
- Publisher:
- PENGUIN
- Year of publication:
- 2002
- Subject:
- Classic fiction
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-044913-6
- Pages:
- 720
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY
Nominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSs The Great American ReadRaskolnikov, 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 Dostoyevskys great novel, rendering its dialogue with a unique force and naturalism. This edition also includes a new chronology of Dostoyevskys life and work.