num_pages: 482
description: The talented Alex Jennings creates an atmosphere of gripping psychological tension and brings a variety of characters to life in this new audio edition of a crime classic. When the student Raskolnikov puts his philosophical theory to the ultimate test of murder, a tragic tale of suffering and redemption unfolds in the dismal setting of the slums of czarist, prerevolutionary St. Petersburg. While Jennings's adept repertoire of British accents works to demonstrate the varying classes of characters, it occasionally distracts the listener from the Russian setting. However, Dostoyevsky's rendering of 18th-century Russia emerges unscathed, bringing the dark pathos (such as wretched poverty and rampant suffering) to life. (Running time: 315 minutes; 4 cassettes)
language: English
title: Crime and Punishment
titlecomplete: Crime and Punishment
characters: Zossimov, Nikolai Dementiev (“Mikolka”), Lizaveta Ivanovna, Nastasya Petrovna (“Nastenka,” “Nastasyushka”), Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov, Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, Sofia Semyonovna Marmeladova, Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov, Alyona Ivanovna, Dmitri Prokofich Razumikhin, Polina Mikhailovna Marmeladov (“Polya,” “Polenka,” “Polechka”), Ilya Petrovich (“Gunpowder”), Porfiry Petrovich, Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova, Andrei Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov, Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov, Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova
genres: Literature, Crime, Classics, School, Novels, Philosophy, Russian Literature, 19th Century, Russia, Fiction
ratings_count: 853432
places: Russian Empire, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Russia
publisher: William Heinemann Ltd