num_pages: 539
description: One of the world's greatest novels, Crime and Punishment is the story of a murder and its consequences--a tale of suspense without equal, set in Russia in the midst of its troubled transition to the modern age. The novel's young protagonist, Raskolnikov, is a sensitive intellectual driven by poverty to believe he was exempt from moral law. In this brilliant translation by the noted scholar and literary critic Sidney Monas, we are privy to the supreme expression of an author who "explored pathological states and the psychology of high tension, the realm of 'obsession' and 'possession,' because it was there one could most clearly and dramatically see the human consequences of an idea carried ruthlessly through to its logical conclusion....For Dostoyevsky, an idea always has skin around it, and a human personality."An illuminating introduction, written by Leonard J. Stanton and James D. Hardy, Jr., defines the global literary significance of Crime and Punishment, and focuses on the spiritual dimension of the novel as one of a Christian journey in the classic tradition.Translated and with an Afterword by Sidney Monas
language: English
title: Crime and Punishment
titlecomplete: Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics)
characters: Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova, Nikolai Dementiev (“Mikolka”), Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov, Polina Mikhailovna Marmeladov (“Polya,” “Polenka,” “Polechka”), Sofia Semyonovna Marmeladova, Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, Lizaveta Ivanovna, Porfiry Petrovich, Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov, Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, Andrei Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov, Alyona Ivanovna, Nastasya Petrovna (“Nastenka,” “Nastasyushka”), Dmitri Prokofich Razumikhin, Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov, Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova, Zossimov, Ilya Petrovich (“Gunpowder”)
genres: Fiction, Philosophy, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Russian Literature, Crime, Russia
ratings_count: 853808
places: Russian Empire, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Russia
publisher: Signet Classic