence, he must deal with the oppressive mental anguish of being a criminal while attempting to maintain relationships with his friends and family.
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Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Illustrated by Rudolf Palais
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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Introduction by David McDuff
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'I am a sick person. I am a spiteful person. An unattractive
person, too . . .' In the depths of a cellar in St. Petersburg, a
retired civil servant spews forth a passionate and furious note on
the ills of society. The underground man's manifesto reveals his
erratic, self-contradictory and even sadistic nature. Yet
Dostoyevsky's disturbing character causes an uncomfortable flicker
of recognition, and we see in him our own human condition.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series,
designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these
delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality,
colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
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
Porfiry, a suspicious detective, 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. As the ensuing
investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer,
Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines
between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and
everyone's faith in humanity is tested.
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The Idiot (Paperback, New Ed)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Designed by Ron Arad; Translated by David McDuff
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot is an immaculate portrait of
innocence tainted by the brutal reality of human greed. This
Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Russian by David
McDuff, with an introduction by William Mills Todd III. Returning
to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive
epileptic Prince Myshkin - the titular 'idiot' - pays a visit to
his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the
General, his wife, and his three daughters. But his life is thrown
into turmoil when he chances on a photograph of the beautiful
Nastasya Filippovna. Utterly infatuated with her, he soon finds
himself caught up in a love triangle and drawn into a web of
blackmail, betrayal, and finally, murder. Inspired by an image of
Christ's suffering Dostoyevsky sought to portray in Prince Myshkin
the purity of a 'truly beautiful soul' and explore the perils that
innocence and goodness face in a corrupt world. David McDuff's new
translation brilliantly captures the novel's idiosyncratic and
dream-like language and the nervous, elliptic flow of the
narrative. This edition also contains a new introduction by William
Mills Todd III, which is a fascinating examination of the pressures
on Dostoyevsky as he wrote the story of his Christ-like hero.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow.
From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison, and in later years his
passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His other works
available in Penguin Classics include Crime & Punishment, The
Idiot and Demons. If you enjoyed The Idiot, you might like Anton
Chekhov's Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, also available in Penguin
Classics. 'McDuff's language is rich and alive' The New York Times
Book Review '[The Idiot's] ... narrative is so compelling' Rowan
Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
'That sense of the meaninglessness of existence that runs through
much of twentieth-century writing - from Conrad and Kafka, to
Beckett and beyond - starts in Dostoyevsky's work' Malcolm Bradbury
Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own
insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's Notes from
Underground tells the story of his tortured life. With bitter
irony, he describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill'
and his gradual withdrawal from society. The seemingly ordinary
world of St Petersburg takes on a nightmarish quality in The Double
when a government clerk encounters a man who looks exactly like him
- his double perhaps, or possibly the darker side of his own
personality. Like Notes from Underground, this is a masterly
tragi-comic study of human consciousness. Translated by Ronald
Wilks with an Introduction by Robert Louis Jackson
Showcasing Dostoyevsky's evolving outlook on man's fate, this
collection presents his compelling works "White Nights, The Dream
of a Ridiculous Man" and selections from "The House of the Dead."
Original.
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Demons (Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Contributions by Joanna Moorhead; Introduction by Robert Belknap; Translated by Robert Maguire
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Demons, also known as The Possessed or The Devils, is a dark
masterpiece that evokes a world where the lines between and good
and evil long ago became blurred. This Penguin Classics edition of
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Demons is translated by Robert A. Maguire and
edited by Ronald Meyer, with an introduction by Robert L. Belknap.
Pyotr Verkhovensky and Nikolai Stavrogin are the leaders of a
Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar,
destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train
terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their
goals - even if the mission means suicide. But when it seems their
motley group is about to be discovered, will their recruits be
willing to kill one of their own circle in order to cover their
tracks? As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true
identity of the murderer, Dostoyevsky's and everyone's faith in
humanity is tested. Partly based on the real-life case of a student
murdered by his fellow revolutionaries, Dostoyevsky's sprawling
novel is a powerful and prophetic, yet lively and often comic
depiction of nineteenth-century Russia, and a savage indictment of
the madness and nihilism of those who use violence to serve their
beliefs. Robert A. Maguire's superb translation captures
Dostoyevsky's vigorous prose. In his introduction, Robert L.
Belknap discusses Dostoyevsky's own revolutionary activities, his
narrative technique and use of different genres, and the background
of Radicalism in Imperial Russia. Edited by Ronald Meyer, this
volume also includes a chronology, further reading, notes and a
glossary. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in
Moscow. From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison, and in later
years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His other
works available in Penguin Classics include Crime & Punishment,
The Idiot and Demons. If you enjoyed Demons, you might like
Joris-Karl Huysmans' The Damned (La-Bas), also available in Penguin
Classics.
Originally published in 1951, this book contains the stressed
Russian text of Dostoyevsky's masterpiece Crime and Punishment. The
Russian Edition of the Y.M.C.A. Press, Paris, is used as a basis
for this edition. This book will be of use to students of the
Russian Classics.
One of the world's greatest novels, Crime and Punishment is the
story of a murder and its consequences--an unparalleled tale of
suspense set in the midst of nineteenth-century Russia's troubled
transition to the modern age.
In the slums of czarist St. Petersburg lives young Raskolnikov,
a sensitive, intellectual student. The poverty he has always known
drives him to believe that he is exempt from moral law. But when he
puts this belief to the test and commits murder, there results
unbearable suffering. Crime and punishment, the novel reminds us,
"grow from the same seed."
"No other novelist," wrote Irving Howe of Dostoyevsky, "has
dramatized so powerfully the values and dangers, the uses and
corruptions of systematized thought." But Sigmund Freud and others
saw the Russian's work in a different light. Said Freud, "He might
have been a liberator of mankind. Instead he chose to be its
jailer."
"He is the only psychologist I have anything to learn
from."--Friedrich Nietzsche
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