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Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment, arguably the
first modern exploration of psychological realism, is not only a
gem of Russian literature but an internationally renowned classic.
Now this masterpiece has been vividly transformed by the powerful
illustrations of renowned graphic artist Dave McKean, whose
multimedia paintings are shrouded with the specters and shadows of
Raskolnikov's fever dreams. Featuring over one hundred full-page
paintings, spot illustrations and illuminated letters, and housed
in an elaborately die-cut and embossed slipcase, this is an
heirloom edition designed as a work of art in its own right.
Featuring an introduction by Lonny Harrison. 9x12", 346 pages.
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Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Translated by Constance Garnett
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R726
Discovery Miles 7 260
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Could an ordinary person, with no hint of malice and no motive but
discovering what it feels like to do it, plot to kill and then
actually murder a total stranger? What if the stranger were a
thoroughly unlikable person hated by everyone who came into contact
with her? One of the great novels of world literature, Crime and
Punishment is a thriller of the conscience, one that wrangles with
morality and its uses-or lack thereof-in the depths of poverty.
Russian novelist FYODOR MIKHAILOVICH DOSTOEVSKY (1821-1881)
conceived the character of his putative hero, the impoverished
student Raskolnikov, while he himself was struggling under the
burden of massive debt, and turned his ethical dilemmas into a
literary detective story of the highest order, one in which the
criminal seeks to discover his own motives for his terrible deed.
Renowned for its invention of a more intimate kind of third-person
narration, and featuring narrative manipulations of time and memory
that anticipate the works of authors such as Henry James, Virginia
Woolf, and James Joyce, this classic novel remains essential
reading for all lovers of great literature. This edition presents
the acclaimed 1914 translation by English writer CONSTANCE CLARA
GARNETT (1861-1946), who introduced many of the great Russian
novelists to the British and American public.
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The Gambler (Hardcover)
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Translated by Constance Garnett
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R799
R661
Discovery Miles 6 610
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The Gambler is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in
the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General. The novella
reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more
ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed
the novella under a strict deadline so he could pay off gambling
debts.
Poor Folk is an epistolary novel -- that is, a tale told as a
series of letters between the characters. And oh, what characters
these are Makar Dievushkin Alexievitch is a copy writer, barely
squeaking by; Barbara Dobroselova Alexievna works as a seamstress,
and both face the sort of everyday humiliation society puts upon
the poor. These are people respected by no one, not even by
themselves. These are folks too poor, in their circumstances, to
marry; the love between them is a chaste and proper thing, a love
that brings some readers to tears. But it isn't maudlin, either;
Fyodor Dostoevsky has something profound to say about these people
and this circumstance. And he says it very well. When the book was
first published a leading Russian literary critic of the day --
Belinsky -- prophesied that Dostoevsky would become a literary
giant. It isn't hard to see how he came to that conclusion, and in
hindsight, he was surely was correct.
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The Idiot (Hardcover)
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
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R1,200
Discovery Miles 12 000
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1923. Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, is considered one of the most
outstanding and influential writers of modern literature. Two of
the stories, The Gambler, which concerns a young man who frequents
the fashionable spas and casinos of Germany; and Poor People
consisting of a series of love-letters exchanged between two poor
folk whose lives are spent amid the slums of St. Petersburg each
ends with a hint of tragedy. The third story included in this
volume is The Landlady. See other titles by this author available
from Kessinger Publishing.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
1923. Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, is considered one of the most
outstanding and influential writers of modern literature. Two of
the stories, The Gambler, which concerns a young man who frequents
the fashionable spas and casinos of Germany; and Poor People
consisting of a series of love-letters exchanged between two poor
folk whose lives are spent amid the slums of St. Petersburg each
ends with a hint of tragedy. The third story included in this
volume is The Landlady. See other titles by this author available
from Kessinger Publishing.
1911. The House of the Dead is a fictionalized memoir of a man
serving a ten-year prison sentence for murdering his wife and was
written in 1861. Dostoyevsky drew heavily from his own four-year
prison internment in a Siberian prison to draw attention to the
dehumanizing, deadening effects of the modern prison system and
invoke his philosophies of better ways of treating and
rehabilitating prisoners. See other titles by this author available
from Kessinger Publishing.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
1911. The House of the Dead is a fictionalized memoir of a man
serving a ten-year prison sentence for murdering his wife and was
written in 1861. Dostoyevsky drew heavily from his own four-year
prison internment in a Siberian prison to draw attention to the
dehumanizing, deadening effects of the modern prison system and
invoke his philosophies of better ways of treating and
rehabilitating prisoners. See other titles by this author available
from Kessinger Publishing.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
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