num_pages: 656
description: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140449136'Crime? What crime?...My killing a loathsome, harmful louse, a filthy old moneylender woman...and you call that a crime?'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.
language: English
title: Crime and Punishment
titlecomplete: Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics)
characters: Alyona Ivanovna, Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov, Nikolai Dementiev (“Mikolka”), Andrei Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov, Lizaveta Ivanovna, Nastasya Petrovna (“Nastenka,” “Nastasyushka”), Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova, Sofia Semyonovna Marmeladova, Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov, Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov, Porfiry Petrovich, Dmitri Prokofich Razumikhin, Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov, Polina Mikhailovna Marmeladov (“Polya,” “Polenka,” “Polechka”), Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova, Ilya Petrovich (“Gunpowder”), Zossimov, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
genres: Classics, Philosophy, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, School, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 853509
places: Siberia, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, Russia
publisher: Penguin Books